Bamboo-plants popularly known for their industrial uses are now been in attention therapeutical as well food/nutraceutical utilities. The plant is intricately associated with humans from time immemorial. Bambusa arundinacea (Retz.)Willd. an important species among the bamboo community. Research works on this of have yielded crucial data regarding its phyto-constituents and biochemical parameter...

The chinch bug, Blissus occiduus Barber (Hemiptera: Blissidae), is an important pest of buffalograss, Buchloë dactyloides (Nutall) Engelmann and potentially other turfgrass, crop, and non-crop hosts. Choice studies documented the number of B. occiduus present on selected turfgrasses, crops and weeds, and provided important insights into the host preferences of this chinch bug. Grasses with the ...

Future European strategies to reduce dependence on foreign markets for energy supply and production will rely the further exploitation of primary sector. Lignocellulosic feedstock bioenergy is a valuable candidate, dedicated crops such as giant reed (Arundo donax L.), miscanthus (Miscanthus × giganteus), canary grass (Phalaris arundinacea switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) have been proven be su...

Phosphorus (P) runoff from fields fertilized with swine (Sus scrofa domesticus) manure may contribute to eutrophication. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of aluminum sulfate (alum) and aluminum chloride applications to swine manure on P runoff from small plots cropped to tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea Shreb.). There were six treatments in this study: (i) unfertilized con...

This research investigated the ability of on-farm pretreatments with acid, alkali, ozone or novel enzymes to improve enzymatic degradability of cellulose and hemicelluloses in biomass at the biorefinery. Two perennial grasses, switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) and reed canarygrass (Phalaris arundinacea L.), were direct-cut harvested, pretreated, and stored anaerobically for 30 d. Pretreated and un...

Third instar growth and survival, and the effect of larval density of the Japanese beetle, Popillia japonica Newman and the southern masked chafer, Cyclocephala lurida (Olivier) were evaluated on Tifway bermudagrass, Cynodon dactyl on (L.) and KY-31 tall fescue, Festuca arundinacea Schreb. in a threeyear field study. Winter survival was sometimes enhanced in bermudagrass plots. Larval weight ga...

The present article describes the heavy metal content (Ni, Pb, Cd) in top plant phytomass: blue marsh bog (Eleocharis palustris (L.) Roem. Schult.), furcular Anemonidium (Anemonidium dichotomum Holub), bayonet rush (Juncus filiformis L.), vetchling (Lathyrus carex acuta (Carex reed canary grass (Phalaroides arundinacea clump speedwell (Veronica longifolia silverweed cinquefoil (Potentilla anser...