This study assessed baits for eastern lubber grasshopper, Romalea guttata (Houttuyn). When offered a choice among several grain-based baits (rolled oats, wheat bran, oat bran, yeast, corn meal, cornflakes) and vegetable oils (canola, corn, peanut, soybean), eastern lubber grasshopper adults preferred bait consisting of wheat bran carrier with corn oil as an added phagostimulant. Other carriers ...

The removal of chlorpyrifos pesticide residues from vegetables was achieved by using low level of ozonated water (OZW) for 15 60 min as contact times at 25 and 35oC. Recovered amount of chlorpyrifos was extracted using solid phase extraction (SPE) and then analyzed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). The initial levels of residual chlorpyrifos varied with the kind of vegetables, wh...

Adomet synthetase (EC 2.5.1.6) catalyzes the formation of Adomet, which serves as a methyl group donor in highly specific transmethylation reactions involving a11 kinds of acceptor molecules such as proteins, nucleic acids, phenylpropanoid derivatives, polysaccharides, cyclic fatty acids, etc. Adomet also plays a role in amino acid biosynthesis and polyamine biosynthesis. In plants, Adomet has ...

background: high content of phospholipids in testes and epididymis is involved in regulation of spermatogenesis. on the other side, it makes testes susceptible to oxidative stress due to lipid peroxidation, which alters the normal mechanism of spermatogenesis. objective: in the present investigation, antioxidant effects of ethanolic extracts of parsley, lettuce and brahmi were tested against d-...

The ferredoxin from parsley has been purified to a high degree. The protein contains 2.o iron atoms per molecule, has an iron to labile sulfide ratio of unity and consumes 9 moles of mercurial, leading to calculated molecular weights of 1o8oo, 1o75o and 1o96o, respectively. These compare well with the results of amino acid analysis which gave a molecular weight of 1o66o. The dithionite-reduced ...

Rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) are often presented suffering from urolithiasis. A high water intake is important in the prophylaxis of uroliths. We investigated the influence factors for water intake using 12 rabbits subjected to different feed and water regimes with practical relevance: Hay, fresh parsley, a seed mix and two different pelleted feed were offered in diverse combinations. Water ...