Abscisic acid accumulation due to the change in chloroplast membrane under water stress or temperature stress serves as an early signal for stomatal closure. In normal sown plants, cell volume is reduced due to water loss. In late sown plants, cell volume is reduced due to the increased...

The following species were evaluated for phyllanthin and hypophyllanthin contents, and for distinctive botanical characteristics: Phyllanthus amarus [P. niruri], P. debilis, P. fraternus and P. urinaria. P. amarus contains the highest amounts of the phytochemicals and is more suitable for herbal...

C. angustifolia, commonly known as 'Sanaai', is employed in various indigenous systems of medicine against several diseases and almost every part of the plant has diverse medicinal properties. The seeds are used as anthelminthic and in the treatment of digestive and skin diseases. According to...

Four compounds (1-4) isolated from the flowers of Butea monosperma have been characterized as butrin, butein, 3′, 4′, 7-trihydroxyflavone and stigmasterol-3, β-D-glucopyranoside by spectral and chemical methods.

A study was undertaken to determine the proximate composition of green tree leaves of fifteen fodder tree often known as top foliage fed to livestock, during scarcity period in sub-tropical area of Himachal Pradesh, India. On the basis on the scoring of nutritional constituents, crude protein (CP)...

The effects of packaging materials and fungicides as seed dressings on the incidence of mycoflora in the seeds of soyabean cultivars JS-80-21 and Pusa-16 were studied. During storage for 15 months, seeds packed in polylined bags had lower incidence of mycoflora (37.6%) than those packed in cloth...

In a pot experiment application of urea, urea supergranules, and urea coated with different nitrification inhibitors (sal [Shorea robusta] cake, neem [Azadirachta indica] cake, mahua [Madhuca longifolia] cake, karanj [Pongamia pinnata] cake, coaltar and nitrohumic acid) to soil indicated that...