Ten yearling steers weighing 270-360 kg died acutely after eating early seed pod stage Lupinus argenteus (silvery lupine) containing high levels of piperidine alkaloids, including ammodendrine and N-methylammodendrine. Reduced availability of Quality feed from range moderately depleted of Quality grasses appeared a major factor in causing the cattle to graze lupine. Proximate analysis of whole ...

The in vitro antioxidant potential assay between ethanolic extracts of two species from the genus Vitex (Vitex negundo L. and Vitex trifolia L.) belonging to the Lamiaceae family were evaluated. The antioxidant properties of different extracts prepared from both plant species were evaluated by different methods. DPPH scavenging, nitric oxide scavenging, and β-carotene-linoleic acid and ferrous ...

Background: The present work was to evaluate biocomposted cocoa shell and jack fruit peel wastes their effect on the vegetative development yield parameters of Vigna unguiculata subsp. sesquipedalis L. Var. NS-620 (Cowpea). Methods: experiments were conducted in Department Botany, Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science Higher Education Women, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, during 2019.The consists ...

in order to investigate the effect of two mycorrhizal species (glomus mosseae and g. intraradices) on different growth aspects of two pistachio cultivars (p. vera cv. badami-riz zarand, and p. vera cv. qazvini), a greenhouse experiment was conducted taking into account three factors of: mycorrhizae inoculation at three levels (no mycorrhizae application as control, g. mosseae , g. intraradices)...

Eschscholtzia californica, Suspension Cultures, Benzophenanthridine Alkaloids, Phenolics, Media Effects Suspension cultures of Eschscholtzia californica accumulate the dihydro forms of the benzo­ phenanthridine alkaloids sanguinarine, chelirubine, macarpine and chelerythrine, all of which are known to be constituents of the Eschscholtzia plant. Under most experimental conditions dihydrochelirub...

The investigation entitled “Evaluation of rice varieties (Oryza sativa L.) on the basis physiological and morphological traits” was conducted during Kharif season, 2019-2020 at field Student’s Instruction Farm, Acharya Narendra Deva University Agriculture & Technology, Kumarganj, Ayodhya. Nine elite genotypes were shown in RBD with three replications, data recorded. i.e., Plant height (cm),...

In agriculture, the use of environmentally friendly materials both in place and alongside chemical ones is continuously increasing. Two field experiments were conducted during 2019 2020 seasons to investigate effects foliar application three doses (5.0, 7.5, 10 g L-1) active dry yeast sprayed on maize (Zea mays L. Cv. Tuano) at two intervals, first 54 days after planting (DAP), second 15 later....

Lepidium latifolium Linn. (perennial pepperweed) is one of the preferred phytofoods among cold arid region of Ladakh, India and its leaves contribute significantly to people's diet. This study was conducted to determine its nutritive value and antioxidant activity. Plant samples from three different locations were selected in the present study. Results showed that this plant is an excellent sou...