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1. Ability of the aphid parasitoid species Binodoxys indicus to switch over to alternative host-complexes [Hymenoptera: Braconidae]

Author:
Singh, R.; Singh, A.; Pandey, S.
Source:
Entomologia generalis 2000 v.25 no.1 pp. 53-66
ISSN:
0171-8177
Subject:
life tables; Aphis craccivora; parasitoids; Solanum melongena; Cajanus cajan; food plants; Lablab purpureus; biological control agents; host-parasite relationships; fecundity; tritrophic interactions; sex ratio; Braconidae; Hibiscus rosa-sinensis; alternative hosts; Aphis gossypii; Luffa aegyptiaca; Lagenaria siceraria
DOI:
10.1127/entom.gen/25/2000/53

2. Adoption of Kitchen Gardening by the Farmers Trained by KVK Jalandhar

Author:
Iqbal Kaur; Kuldeep Singh; Lavleesh Garg; Hira Singh
Source:
Journal of Community Mobilization and Sustainable Development 2021 v.16 no.1 pp. 307-312
ISSN:
2231-6736
Subject:
Lagenaria siceraria; animal manures; carrots; cauliflower; cows; kitchen gardens; melons; probability; pumpkins; radishes; spinach; squashes; sustainable development; turnips; urine; vegetable growing
Abstract:
... The study was conducted with an objective to knowing the adoption level of Kitchen Garden by the farmers trained from 2011 to 2015 in the Jalandhar district of Punjab. A list of 348 trained farmers on kitchen gardening during the period 2011–2015 was obtained from KVK, Jalandhar. Out of the procured list, a total sample of 200 respondents was selected based on probability proportional to the numbe ...

3. Adverse reactions of herbal medicine—A quantitative assessment of severity in Mauritius

Author:
Fawzi Mahomoodally; Shanoo Suroowan; Uddhav Sreekeessoon
Source:
Journal of herbal medicine 2018 pp. -
ISSN:
2210-8033
Subject:
Atropa belladonna; Bergera koenigii; Datura stramonium; Lagenaria siceraria; Phoenix dactylifera; Piper betle; Rubus; adverse effects; counseling; ethnobotany; flora; herbal medicines; herbs; interviews; quantitative analysis; risk; Mauritius
Abstract:
... We aimed to document possible adverse reactions (ARs) experienced by herbal medicine (HM) consumers and provide a quantitative evaluation of the severity of any ARs reported. We also compared reported ARs with existing literature to validate any interaction(s). Data was collected via interviews from key informants (n = 327). Ethnobotanical indices namely; relative frequency of citation, index of s ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.hermed.2018.01.006

4. Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria siceraria Standl.)

Author:
Han, J.S.; Kim, C.K.; Park, S.H.; Hirschi, K.D.; Mok, I.G.
Source:
Plant cell reports 2005 v.23 no.10-11 pp. 692-698
ISSN:
0721-7714
Subject:
genetic transformation; ethylene; biosynthesis; transgenic plants; Agrobacterium radiobacter; signal transduction; glufosinate; nucleotide sequences; micropropagation; herbicide resistance; genetic vectors; Lagenaria siceraria; shoots
Abstract:
... We describe a procedure for producing transgenic bottle gourd plants by inoculating cotyledon explants with Agrobacterium tumefaciens strain AGL1 that carries the binary vector pCAMBIA3301 containing a glufosinate ammonium-resistance (bar) gene and the beta-D-glucuronidase (GUS) reporter gene. The most effective bacterial infection was observed when cotyledon explants of 4-day-old seedlings were c ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00299-004-0874-z

5. Alien herbaceous plant species new to Lithuania

Author:
Zigmantas Gudžinskas
Source:
Botanica Lithuanica 2017 v.23 no.1 pp. 33-42
ISSN:
2029-932X
Subject:
Claytonia perfoliata; Datura inoxia; Digitalis purpurea; Lagenaria siceraria; Luzula; Melica; Miscanthus sacchariflorus; Physostegia virginiana; Portulacaceae; Scrophulariaceae; Sideritis; Tribulus; herbaceous plants; introduced plants; Lithuania
Abstract:
... This paper presents information about ten new alien plant species recorded in Lithuania in the period from 1995 to 2014. These species belong to eight families: Cucurbitaceae (Lagenaria siceraria), Juncaceae (Luzula sylvestris), Lamiaceae (Physostegia virginiana, Sideritis montana), Poaceae (Melica altissima, Miscanthus sacchariflorus), Portulacaceae (Claytonia perfoliata), Scrophulariaceae (Digit ...
DOI:
10.1515/botlit-2017-0003

6. Amino acid profiling and antimicrobial activity of Cucurbita moschata and Lagenaria siceraria seed protein hydrolysates

Author:
Priyanka Dash; Goutam Ghosh
Source:
Natural product research 2018 v.32 no.17 pp. 2050-2053
ISSN:
1478-6427
Subject:
Acinetobacter baumannii; Cucurbita moschata; Gram-negative bacteria; Gram-positive bacteria; Lagenaria siceraria; amino acid composition; anti-infective agents; antimicrobial peptides; antimicrobial properties; hydrolysates; lethal concentration 50; molecular weight; protein hydrolysates; trypsin; turbidity
Abstract:
... Cucurbita moschata and Lagenaria siceraria seed proteins were extracted and hydrolysed with trypsin in order to recover antibacterial peptides. Amino acid content and molecular weight distribution were estimated to justify their co-relationship with antimicrobial activity. Antimicrobial activities of C. moschata and L. siceraria seed protein hydrolysates against three Gram-negative bacteria and tw ...
DOI:
10.1080/14786419.2017.1359174

7. Ant abundance and Cosmopolites sordidus damage in plantain fields as affected by intercropping

Author:
Anicet Gbèblonoudo Dassou; Dominique Carval; Sylvain Dépigny; Gabriel Fansi; Philippe Tixier
Source:
Biological control 2015 v.81 pp. 51-57
ISSN:
1049-9644
Subject:
Colocasia esculenta; Cosmopolites sordidus; Formicidae; Lagenaria siceraria; Xanthosoma sagittifolium; Zea mays; agroecosystems; arthropods; biological control; community structure; corms; corn; correlation; habitats; intercropping; larvae; pests; predators; tropical agriculture; Cameroon
Abstract:
... Intercropping is a practical way to increase plant diversity in agroecosystems and provide alternative food and habitat to arthropods, including generalist predators. In tropical agriculture, ants are important predators and have complex and often strong effects on pests. With the goal of optimizing control of the banana weevil, Cosmopolites sordidus, we studied maize (Zea mays), cocoyam (Xanthoso ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.biocontrol.2014.11.008

8. Antihyperlipidemic effect of the methanolic extract from Lagenaria siceraria Stand. fruit in hyperlipidemic rats

Author:
Ghule, B.V.; Ghante, M.H.; Saoji, A.N.; Yeole, P.G.
Source:
Journal of ethnopharmacology 2009 v.124 no.2 pp. 333-337
ISSN:
0378-8741
Subject:
high density lipoprotein; blood lipids; hyperlipidemia; gourds; very low density lipoprotein; medicinal plants; plant extracts; dosage; cholesterol; low density lipoprotein; triacylglycerols; animal models; rats; lipemic effect; oral administration; bile acids; Lagenaria siceraria
Abstract:
... Ethnopharmacological relevance: Lagenaria siceraria Stand. (Cucurbitaceae) fruits have been used, traditionally, in the treatment of hyperlipidemia and atherosclerotic impasse and considered as cardioprotective and cardiotonic drug. Aim of the study: The present work was undertaken to investigate the effects of methanolic extract from Lagenaria siceraria in experimentally induced hyperlipidemia in ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jep.2009.04.040
PubMed:
19397976

9. Antioxidant Potentiality and Mineral Content of Summer Season Leafy Greens: Comparison at Mature and Microgreen Stages Using Chemometric

Author:
Lalu Prasad Yadav; Tanmay Kumar Koley; Ajay Tripathi; Surendra Singh
Source:
Agricultural research 2019 v.8 no.2 pp. 165-175
ISSN:
2249-720X
Subject:
2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl; Amaranthus; Ipomoea aquatica; Lagenaria siceraria; antioxidant activity; antioxidants; ascorbic acid; chemometrics; copper; cucumbers; cultivars; flavonoids; gallic acid; green leafy vegetables; in vitro studies; iron; jute; manganese; microgreens; mineral content; minerals; potassium; pumpkins; radishes; summer; zinc
Abstract:
... Nine summer season leafy greens viz., Amaranthus, bottle gourd, cucumber, jute, palak, poi, pumpkin, radish, water spinach, were evaluated for their antioxidants and mineral content at microgreen and mature stages. Among the antioxidants, total phenolics, total flavonoids, and ascorbic acid were quantified. Besides, antioxidant activities of the leafy vegetables were also measured using four in vi ...
DOI:
10.1007/s40003-018-0378-7

10. Antioxidant activity of a new phenolic glycoside from Lagenaria siceraria Stand. fruits

Author:
Rahul Mohan; Rahul Birari; Aniket Karmase; Sneha Jagtap; Kamlesh Kumar Bhutani
Source:
Food chemistry 2012 v.132 no.1 pp. 244-251
ISSN:
0308-8146
Subject:
Lagenaria siceraria; antioxidant activity; bromides; caffeic acid; cinnamic acid; free radical scavengers; fruits; gallic acid; linoleic acid; nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy; protocatechuic acid
Abstract:
... The antioxidant properties of different extracts of Lagenaria siceraria (bottle gourd) fruit were evaluated. In the process, a new phenolic glycoside (E)-4-hydroxymethyl-phenyl-6-O-caffeoyl-β-d-glucopyranoside (1) was isolated and identified together with 1-(2-hydroxy-4-hydroxymethyl)-phenyl-6-O-caffeoyl-β-d-gluco-pyranoside (2), protocatechuic acid (3), gallic acid (4), caffeic acid (5) and 3,4-d ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foodchem.2011.10.063

11. Antioxidant and α-Glucosidase Inhibitory Activities of Cucurbit Fruit Vegetables and Identification of Active and Major Constituents from Phenolic-rich Extracts of Lagenaria siceraria and Sechium edule

Author:
Sulaiman Shaida Fariza; Ooi Kheng Leong
Source:
Journal of agricultural and food chemistry 2013 v.61 no.42 pp. 10080-10090
ISSN:
1520-5118
Subject:
Benincasa hispida; Lagenaria siceraria; Luffa acutangula; Momordica charantia; Sechium edule; acetates; alpha-glucosidase; caffeic acid; free radical scavengers; gallic acid; vegetables
Abstract:
... Antioxidant and α-glucosidase activities and total phenolic contents (TPC) in sequential extracts of dried pulps from seven cucurbit fruit vegetables were determined for the first time. The highest TPC and metal chelating activity were obtained from the chloroform extracts of Luffa acutangula (28.04 ± 0.37 mg GAE/g extract) and Benincasa hispida (EC₅₀ = 0.44 ± 0.03 mg/mL), respectively. The ethyl ...
DOI:
10.1021/jf4031037
PubMed:
24059845

12. Archaeobotanical analysis of diverse plant food resources and palaeovegetation at the Zhumucun site, a late Neolithic settlement of the Liangzhu Culture in east China

Author:
Zhenwei Qiu; Xue Shang; David Kay Ferguson; Hongen Jiang
Source:
Quaternary international 2016 v.426 pp. 75-85
ISSN:
1040-6182
Subject:
Cucumis melo; Lagenaria siceraria; Polygonum; Potentilla; archaeobotany; fruits; herbs; landscapes; muskmelons; paddies; rice; sediments; vegetables; wetlands; China
Abstract:
... Floatation of archaeological remains from sediments of the Neolithic Zhumucun site, attributed to the Liangzhu Culture (5300–4300 BP), demonstrates the diverse plant resources available at this site. The plant remains suggest a generally warm and humid wetland landscape where rice-based subsistence was possible. Domesticated rice was cultivated in paddy fields and served as the only cereal, while ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.quaint.2016.01.010

13. Assessing the effect of genetic and anatomic variation of Cucurbita rootstocks on vigour, survival and yield of grafted melons

Author:
Edelstein, M.; Burger, Y.; Horev, C.; Porat, A.; Meir, A.; Cohen, R.
Source:
Journal of horticultural science & biotechnology 2004 v.79 no.3 pp. 370-374
ISSN:
1462-0316
Subject:
Cucurbita moschata; Cucurbita maxima; hybrids; vigor; vascular bundles; diameter; Cucumis melo; crop yield; rootstocks; genetic variation; plant morphology; Lagenaria siceraria; melons; Israel

14. Assessment of genetic diversity of ninety-one bottle gourd [Lagenaria siceraria (Mol.) Standl.] genotypes from fourteen different agro-climatic zones of India using agro-morphological traits and SSR markers

Author:
Sourav Mahapatra; Amish Kumar Sureja; Tusar Kanti Behera; Manjusha Verma
Source:
Molecular biology reports 2022 v.49 no.7 pp. 6367-6383
ISSN:
0301-4851
Subject:
Lagenaria siceraria; cluster analysis; cultivars; genetic variation; germplasm conservation; heterosis; molecular biology; multidimensional scaling; population structure; principal component analysis; India
Abstract:
... BACKGROUND: The evaluation of the magnitude of genetic diversity present in the germplasm collection is prerequisite for bottle gourd improvement programme. The characterization of the diversity pattern of Indian bottle gourd accessions will facilitate the optimal use of genetic resources for breeding improved cultivars. METHODS: In the present study, the magnitude of genetic diversity was evaluat ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11033-022-07446-6

15. Assessments of salt tolerance in a bottle gourd line expressing the Arabidopsis H+‐pyrophosphatase AVP1 gene and in a watermelon plant grafted onto a transgenic bottle gourd rootstock

Author:
Jeung‐S. Han; Kyeung I. Park; Su M. Jeon; Sunghun Park; Aung H. Naing; Chang K. Kim; M. Havey
Source:
Plant breeding 2015 v.134 no.2 pp. 233-238
ISSN:
0179-9541
Subject:
Arabidopsis; Citrullus lanatus var. lanatus; Lagenaria siceraria; agronomic traits; genes; genetic engineering; gourds; inorganic pyrophosphatase; photosystem II; rootstocks; salt stress; salt tolerance; shoots; transcription (genetics); transgenic plants; water content; watermelons
Abstract:
... In this study, we developed transgenic bottle gourd lines expressing the Arabidopsis H⁺‐pyrophosphatase AVP1 gene and confirmed the stable integration of AVP1 in the genomes of bottle gourd T₂homozygous lines and its transcription. Additional analyses of the AVP1‐expressing lines indicated that AVP1 expression in bottle gourds could improve salt tolerance in the greenhouse, as the lines maintained ...
DOI:
10.1111/pbr.12253

16. Benincasa hispida (Cucurbitaceae) the "Pumpkin" of Asian creation stories?

Author:
Marr, K.L.; Mei, X.Y.
Source:
Economic botany 2001 v.55 no.4 pp. 575-577
ISSN:
0013-0001
Subject:
geographical distribution; seeds; religion; ethnobotany; Benincasa hispida; Lagenaria siceraria; India; China
DOI:
10.1007/BF02871720

17. Bio-ecological management of melon fruit fly, Bactrocera cucurbitae Coquillett on bottle gourd

Author:
Jai Parkash; Balbir Singh; Surinder Singh Yadav; Paras
Source:
Journal of entomological research 2021 v.45 no.suppl pp. 937-939
ISSN:
0974-4576
Subject:
Beauveria bassiana; Lagenaria siceraria; Zeugodacus cucurbitae; cows; fruit yield; fruits; jaggery; malathion; research; urine
Abstract:
... Among different treatments, Malathion 50 EC (1 ml/l) in addition with jaggery (3 g/l) was highly efficient with highest fruit yield (233.42 q/ha) and minimum fruit infestation after two sprays (19.53%). Nimbecidine and NSKE (10%) were statistically at par and observed as the second best effective treatments with fruit infestation of 27.41 and 27.79%, respectively. NSKE (5%), Beauveria bassiana and ...
DOI:
10.5958/0974-4576.2021.00145.6

18. Biochemical and nutritional characteristics of non‐conventional protein sources

Author:
Jagat R Kanwar; Prehlad B Sharma; Shamsher S Kanwar
Source:
Journal of the science of food and agriculture 1991 v.55 no.1 pp. 141-151
ISSN:
0022-5142
Subject:
Cucumis sativus; Food and Agriculture Organization; Lagenaria siceraria; amino acid composition; carbohydrates; crude fiber; crude protein; cucumbers; essential amino acids; heat treatment; isoleucine; lectins; lysine; nutritive value; phytic acid; protein sources; seeds; tannins; trypsin inhibitors
Abstract:
... Some nutritional and antinutritional characteristics of Cucumis sativus L and Lagenaria vulgaris (Molina) Standl seeds ere studied. The mature seed kernels contained 312–318 g kg⁻¹ crude protein, 9–10 g kg⁻¹ crude fibre, 444–463 g kg⁻¹ crude fat, 43–45 g kg⁻¹ ash and 114–142 g kg⁻¹ carbohydrates. The biological values of cucumber and bottle gourd proteins ere 74.35 and 74.20 respectively. The esse ...
DOI:
10.1002/jsfa.2740550113

19. Biology and life history of Lema praeusta (Fab.) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), a biocontrol agent of two Commelinaceae weeds, Commelina benghalensis and Murdannia nudiflora

Author:
S. Das; A. Koner; A. Barik
Source:
Bulletin of entomological research 2019 v.109 no.4 pp. 463-471
ISSN:
1475-2670
Subject:
Commelina benghalensis; Lagenaria siceraria; Lema; adults; biological control agents; corn; cotton; eggplants; eggs; fecundity; females; laboratory experimentation; larvae; larval development; leaves; life history; life tables; mung beans; peanuts; pumpkins; rice; soybeans; turmeric; weeds
Abstract:
... We examined previous reports of Lema praeusta (Fab.) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) as a minor pest of turmeric, eggplant, bottle gourd and pumpkin leaves, but no feeding damage by larvae and adults of L. praeusta were recorded by us on these leaves. We observed feeding by the larvae and adults of L. praeusta on ten species of Commelinaceae plants in no-choice tests. The biology, fecundity and life t ...
DOI:
10.1017/S0007485318000731

20. Biotechnology and pharmacological evaluation of Indian vegetable crop Lagenaria siceraria: an overview

Author:
Selvaraj Mohana Roopan; V. Devi Rajeswari; V. N. Kalpana; G. Elango
Source:
Applied microbiology and biotechnology 2016 v.100 no.3 pp. 1153-1162
ISSN:
0175-7598
Subject:
Lagenaria siceraria; amino acids; ascorbic acid; beta-carotene; biotechnology; chemical composition; death; heart; humans; industrialization; minerals; nanotechnology; pectins; plant growth substances; urbanization; vegetable crops; vitamin B complex; India
Abstract:
... Bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria) belongs to the family Cucurbitaceae, which comprises about 118 genera and 825 species. It is an important vegetable crop of India, and its production is influenced by a number of factors viz., environmental, nutritional, cultural operation and use of plant growth regulators. Since, bottle gourd belongs to a medicinal family, it plays a major role in the treatment ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00253-015-7190-0