feeding performance of the green oak leaf roller, tortrix viridana (linnaeus) was determined on three host plants including quercus libani oliv, quercus infectoria oliv, and quercus branti lindl, under laboratory conditions. mean total leaf weight consumed by larvae was the highest on q. branti (0.31 g) and the lowest on q. libani (0.14 g).the feeding index was the highest on q. libani while th...

The galls of the Quercus infectoria (QI) tree are traditionally believed to have great medicinal value. Pharmacologically the galls are claimed to have various biological activities such as astringent effect, antidiabetic, antitremorine, local anaesthetic, antipyretic, anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, antiviral and many more. These pharmacological activities of gall extracts were reported to b...

The aim of this study was to evaluate the antibacterial activities selected medicinal plant practices by a traditional healer Newar community in Itum Bahal, Kathmandu, Nepal. methanolic extract (1 mg/disc) fifteen plants were screened against two Gram-positive bacteria (Staphylococcus aureus ATCC 25923 and Bacillus subtilis 6633) Gram-negative (Escherichia coli 25922 Salmonella typhi CCM 5445) ...