Both biotic and abiotic stresses are major constrains to agricultural production. Under stress
conditions, plant growth is affected by a number of factors such as hormonal and nutritional …

Few recent comparative data exist on smoking habits in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA)
region. The objective of this analysis was to evaluate smoking patterns in a large …

Five flavonoids, namely (−)-epicatechin-3- O -β-glucopyranoside ( 1 ), 5-hydroxy-3-(4-hydroxylphenyl)pyrano[3,2-g]chromene-4(8H)-one
( 2 ), 6-( p -hydroxybenzyl)taxifolin-7- O -β- D -…

Arbuscular mycorrhizae (AM) are the symbiotic fungi that predominate in the roots and soils
of agricultural crop plants. The most recognized beneficial effect of these fungi is to enhance …

Both the root and shoot extracts of the three allelopathic grasses viz., Dicanthium annulatum
Stapf., Cenchrus pennisetiformis Hochest and Sorghum halepense Pers., reduced …

The antifungal activity of Melia azedarach L. leaves was investigated against Ascochyta
rabiei (Pass.) Lab., the cause of destructive blight disease of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.). …

A field experiment was conducted to investigate the effect of a symbiotic nitrogen fixing
bacterium Bradyrhizobium japonicum strain TAL-102 and a commercial biofertlizer EM (effective …

Antifungal activity of Monothecabuxifolia methanolic extract and its various fractions were
assessed against Macrophominaphaseolina, a soil-borne fungal pathogen of more than 500 …

Background Sclerotium rolfsii is a soil-borne fungal pathogen causing diseases in more than
500 plant species. It causes southern blight disease in chili. Chemical fungicides are used …

Effective microorganisms (EM) is a commercial biofertilizer that contains a mixture of co-existing
beneficial microorganisms collected from natural environments. Predominantly it …