The work aimed to study all the possible factors affecting efficiency of plant propagation via stem cuttings. Several factors including type of cutting, culture medium, type and concentration of growth regulators were investigated. These factors were studied on Ficus hawaii as woody tree and Chrysanthemum morifolium as herbaceous plant to investigate the effect of plant type factor. All experim...

Inundative releases of beneÞcial insects are frequently used to suppress pest insects but not commonly attempted as amethod of weed biological control because of the difÞculty in obtaining the required large numbers of insects. The successful establishment of a ßea beetle complex, mixed Aphthona lacertosa (Rosenhauer) and Aphthona nigriscutus Foundras (87 and 13%, respectively), for the control...

Green leafy vegetables (spinach and bathua) and pulses (green pea and bengal gram) are widely consumed and hold an important place in the diet of people of India. Vegetarians who consume a greater amount of vegetables will have a higher intake of oxalate, which may reduce calcium availability. The objectives of this present research were to investigate the effect of different domestic cooking a...

Inundative releases of beneficial insects are frequently used to suppress pest insects but not commonly attempted as a method of weed biological control because of the difficulty in obtaining the required large numbers of insects. The successful establishment of a flea beetle complex, mixed Aphthona lacertosa (Rosenhauer) and Aphthona nigriscutus Foundras (87 and 13%, respectively), for the con...

The objective of this study was to analyze the nutritional, antinutritional and mineral compositions of eight locally available underutilized green leafy vegetables of Sonitpur district of Assam, India. Moisture and ash of the green leafy vegetables were in the range of 71.7498.20 g / 100 g and 8.23-26.01 g / 100 g respectively. Fiber was higher in Basella rubra (8.61 g / 100 g) and lower in Mo...

Objective: In order to study the effect of different concentrations of IBA hormone on rooting of olive cuttings in spring and winter of 2012-2013 in a greenhouse in Jiroft, Iran. Methods: a split-plot experiment was conducted on the basis of a Randomized Complete Block Design in which hardwood cuttings of one-year-old olive plants cv. Manzanilla with the diameter of 0.7-1 cm were used. The main...

Leafy spurge (Euphorbia esula-virgata), a native of Eurasia, is a serious invasive weed of grasslands of the northern Great Plains of the U.S. and prairie provinces of Canada. Leafy spurge is very difficult to control with herbicides, insect biological control agents, and other cultural practices. Previous field investigations revealed pathogen–insect interactions on the roots of leafy spurge l...

Transcription factors (TFs) are key players in evolution. Changes affecting their function can yield novel life forms but may also have deleterious effects. Consequently, gene duplication events that release one gene copy from selective pressure are thought to be the common mechanism by which TFs acquire new activities. Here, we show that LEAFY, a major regulator of flower development and cell ...