Capparis spinosa L., an important shrub used in traditional as well as modern medicine.

In the present investigation, this plant exposed to water deficit stress and possible changes

in chlorophyll contents, photosynthesis rate, transpiration rate, growth parameters as well

as total flavonoids and total alkaloid were studied. Seedlings subjected to four different

water-regimes. Experimental samples irrigated once every week or every second and third

week and the control irrigated every day. Drought had adverse effect on height, weight and

The methanolic extracts of Citrullus colocynthis, Rhazya stricta, Datura stramonium and Zygophyllum coccineum were evaluated for the antimicrobial activity against Pseudomonas aeruginosa ATCC 27853, Escherichia coli ATCC 25922, Staphylococcus aureus ATCC 25928, Streptococcus pyogenes grp A (clinical isolate), Bacillus subtilis ATCC 6633 and Candida albicans ATCC 10231.

Synthetic seed technology is an alternative to traditional micropropagation for production and delivery of cloned plantlets. Synthetic seeds were produced by encapsulating nodal segments of C. angustifolia in calcium alginate gel. 3% (w/v) sodium alginate and 100 mM CaCl2 ∙ 2H2O were found most suitable for encapsulation of nodal segments.

Black scurf is one of the oldest and common diseases of potato stems and stolons below the soil surface caused by Rhizoctonia solani. The present study was carried out to investigate the antifungal potential of Melia azedarach against this soil-borne fungal pathogen. Different concentrations (1, 2, ?, 5%) of aqueous, methanol, n-hexane and chloroform extracts of leaves, stems and fruits of M. azedarach were prepared and were evaluated for their in vitro antifungal activity. Data were analyzed by Tukey HSD test at 5% level of significance.