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Background & Aim: Aphids are of serious pests and vectors of multitude of viral diseases of field crops, vegetables, ‎and greenhouse crops. They have displayed a remarkable ability to establish resistance to ‎almost every insecticide with which it has been treated. To reduce the damage of these pests ‎and dependence on the sometimes unwise use of synthetic pesticides in crop and vegetable ‎plan...

The plant kingdom is by far the most efficient producer of chemical compounds, synthesising many products that are used in defence against herbivores. Extracts made from some plants, particularly extracts from plants within the Meliaceae (mahogany) family, have been shown to have insecticidal properties. We investigated the potential of these extracts and the possibility of integrating botanica...

CARMEN EUGENIA STAVARACHE1*, JOHN MORRIS2, YASUAKI MAEDA3, IKUKO OYANE3, MIRCEA VINATORU1 1 ‘C. D. Nenitzescu’ Institute of Organic Chemistry, Spl. Independentzei, 202B, 060023 Bucharest, PO-Box 15-254, Romania 2 Syringa Bioscience (Pty) Ldt, Unit 8, Ferndale Industrial Park, 18 Lyn Road, Ferndale Ext. 4, Randburg, 2195, South Africa 3 College of Engineering, Osaka Prefecture University, Gakuen...

Embryogenic cultures were initiated from immature Melia azedarach (Meliaceae) zigotic embryos. Explants were induced on Murashige and Skoog (1962) medium with 4.54 microM thidiazuron or 0.45 microM dichlorophenoxyacetic acid. After 6 weeks of culture on induction medium, somatic embryos were categorized in four morphological classes based on the presence of single or fused embryos and if they r...

Background & Aim: Aphids are of serious pests and vectors of multitude of viral diseases of field crops, vegetables, ‎and greenhouse crops. They have displayed a remarkable ability to establish resistance to ‎almost every insecticide with which it has been treated. To reduce the damage of these pests ‎and dependence on the sometimes unwise use of synthetic pesticides in crop and vegetable ‎plan...

Melia azedarach, a versatile tree belonging to the Meliaceae family, presents significant challenge in achieving successful seed germination for forest plantations. The robust nature of azedarach seeds necessitates pre-treatments overcome physical barriers and enhance water absorption. Natural ecosystems often benefit from symbiotic relationship between Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi plant r...

Background: Melia indica and M. azedarach (Meliaceae) are widely used in traditional medicine. These species are considered as natural pesticides. Their major compound is azadirachtin (AZD) which is considered as the marker for quality control of these species. Objective: In the present investigation, AZD content of the leaves and fruits (comprising the whole fruit, peel, pulp and seeds) of M....

1Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Drum Tower Clinical Medical College of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China 2Department of Nephrology and Rheumatology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China 3Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Lian Yun-gang Clinical Medical College of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu,...