Current red clover (Trifolium pratense L.) breeding methods for quantitative traits consist almost entirely of recurrent phenotypic selection. In many species, improved cultivars have been achieved through hybrid breeding methods, especially for highly nonadditive traits. Hybrid methods have previously been studied and developed in red clover; inbreeding depression was a hindrance to the utilit...

AIM To evaluate some forage feeds of ruminants in terms of their carbohydrate (CHO) and protein fractions using Cornell Net Carbohydrate and Protein System (CNCPS). MATERIALS AND METHODS Eleven ruminant feeds (six green fodders - maize, oat, sorghum, bajra, cowpea, berseem and five range herbages - para grass, guinea grass, hedge lucerne, setaria grass and hybrid napier) were selected for thi...

Essential oils are volatile and can have good antimicrobial activity. We compared the effects of oil of basil (Ocimum basilicum) and essential oil components (thymol, carvacrol, and salicylaldehyde) to those of a placebo when placed in the ear canal of rats with experimental acute otitis media caused by pneumococci or Haemophilus influenzae. Progress was monitored by otomicroscopic examination ...

Daun kersen merupakan bahan alternatif yang dapat dijadikan disinfektan alami karena mengandung senyawa aktif berupa flavonoid, saponin, dan tanin bekerja sebagai antibakteri pada mesin tetas telur itik. Tujuan dari penelitian ini yaitu untuk mengetahui pengaruh infusa daun tingkat konsentrasi paling efektif terhadap penurunan jumlah bakteri kemampuan menghambat pertumbuhan Penelitian dilakukan...

Fresh basil (Ocimum basilicum) leaves contain chicoric acid, which is the principal phenolic compound in Echinacea purpurea and purportedly an active ingredient in dietary supplements derived from E. purpurea. Here the concentrations of chicoric acid in dried and fresh basil products available to consumers, and how these concentrations compare to those from E. purpurea are reported. A wide rang...

Bioreduction of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) from silver ions (Ag) using water extract of Thai basil leaf was successfully carried out. The basil leaf extract provided a reducing agent and stabilizing agent for a synthesis of metal nanoparticles. Silver nanoparticles received from cut and uncut basil leaf was compared. The resulting silver nanoparticles are characterized by UV-Vis spectroscopy....

AbstractSeveral studies have shown that berseem clover is one of the most important winter leguminous crops as fodder for animals due to its high content crude protein. In Egypt, cultivation abundant in soils whether ancient or reclaimed soils. This study was designed evaluate effect biofertilizers on productivity cultivated under sandy soil conditions Ismailia Research Station, Governorate. To...