Methylglyoxal (MGO) is recognized as being the bioactive component responsible for antibacterial activity of m?nuka honey. MGO content was investigated by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC-UV), in isocratic elution, to assess occurrence this compound mono- and multi-floral honey samples representative different botanical geographic origins Italy. Specifically, 110 from sweet cherry t...

The most important pests of acacia black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia L.) (Fabaceae) are: Appendiseta robiniae Gillette, Phyllonorycter robiniella Clemens, Parectopa Nematus tibialis Newman and Obolodiplosis Haldemann, species from North America, where it also originates the acacia, which is host plant. In Europe these were introduced accidentally, being considered invasive species. Europe, O. ...

The Yellow River Delta wetlands in the National Nature Reserve are facing serious degradation due to water scarcity and soil salinization. This study aims investigate mechanism of wetland by analyzing small-scale distribution nutrients preferential flow transport patterns Robinia Pseudoacacia community, which is a typical vegetation community degraded wetlands. Soil physical chemical properties...

Phytoremediation is an emerging technology that employs higher plants to cleanup contaminated environments, including metal-polluted soils. Because it produces a biomass rich in extracted toxic metals, further treatment of this biomass is necessary. The aim of our study was to assess the five-year potential of the following native wild plants to produce biomass and remove heavy metals from a po...

Isotherms of Zn 2+ ions adsorption by native and 3% H 2 SO 4 solution-treated leaves Acacia auriculiformis were plotted. The resulting isotherms processed using the Langmuir, Freundlich, Dubinin-Radushkevich Temkin models. It was found that these with earleaf acacia are most accurately described model modified Langmuir model. modification a solution contributes to an increase in maximum sorptio...

Transgenic Robinia pseudoacacia plants were obtained by Agrobacterium tumefaciens mediated gene transfer. Agrobacterium strain LBA4404 harbouring a binary vector that contained the chimeric neomycin phosphotransferase II (NPTII) and beta-glucuronidase (GUS) genes was co-cultivated with hypocotyl segments of in vitro raised seedlings of Robinia. Parameters important for high efficiency regenerat...

The goal is to protect semi-finished/finished wood components from burning/fires in a variety of settings (wooden buildings, historical sites, restoration, etc.). Natural (organic) sea mussel shells (Chamelea gallina) were crushed and prepared with water various solution concentrations (10%, 15%) after the pyrolysis process, either alone or together boron compounds (borax). limiting oxygen inde...

One of the alternative sustainable and green construction materials to concrete is timber. Timber numerous varieties, this acts as a barrier extent its usage, especially in structural application. Despite many researches on wood’s mechanical physical properties, only few are geared toward application wood. The present work investigated properties five timber species; Gmelina arborea, Tectona gr...

Surface mining in West Virginia has disturbed large tracts of forested land. In the 1930s to 1960s, reclamation generally involved replanting of trees on mined sites, but revegetation practices gradually evolved into seeding of forages for erosion control as federal and state laws were enacted in the 1970s. Reforestation of mined lands has recently become an important issue and both federal and...