Plants from the ancient time have been consumed as a part of food and sidewise for the prevention and treatment of diseases. Indian literatures mention the use of plants in treatment of various human ailments. In traditional system of drugs various plant parts such as stem, stem bark, roots, root bark, leaves, fruits and exudates are used in dysentery, diarrhea, diabetes, leucorrhoea, menorrhag...

To determine whether host species influence the composition of fungal communities, the ascomycetes and basidiomycetes present on three tree species (Prioria copaifera (Fabaceae), Quararibea asterolepis (Bombacaceae), and Trichilia tuberculata (Meliaceae)) were sampled on the 50-ha Forest Dynamics Project plot in lowland moist tropical forest on Barro Colorado Island, Panama. The most abundant f...

Traditional medicines are becoming crucial and decisive role in the prevention cure of diseases disorders. have various pharmacological activities which important for human health. Bombax Ceiba widely used from past decades treatment ceiba is usually referred to as kapok tree moca, belongs Bombacaceae. Moca a medicative, plant found tropical subtropical Asian country like India, Pakistan. Vario...

Many authors have attempted to explain the adaptive response of tropical plants to drought based on studies of water relations at the leaf level. Little attention has been given to the role of the xylem system in the control of plant water requirements. To evaluate this role, we studied the hydraulic architecture and water relations parameters of two tropical canopy trees with contrasting leaf ...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS Late-acting self-incompatibility (LSI), in which selfed flowers fail to form fruits despite apparently successful growth of the pollen tubes to the ovules, is a contentious and still poorly understood phenomenon. Some studies have indicated pollen tube-pistil interactions, and major gene control. Others favour an early acting inbreeding depression explanation. METHODS Expe...