Betalains in Amaranthus tricolor leaf were identified by means of reversed phase high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and Liquid chromatography-Mass spectrometry (LC-MS). In addition to the known compound red-violet amaranthin, two yellow pigments were detected in Amaranthus tricolor. A novel betaxanthin, methyl derivative of arginine betaxanthin was identified on the basis of UV-Vis s...

A two year field experiment was carried out to evaluate the effects of municipal waste compost (C), composted cattle manure (M), and nitrogen (N) on growth and composition of weeds in a corn field in Shiraz using a split-split plot design with 3 replicates. Visual inspection of the plots showed that the manure treatments neither introduced new weed species nor increased weed density more than t...

Amaranthus cruentus Solanum macrocarpon Tetranychus ludeni T. ludeni A. cruentus S. macrocarpon A. cruentus S. macrocarpon T. ludeni T. ludeni rm Ro T. ludeni T. ludeni S. macrocarpon A. cruentus. T. ludeni Amaranthus cruentus Solanum macrocarpon Tetranychus ludeni Journal of Insect Science

The question of energy independence is crucial for many countries in the developed world these days. In addition to solar and wind energy, agriculture plant production are sources renewable energy. Crops can be grown biomass direct combustion, biofuels, bio-ethanol. benefits, lignocellulosic plants have a huge potential wide application industry, construction, paper, automotive, pharmaceutical ...

The present paper was a part of Ph.D research work, conducted during the year 2014, in which 87 poisonous plants belonging to 54 genera, were collected, documented and preserved in the herbarium of Bannu, Department of Botany UST, Bannu Khyber Pakhtunkwa Pakistan. The plants were identified botanically, arranged alphabetically along with their Latin name, family name, common name, poisonous par...