The toxic effect of binary and tertiary combinations of Euphorbia hirta Linn latex powder with other plant molluscicidal compounds, were evaluated against the freshwater snails Lymnaea (Radix) acuminata and Indoplanorbis exustus in pond. These combinations showed significant time and dose dependent effect against both the snails. These compounds at higher doses were also lethal to freshwater fi...

Carabid beetles are species rich and abundant in arable habitats worldwide and, due to their predatory polyphagous nutrition, potentially important as natural pest control agents (Kromp, 1999). Diversification of agricultural field margins with techniques such as sowing wildflower mixes can enhance populations of arthropods such as carabid beetles (Asteraki et al., 1995). Management of this typ...

Potentilla fulgens (Wall.) ex Hook (Rosaceae) is an alpine medicinal plant that found in the Western Himalayas region and its whole parts are consumed all over world as a potent source of therapeutic constituents. Traditionally this frequently used by tribals their various products also uses common peoples for caring diseases especially pyorrhea. The P. different extracts have variety active ph...

Methanol extracts of Callistemon viminalis (Sol. Ex Gaertner) G.Don Ex Loudon fruits, bark and leaves were tested for molluscicidal activity. Snails were collected and kept in dechlorinated water under standard condition. Ten adults B. Alexandrina, of the same size, were introduced in plastic acquaria for each experiment. The powdered organs extracted with methanol and the dried extracts were k...

Methanol extracts of Callistemon viminalis (Sol. Ex Gaertner) G.Don Ex Loudon fruits, bark and leaves were tested for molluscicidal activity. Snails were collected and kept in dechlorinated water under standard condition. Ten adults B. Alexandrina, of the same size, were introduced in plastic acquaria for each experiment. The powdered organs extracted with methanol and the dried extracts were k...