Potato cultivars Katahdin (susceptible) and Rosa (resistant) were exposed to infective second-stage juveniles (J2) of Globodera rostochiensis for varying periods of time, after which root systems were washed and plants were placed in Hoagland's solution to assess J2 egression and male emergence. After transfer to liquid culture, many J2 egressed from both cultivars, but significantly more egres...

ROSA is an e-learning system, which enables the management of Learning Objects (LOs). However, since ROSA is a centralized system, it does not provide a complete integration of LOs created in local ROSAs of other institutions. This paper presents the evolution of ROSA into a peer-to-peer (P2P) system the ROSA P2P, and describes the integration process of LOs in this environment. It provides the...

Objective: The antiulcer activity of various extracts of Hibiscus rosa sinensis leaves was evaluated in pyloric ligation induced gastric ulcer in albino rats. Method: The leaves extracts were prepared by cold maceration process with petroleum ether, alcohol and water separately. Results: Oral administration of aqueous and alcohol extracts (200 and 400 mg/kg) of Hibiscus rosa sinensis leaves wer...

Antimicrobial activity and cytotoxicity of fifty one extracts of different parts of 14 plants were studied. Ethanol, methanol, aqueous, butanol, and n-hexane extracts were tested against three gram negative, two gram positive bacteria, and two fungi. Cytotoxicity and phytochemical screening were determined using MTT and TLC assays, respectively. Of the fifty one extracts, twenty two showed acti...

This paper explores the use of Topic Maps to represent Learning Objects (LOs) in ROSA (Repository of Objects with Semantic Access for eLearning). ROSA is an e-learning system, which enables the creation, storage, reuse and management of LOs. A LO, characterized by a set of metadata descriptors, is a collection of reusable material used to support learning, i.e., an entity that can be digital or...

Pine wilt disease (PWD), a destructive disease for pine trees, is caused by the pine wood nematode (PWN), Bursaphelenchus xylophilus and additional bacteria. In this study, extracts of Zostera marina showed a high nematicidal activity against PWN and some of the bacteria that it carries. Light yellow crystals were obtained from extracts of Z. marina through solvent extraction, followed by chrom...

A study was conducted to observe the effects of two hormones viz., Indole Butyric Acid (IBA) and Seradix-A on growth and rooting percentage of Rosa bourboniana cuttings. Experiment was laid out according to Randomized Complete Block Design and there were four treatments, replicated four times. In the second experiment two Rosa species i.e. Rosa bourboniana and Gruss an teplitz were selected as ...

The cardiac ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) injury greatly influences the therapeutic effect and remains an urgent challenge in clinical therapy. Polypharmacology opens a new therapeutic opportunity to design drugs with a specific target for improving the efficacy. In this study, we first forecasted that Rosmarinic acid (RosA) could be used for the treatment of cardiovascular disease using text mini...