An experiment to study the feasibility of intercropping the short duration agronomical crops in periwinkle was conducted at Nagarjun Medicinal Plants Garden, P.K.V. Akola during 1988 - 89, 89 - 90 and 90 - 91. The highest monetary return of Rs. 15,604/ per hectare was obtained from an intercropping system of periwinkle and groundnut is row proportion of 2:1.

Large White Butterfly, Pieris brassicae L. (LWB) is one of the greatest pests of cruciferous cultures in Estonia, and, in the years of its biggest abundance, it can destroy a significant part of a crop. Many plants contain natural compounds that can repel and/or attract insects and protect neighbouring plants. This principle is used in a method known as companion planting. The aim of this paper...

Cities are currently facing more and serious environmental pollution problems. Garden plants alleviating due to their ecological functions such as carbon oxygen balance, transpiration heat absorption, dust retention, bacteria reduction noise reduction, water conservation, soil activation nutrient cycling, maintenance of biodiversity, landscape functions, disaster prevention mitigation, vice ver...

Macrofossils were isolated from late-glacial sediments exposed in open section in a building excavation at Cambridge, Massachusetts. The lower portion of the profile contained leaves of three species of herbaceous plant species now generally found in arctic or alpine regions, and fragments of a water beetle belonging to a species that now occurs characteristically in regions of boreal forest. T...

Horticulture is that branch of plant agriculture giving focus on garden crops, fruits, vegetables and ornamental plants. It art science handling Nuts, herbs, Vegetables, foliage plants, woody ornamentals, turf flowers. This sector faces several problems in India inspite broader prospects.