the effect of annona squamosa, lawsonia inermis and their combination with other herbal molluscicides were studied on different enzyme activity in the nervous tissue of lymnaea acuminata. twenty-four hour in vivo exposure to 40% and 80% of 24 h lc50 of plant derived molluscicides and their combination with other molluscicides such as cedrus deodara, azadirachta indica oil, allium sativum, polia...

Polianthes tuberosa is a commercially valuable flower crop in the Mekong Delta of Vietnam that is propagated by the harvesting and planting of bulbs. The cultivation of P. tuberosa is complicated by an endemic nematode infection that damages a high proportion of the plants. Based on morphological criteria and ribosomal RNA gene sequencing, we have determined that the infection is caused by an A...

Essential oils extracted from flower petals of palmarosa (Cymbopogon martini), evening primrose (Primula rosea), lavender (Lavandula angustifolia) and tuberose (Polianthus tuberosa) were tested for their antibacterial activities against gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria. Different concentrations of each essential oil ranging from 10-100% were tested. Both gram-positive and gram-negative ...