Between 1978 and 1990, eight surveys were conducted in southwest Michigan to document the occurrence of Meloidogyne nataliei, the Michigan grape root-knot nematode. The known distribution of M. nataliei is limited to a total of six sections in Antwerp and Porter Townships in Van Buren County, Michigan. In 1984, a M. nataliei regulatory program was initiated by the Michigan Department of Agricul...

A survey of leaf soluble amino acids was conducted for four subtropical seagrasses grown at several salinities. Proline functioned as an organic osmoticum in Halodule wrightii Aschers., Thallasia testudinum Banks ex Koenig, and Ruppia maritima L., while alanine functioned in an osmoregulatory capacity in Halophila engelmanni Aschers. When light-and salinity-induced variations in leaf NH(4) and ...

Saltwater aquaponics is a sustainable alternative system for food production. The success of this largely depends on the selection both fish and plant species, which several features criteria must be considered. This paper aims to identify most suitable species saltwater by using multi-criteria decision-making method also based current literature. One simple model that contained one root criter...

PURPOSE To investigate the possible free radical-scavenging activity of an extract of Cineraria maritima on selenite-induced cataractous lenses in Wistar rat pups. METHODS In the present study, Wistar rat pups were divided into three experimental groups. On P10, Group I (control) rat pups received an intraperitoneal injection of 0.89% saline. Rats in groups II (selenite-challenged, untreated)...

In continuation of our work on Sudanese med icinal and aromatic plants , we have taken into cons ideration the search for plants with potential in s e c t p e s t management. Alcoholic extracts of ten species of medicinal plants , namely, Ageratum conyzoides (As teraceae), Alternanthera nodiflora (Amaranthaceae), Ambrosia maritima (As teraceae), Cardiospermum halicacabum (Sapindaceae), Eclipta ...