(1) Background: Cardiocrinum cordatum (Thunb.) Makino (Liliaceae) is a forest perennial herb distributed in East Asia. Although flower visitors for this plant species have been well reported, their contribution to pollination remains unknown. (2) Methods: We evaluated of C. flowers natural cool temperate forest. investigated visiting frequency, the number pollen grains per body surface, fruit s...

chemical composition of the essential oils extracted from the leaves, stems, flowers and seeds of  heracleum rechingeri manden. were analyzed by gc and gc/ms. twenty-four components were characterized for the leaf oil with octyl acetate(47.2%), octanol(15.2%) and e-caryophyllen (5.7%) as the main constituents. 25 compounds were identified in the stem oil with elemicin (65.3%), octyl acetate (13...

Isoflavones in soybean seeds have putative health-beneficial effects. Previous studies demonstrated that foliar application of chitosan could increase soybean isoflavone concentrations. In this study we determined the impact of different chitosan solutions on gene expression and isoflavone concentrations of two soybean cultivars [AC Orford (low isoflavone cultivar) and AC Proteina (high isoflav...

A spontaneous mutant with natural seed-coat cracking, designated "cracked seed-coat mutant (CSM)," was identified in chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) from an F(2) population of a cross ICRISAT chickpea (ICC) 10301 × ICC 12430. The extent of seed-coat cracking (SCC) varied widely from a minute to several wide cracks. Seed coats showed cracks before seeds were fully developed and the plants had reac...

Kiwi fruit is of great agricultural, botanical, and economic interest. The flower of kiwi fruit has axile placentation, which is typical for Actinidiaceae. Axile placentation is thought derived through fusion of conduplicate carpels with marginal placentation according to the traditional doctrine. Recent progress in angiosperm systematics has refuted this traditional doctrine and placed ANITA c...

Antimicrobial property of Nelumbo nuciferawas evaluated. Flower and seed pod collected, identified. Morphologically, flowers were pink colored with smooth texture seeds dark brown. Powdered plant material was extracted by maceration method in ethanol. Ethanolic Extract Flowers brown, semisolid percentage yields 15.52 36.75% respectively. Various phytochemical tests revealed that the carbohydrat...

Morphological, phenological characterization and conservation management of Hedychium borneense R.M.Sm, a terrestrial-epiphytic herb endemic to Kalimantan, Borneo are described. Results revealed that H. bornensee has purple-brownish bractea, terminal raceme inflorescence, pale yellow flowers with broad pale-yellow labellum orange stamen, triocular fruit an red inner color, brownish seeds dark a...

This study aims to contribute the improvement of chickpea agri-food industry and adapt it future challenges. For this, effect a Rhizobacteria-based biostimulant mixture was analyzed in Amelia variety (Cicer arietinum L.) two different experiments: one flowerpots greenhouse other field grown under rainfed conditions. Germination success, vegetative development phenological stages plants were stu...

Putative gamete-derived progenies from two Hylocereus species, the diploid H. monacanthus and the tetraploid H. megalanthus, were studied with the dual aims to confirm their gamete origin and to evaluate their potential use as genetic resources. An additional goal was to determine the origin (allotetraploid vs. autotetraploid) of H. megalanthus by exploring morphological variations in the di-ha...