This study was conducted with n-hexane extracts of sensitive plant Mimosa pudica, mexican poppy Argemone mexicana, panimarich Leucus aspara, water pepper Polygonum hydropiper and shialmutra Blumea lacera weeds against pulse beetle Callosobruchus chinensis (Coleoptera: Bruchidae) for protection of...

A field survey was conducted in November 2013 to inventory invasive plant species present along the corridor of Kawah Ijen Nature Tourism Park exploratively. Result showed that there were 11 plant species found abundantly along the corridor. Typical native species were dominated by Cyathea...

A survey on predominant weeds in nine districts of Purulia, Bankura, Birbhum, Burdwan, South Dinajpur, North Dinajpur, Cooch Behar, Jalpaiguri and Darjeeling in West Bengal, India revealed that Ludwigia parviflora (with a frequency of 42 to 83.85%), Marselia quardifolia (33.95 to 78.85%), Cynodon...

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...

The 74 species of Asteraceae (45 genera) recorded for the districts of Banda, Jalaun, Lalitpur and Hamirpur in Bundelkhand, Uttar Pradesh, India, are presented. Fourteen species (Acanthospermum hispidum, Ageratum houstonianum, Bidens bipinnata, Blumea mollis, B. obliqua, Conyza bonariensis, C....

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 ...

An ethnobotanical survey was conducted in Chhattisgarh region in Madhya Pradesh, India, during 1997-99, using questionnaires to determine the common rice weeds with medicinal properties used by farmers for first aid. Results revealed that farmers use 12 common weeds for first aid in the treatment...

The allelopathic effect of Blumea lacera on rice and common kharif weeds (Echinochloa colonum, Eclipta alba, Setaria glauca [S. pumila], Cynodon dactylon and Ageratum conyzoides) were studied. Roots, stems, leaves and stems + leaves of B. lacera were allowed to decay for 5, 7, 9 and 11 days in...

During the kharif and rabi seasons in Orissa, India, 180 weed species were collected from rice fields. The dominant species growing in rice fields during kharif included Portulaca oleracea, Oxalis corniculata, Ludwigia perennis, Eclipta prostrata, Emilia sonchifolia, Alternanthera sessilis and ...

The addition of the erect aromatic herbs B. laciniata and B. membranacea to the flora of Andhra Pradesh is reported, with botanical descriptions for each, and brief details of their ecology, phenology and distribution in Andhra Pradesh.