A taxonomic investigation of the family Asteraceae (Compositae) growing throughout the Rajshahi division in Bangladesh was carried out. A total of 36 species under 29 genera of the family Asteraceae were collected and identified. Eight genera of the family Asteraceae are cultivated in the study...

Three field studies were conducted to determine the selectivity on leeks (Allium porrum L.) of early post-transplant herbicides and their efficacy on weed populations and crop yields. Herbicide treatments were cinmethylin, metolachlor, oxyfluorfen, prodiamine, and pendimethalin. Both a non-treated...

Parthenium weed (Parthenium hysterophorus L.) is an alien invasive weed of neotropical origin spreading rapidly in Punjab and North West frontier provinces of Pakistan. The present study was carried out to investigate the distribution of parthenium and its allelopathic effects against maize in...

A field experiment was carried out during winter seasons of 2005-06 and 2006-07 to find out the effect of weed control under different tillage systems on wheat (Sonalika) productivity. Eight treatment combinations in which pre-emergence herbicides pendimethalin 0.50 kg/ha and isoproturon 0.70 kg/ha ...

Comparative study on analgesic activity was carried out using ethanol extracts in animal models. Wedelia trilobata (EEWT), Wedelia biflora [Melanthera biflora] (EEWB) and Eclipta alba (EEEA) was evaluated by acetic acid induced writhing method and hot plate assay to assess analgesic activity in...

Thirty-one weed samples collected from and around cotton fields in the districts of Fatehabad, Sirsa and Bhatinda, Haryana, India, during May and August 2004 were tested for the presence of cotton leaf curl virus (CLCuV) using PCR technique. A set of primers designed based on the conserved sequence ...

Investigation of weeds infesting rice fields in Shanghai, China revealed the presence of 22 weed species belonging to 11 families. Of these, the most harmful weeds were Alternanthera philoxeroides, Sagittaria pygmaea, Juncellus serotinus [Cyperus serotinus], Cyperus difformis, Eclipta prostrata, ...

Previous records of distribution of Armeria hispalensis, Abutilon theophrasti, Erica lusitanica, Antirrhinum majus subsp. cirrhigerum, Eclipta prostrata, Holcus mollis and Pennisetum clandestinum in Spain, Portugal and Europe are outlined, followed by first records of their occurrence on the...

A survey was conducted from January 2006 to January 2007 to study the medicinal plants used by the Lalung tribe in the Myong area of Morigaon district, Assam, India. Information on the medicinal properties, geographical distribution and habitats of the 16 species identified (Achyranthes aspera,...

Medicinal plants have been historically used as treatment for different kinds of human diseases. In this study, hot water (HW) extract of five Taiwanese traditionally used medicinal plants (Eclipta prostrata, Blumea lacera, Ixeris chinensis, Senecio scandens and Tithonia diversifolia) was evaluated ...