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The effects of feeding high and low doses of field bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis) to mice were investigated. Bindweed contains several alkaloids, including pseudotropine, and lesser amounts of tropine, tropinone, and meso-cuscohygrine. Mice fed bindweed exclusively died or were euthanized after 4-7
OBJECTIVE
To identify a potential pathogenic isolate of fungus on Convolvulus arvensis and to determine its phytotoxic activity, which revealed the presence of toxic metabolites responsible for the toxicity against the target weed.
RESULTS
A high virulent isolate of the fungus, Phoma crystallifera
Field bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis L.; Convolvulaceae) is a troublesome perennial weed found among many important crops in the world (1). In May of 2007, dying field bindweed plants were found along the edge of a wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) field between Bafra and Taflan, Turkey (41°34.395'N,
Saponaria officinalis L. (Caryophyllaceae; also known as bouncingbet or soapwort) is a perennial medicinal plant important for the pharmaceutical industry and used as an expectorant, alterative, laxative, and ointment for some skin diseases and arthritic conditions. S. officinalis plants with
Papaya ringspot virus (PRSV, genus Potyvirus, family Potyviridae) is economically important due to its worldwide distribution and because it can cause serious losses in both cucurbit crops and papaya (3). PRSV has been previously reported from cucurbit crops in Iran (2). In Khuzestan Province,