Limnocharis flava is an invasive plant in Sri Lanka that highly invading in paddy fields and riparian ecosystems. In present study we assess the allelopathic potential of leaves and roots of Limnocharis flava with the Oryza sativa seedlings to evaluate the allelopathic potential of L. flava on the...

An experiment was conducted in College of Post Graduate Studies, CAU, Barapani, Meghalaya in 2011 to recognize the inhibitory effect of aqueous extracts of Lantana camara L. (a globally recognized invasive alien weed) on garden pea (Pisum sativum L.) The test was conducted in sterilized petridishes ...

Trifolium alexandrinum L. native to the Mediterranean has become a major invasive plant growing in temperate, sub-tropical as well as high altitude areas. In Pakistan, T. alexandrinum has spread extremely rapidly, now it can be found in almost every ecological region of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province. ...

Banana bract mosaic virus (BBrMV) locally known as Kokkan causes serious threat to banana production and it spreads at a high rate in almost all the banana varieties cultivated in Kerala, India. Serological techniques i.e. chloroplast agglutination, microprecipitin test, agar gel double diffusion...

The most disruptive invasive weed in Swaziland is Sandanezwe (Chromolaena odorata). Information is lacking on how to control Sandanezwe in Swaziland. Therefore, a field experiment was conducted to determine the effectiveness of different control methods and assess the environmental impact...

Ten selected lines for each purple and white head flower varieties of milk thistle, Silybum marianum, were assessed for five growth traits and silymarin production among three generations: open parents, selfing progenies and selfing offspring. Highly significant variations were existed between...

Biomass production and some chemical constituents of different halophytic forage grasses namely: Sporobolus virginicus (Dixe), Sporobolus virginicus (Smyrna) and Spartina patens as exotic species, as well as, Leptochloa fusca as a local species were irrigated with different diluted seawater (12.5,...

Laboratory and pot experiments were carried out in 2000 at the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Nigeria to asses the soil improvement potential and the best form of application of Tithonia diversifolia. The laboratory experiment was conducted to determine the nutrient content of...

A survey was carried in 2005 during Kharif and Rabi seasons to find out the health status of farmers' saved seeds with special emphasis on seed mycoflora. Rice, sorghum, sunflower and cowpea seed samples comprising of different varieties were collected in 10 districts of Karnataka, India, from...