| phytoremediation of petroleum hydrocarbons in tropical coastal soils. i. selection of promising woody plants. | this glasshouse study is aimed at evaluating tropical plants for phytoremediation of petroleum hydrocarbon-contaminated saline sandy subsurface soils. tropical plants were selected for their ability to tolerate high salinity and remove no. 2 diesel fuel in coastal topsoil prior to further investigation of the phytoremediation feasibility in deep contaminated soils. the residual petroleum-hydrocarbon contaminant at the john rogers tank farm site, a former petroleum storage facility, at hickam air ... | 2004 | 15341316 |
| impact of pesticide resistance on toxicity and tolerance of hostplant phytochemicals in amyelois transitella (lepidoptera: pyralidae). | for some polyphagous insects, adaptation to phytochemically novel plants can enhance resistance to certain pesticides, but whether pesticide resistance expands tolerance to phytochemicals has not been examined. amyelois transitella walker (navel orangeworm) is an important polyphagous pest of nut and fruit tree crops in california. bifenthrin resistance, partially attributable to enhanced cytochrome p450 (p450)-mediated detoxification, has been reported in an almond-infesting population exposed ... | 2016 | 27620560 |
| decontamination of mesquite pod flour naturally contaminated with bacillus cereus and formation of furan by ionizing irradiation. | mesquite pod flour produced from nitrogen-fixing trees of the prosopis species has a unique aroma and flavor that is preferred by some consumers. due to the presence of wildlife, grazing domestic animals, and insects, the pods have a high potential of being contaminated with human pathogenic bacteria, such as bacillus cereus. nonthermal processing technologies are helpful to reduce the population of microorganisms in the flour because heating deteriorates the characteristic flavor. a study was c ... | 2015 | 25951390 |