scholarly journals EFFECT OF ANHYDROUS-AMMONIA INJECTION ON PLANT AND SOIL MICRO-ORGANISMS BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITIES

2017 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 541-566
Author(s):  
W. F. EL Metwally ◽  
T. A. El-Sakhawy
1986 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 64-69 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. A. Rotz ◽  
D. J. Sprott ◽  
R. J. Davis ◽  
J. W. Thomas

1963 ◽  
Vol 60 (2) ◽  
pp. 251-257 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. J. Byng

The ‘built-up or deep’ litter system for housing poultry came into use in America during World War II, when labour and materials were restricted. It consists of recently used Utter, at least 6 in. in depth, containing micro-organisms which produce beneficial heating, synthesizing and sanitizing effects (Halbrook, Winter & Sutton, 1951; Kennard & Chamberlain, 1951). Four requirements have been laid down by Bott, Ferguson, Berkland & Winter (1952) for proper functioning of deep litter; they are:(1) The depth of the litter must be greater than 6 in. to ensure the absorption of fresh dropping and for effective chemical and biological activities.


1982 ◽  
Vol 62 (1) ◽  
pp. 213-216 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. J. HOGG ◽  
J. L. HENRY

The NH4+-N concentration at the point of anhydrous ammonia injection of 19 Saskatchewan soils ranged from 200 to 800 μg/g. More than 90% of the NH4+-N was retained in a zone 5 cm in diameter from the injection point. Increasing the application rate generally increased the NH4+-N concentration in the retention zone.


2020 ◽  
Vol 68 (1) ◽  
pp. 101-104
Author(s):  
Md Selim Aktar Reza ◽  
Md Hasanur Rahman ◽  
Tofail Ahmad Chowdhury

Leucas aspera plant was subjected to isolation of secondary metabolites and screening of their biological activities. Four compounds, stigmasterol, lupeol, β-sitosterol and menthol, were isolated from methanol extract. Sixteen different micro-organisms were used for investigating antimicrobial activity of the different extracts of L. aspera where noteworthy zone of inhibition was observed against Gram positive B. subtilis and S. aureus, B. megaterium and Gram negative S. paratyphi, S. typhi, V. mimicus, S. dysenteriae and V. cholera. In brine shrimp lethality bioassay, the highest lethality was showed by crude methanol extract having LC50 values of 4.07μg/mL. The total antioxidant capacity of crude methanol fraction was found to be 59.40 mg/g of plant extract which was maximum comparing with other fractions. No significant cytotoxicity was observed on both HeLa and Vero cell at 1mg/mL sample inhibition. Dhaka Univ. J. Sci. 68(1): 101-104, 2020 (January)


2018 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cynthia J. Henley-Smith ◽  
Francien S. Botha ◽  
Ahmed A. Hussein ◽  
Mpumelelo Nkomo ◽  
Debra Meyer ◽  
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Soil Science ◽  
1968 ◽  
Vol 106 (3) ◽  
pp. 177-181 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. E. KHASAWNEH ◽  
J. F. PARR

Author(s):  
Mehak Dangi ◽  
Alka Khichi ◽  
Ritu Jakhar ◽  
Anil Kumar Chhilar

Background: The major concern of today's time is the developing resistance in the most of the clinically derived pathogenic micro-organisms for the available drugs through several mechanisms. So, there is an acute need to develop novel molecules with drug like properties that can be effective against the otherwise resistant micro-organisms. Methods : New drugs can be developed using several methods like structure based drug design, ligand based drug design or by developing analogues of the available drugs to improve their effect further. But the smartness is to opt for the techniques that involve lower expenditure, lower failure rates and faster discovery rates. Results: Analogue based drug design (ABDD) is one such technique that researchers worldwide are opting to develop new drug like molecules with comparatively lower market values.They start by first designing the analogues sharing structural and pharmacological similarities to the existing drugs. This method embark on scaffold structures of available drugs already approved by the clinical trials, but are left ineffective because of resistance developed by the pathogens. Conclusion: In this review we have stated some recent examples of anti-fungal and anti-bacterial (antimicrobial) drugs that were designed based on ABDD technique. Also we have tried to focus on the in silico tools and techniques that can contribute for the designing and computational screening of the analogues, so that these can be further taken for in vitro screening to validate their better biological activities against the pathogens with comparatively reduced rates of failure.


1935 ◽  
Vol 13c (6) ◽  
pp. 358-366 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. H. H. Gray ◽  
H. J. Atkinson

Seasonal fluctuations in numbers of micro-organisms in soil, estimated by the plate method for bacteria and actinomyces and by the evolution of carbon dioxide, have been studied with samples of cultivated podsol soils, drawn from experimental fields under various treatments at three farms in the Eastern Townships region of Quebec, at intervals of six weeks during the cropping season in two years. The nature of the fluctuations in numbers of micro-organisms was similar in the three soils, which were situated many miles apart. In 1931 numbers were lower in summer than in spring and autumn; in 1932 numbers fell towards the end of the season. The evolution of carbon dioxide fluctuated to a comparatively less extent than the bacterial numbers, but there was general agreement in the direction of the changes in the two years. Biological activities in any one soil were at significantly different levels in the two years. There was an agreement between numbers of micro-organisms and the amount of carbon dioxide, in that changes in both of these factors were in the same direction in the second year of sampling; there was also evidence of agreement between intra-annual changes in numbers and carbon dioxide, especially in the alkali-treated plots. Fluctuations in numbers and carbon dioxide in samples from plots in different parts of the same field or farm were in conformity, and were superimposed on the effects of chemical treatments that caused significant increases in microbial activity.


2009 ◽  
Vol 81 (6) ◽  
pp. 1009-1018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jun'ichi Kobayashi

Marine macro- and micro-organisms collected in Okinawa are good sources of compounds with intriguing structures and interesting biological activities. Synthetic hybrid molecules of caffeine and eudistomin D from tunicates Eudistoma sp. were found to show better potency as adenosine receptor ligands than caffeine, and one of them exhibits potent activity for adenosine receptors tested, especially for A3 subtype. Potent cytotoxic polyene macrolides from a tunicate Cystodytes sp. were found to be potent osteoclast inhibitors and to inhibit vacuolar type H+-ATPase (V-ATPase) of both mammalian and yeast cells. Amphidinolactones A and B are new macrolides from a dinoflagellate Amphidinium sp., and a potent cytotoxic macrolide from another strain was found to target actin cytoskeleton. Theonezolide A, a long-chain polyketide from a sponge Theonella sp., induces a drastic shape change in platelets by reorganization of microtubules. The stereochemistry of many chiral centers in theonezolide A was elucidated by spectral data and chemical means. Metachromins L-Q are new sesquiterpenoid quinones with an amino acid residue, while nakijiquinones E and F were the first dimeric sesquiterpenoid quinones possessing a 3-aminobenzoate moiety. Halichonadin E is the first hetero-dimeric sesquiterpenoid with eudesmane and aromadendrane skeletons linked through a urea fragment isolated from a sponge Halichondria sp. Pyrinadine A and nakinadine A are novel bis-pyridine alkaloids from sponges, while nagelamides are new bromopyrrole alkaloids from a sponge Agelas sp. Here, the structures and bioactivities of these interesting marine natural products will be described.


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