Choice tests were conducted to determine feeding preferences of European corn borer, Ostrinia nubilalis (Hübner) (Lepidoptera: Crambidae), neonates for 15 species of plants. Percentage of neonates accepting (found on) each leaf disc after 24 h was measured using choice tests. Initially, nine species of plants were evaluated. The following year, 10 plant species were evaluated during O. nubilali...

Current strategies for Alzheimer’s disease (AD) treatment are mainly symptomatic; development of disease-modifying therapies is urgently needed. Polygonum Multiflorum has been used in Traditional Chinese Medicine for long history in treatment of dementia. Pharmacological studies suggested Polygonum Multiflorum could improve learning and memory abilities in animal models of AD, and inhibit β-amy...

Im Rahmen dieser Studie soll eine Nahsensorikmethode zur Identifizierung und Quantifizierung von Pflanzenkrankheiten entwickelt werden. Die Komplexität verschiedener Pathogene einbeziehend, soll der Einfluss der Schaderreger Erysiphe graminis (Echter Mehltau) und Septoria tritici (Blattdürre) als Vertreter zweier unterschiedlicher Erregerklassen auf die Reflexion von Weizenpflanzen untersucht w...

A study was conducted during 2009-10 to assess the toxicity of chloroform extracts of Pogostemon parviflorus (Benth.) and Polygonum hydropiper (L) against red spider mite (Oigonychus coffeae, Neitner) under laboratory condition using leaf detached method. Both the plant extracts possesed the acaricidal properties on developmental stages of red spider mite. The treatment with both plant extracts...