Elsinoë annonae is a fungal pathogen that causes fruit scab disease in the edible-oil (tea oil) plant (Camellia oleifera Abel). The absence of genome resources for this fungus hampers functional genetic studies of the pathogenesis mechanism of E. annonae. This study reports the genome assembly of ...

This study aimed to explore the preservation technology suitable for custard apples storage. The fruits were gradient soaked for 1 min in three different coating materials: pullulan polysaccharides of 10, 20, 30 g/L, chitosan of 5, 10, 15 g/L, and chitosan sulfate of 5, 10, 20 g/L. The fruits...

The Green lacewing, Apertochrysa astur also known as "aphid lion" is an efficient predator of various soft bodied insect pests. A laboratory experiment was conducted in Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu to observe the preference of A. Astur on their oviposition behaviour....

Fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (J. E. Smith) (Lepidoptera Noctuidae), is one of the serious global pests that causes high economic losses in crop production, mainly in maize plants. As natural plant products are becoming more and more interested in protecting agricultural crops today, the aim ...

The pollination syndrome of the African custard apple (Annona senegalensis Pers.; Annonaceae) was investigated to gain insights into the reproductive strategy of this multipurpose wild shrub. Flower visitors were collected and frequently surveyed in the morning on 30 flowers of 30 plants per site,...

Purpose: Different maturity stages and extraction methods of soursop fruit could affect the antioxidant activity of the fruit. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the antioxidant activity and phenolic content of soursop at four different maturity stages namely, Immature Stage (IM),...

Pharmacological and nutritional benefits of plant leaf extracts can be harnessed to address the problem of poor chick quality, performance and high mortality, which affect both hatchery and farm managers. This study sought to evaluate the in ovo effect of Soursop leaf extract (SLE) on the hatching...

Annona muricata (soursop) has a long history of ethnomedicinal properties, which is associated with essential oils present in the plant. The bioactive compounds in the oils from the leaf and fruit of Nigerian variations of the plant are thus provided in this study. GC-MS was used to analyse and...

In June 2022, leaf spots symptoms were observed on 50 soursop plants (Annona muricata) in a commercial nursery located in Juan José Ríos, Ahome, Sinaloa State, Mexico. The incidence of the disease was 75%, while the severity was 12%. Symptoms were round, small, black, necrotic spots that grew up to ...

The current study was undertaken to estimate the proximate and micronutrient analysisof the leaf powders of Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers., Annona squamosa Linn., Moringa oleifera Lam., Ocimum tenuiflorum Linn. and Terminalia catappa Linn. Determination of biochemical contents was performed by...