An ethnobotanical inventory was conducted in the rural areas of Kannauj districts, Uttar Pradesh during 2007-09 following standard ethnobotanical methods for documentation of underexploited, non-conventional, traditional and indigenous wild vegetables for further studies leading to sustainable...

This paper focuses on the taxonomy, morphology, geographical distribution (Africa, Australia, Americas and Asia), habitat, uses and toxicity of A. precatorius subsp. africanus. This plant has been widely cultivated as a garden ornamental, mainly because of its eye-catching and decorative bright red ...

The status of 136 medicinal plants of the Indian Thar Desert was assessed by using various approaches, viz. Relative Importance (RI), standardized agro-techniques and trading facilities. The studied plants belong to 49 plant families dominated by Fabaceae. These medicinal plants are useful for the...

While perforing germination experiments with freshly harvested seeds of Abrus precatorius, it had been noticed that majority of the imbibed seeds, in course of a day or two, became covered by a profuse growth of fungal mycelia and ultimately failed to germinate. Inspite of surface-sterilization...

Use of synthetic pesticides in developing countries is not only limited by their being expensive but also the small (uneconomic) fields whose limited production costs cannot offset costs of agricultural implements like agro-chemicals. Subsistence farmers, therefore, have no choice but to use local...

Seeds from 20 species of upland plants from Highlands and Polk Counties in south-central Florida, USA, were studied for smoke-responsive germination. The seeds were exposed to smoke for 0, 1, 5, 10 or 30 minutes. Germination trials were conducted on a covered veranda exposed to ambient light and...

Forests of Chhattisgarh are rich in tree, shrub, herb and climber species of medicinal importance. Three forest divisions i.e. Bilaspur, Jashpur and Bastar of Chhattisgarh were surveyed to study the distribution pattern of medicinal plants and their potential sites. 137 species from fifteen study...

Aqueous extracts of nine plant species belonging to seven families were evaluated for their insecticidal, anti-ovipositional and ovicidal properties against the pulse beetle, Callosobruchus maculatus, infesting cowpea, Vigna unguiculata. Small gunny bags were treated with a 10% concentration of...

Dose-dependent depletion of free and bound sugars in M. hirsutus was observed due to action of abrine, a major constituent of A. precatorius seeds. A significant reduction in protein content (53.57%) was also observed. However, lipid contents increased in the initial concentrations and with...

The chromosome numbers of 31 taxa belonging to 14 families of angiosperms collected from different regions of Saudi Arabia are reported. These include first chromosome number reports for six species: Anabasis setifera (2n = 18), Cleome amblyocarpa (2n = 20), Halopeplis perfoliata (2n = 18), ...