Vindhyan region, the place of experimentation is a hilly area that has some important limitations with respect to sole crop production system, include landscape being uneven, hilly acidic, less fertile, highly vulnerable to intensive tillage practices and poor income to the farmers. In view of...

Copper (Cu) is an essential element for humans and plants when present in lesser amount, while in excessive amounts it exerts detrimental effects. There subsists a narrow difference amid the indispensable, positive and detrimental concentration of Cu in living system, which substantially alters...

The first objective of this paper is to describe a new fungus-feeding species in the Phlaeothripinae genus Apelaunothrips, and to provide a key to the six species of this genus recorded from India. The second objective is to establish a new synonym in the Poaceae-associated genus, Podothrips, based ...

In India, Ayurvedic medicine has its own significance and dominance in the Indian Medicine System. The traditional medicine system of India is not well renowned due to the lack of standardization of herbal drugs. To assess the quality, purity, efficacy, potency, and safety of herbal drugs,...

Moringa oleifera Lam. (MO) is a fast-growing drought-resistant tree belonging to the family Moringaceae and native to the Indian subcontinent and cultivated and/or naturalized worldwide with a semi-arid climate. MO is also popularly known as a miracle tree for its repertoire of nutraceutical,...

Genus Populus (Salicaceae family) consists of dioecious, deciduous, and commercially important forest tree species which are widely spread over the Northern Hemisphere. Traditionally, Populus species are used in the treatment of rheumatism, arthritis, lower back pains, urinary complaints,...

During an investigation of micro-fungi inhabiting mangrove forests, a new species of Rhytidhysteron was collected and isolated from dead twigs of a mangrove tree. Rhytidhysteron mangrovei sp. nov. is introduced, described, illustrated and compared with accepted species in the genus. Morphological...

A field experiment was conducted during 2016-17 and 2017-18 at Agricultural Research Farm of Institute of Agricultural Sciences, BHU, Varanasi. The experiment was laid out in split plot design with five treatments in main plots and five treatments in sub plots. In main plots, there were five...

The present investigations with five promising onion varieties of Haryana region were selected viz. Pusa Riddhi, Pusa Madhavi, NHRDF Red, Pusa Red and AGLR were conducted for yield potential. Three organic formulations were applied as pre- harvest spray viz., neem based formulation (Besara),...

This study aimed to screen the bioactive compounds from Prosopis juliflora leaf supercritical fluid extract and to assess its antimicrobial properties. Supercritical carbon dioxide and Soxhlet methods were used for extraction. The extract was subjected to Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometer...