The effects of herbicide application on two soil phosphate solubilizing bacteria: Pantoea agglomerans and Serratia rubidaea.

The application of synthetic pesticides is one of the fastest acting tools at farmers' disposal to prevent and mitigate the threats posed by plant pests in agriculture. However, the effects of these above-ground applications of pesticides are known to be detrimental to some belowground, non-target soil biota. At present, the effects many pesticides have on key functional microbial groups associated with phosphate (P) solubilization in the soil are still largely unknown.

Phosphate-Solubilizing Bacteria Isolated from Phosphate Solid Sludge and Their Ability to Solubilize Three Inorganic Phosphate Forms: Calcium, Iron, and Aluminum Phosphates.

Biofertilizers are a key component of organic agriculture. Bacterial biofertilizers enhance plant growth through a variety of mechanisms, including soil compound mobilization and phosphate solubilizing bacteria (PSB), which convert insoluble phosphorus to plant-available forms. This specificity of PSB allows them to be used as biofertilizers in order to increase P availability, which is an immobile element in the soil.

(Mill.) Cav. Aqueous Extract Antibacterial Activity Improved by the Addition of Spenn., Vahl and Benth.

Lavender aqueous extracts are widely used in the Moroccan traditional medicine for their antibacterial properties. However, previous research have generally focused on investigating the antibacterial activity of lavender essential oils. The aim of this study is to evaluate the antibacterial activity of the Moroccan (Mill.

Chemical profile of (Vahl) Masters, and L. and L. var. used against oral diseases: in vitro analysis between polyphenolic content and aqueous extraction optimization.

Objective: Optimization of aqueous extraction to extract the maximum amount of polyphenolic compounds that are used to treat oral disorders.

Methods: Using revelation tests for phytochemical screening, Folin-Ciocalteu reagent for total phenols, catechin standard for total flavonoids, acidified vanillin for total condensed tannins, and PCA analysis to detect different correlations between plants and between employed extractions.

Results: The highest (p < 0.

L. Essential Oil Has a Biological Potential for a Natural Fight against the Pest of Stored Foodstuffs: Herbst.

Chemical pesticides used against insect pests of stored food have adverse effects on both health and the environment. So, the present study aims to evaluate the insect repulsive and insecticidal power of L. essential oil (EO) from the region of Oulmes (Central plateau of Morocco); the ultimate objective is to develop a biological and ecological control strategy against pests.

Oral disorders and ethnobotanical treatments: A field study in the central Middle Atlas (Morocco).

The present study was conducted in the Moroccan central Middle Atlas in order to inventory the plants used in the treatment of oral diseases, as well as to document possible risks of intoxication. Thus, 58 herbalists in the region were surveyed to gather ethnomedical information about the plants used in natural remedies preparation. The expression of the data obtained was achieved through the calculation of different quantitative indices, such as: use value (UV), family use value (FUV), relative frequency of citation (RFC), fidelity level (FL), informant consensus factor (ICF) and plant part value (PPV).

Chemical characterization and adsorption of oil mill wastewater on Moroccan clay in order to be used in the agricultural field.

Oil mill wastewater (OMW) is the main liquid discharge from oil mills, it is considered as a dangerous pollutant due to its toxic chemical compounds which are unloaded directly in the environment without any treatment. The aims of this study were to evaluate the effectiveness of OMW adsorption on clay as a good method for the elimination of toxic chemical compounds and to study the application of treated OMW as an irrigation source in agricultural field. For this, Clay was collected from the city of Agourai (Meknes region, Morocco) and characterized by X-ray diffraction, X-ray fluorescence spectrometry, BET and FTIR analysis.