Publications

pathological variations within xanthomonas campestris pv. mangiferaeindicae support its separation into three distinct pathovars that can be distinguished by amplified fragment length polymorphism.	abstract bacterial black spot, caused by xanthomonas campestris pv. mangiferaeindicae, is an important disease of mango (mangifera indica). several other plant genera of the family anacardiaceae were described as host species for xanthomonads. we studied pathological variations among strains in a worldwide collection from several anacardiaceae genera. strains were classified into three pathogenicity groups. group i strains (from the old world) multiplied markedly in leaf tissue of mango and cash ...	2007	18943717
hymenopteran parasitoids associated with frugivorous larvae in a brazilian caatinga-cerrado ecotone.	the purpose of this study was to investigate native species of parasitoids of frugivorous larvae and their associations with host plants in commercial guava orchards and in typical native dry forests of a caatinga-cerrado ecotone in the state of minas gerais, brazil. nine species of parasitoids were associated with larvae of anastrepha (tephritidae) and neosilba (lonchaeidae) in fruit of psidium guajava l. (myrtaceae), ziziphus joazeiro mart. (rhamnaceae), spondias tuberosa arruda (anacardiaceae ...	2012	22506994
saccharides and fructooligosaccharides composition of green and ripe averrhoa carambola, blighia sapida and spondias dulcis fruits.	the maturation of fruits is characterized by numerous compositional changes during ripening and these changes contribute in their quality attributes. this study aimed to assess the contents of saccharides and potential fructooligosaccharides (fos) of ackee (blighia sapida köenig), carambola (averrhoa carambola) and june plum (spondias dulcis), at green and ripe stages. beside glucose and fructose and lower sucrose content, three short chain fructooligosaccharides were identified in ackee fruit, ...	2015	25624239
medicinal plants of papua new guinea's miu speaking population and a focus on their use of plant-slaked lime mixtures.	here we present the results of an ethnobotanical survey of the medicinal plants used by the miu, a virtually unresearched ethnolinguistic group who live in the mountainous interior of papua new guinea's west new britain province. we compare the findings for those previously reported for the neighbouring inland kaulong speaking population. three species, trema orientalis, spondias dulcis and ficus botryocarpa are used in combination with locally prepared slaked lime to produce intensely coloured ...	2015	26297846
effect of seven indian plant extracts on fenton reaction-mediated damage to dna constituents.	the influences of substoichiometric amounts of seven plant extracts in the fenton reaction-mediated damage to deoxynucleosides, deoxynucleoside monophosphates, deoxynucleoside triphosphates, and supercoiled plasmid dna were studied to rationalize anticancer properties reported in some of these extracts. extracts from acacia catechu, emblica officinalis, spondias dulcis, terminalia belerica, terminalia chebula, as well as gallic acid, epicatechin, chebulagic acid and chebulinic acid enhance the e ...	2016	27691720