The karyology of five species Boesenbergia (B. collinsii, B. pulcherrima, rotunda, thorellii and xyphostachya) (Zingiberaceae) in Thailand are investigated. chromosome number karyotype formula the 2n=20 (8m+10sm+2st) 2n=36 (8m+18sm+10st) 2n=38 (18m+14sm+6st) (30m+8sm with one satellite) 2n=22 (6m+6sm+10st two satellites) xyphostachya, respectively. Three pulcherrima have new chromosomal counts....

Biocontrol activity of Metschnikowia pulcherrima alone and in combination with silicon against Penicillium expansum and its machanisms of antagonisms was evaluated. Percentage of inhibition mycelial growth of pathogen in dual culture, volatile test and non-volatile test were evaluated. To evaluate the direct effect of silicon on mycelial growth of P. expansum in vitro, it was added at different...

The average ethanol content of wine has increased over the last two decades. This increase was due to consumer preference, and also to climate change that resulted in increased grape maturity at harvest. In the present study, to reduce ethanol content in wine, a microbiological approach was investigated, using immobilized selected strains of non-Saccharomyces yeasts namely Starmerella bombicola...

Malaria is one of the three major global public health threats due to a wide spread resistance of the parasites to the standard antimalarial drugs. Considering this growing problem, the ethnomedicinal approach in the search for new antimalarial drugs from plant sources has proven to be more effective and inexpensive. The leaves of Aloe pulcherrima Gilbert and Sebsebe, an endemic Ethiopian plant...