Effects of fermentation on the chemical composition, mineral, total phenolic, flavonoid, tannin, vitamin C, carotenoid content, and antioxidant activity “Nabag” Ziziphus spina-christi (L.) seeds were investigated. The process was carried out for 6, 12, 24, 48 h. significantly (p < 0.05) improved composition mineral content seeds, particularly Ca, Fe, Zn content. increased as a result compare...

We assessed the vertical growth and mycorrhizal infection of woody plant roots on a closed landfill, using tree and shrub clusters that had been previously installed in patches of increasing size to establish protocols for woodland restoration. The density of the fine roots of shrubs, which had poor-to-moderate mycorrhizal infection, decreased strongly with increasing depth. Oak ( Quercus ) see...

In different folk medicine Ziziphus spina-christi is used for different purposes such as pneumonia, dysentery, scorpion stings, cough, constipation, intestinal worms and fever. The aim of this study was evaluation and comparing the antibacterial activity of methanolic and ethanolic extracts of Ziziphus spina –christi as well as subsequent structural changes in affected bacteria. For this purpos...

The aim of this thesis was to investigate the role of resources in driving ecosystem processes and in influencing soil-and plant communities in boreal and temperate forests, through four complementary experimental studies. In the first study, plant and soil microbial responses to the quality and diversity of added organic substrates from boreal forests were investigated. The substrate-diversity...

Plant roots may be linked by shared or common mycorrhizal networks (CMNs) that constitute pathways for the transfer of resources among plants. The potential for water transfer by such networks was examined by manipulating CMNs independently of plant roots in order to isolate the role(s) of ectomycorrhizal (EM) and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal (AMF) networks in the plant water balance during dr...

An investigation was undertaken to test the hypothesis that amending peat to increase its P bu€ er capacity and optimizing the P concentration of the amended medium for mycorrhizal activity will enhance its usefulness for raising mycorrhizal seedlings of tree species. The approaches entailed mixing a small quantity of soil of high P adsorbing capacity with peat and constructing a P sorption iso...

in different folk medicine ziziphus spina-christi is used for different purposes such as pneumonia, dysentery, scorpion stings, cough, constipation, intestinal worms and fever. the aim of this study was evaluation and comparing the antibacterial activity of methanolic and ethanolic extracts of ziziphus spina –christi as well as subsequent structural changes in affected bacteria. for this purpos...

Catherine A. Gehring,* Julie E. Wolf and Tad C. Theimer Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 860115640, USA Research School of Biological Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia *Correspondence: E-mail: catherine.gehring@ nau.edu Abstract We examined whether terrestrial vertebrates affected the arbuscular mycorrhizal funga...

The effects of inoculation of sweet passion fruit plants with the arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungus Scutellospora heterogama on the symptoms produced by Meloidogyne incognita race 1 and its reproduction were evaluated in two greenhouse experiments. In the 1st, the M. incognita (5000 eggs/plant) and S. heterogama (200 spores/plant) inoculations were simultaneous; in the 2nd, the nematodes were ...