Purpose. To analyse the taxonomic composition of subtropical plants Khorol Botanical Garden collection. Results. Taxonomic collection, consisting 25 species: Actinidia chinensis Planch., Asimina triloba (L.) Dunal, Camellia sinensis Kuntze, Chaenomeles ×californica Clarke ex Weber, Citrus trifoliata L., Cormus domestica Crataegus azarolus opaca Hooker & Arn., Cydonia oblonga Mill., Diospyro...

Aloe barbadensis Miller, commonly known as Aloe Vera is extensively used as a base element in preparation of medicine, cosmetics and food supplements. The objective of this study was to find out the effect of different levels of nitrogen on morphological and physiological characteristic of Aloe vera plants. Treatments included four levels of nitrogen (0, 500, 1000 and 1500 mg pot). After 12 mon...

The genus Salacia (Celastraceae: Salaciodeae) in peninsular India is revised, wherein ten species are recognised. Eight endemic to the region. macrophylla and S. reticulata excluded from revision as occurrence of both doubtful mainland India. macrosperma exhibits great variation leaf shape, flower number, pedicel length fruit texture, hence morphologically similar beddomei vellaniana relegated ...

The Maurit surveys along the Mauritanian coast revealed the small collection of thalassinideans examined in this work. A total of four species were identified, of which Ezaxius ferachevali n. gen., n. sp. is described and figured here. Calocaris macandreae Bell, 1853 is the most abundant species, while the presence of Calocarides coronatus (Trybom, 1904) is confirmed on the West African coast. ...

in the current study, molecular typing of 50 erwinia amylovora strains related to different regions in iran was evaluated using multi-locus sequence analysis and variable number of tandem repeats. in the first assay, phylogenetic tree based on partial sequences of recombinase a, sigma factor s and a heat shock protein groel showed significant identity in studied gene sequences. a single nucleot...

cydonia oblonga mill. (quince) is a member of rosaceae family that widely used in iranian traditional medicine. this plant contains large amounts of flavonoids and polyphenols and has antioxidant, antibacterial, free radical scavenging and several other effects. this study was undertaken to evaluate the genotoxic and genoprotective effects of hydroalcoholic and polyphenolic extracts of quince o...