This study aims to investigate thermophilic methanogens in turf used as an inoculum. Results showed that Methanoculleus sp. regarded as hydrogenotrophic and Methanosarcina sp. regarded as acetoclastic methanogens were present in turf tested. However, active acetoclastic methanogens were present in turf soil only. The current study showed that thermophilic methanogens were present in various tur...

Carbonyl sulfide (COS) and dimethyl sulfide (DMS) fluxes from an urban Cynodon dactylon lawn and adjacent bare soil were measured during April-July 2005 in Guangzhou, China. Both the lawn and bare soil acted as sinks for COS and sources for DMS. The mean fluxes of COS and DMS in the lawn (-19.27 and 18.16 pmol/(m2 sec), respectively) were significantly higher than those in the bare soil (-9.89 ...

Three compost formulations, consisting of two varieties of Cynodom dactylon (L.) Pers. (Coast-cross and Tyfton) and oat (Avena sativa) straw were tested for the cultivation of A. bisporus strains ABI-01/01, ABI-04/02, ABI-05/03, and ABI-06/04. A completely randomized experimental design in a factorial scheme was adopted, with 12 treatments (4 A. bisporus strains × 3 types of compost) and 8 repl...

The efficacy of fallow and coastal bermudagrass (Cynodon dactylon) as a rotation crop for control of root-knot nematode (Meloidogyne incognita race 1) and soilborne fungi in okra (Hibiscus esculentus cv. Emerald), squash (Cucurbita pepo cv. Dixie Hybrid), and sweet corn (Zea mays cv. Merit) was evaluated in a 3-year field trial. Numbers of M. incognita in the soil and root-gall indices were gre...

The levels of enzymic and non enzymic antioxidants were determined in Ehrlich’s Lymphoma Ascite (ELA) transplanted Swiss albino mice treated with the protein fraction of Cynodon dactylon (Cdpf). ELA induced mice showed significant decrease in the level of enzymic antioxidants like catalase (73.43 to 55.03), superoxide dismutase (4.49 to2.47) and glutathione peroxidase (48.48 to 36.98) in units/...

The present manuscript was mainly focused to evaluate the multiherbal formulation PACT (containing extracts of Pongamia pinnata Linn., Artocarpus lakoocha, Cynodon dactylon Pers. and Tridax procumbens Linn.) for wound healing potential employing two common wound models i.e. excision wound and incision wound models. The wound contraction area and epithelialization period was measured in excision...