Growing vegetables economically in the use of constructed wetland for wastewater treatment can play a role in overcoming water and food scarcity. Allium porrum L., Solanum melongena L., Ipomoea aquatica Forsk., and Capsicum annuum L. plants were selected to grow in hybrid constructed wetland (CW) under natural conditions. The impact of the ratio of nitrate to ammonium nitrogen on ammonium and n...

Antimicrobial efficiency of Solanum melongena seed extracts was examined using methanol, chloroform, acetone and petroleum ether, as solvents and tested against four human pathogenic bacteria such as Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus and Proteus vulgaris using Agar Well Diffusion Method. The phytochemical analysis of Solanum melongena seed was also made. The methan...

Antimicrobial efficiency of Solanum melongena seed extracts was examined using methanol, chloroform, acetone and petroleum ether, as solvents and tested against four human pathogenic bacteria such as Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus and Proteus vulgaris using Agar Well Diffusion Method. The phytochemical analysis of Solanum melongena seed was also made. The methan...

A comparative study of polyphenol oxidase (PPO) from two varieties of brinjal (local long green-bili badnea and purple-gundu badne) was conducted to determine differences and similarities of some of the characteristics of the PPO enzymes in terms of temperature and pH optima, substrate specificity, thermal inactivation and potency of some PPO inhibitors. PPO was partially purified by ammonium s...

The Present study summarizes the biosynthesis, characterization and optimization of auxins by Piriformospora indica and its effect on the growth of Solanum melongena L. cultivars. The biosynthesis of auxins was greatly influenced by the addition of tryptophan. Based on the data obtained from traditional one factor at a time method, optimization was carried out using the response surface methodo...

The silver-leaf nightshade nenmtode, Nothanguina phyllobia, is a promising biological control agent for its only reported host, Solanum elaeagnifolium Cav. When infective larvae of N. phyllobia and stem tissue of 39 econmnically important plant species were suspended in 0.5% water agar, nematodes aggregated about S. elaeagnifolium, Solanum carolinense L., Solanum melongena L., Solanum tuberosum...

Plant morphological changes mediated by growth conditions are linked to changes in host preference of herbivores. Understanding how these morphological changes inßuence herbivore feeding is critical in the interpretationof results of host evaluationof candidateweedbiocontrol agents in quarantine and improvement of the evaluation system. We determined the effect of plant growth conditions on lea...