an Red-wood" in English, and as " Rohun" in the Vernacular. It is common in Central India. The wood is of a red colour, strong, heavy and durable and well adapted for building purposes and for making articles of furniture ; it is not readily attacked by white ants. The bark, according to Ainslie, is "of a dingy red colour, and has a pleasant bitter taste, with a slight degree of austerity." (A ...

Associations between root diseases and bark beetles (Scolytidae) constitute some of the most serious pest complexes affecting forests in North America and elsewhere. The interactive functioning of these pests derives from the following relationships: 1) root diseases predispose trees to bark beetle infestation by lowering resistance, and perhaps increasing attractiveness, of trees to the attack...

Cordia rothii Roem. & Schult. bark has reputation of being effective in heart ailments in Saurashtra region of Gujarat. The investigation was undertaken to study the microscopy, chemical constituents and pharmacological actions of Cordia rothii Roem. & Schult. bark. Phytochemical analysis of different bark extracts revealed the presence of alkaloids, glycoalkaloids, coumarins and inorganic salt...

Extracts of S. asoca bark and pure compounds isolated from the bark were tested for properties that might inhibit the conversion of arachidonic acid by the PGH2 synthetase. They were assayed spectrophotometrically with adrenaline as cofactor. Methanol- and ethyl acetate extracts inhibited the conversion. The observed inhibition was confirmed in an oxygraphic assay. Two procyanidin dimers from t...

The antioxidant effect of aqueous extract of the bark of FB has been evaluated in hypercholesterolaemic rabbits. The water extracts of the bark of Ficus benghalensis at a dose of 50 mg/kg body weight per day in addition to cholesterol suspended in oil. There results show that the water extract of the bark of Ficus benghalensis has significant antioxidant effect, in addition to hypolipidaemic ef...

gummy bark disease of sweet orange (citrus sinensis) trees has been reported from a few citrus growing regions of the world. the disease symptoms consist of mild to severe stem pitting and brown gummy flecks in the bark of sweet orange trees on sour orange ( c. aurantium) rootstock, being conspicuous several centimeter above the bud :union: on the trunk. the pits were usually impregnated with b...

Lindgren funnel traps baited with aggregation pheromones are widely used to monitor and manage populations of economically important bark beetles (Coleoptera: Scolytidae). This study was designed to advance our understanding of how funnel trap catches assess bark beetle communities and relative abundance of individual species. In the second year (2005) of a 3-yr study of the bark beetle communi...

This paper presents an analysis system aiming at discriminating between normal and pathological voices. Compared to literature of voice pathology assessment, it is characterised by two aspects. First the system is based on features inspired from voice pathology assessment and music information retrieval. Second the distinction between normal and pathological voices is simply based on the correl...

A microcomputer based video image analyzer is described and demonstrated in the analysis and comparison of tissue types of 6-month-old Ethrel-treated and control seedlings of loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.). Two different programs were employed. ;Topographer I' sought, identified, and measured cell or resin canal lumen areas, and ;Area' measured tracheid length and silhouette areas. Ethrel treat...

B and Phomopsis/Diaporthe (P/D) spp. are fungal pathogens known to cause cankers on a variety of woody hosts such as avocado, grapevine, almond, citrus, cherry, plum, mango, and coast live oak. On avocado (Persea americana Mill.), the disease came to be known as Dothiorella canker because the pathogen most often isolated at the time was known as Dothiorella gregaria (2). However, new research h...