Volatility of Different Formulations of Clomazone Herbicide

Volatilization represents an important process in the displacement of pesticides for the environment. The physicochemical properties of the clomazone molecule indicate its relative volatility. Therefore, this study was carried out to assess the volatilization of different clomazone herbicide formulations using bioindicator species. To that end, airtight glass boxes were used with the presence of different clomazone formulations and plant species. The formulations used were Gamit 360 CS(r), Gamit 500 EC(r) and Gamit Star(r). The plant species assessed were maize, sorghum and rice. With the results obtained it is possible to conclude that, among the formulations, Gamit 360 CS(r) has caused less phytotoxicity to the bioindicator species in comparison to the formulations of Gamit 500 EC(r) and Gamit Star(r) formulations. In general, The Gamit 500 EC(r) and Gamit Star(r) have not differed in the phytotoxicity potential for the bioindicator species.

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Recent Nano-based Therapeutic Intervention of Bioactive Sesquiterpenes: Prospects in Cancer Therapeutics

Current Pharmaceutical Design ◽

10.2174/1381612826666200116151522 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 26 (11) ◽

pp. 1138-1144 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Mohammad A. Ansari ◽

Khan F. Badrealam ◽

Asrar Alam ◽

Saba Tufail ◽

Gulshan Khalique ◽

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Keyword(s):

Physicochemical Properties ◽

Essential Oils ◽

Plant Species ◽

Bioactive Compounds ◽

Therapeutic Intervention ◽

Cancer Therapeutics ◽

Therapeutic Interventions ◽

Pharmacological Intervention ◽

Clinical Applicability ◽

Near Future

: In the recent scenario, nanotechnology-based therapeutics intervention has gained tremendous impetus all across the globe. Nano-based pharmacological intervention of various bioactive compounds has been explored on an increasing scale. Sesquiterpenes are major constituents of essential oils (EOs) present in various plant species which possess intriguing therapeutic potentials. However, owing to their poor physicochemical properties; they have pharmacological limitations. Recent advances in nano-based therapeutic interventions offer various avenues to improve their therapeutic applicability. Reckoning with these, the present review collates various nano-based therapeutic intervention of sesquiterpenes with prospective potential against various debilitating diseases especially cancer. In our viewpoint, considering the burgeoning advancement in the field of nanomedicine; in the near future, the clinical applicability of these nano-formulated sesquiterpenes can be foreseen with great enthusiasm.

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Differential influence of four invasive plant species on soil physicochemical properties in a pot experiment

Journal of Soils and Sediments ◽

10.1007/s11368-017-1873-3 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 18 (4) ◽

pp. 1409-1423 ◽

Cited By ~ 11

Author(s):

Anna M. Stefanowicz ◽

Marta L. Majewska ◽

Małgorzata Stanek ◽

Marcin Nobis ◽

Szymon Zubek

Keyword(s):

Physicochemical Properties ◽

Plant Species ◽

Invasive Plant ◽

Pot Experiment ◽

Soil Physicochemical Properties ◽

Invasive Plant Species

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Methanotrophic and Methanogenic Communities in Swiss Alpine Fens Dominated by Carex rostrata and Eriophorum angustifolium

Applied and Environmental Microbiology ◽

10.1128/aem.01519-15 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 81 (17) ◽

pp. 5832-5844 ◽

Cited By ~ 18

Author(s):

Simrita Cheema ◽

Josef Zeyer ◽

Ruth Henneberger

Keyword(s):

Physicochemical Properties ◽

Plant Species ◽

Pore Water ◽

Vascular Plant ◽

Transcript Level ◽

Content Type ◽

Eriophorum Angustifolium ◽

Dominant Plant Species ◽

Carex Rostrata ◽

Methanotrophic Communities

ABSTRACTVascular plants play a key role in controlling CH4emissions from natural wetlands, because they influence CH4production, oxidation, and transport to the atmosphere. Here we investigated differences in the abundance and composition of methanotrophic and methanogenic communities in three Swiss alpine fens dominated by different vascular plant species under natural conditions. The sampling locations either were situated at geographically distinct sites with different physicochemical properties but the same dominant plant species (Carex rostrata) or were located within the same site, showing comparable physicochemical pore water properties, but had different plant species (C. rostrataorEriophorum angustifolium). All three locations were permanently submerged and showed high levels of CH4emissions (80.3 to 184.4 mg CH4m−2day−1). Soil samples were collected from three different depths with different pore water CH4and O2concentrations and were analyzed forpmoAandmcrAgene and transcript abundance and community composition, as well as soil structure. The dominant plant species appeared to have a significant influence on the composition of the active methanotrophic communities (transcript level), while the methanogenic communities differed significantly only at the gene level. Yet no plant species-specific microbial taxa were discerned. Moreover, for all communities, differences in composition were more pronounced with the site (i.e., with different physicochemical properties) than with the plant species. Moreover, depth significantly influenced the composition of the active methanotrophic communities. Differences in abundance were generally low, and active methanotrophs and methanogens coexisted at all three locations and depths independently of CH4and O2concentrations or plant species.

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Biomonitoring with Special Reference to Visible Damages in Different Plant Species due to Air Pollution - A Review

International Letters of Natural Sciences ◽

10.18052/www.scipress.com/ilns.16.32 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 16 ◽

pp. 32-37 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Partha Pal

Keyword(s):

Air Pollution ◽

Plant Species ◽

Air Pollutants ◽

Atmospheric Transport ◽

Air Pollutant ◽

Bioindicator Species ◽

Emission Pattern ◽

Secondary Pollutants ◽

Species Performance ◽

Acute And Chronic Exposure

Air pollution is a matter of great concern in the globe. Generally air pollutant generates from industries, automobiles, etc. and the primary pollutants may easily convert to secondary pollutants. Both of these pose serious threat to the plant community viz. crops, vegetables and avenue plant species are depending on the emission pattern, atmospheric transport and leaf uptake and on the plant’s biochemical defense capacity. An impact caused by air pollutants depends not only upon its concentration, but also on the duration (acute and chronic exposure) and combination of air pollutants. Biomonitoring on plant species is an easy tool to know bioindicator species in which exposure of air pollutants can easily be identified. The present review deals with past and present research works of major gaseous pollutants emissions and their impact on crop, vegetables and tree species performance from available literatures.

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Plant species and season influence soil physicochemical properties and microbial function in a semi-arid woodland ecosystem

Plant and Soil ◽

10.1007/s11104-020-04691-1 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 456 (1-2) ◽

pp. 43-59

Author(s):

Parasto Eslaminejad ◽

Mehdi Heydari ◽

Fatemeh Valizadeh Kakhki ◽

Majid Mirab-balou ◽

Reza Omidipour ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Physicochemical Properties ◽

Plant Species ◽

Soil Physicochemical Properties ◽

Microbial Function ◽

Semi Arid

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Preparation and characterisation of vanadium pentoxide supported rhodium catalyst

Proceedings, annual meeting, Electron Microscopy Society of America ◽

10.1017/s042482010010679x ◽

1988 ◽

Vol 46 ◽

pp. 946-947

Author(s):

A. Legrouri

Keyword(s):

Aqueous Solution ◽

Thermal Decomposition ◽

Physicochemical Properties ◽

Surface Area ◽

Vanadium Pentoxide ◽

High Purity ◽

Gas Adsorption ◽

Rhodium Catalyst ◽

Optical Methods ◽

Reducible Oxides

The industrial importance of metal catalysts supported on reducible oxides has stimulated considerable interest during the last few years. This presentation reports on the study of the physicochemical properties of metallic rhodium supported on vanadium pentoxide (Rh/V2O5). Electron optical methods, in conjunction with other techniques, were used to characterise the catalyst before its use in the hydrogenolysis of butane; a reaction for which Rh metal is known to be among the most active catalysts.V2O5 powder was prepared by thermal decomposition of high purity ammonium metavanadate in air at 400 °C for 2 hours. Previous studies of the microstructure of this compound, by HREM, SEM and gas adsorption, showed it to be non— porous with a very low surface area of 6m2/g3. The metal loading of the catalyst used was lwt%Rh on V2Q5. It was prepared by wet impregnating the support with an aqueous solution of RhCI3.3H2O.

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