Goal. Determine the species composition of weeds, their dominant role and establish type level weediness winter wheat crops by cultivation on black fallow, after peas for grain as forecrops in Eastern Forest-Steppe Ukraine.
 Methods. The research was carried out means route surveys field experiments located a stationary nine-field steam-grain-row crop rotation monoculture wheat.
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OBJECTIVE The objective of the present study was to investigate the hypoglycemic and hepatoprotective effect of Cassia glauca leaf extracts on normal and non insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) in rats. The study was further carried out to investigate the effect of different fractions of the active extract of Cassia glauca, on normal and NIDDM rats, and the effect of active fraction on ...

Crude antigenic preparations from Setaria equina were used in ELISA and Western blotting to examine cross-reaction with human sera from areas endemic for bancroftian filariasis. Sera from normal subjects from non-endemic areas were included as negative controls. Cross-reaction was found between S. equina antigens and antibodies in the sera of Wuchereria bancrofti-infected patients, with the hig...

Foxtail millet is small diploid (2n = 2x 18), one of the oldest domesticated, self-compatible, C4 Panicoid cereal grains in Eurasia. Change climatic conditions, ecological degradation, overexploitaion, and commercial cultivation has led to genetic loss landraces as well wild relatives cultivated crops. Established relations among species are prerequisites for their future breeding programs impr...

The objective of the study was to investigate the antidiabetic action of aqueous extract of Cassia glauca leaf in different models of rats. The antidiabetic activity of aqueous extract of Cassia glauca leaf was evaluated by using normal and streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats. After the oral administration of aqueous extracts at doses of 500 mg/kg body weight, blood glucose levels and body wei...

Invaded systems are commonly associated with a change in ecosystem processes and a decline in native species diversity; however, many different causal pathways linking invasion, ecosystem change, and native species decline could produce this pattern. The initial driver of environmental change may be anthropogenic, or it may be the invader itself; and the mechanism behind native species decline ...

Where wetlands receive urban runoff, Typha spp. and other invasive plants often displace the native vegetation. We tested the ability of nutrients (N and P) to increase vegetative growth of T. 3 glauca (a hybrid of T. latifolia and T. angustifolia). In the greenhouse, 17 treatments revealed that T. 3 glauca required both N and P for growth, and total leaf length was most stimulated where a high...

Yucca glauca is a C(3) evergreen rosette species locally common in the C(4)-dominated grasslands of the central Great Plains. Most congeners of Y. glauca are found in deserts, and Y. glauca's morphological similarities to desert species (steeply angled leaves, evergreen habit) may be critical to its success in grasslands. We hypothesized that the evergreen habit of Y. glauca, coupled with its a...

A method, based on reversed phase high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) was developed for the detection and quantification of anabasine, the toxic alkaloid of Nicotiana glauca, in forensic applications. A standard solid phase extraction (SPE) method was used for the extraction of anabasine from viscera, but was optimized for the extraction of this alkaloid from plant material. The caref...

Diabetes is a metabolic disorder affecting about 220 million people worldwide. One of the most critical complications of diabetes is post-prandial hyper-glycemia (PPHG). Glucosidase inhibitor and α-amylase inhibitors are class of compounds that help in managing PPHG. Low-cost herbal treatment is recommended due to their lesser side effect for treatment of diabetes. Two plants with significant t...