The incorporation of a rye (Secale cereale L.) cover crop into the soil prior to planting cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) has been shown to restrict damage caused by root-knot nematodes (Meloidogyne incognita (Kofoid and White) Chitwood). A greenhouse study was conducted to determine the duration of the effectiveness of rye decomposition in controlling root-knot nematode damage in relation to th...

ITHIN the genus Secale L. hybrids between various perennial forms have all shown regular meiotic chromosome behavior as have hybrids between different annual strains belonging to S. cereale L. In all hybrids between S. cereale and perennial forms, however, a translocation figure has been observed a t metaphase I in the PMC’s. The maximum association is apparently a ring-of-six, but this is seld...

The novel natural product acremostrictin was isolated from the culture broth of Acremonium strictum, a marine fungus collected from a Choristida sponge off the coast of Korea. Structurally, acremostrictin is a tricyclic lactone of an unprecedented skeletal class based on combined spectroscopic and X-ray crystallographic analyses. The new compound exhibited weak antibacterial and moderate antiox...

Animals may respond to habitat quality and habitat edges and these responses may affect their distribution between habitats. We studied the movement behaviour of a ground-dwelling generalist predator, the carabid beetle Pterostichus melanarius (Illiger). We performed a mark-recapture experiment in two adjacent habitats; a large plot with oilseed radish (Raphanus sativus) and a plot with rye (Se...

The resin of Canarium strictum Roxb. is used for rheumatism and asthma; the bark as a mosquito repellent. major compounds in are triterpenoids, but no studies have been performed on bark, this study investigated economically important resource. Ten folk healers were interviewed about their medicinal uses C. strictum. Resin extracted with dichloromethane followed by methanol using accelerated so...

The traditional practice of conservation on religious basis along with commercial linkages at a local level is an interesting system from the point view its ecological, economical as well institutional sustainability. Dhoop-rahat, in Western Ghats region Bhor Taluka Pune District, possibly only sacred grove dedicated to religiously important species Canarium strictum Roxb. Dhoop (black dammar r...