Abstract Increasing food availability and ensuring security have become critical issues for nations with varying levels of economic growth. The agricultural sector plays an essential role in these developments. To cater to this, seed priming is a typical method controlling the hydration seeds, that plant can consume water proceed initial stage germination. main objective this research character...

Traditionally, Lactuca sativa (lettuce) has been recommended for its hypnotic property. The present study was planned to investigate sleep-prolonging effect of this plant. The hydro-alcoholic extract (HAE) of lettuce and its water fraction (WF), ethyl acetate fraction (EAF), and n-butanol fraction (NBF) were administrated (IP) to mice 30 min before the pentobarbital injection. Moreover, both in...

This study was conducted to evaluate the resistance of 212 accessions of lettuce germplasm to gray mold disease caused by Botrytis cinerea. The lettuce germplasm were composed of five species: Lactuca sativa (193 accessions), L. sativa var. longifolia (2 accessions), L. sativa var. crispa (2 accessions), L. saligna (2 accessions), and L. serriola (1 accession); majority of these originated from...

Nigella sativa Linn. (Ranunculaceae) (N. sativa), commonly known as black seed or black cumin, is an herbaceous plant, mainly grows in the Middle East, Central Europe and Western Asia. It is widely used in indigenous system of medicine for treatment of numerous disorders for over 2 000 years[1-3]. Its seed oil had been widely used in Arab traditional of medicine for the treatment of arthritis, ...