The most widespread application of reuse of treated / reclaimed domestic wastewater is agricultural irrigation. The common regulations on quality of reclaimed water for reuse contemplated physicochemical and biological ...

Water deficit is a limiting factor for the soybean yield; it triggers different physiological and anatomical adaptations that have deleterious effects on the plants and can affect the selectivity of herbicides, causing ...

Twelve new withanolides were isolated from the aerial part of Jaborosa rotacea: five had a spiranoid δ-lactone (1-5); one contained a 26,12-δ-lactone and a C-12-C-23 bond (6); five corresponded to trechonolide-type ...

The leaf extracts of bamboo (Shibataea chinensis Nakai) and its fractions (ethyl acetate, n-butanol and water) obtained after extraction with petroleum ether were assayed on seed germination and seedling growth of lettuce ...

Both raw and composted poultry manure is applied as soil amendment. The aims of this study were: (1) to develop phytotoxicity indexes for organic wastes and composts, and (2) to assess the correlation among phytotoxicity ...

Information on chemical weed control in lily bulb production in South America is scarce. Greenhouse and field studies were conducted to evaluate the phytotoxic effect and weed control of herbicides applied PRE and POST in ...