Two new species of Agrilus Curtis (Coleoptera: Buprestidae), A. botzi Woodley, new species and A. vachellia Woodley new species, both from southeastern Arizona, are described. Agrilus barri Hespenheide and Westcott and Taphrocerus leoni Dugès are recorded from Arizona and represent new U.S. records. Sixteen new state distributional records are pres...
Published in Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
Objective This study investigated the effects of soapnut ( Sapindus mukorossi ) shell powder (SSP) on serum hormone level, egg quality, semen characteristics and reproductive performance of broiler breeders fed with a maize-soybean meal based diet. Methods Ninety six female and twenty four male CARIBRO-VISHAL broiler breeders, 38-week old, were ind...
Published in Journal of Forestry Research
Sapindus mukorossi Gaertn. and S. delavayi Franchet are among the most valuable species in the genus Sapindus for their commercially exploitable plant oils and chemicals. However, few studies have addressed genetic variation and improvement for either species. We evaluated the genetic diversity of germplasm from selected plus trees within a wide re...
Published in Journal of Surfactants and Detergents
The saponins from the pericarps of Sapindus mukorossi Gaertn. (Sapindaceae) are attracting more and more attention because of their antimicrobial activity and their ability to act as a natural surfactant. However, the color of Sapindus pericarp extract is dark brown, which limits its application in some products. The present study aims to improve t...
Published in Brittonia
A rare new species of Sapindus from Vietnam, Sapindus sonlaensis, is described, illustrated, and compared to similar species.
Published in World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
The plant Sapindus saponaria is a good producer of terpenoidal and sesquiterpenoidal saponins, which are accumulated in its fruits. Although saponins usually act as antifungal compounds, a fungus was found living on the internal part of its pericarp. Tentative identification of the fungus, based on micro and macro-morphological aspects inspection, ...
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