BACKGROUND This work evaluated the improvement of curdlan production of Agrobacterium sp. ATCC 31749 by using culture medium containing juice of discarded bottom part of green Asparagus spear (MJDA). Curdlan production was carried out using Agrobacterium sp. ATCC 31749 in flasks with different volumes of MJDA and its non-juice-adding control (CK) incubated in shaker at 30 °C, 200 rpm rotation f...

Since previous experiments (1) showed that the vitamin A content of head and leaf lettuce varied more or less directly with the greenness of the plant tissue, investigations in which asparagus was used as the source of this vitamin were undertaken. It was thought that certain questions concerning the vitamin properties of asparagus, which arise from the fact that it is offered for consumption i...

Since previous experiments (1) showed that the vitamin A content of head and leaf lettuce varied more or less directly with the greenness of the plant tissue, investigations in which asparagus was used as the source of this vitamin were undertaken. It was thought that certain questions concerning the vitamin properties of asparagus, which arise from the fact that it is offered for consumption i...

bengal, asparagus agar (Allen, 1951), asparagus agar plus 1:80,000 crystal violet, and asparagus agar plus 1:15,000 rose bengal. The addition of dyes decreased the number of contaminants but also appeared to inhibit the development of the rhizobia. All plates were examined daily for 2 weeks. Smears of colonies which resembled rhizobia were examined. Pure cultures were obtained by the use of bot...

Black and white plastic rowcovers were established over field-grown ‘Jersey Giant’ asparagus (Asparagus officinalis L.). Spears were cut for 7 weeks. Season soil temperatures were lowest under white plastic and highest without plastic covering. Night air temperature under plastic covers was ≈ 1.4C higher than without plastic covering (control), but day air temperature was typically 10C higher u...

Garden asparagus (Asparagus officinalis L.) is an economically important horticultural crop, susceptible to pathogenic soil fungi of the genus Fusarium. These fungi cause stem, crown and root rot, a major disease all over the world that is difficult to control by the use of chemicals and cultural practices. The development of resistant/tolerant cultivars appears to be the best alternative for c...

The subject of this work was fumonisin B1 (FB1) and moniliformin (MON) biosynthesis by three isolates of Fusarium oxysporum and three isolates of F. proliferatum of asparagus spears origin. The cultures of fungi were grown on rice and asparagus media for 3 weeks at 20oC. Experiment was carried out in 3 replicates. FB1 and MON occurrence was evaluated with high-performance liquid chromatography ...

Diabetes mellitus is a complex metabolic disease characterised by glucose overproduction and under-utilisation. As the incidence of diabetes expands rapidly across the globe there is an urgent need to expand the range of effective treatments. Higher plants such as Asparagus adscendens provide therapeutic opportunities and a rich source of potential antidiabetic agents. In the present study an a...

Asparagus racemosus Willd. (Family Asparagaceae; Liliaceae), is commonly known as Satavari. It is Medicinal plant contribute in human health care system. Asparagus racemosus is recommended in Ayurvedic texts for prevention and treatment of gastric ulcers, dyspepsia and as a galactotgogue. It is also used successfully for nervous disorders, inflammation, liver diseases and certain infectious dis...