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Ethnobotanical survey of pesticidal plants used in South Uganda : case study of Masaka district [PDF]
, 2011 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,
Charles, Kudamba +3 more
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Oikos, EarlyView.Seasonal environmental cycles affect plant–pollinator interactions by altering plant phenology. Periods of low resource availability can filter pollinators and reduce the complexity of interaction networks, but the extent to which the functional morphology of pollinators influences such filtering remains unclear.
Ugo M. Diniz +3 more
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Journal of Medicinal Plants, 2022 Background: Withania coagulans (Stocks) Dunal is a well-known medicinal plant due to its many healing properties. Objective: The aim of the present study was to induce friable callus and subsequently establish the plant cell suspension cultures for the ...
Mohammad Hossein Mirjalili +1 more
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Leishmanicidal Activity of Withanolides from Aureliana Fasciculata var. Fasciculata
Molecules, 2018 Leishmaniasis is the generic denomination to the neglected diseases caused by more than 20 species of protozoa belonging to the genus Leishmania. The toxic and parenteral-delivered pentavalent antimonials remain to be the first-line treatment.
Simone Cristina de M. Lima +7 more
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PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.Iron deficiency anaemia remains a major public health challenge in Sub‐Saharan Africa, where population growth, displacement and limited resources heighten nutritional insecurity. We compiled a list of indigenous African underutilized wild food plants and examined their potential for addressing micronutrient deficiencies.
Eltayb Abdellatef +2 more
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Journal of Crop Protection, 2015 The beet armyworm Spodoptera exigua (Hübner) is a serious and economically important pest of solanaceous crops worldwide. The nutritional indices of this pest on three host plants including pepper Capsicum frutescens, eggplant Solanum melongena and ...
Fariba Mehrkhou +2 more
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Synergetic action of light and temperature on seed germination of some solanaceae members [PDF]
Journal of Stress Physiology & Biochemistry, 2013 The objective of the present study was to evaluate the effects of nine combinations of temperature and light on seeds germination of four solanaceae species (Datura innoxia, Hyoscyamus muticus, Solanum nigrum and Withania ...
Nasser A.M. Barakat +3 more
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Sex allocation and reproductive success in the andromonoecious perennial, Solanum carolinense (Solanaceae). II. paternity and functional gender [PDF]
, 2017 The work was supported by a National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Improvement grant (DEB‐9411513), by the Society for Sigma Xi, and by a Hutcheson Memorial Forest grant.According to Bateman's principle, male fitness in entomophilous plant ...
Elle, E, Meagher, Thomas Robert
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Engineering compact Physalis peruviana (goldenberry) to promote its potential as a global crop
PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.Goldenberry (Physalis peruviana) produces sweet, nutritionally rich berries, yet like many minor crops, is cultivated in limited geographical regions and has not been a focus of breeding programs for trait enhancement. Leveraging knowledge of plant architecture‐related traits from related species, we used CRISPR/Cas9‐mediated gene editing to generate a
Miguel Santo Domingo +8 more
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Pest Management Science, EarlyView.Whole‐genome sequencing identified novel ryanodine receptor mutations P4568L and Y4701D causing >1000‐fold chlorantraniliprole resistance in Spodoptera litura, enabling development of molecular diagnostics for proactive resistance management. Abstract BACKGROUND Spodoptera litura is a significant insect pest that attacks many agricultural crops ...
Yizhou Chen +4 more
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