Chandrashekhar Murumkar

Tuljaram Chaturchand College · Department of Botany

Owing to environmental issue, biomediated synthesis of metal and metal oxide NPs are now daysgaining an immense attentionin research. This green synthesis depends upon role of active biomoleculesin reduction of metal ion and capping the biosynthesized nanoparticles.The present work was undertaken to synthesize silver nanoparticles using leaf tissue...

Aristolochic acid(AA I)was isolated from the dominant weed Aristolochia bracteolata Lam. Its detailed structural elucidation was obtainedby sophisticated spectroscopic techniques like UV,IR,1HNMR, HPLC, LCMS and X-RAY Crystallography. Isolated aristolochic acid was screened against the Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Staphylococcus aureus...

Effect of water stress on leaf water relations and some secondary metabolites in root stem and leaf of Aristolochia bracteolata Lam. has been studied. Mature potted plants were imposed to short term water stress. Moisture content, succulence index, mesophyll succulence index showed a very meager decline under water scarcity thereby showing its abil...

The date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) has been known for as long as recorded history. The dates are vary in shape, size, weight and also in organoleptic, physical and chemical characteristics-based regions of its origin. The date palm has provided food to inhabitants of the hot dry regions of the world. The leading date producing countries are Ira...

The root-endophytic fungus Piriformospora indica (=Serendipita indica) has been revealed for its growth-promoting effects and its capacity to induce resistance in a broad spectrum of host plants. However, the bioefficacy of this fungus had not yet been tested against any pathogen affecting onion (Allium cepa). In this study, the biocontrol potency...

p> Background: Biowaste of onion and garlic peel is remaining unexploited for their sustainable use having potential as source of organic fertilizer. The present work was intended to investigate biowaste of onion and garlic peel water extract on germination and growth of fenugreek, mustard, falooda and garden cress seeds which could resource as mic...

The present study focuses on developing virtual herbarium for botanists and botanically interested non-specialists. The study includes digitization of flowering plants from study area. The digital library is prepared which helps users to access the taxonomic information of plants from digital database.

Aristolochia bracteata Ritz, is a common weed of fallowlands of hot, semi-arid region of Baramati area. High succulence index was noticed in leaf tissues along with marked diurnal fluctuations in titratable acidity status, and pH of leaf sap. Stomatal behaviour also followed typical CAM pattern. All these findings conclude that Crassulacean Acid Me...

Tephrosia purpurea Pers. was found to accumulate high proline content in dry habitat. The proline content was higher in shoots, especially in leaves, than in roots. Pod walls and young seeds showed the highest proline content. The proline content of young leaves was higher than that of mature and old leaves. During leaf senescencein vitro proline c...

Photosynthetic processes in mature and senescent leaves of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) have been compared. With age, leaf photosynthetic pigments viz. chlorophyll a, chlorophyll b and carotenoids, and rate of 14°C fixation were considerably affected. Analysis of δ13C, and short term photosynthetic products showed no major change in the path of ph...

Some biochemical processes in pods of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) plants subjected to increasing levels of NaCl salinity in sand culture have been investigated. Chickpea exhibited a marked salt sensitivity with respect to yield characteristics such as number of pods per plant, number of filled pods and 100 pod and seed weight. The accumulation of...

The changes in the level of some inorganic constituents and the activities of some important enzyme systems in senescent leaves of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) have been studied. In senescent leaves, a marked decline in the potassium and phosphorus contents was evident which was accompanied by the accumulation of calcium, silicon, chloride and man...