Background: Maize plants are infested with many insect pests. The corn borer, namely: the greater sugarcane borer (the pink borer), Sesamia cretica Led. is one of most injurious insects infesting maize in Egypt and all over world. Results: Results illustrated that mortality percentage within 48 hours S. after feeding 4th instar larvae on leaves treated various plant extracts alcohol or petroleu...

The emergence of drug-resistant Tuberculosis has become a global health problem. Herbal drugs promise other potential options for treatment. This study aimed to investigate the anti-mycobacterial activity three plants: Piper longum, Cressa cretica and Calotropis gigantea. methanolic extract these plants was tested against Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv using BACTEC MGIT-960 Automated system, ...

the aim of this research was determination of nutritive value of cressa cretica with gas test method, in vivo digestibility and degradability with nylon bag method in three phenological stages. the amount of crude protein decreased significantly in seeding stage. but the amount of ndf and adf increased in seeding stage. the degradability of dry matter and rapid and slowly degradable fractions d...