Weeds are a major impediment to crop and pasture production profitability in Australian farming systems, knowledge of their occurrence is vital devising weed management solutions. This study examined the relationships between species from observations made during surveys randomly selected fields grain and/or production. Between 2013 2017, 996 across New South Wales (NSW) were surveyed record de...

Scope: Sonchus Oleraceus , named bitter vegetable (BV), has been known to have multiple health benefits such as anti-aging and anti-inflammation. However, the role of BV in prevention obesity is unclear. The aim this study was examine effect lipid extracts (BVL) on development. Methods Results: Following treatments high fat diet-induced obese mice (C57BL/6J) with BVL (0.3 mg/g BW per mouse) for...

Abstract Manure is a useful source of nutrients in olive orchards, but its effect on weed growth such an ecosystem has not been studied. A field experiment was conducted six-year old orchard (cv. Chondrelia Chalkidikis ) northern Greece to study the effects two forms fertilization (inorganic fertilizer and composted cow manure) weeds abundance flora composition (species diversity dominance). ra...

Samples of two Ageratum conyzoides, one Sonchus oleraceus and one turnip (Brassica rapa var. rapa) exhibiting virus-like symptoms were collected from Pakistan and Nepal. Full-length begomovirus clones were obtained from the four plant samples and betasatellite clones from three of these. The begomovirus sequences were shown to be isolates of Ageratum enation virus (AEV) with greater than 89.1% ...

UNLABELLED BACKGROUND Sonchus arvensis is used in the treatment of various human aliments as a traditional medicine in Pakistan. In the study its various fractions are characterized for scavenging of diverse free radicals. RESULTS Results of the present study revealed that various fractions of Sonchus arvensis significantly scavenged the free radicals (DPPH·, ABTS·+, ·OH, superoxide), howe...

BACKGROUND Sonchus asper (L.) Hill, (Asteraceae) is used in Pakistan as a traditional ("folk") medicine for the treatment of hormonal disorders and oxidative stress. The present study was aimed to evaluate the efficacy of Sonchus asper (L.) Hill, (Asteraceae) methanolic extract (SAME) on hormonal dysfunction in thyroid tissue after carbon tetrachloride (CCl4)-induced oxidative stress. METHODS...