background: herbal distillates had been used for many centuries as herbal medicine in traditional persian medicine. recently, some studies claimed the presence of methanol in different types of herbal distillates which can cause different complications or even death as methanol is highly toxic. the main purpose of this study was to determine methanol content in the commonly-used industrial herb...

background: this study investigated the effects of some important meteorological parameters and filler type compounds on phytotoxicity of captan in peach trees in the north of iran. captan is a phthalimide fungicide which has frequently been used in northern regions of iran to control certain plant diseases. this fungicide has caused intense phytotoxicity in peach trees which was first observed...

the present study was conducted to determine the plant growth-promoting activities of bradyrhizobium sp. (vigna) strain mrm6 grown in the presence and absence of the selected herbicides, quizalafop-p-ethyl and clodinafop. the herbicide tolerant bradyrhizobium sp. (vigna) strain mrm6 was further tested for bioremediation and plant growth promoting potential using greengram as a test crop, grown ...

the potato tuber moth (ptm), phthorimaea operculella zeller (lepidoptera: gelechiidae), is an important pest of potato and other solanaceous plants. it is cosmopolite and oligophage that exists in most countries where potatoes are grown. because of chemical treatment adverse effects, there is a necessity to find safe alternatives to synthetic insecticides. so, medicinal plants are promising sin...

Background: Herbal distillates had been used for many centuries as herbal medicine in Traditional Persian medicine. Recently, some studies claimed the presence of methanol in different types of herbal distillates which can cause different complications or even death as methanol is highly toxic. The main purpose of this study was to determine methanol content in the commonly-used industrial herb...

We explore the impact of plant toxicity on the dynamics of a plant-herbivore interaction, such as that of a mammalian browser and its plant forage species, by studying a mathematical model that includes a toxin-determined functional response. In this functional response, the traditional Holling Type 2 response is modified to include the negative effect of toxin on herbivore growth, which can ov...

Effects of four tropical plant (Aframomum melegueta, Zanthoxylum zanthoxyloides, Piper guineense and Eugenia aromatica) were investigated under tropical laboratory storage conditions for the protection of cowpea seeds against insect infestation. The plant materials were pulverised into fine powder after air drying and admixed with 20 g of cowpea seeds at the ...