Manzoor Hussain*, Miloslav Zouhar and Pavel Ryšánek
... of sugar beet, cabbage, broccoli and radish, among other crops. It is a cyst-forming nematode that affects plant growth and yield. We report on studies aimed to evaluate the effects of five nematophagous fungi on the population dynamics of this pest in sugar beets in laboratory and greenhouse trials. The fungi chosen were Arthrobotrys oligospora, Dactylella oviparasitica, Clonostachys rosea, Stropharia rugosoannulata, and Lecanicillium muscarium. In the labor...
Muhammad Shakeel1,2*, Salik Nawaz2, Yasar Saleem3, Shazia Shafique2, Ateeq Tahir2 and Muhammad Riaz2
...ociated with adoption of broccoli in Pakistan. Growers and other stakeholders were contacted by personal visits, telephone calls and distribution of the structured questionnaire. Information was collected from Punjab, Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhawa (KPK) provinces, Kashmir and Islamabad. A total of 167 farmers and amateurs growers, engaged in the cultivation of high value or medicinal crops were contacted. Out of these, 68 found as b...
Yasmin M.M. Mahmoud
...ng berseem hay (BH) with broccoli by-products (BB) in goats, rations on nutrient digestibility, milk production, some physiological properties of blood and hematological profile. Animals were randomly divided individually into three comparable groups (eight does/group) in a comparative feeding trial. First group was received concentrate feed mixture (CFM) and BH (60:40 %) as control diet (T0). Tested groups T1 and T2 were given rations containing (BB) 10 % or ...
Riskayanti Riskayanti1, Hikmah Hikmah2*, Muhammad Irfan Said2, Nahariah Nahariah2
Mohammad Umar* and Gohar Ayub
...) on growth and yield of broccoli at Horticulture Research Farm, The University of Agriculture Peshawar during the growing season in 2016-17 and repeated in 2017-18. The experiment was laid out in Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) with split plot arrangement. Irrigation timings were kept in main plot, while irrigation levels in sub plot. Two years average results revealed that irrigation timings, levels and their interactions had significant effects on g...
Saher Mahmood Jwad1, Tamadhur Hani Hussein2, Tahreer Mohammed Al-Thuwaini2*
... ameliorative impacts of broccoli aqueous extract on the regression of thyroid and hepatic tissues, as well as on oxidative stress markers induced by paracetamol (acetaminophen), a study was conducted on sixty male laboratory rats. The animals were equally divided into four experimental groups. The control group was orally treated with 0.9% normal saline solution. The second group was orally administered 1g/kg of paracetamol. The third study group was orally g...
Reski Amalia1, Claude Mona Airin2, Pudji Astuti2*, Agung Budiyanto3
...o evaluate the effect of broccoli powder on estradiol (E2) levels in male rats. Over a period of 28 days, male rats were orally administered broccoli powder containing indole-3-carbinol (I3C). A total of 25 rats were divided into 5 groups (P1 to P5) and supplemented with either distilled water (negative control), letrozole (positive control), or broccoli powder at dosages of 0.117 g/kg BW,...
