The residue behavior of chlorpyrifos, which is one of the extensively used insecticides all around the world, in six vegetable crops was assessed under greenhouse conditions. Each of the vegetables was subjected to a foliar treatment with chlorpyrifos. Two analytical methods were developed using gas chromatography equipped with a micro-ECD detector (LOQ = 0.05 mg kg(-1)) and liquid chromatograp...

Compounds or substances which act to reduce nutrient intake, digestion, absorption and utilization and may produce other adverse effects are referred to as anti-nutrients or anti-nutritional factors. Plant sources contain in their raw state wide varieties of anti-nutrients which are potentially toxic. This study was conducted to phytochemical investigation on fruits and plants from India and Ir...

This study evaluated the allelopathic potential and autotoxic interference with growth and nutrient uptake of two asparagus varieties; UC157 (U) and Gijnlim (G) from USA and Europe, respectively. The two varieties were cultivated in a continuous replanting system in different rotational patterns with soil amended by asparagus root residues, and unamended soil (control) under greenhouse conditio...

Soil type, crop management practices, annual plant growth patterns, and seasonal changes have all been shown to influence asparagus (Asparagus officinalis) roots. This study describes the in root that occur over three establishment seasons of cultivars. Starting one year after planting, length density biomass were estimated from soil cores (55 mm diam. × 0.2 m long) collected 0.9 at locations a...

The effect of immersion solutions containing enterocin AS-48 alone or in combination with chemical preservatives on survival and proliferation of Listeria monocytogenes CECT 4032 inoculated on fresh alfalfa sprouts, soybean sprouts, and green asparagus was tested. Immersion treatments (5 min at room temperature) with AS-48 solutions (25 microg/ml) reduced listeria counts of artificially contami...

Osteoporosis is a metabolic bone disease, characterized by increased porosity of the skeleton resulting from reduced bone mass, the associated structural changes predispose the bone to fracture. The drug discovery process in this direction is very attractive, because of non-availability of suitable, safe and effective means for the management of this condition. The objective of the study was to...

Asparagus bean (Vigna unguiculata ssp. sesquipedalis) is the Asian subspecies of cowpea, a drought-resistant legume crop native to Africa. In order to explore the genetic variation of drought responses in asparagus bean, we conducted multi-year phenotyping of drought resistance traits across the Chinese asparagus bean mini-core. The phenotypic distribution indicated that the ssp. sesquipedalis ...

Zinc is presently being used as a micronutrient essential for plant growth in agriculture in the form of zinc sulphate in fertilizers. Considering the importance of nitrogen-fixing microorganisms in soil fertility and plant growth, and the toxic effects of zinc, this study aimed at isolating nitrogen-fixing microorganisms from the asparagus rhizosphere arable soil and examining the sensitivity ...