Vascular plants are commonly colonized by endophytic actinobacteria. However, very little is known about the relationship between these microorganisms and cacao fruits. In order to determine the physiological and taxonomic relationships between the members of this community, actinobacteria were isolated from cacao fruits and seeds. Among the 49 isolates recovered, 11 morphologically distinct is...

,. Abstract. In most animals, especially those that must swallow food items whole, prey size is related directly to predator size. This paper examines gape limitation and the influence of fruit size on diet in fruit-eating birds, drawing on data gathered over a 5-yr period on 70 bird s]Jecies and 171 plant species in the lower montane forests of Monteverde, Costa Rica. The results suggest that ...

Phytophagous insects use a wide range of indicators or associated cues to avoid laying eggs in sites where offspring survival is low. For insects that lay eggs in flowers, these unsuitable sites may be created by the host plant's resource allocation to flowers. In the sequentially flowering host plant, Yucca glauca, late-opening distal flowers are more likely to be aborted in the presence of al...

The objective of this research was to evaluate the response five wild colocynth (an important medicinal plant) ecotypes toirrigation regime as a basic input cultural practices. laid out in split plot design with three replications. Treatments were two irrigation regimes (Q1= 100 % Etc and Q2= 50 Etc) (G, SF, SD, GD NK). experiment run for seasons (2014 2015). Parameters measured days flowering,...

in order to investigate lentil response to application times and amounts of zinc, an experiment was arranged as factorial based on randomized complete block design with four replications on farm research of gonbad higher education center during 2008-2009. treatments were application times (before flowering and beginning of pod setting) and application rates (0, 0.5, 1, 1.5 and 2 liter per hecta...

Chlorophyll breakdown occurs in different green plant tissues (e.g. during leaf senescence and in ripening fruits). For different plant species, the PHEOPHORBIDE A OXYGENASE (PAO)/phyllobilin pathway has been described to be the major chlorophyll catabolic pathway. In this pathway, pheophorbide (i.e. magnesium- and phytol-free chlorophyll) occurs as a core intermediate. Most of the enzymes invo...

Chlorophyll breakdown occurs in different green plant tissues (e.g. during leaf senescence and in ripening fruits). For different plant species, the PHEOPHORBIDE A OXYGENASE (PAO)/phyllobilin pathway has been described to be the major chlorophyll catabolic pathway. In this pathway, pheophorbide (i.e. magnesiumand phytol-free chlorophyll) occurs as a core intermediate. Most of the enzymes involv...

An experiment was conducted to find out the effect of INM on vegetative growth, flowering and fruiting of Andrographis paniculata. The experiment was followed in a randomized block design with 8 treatments. The different treatments were T1no treatment, T2vermicompost, T3-biofertilizers, T4-chemical fertilizers, T5biofertilizers + vermicompost, T6biofertilizers + chemical fertilizers, T7chemical...

In the current experiment, 256 test treatments and four control (checks) were assessed in an augmented block design for studying yield yield-attributing traits. F3 population of chilli was components during kharif year 2018-19. The analysis variance showed a significant mean sum squares all characters different sources variation. number genotypes that exceeded best check 47 (plant height), 45 (...

Black elder (Sambucus nigra L.) commonly occurs throughout the country – it can be found in forests, thickets, parks, balks or in home gardens. It is a valuable reservoir of food for beneficial insects and a place of refuge or wintering. Almost every part of the elderberry plant has some uses: the fruits, flowers, leaves, roots, pith and bark. Its fruits and flowers are used in herbal medicine ...