Golden Tree Research Articles

Qualitative morphological similarities among hybrid Phalaenopsis in Indonesia

Abstract Phalaenopsis spp. is one of the most popular orchid species in Indonesia and abroad. Various plant breeding efforts have increased orchids’ economic value and aesthetics. This research was conducted to study the similarity of morphological characters between orchids in eight hybrid Phalaenopsis species, namely Dtps. Shu Long King x Shu Long Purple Queen, Dtps. Fuller’s Sunset, Dtps. Shu Long Purple Queen x OX King 3545, P. Golden Tree, Dtps. OX X-Ray, P. Shu Long Romantic, Dtps. Fuller’s C-Plus 3790, Shu Long TS2904. Observation data were analyzed using the NTSys 2.02i software application. The results showed that there were two large clusters at a similarity coefficient of 0.77. Cluster 1 includes Dtps. Shu Long Purple Queen x OX King 3545, Dtps. Shu Long King x Shu Long Purple Queen, P. Shu Long TS2904, and P. Shu Long Romantic. Cluster 2 includes Dtps. Fuller’s Sunset, P. Golden Tree, Dtps. Fuller’s C-Plus 3790, Dtps. OX X-Ray. At a similarity coefficient of 0.93, there are orchids Dtps. Shu Long Purple Queen x OX King 3545 with Dtps. Shu Long King x Shu Long Purple Queen and Dtps. Fuller’s Sunset with P. Golden Tree.

Morphometric Analysis and Characterization of Peripheral Blood Cells in the Golden Tree Snake <i>Chrysopelea ornata</i> (Shaw, 1802)

Reptile hematology provides important information to help assessment of health conditions and other reptile physiology and for biomarker discovery. The current hematology of snake from natural habitats of Thailand with morphological measurement is still rarely explored. In the present study, the extensive investigation on the morphometric analysis and characteristics of blood cells in the golden tree snake Chrysopelea ornata (Shaw, 1802) was examined and compared between sexes. Here we found that the majority of the squamate blood cells were erythrocyte in both sexes of this snake. It had the typical erythrocyte morphology showing eclipse shape with a central nucleus without significant difference between males and females. White blood cells (or leukocytes) in the snakes were a heterogeneous group with different nucleus shape and also shared a similar size between sexes. Interestingly, the length of thrombocytes was significantly different (P 0.05): longer in the male and shorter in the female snakes. From the blood smear technique, the heterogeneous group of the snake leukocyte included azurophil, heterophils neutrophil, basophil, lymphocyte, and monocyte without eosinophil. Remarkably, the highest proportion of the snake leukocyte was lymphocyte, followed by azurophils, and neutrophil. This proportion was similar in both sexes. The results from our hematological analysis could be provided as hematology-based health monitoring of the wild population for C. ornata in our land and other countries.

Effect of a novel dietary supplement Khejri, and Spirulina supplementation on lipid profile in cricket players.

Prosopis cineraria (Fabaceae) is known as Khejri in India or the golden tree of Indian deserts. It's potential as a dietary supplement in sports nutrition and its effect on regulating lipid profile has never been investigated. Spirulina (Arthrospira platensis) is a superfood with high nutritional value and is a popular supplement among athletes. In the current study, Spirulina and Khejri were used as supplements by cricket players to improve their physical fitness and lipid profile. Both supplements were given to individual groups and in combination to see the combined effect. The intervention period was 21 days, and supplements were given in 500 mg doses daily. Lipid profile assessments were done before and after the intervention period. 40 cricket players were divided into 4 groups: Group 1 (n = 10): Both supplements, Spirulina and Khejri, Group 2 (n = 10): Supplement Spirulina, Group 3 (n = 10): Supplement Khejri, and Group 4 (n = 10): Control. When experimental groups 1, 2 and 3 were compared to the control group 4, significant reduction was observed in triglyceride levels (Group1 vs. control: 141.53 ± 14.74 vs. 199.28 ± 27.24, p < 0.05; Group 2 vs. control: 137.5 ± 14 vs. 199.28 ± 27.24, p < 0.05; Group 3 vs. control: 135.32 ± 17.34 vs. 199.28 ± 27.24, p < 0.05) and significant reduction in cholesterol levels was found post-intervention after 21 days of supplementation (Group1 vs. control: 149.75 ± 7.08 vs. 207.86 ± 11.69, p < 0.001; Group 2 vs. control: 178.28 ± 9.43 vs. 207.86 ± 11.69, p < 0.05; Group 3 vs. control: 142.92 ± 10.01 vs. 207.86 ± 11.69, p < 0.001). Cholesterol and Triglyceride levels were significantly decreased pre- vs. post-intervention by Khejri and Spirulina supplements in cricket players.

A Critical Review of Croton as a Multipurpose Nonedible Tree Plant for Biodiesel Production towards Feedstock Diversification for Sustainable Energy

Oil demand has risen steadily due to the growing industrialization and modernization of the world. In addition to rising costs, the supply of fossil fuels is also declining. These and many other concerns couple with food shortages have drawn attention of scientists to a substitute fuel that is generated from feedstocks that can be renewed. Biodiesel as an alternative fuel with a lot of expectations is produced using edible grown conventional vegetable oils such as sunflower, rapeseed, palm, and soybean. The production of biodiesel from edible oils has, meanwhile, worsened the existing competitiveness of oil used for food and fuel. Emphasis on using nonedible feedstock is currently guided by research to discover more potential nonedible feedstock such as croton. Differences between perceptions and facts about these nonedible oils necessitate efforts to diversify feedstocks into sources that can warrant the production of energy without impacting on the security of food. Croton is a multipurpose evergreen plant that is nonedible and is commonly present and cultivated under environmental and socio-economic conditions, which are complex in nature. This plant, referred to as a golden tree, has various uses including fuels, medicinal, ornamentals, dyes, feed, enriching of soil, and afforestation. This research was therefore carried out to investigate the multipurpose use croton. Among the highlighted areas include croton (feedstock) used for biodiesel, the necessity for croton seed oil and its value chain, the process for the modifying croton oil to biodiesel, factors that influence the production of biodiesel, the application of croton biodiesel in engines for efficiency and emission characteristics, and prospects for croton biodiesel.

Reproductive Morphology of the Golden tree snake Chrysopelea ornata (Serpentes: Colubridae) from Ao Nang, Krabi Province, Thailand

We monitored the reproductive morphology of the female and male Golden tree snake, Chrysopelea ornata. The females and males were collected during a year from Ao Nang, Muang Krabi, Krabi province, a southern part of Thailand. We investigated the female and male reproductive systems via anatomical and histological approaches. The results demonstrated that the reproductive tracts of females and males were located above the kidney and its right tract was more anteriorly than the left tract. Ovarian follicles were classified into the previtellogenic, early vitellogenic, and late vitellogenic follicles. Previtellogenic follicles were contained three types of cells in the multi-layered granulosa layer: small, intermediate, and large pyriform cells. This such layer becomes the single layer in which the pyriform cells were disappeared in the vitellogenic follicles. Various stages including corpora lutea, gestation, oviposition, and birth were all observed in this study. The oviductal structure of the Golden tree snake was divided into four regions: anterior and posterior infundibulum, uterus, and vagina. The anterior oviductal wall was covered by ciliated and non-ciliated cuboidal epithelial cells and a thin muscularis layer while its posterior portion was contained by ciliated and non-ciliated cuboidal and columnar epithelial cell, and a thick muscularis layer. We found the tubular ciliated glands in the posterior infundibulum. Additionally, the hypertrophied uterine glands in the uterus were observed during the vitellogenic stage. The seminiferous tubules were active simultaneously with the hypertrophied sexual segment of the kidney.

ПАРАДИГМАТИЧНА СИСТЕМА ЛЕКСИЧНИХ ОДИНИЦЬ (НА МАТЕРІАЛІ ПОЕТИЧНИХ ТЕКСТІВ)

Paradigmatic relations between units of poetic text have been a matter of researcher interest for a long time. But scientists usually focus their attention on the semantics level. Commonly, systems of synonyms, antonyms, and lexical and semantic groups are being analysed in terms of the function they have in the text. The holistic paradigmatic system of text lexical units was never the subject of special study. This article purpose is a description of specific paradigmatic systems, that are formed by lexical units functioning in a poetic text. The research is conducted within the framework of functional linguistics, which involves considering the content of the text to be an active mental activity of the author and the perceiver, interacting in the communicative act AUTHOR - TEXT - READER, from the standpoint of the recipient. In the chosen anthropocentric model, paradigmatic text analysis is an attempt to model the process of text perception by the recipient. In contrast to the traditional description of lexical paradigms, the subject of paradigmatic analysis are words and more voluminous intertextual verbal complexes that form a system series as a definition of one or similar concepts or form interconnected perceptual “subject” images in the process of a text or group of texts perception. The study is based on a comparative analysis of Sergei Yesenin's poems “The grove of golden trees has fallen silent” and “Birch”. The presented analysis of the poems shows that the strengthening of the conceptuality entails an increase in the dependence of private paradigms in the hyper paradigm of the text. If we follow a strict analogy with syntax, we can say that the paradigmatic organization of projective texts is closer to parataxis, and conceptual is closer to hypostasis. The study of the paradigmatic organization of the works of Sergei Yesenin proves the expediency of lexical units paradigmatic analysis of the literary text, which opens up the possibility for a more complete interpretation.

Nutritional status of Moringa oleifera (Lam) with reference of Phytochemical, Biochemical, Antioxidant activity their Application -A Review

Moringa oleifera (L.) is one most nutritious plant . that use in different types of drugs preparation. In this investigation we have view the different author reported the different property of this plant such as Phytochemical content , biochemistry, hypersterolemia, hypolipidemic ,amino acid, protein, lipid, carbohydrate vitamins , separation of biochemical by chromatography HPLC and TLC. We have to also see that the different types element are present essential for human growth and development such Nitrogen, Calcium, Phosphorous, Magnesium, Iron, Copper, iron etc. the number of uses so this plant called golden tree and number of report available Antimicrobial, Antifungal, Antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, anthelminthic ,anticancer activity, Free scavenging activity. Its used as food source , and number industry raw material food industry .There number have reported that application of moringa plants in human life such as used to food, used cure disease, food product preparation, medicine preparation . It is popularly called, has been found useful both medicinally and economically. In a plants different chemical component contained in different plants root, stem ,leaf ,fruits and seeds. The Moringa plant is one important nutritious plant in sense of biochemicals , growth nutrients ,vitamins enzyme and their different biological property. Its intensive importance so it’s a part of food in some Asian country its pods eating as vegetable due to its nutritive value

On the “Green” of the “Golden Tree” of Life

This essay has as a keystone the words in which Husserl identifies life with the flux of lived experiences. It attempts a phenomenological approach to primary consciousness. Starting from the reduction to the sphere of “my ownness”, it then makes reference to the issue of the “living present” (two important themes where life is at stake); afterwards, it goes to the notion of reason in Husserl in its relationship with life and the lived experiences of the feeling of being alive, such as “connatus” as originary intuition, and the concept, stemming from Ortega y Gasset, of “living reason” (razón vital). As a last issue, a description is made of those features of life expounded by Husserl that can be interpreted in reference to “the green of the golden tree”.Este estudio tiene como clave de bóveda la frase en que Husserl identifica la vida con el fluir de las vivencias. Intenta una aproximación fenomenológica a la conciencia primaria. Parte de la reducción al ámbito de ”lo mío propio”. A continuación se hace referencia al tema del “presente viviente” (dos temas importantes caracterizados por la vida); luego se pasa a la concepción de la razón en Husserl en relación con la vida y las vivencias del sen-timiento de vivir, tales como “conatus” como intuición originaria, y al concepto orteguiano de razón vital. Como última cuestión, se estudian los rasgos de la vida expuestos por Husserl que puedan ser interpretados con referencia a “el verde del árbol dorado”.

Studies on Phenology and Reproductive Biology of Khejri [Prosopis cineraria (L.) Druce

Background: Khejri [Prosopis cineraria (L.) Druce] belongs to the family Leguminosae and subfamily Mimosoideae. The rural communities encourage the growth of Khejri in their agricultural fields as it improves grain yield and storage biomass production. It is the true multipurpose species and also called as ‘Golden Tree of Desert’, ‘Kalpvriksha’ of the desert, ‘King of desert’, ‘Love Tree’, and ‘Pride of the Desert’. For any tree improvement programme, knowledge of phenology and breeding system is pre-requisite, which also helps in understanding the evolutionary dynamics of a species. The range of genetic variability is controlled by reproductive system, which in turn controls the adaptive change. Pollination mechanisms affect seed set, fertility, gene flow, breeding systems, hybridization and genetic constitutions of tree populations. Methods: In this investigation during 2014-15, ten trees of [Prosopis cineraria (L.) Druce] growing at the research area of Forestry Department of CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar were randomly selected and phenological observations were made on the selected trees at different phenophases. Through selfing, breeding behaviour was examined, by covering the inflorescence with muslin cloth bags before opening. Approximately, an equal number of buds were kept open in close vicinity of the covered branch. Reproductive capacity was estimated from the percentage of fruit setting in marked inflorescence. Result: In present study of Prosopis cineraria, the average fruit set under self-pollination was nil whereas it was 2.03 per cent in open natural pollination. This study confirms previous studies that Prosopis cineraria is a cross-pollinated species.

A Golden Tree in the “Garden of Pages”

This article offers a critical evaluation of a purported diplomatic mission from Genoa to the Marīnid sultan of Morocco, Abū Yaʿqūb Yusuf (r. 1286–1307 CE). Ibn Abī Zarʿ, author of a famous chronicle known as the Rawḍ al-qirṭās, or “Garden of Pages,” recorded the arrival of the Genoese along with their impressive gift: a golden or gilded tree with singing birds. His inclusion of the episode in a narrative otherwise devoted to the deeds of the dynasty and history of Fez raises several interesting questions. How did the Genoese construct or acquire the tree? Why was the nature of this gift important, and what might have been the goals of the Genoese embassy in bringing such a costly object along? I propose that we understand the embassy and its inclusion in the narrative as part of a Marīnid desire to promote the dynasty as legitimate heirs of previous Islamic rulers. This desire made use of symbols of pious and wise kingship, including the mechanical marvel represented by the tree, which bore an impressive ideological pedigree in Islamic and Christian literary and representational traditions. For their part, the Genoese may have been motivated by a desire to repair relations with Abū Yaʿqūb damaged by the activity of Benedetto Zaccaria in the straits of Gibraltar. Taken as a whole, this brief but under-studied event suggests both the Mediterranean scope of this symbol of kingship and its use by medieval diplomats to achieve practical ends.

Eksplorasi Nilai Pendidikan Lingkungan Cerpen Daring Republika: Kajian Ekokritik

The purpose of this study is to explore the value of environmental education and interaction between characters and nature in the short stories of the Republika newspaper. The author describes the form of ecological criticism and interaction between characters and the environment as a form of ecological criticism in the short story in the Republika newspaper. This type of research is qualitative research with an ecocritical approach. The method used is descriptive to describe ecological criticism in environmental education and interaction of characters with the environment in the short story. The data of this study are sourced from the short stories of the Republika newspaper downloaded from laconhidup.com. There are five ecocritical short stories, namely: Son of Only Wood author Riki Eka, short story, Republika January 13, 2013; short story A Muttaqin Leaf Sheet, Republika 4 August 2013; short story Yudhi Herwibowo Golden Tree, Republika May 11, 2014, Eni Wulansari's short story Trembling Steps, Republika August 23, 2015; and Short Time Zhizi Siregar Short Story , Republika January 25, 2018. The data were analyzed using an ecocritical approach Grag Garrard (2004): pollution, forests, natural disasters, settlements, living things, and the earth. Of the five short stories found 45 data relating to the formulation of research problems. Data which is a form of ecological criticism is 31 data. Data that describes the form of interaction between characters and nature amounts to 14 data, which is divided into 3 forms of interaction, namely observation of characters with the environment, an attitude of characters, actions of characters, and thoughts of characters. The value of Republika's short story environmental education, namely: tree planting, reforestation of forests that have been exploited, the implementation of rules and regulations for deforestation, and animal conservation.

Development and Application of an eDNA Method to Detect the Critically Endangered Trinidad Golden Tree Frog (Phytotriades auratus) in Bromeliad Phytotelmata.

The use of environmental DNA (eDNA) to monitor rare and elusive species has great potential for conservation biology. Traditional surveying methods can be time-consuming, labour-intensive, subject to error or can be invasive and potentially damaging to habitat. The Trinidad golden treefrog (Phytotriades auratus) is one such species that would benefit from such an approach. This species inhabits the giant bromeliad (Glomeropitcairnia erectiflora) on two peaks on the Caribbean island of Trinidad. Traditional survey methods for this species have required the destruction of the giant bromeliad, which is the only known habitat of this frog. Here we described the development of an eDNA PCR-based assay that uses water drawn from the water-filled phytotelmata of the giant bromeliad along with the use of a synthetic DNA positive control that can be easily amplified in the bacterium Escherichia coli. The assay can detect to a DNA concentration of 1.4ng. Sampling of 142 bromeliads using this method revealed 9% were positive for P. auratus DNA. These data suggest that eDNA methods also have great potential for revealing the presence of elusive species in arboreal habitats.

Environmental DNA Detection of the Golden Tree Frog (Phytotriades auratus) in Bromeliads.

The analysis of environmental DNA (eDNA) is a powerful, non-destructive technique for detecting rare or hard to find freshwater organisms. In this study, we investigated the effectiveness of environmental DNA analysis as a method for detecting a rare amphibian, the golden tree frog (Phytotriades auratus). These frogs are believed to live exclusively within one species of tank bromeliad, Glomeropitcairnia erectiflora, found on the highest peaks of the island of Trinidad in the West Indies. Previous survey methods for this species involved bromeliad destruction, while here we collected and analyzed water samples from discrete pools within G. erectiflora plants for species-specific DNA. We found 1) that we can identify the presence of P. auratus in the bromeliads using environmental DNA analysis, and 2) that environmental DNA evidence indicates the presence of a previously undiscovered P. auratus population, increasing the species’ range from two isolated ‘sky islands’ to three.

Prosopis Spicigera: A Nature's Gift

The Prosopis spicigera Linn. is locally known as Khejri one of the most common medicinal plant of the Indian desert. The plant is very useful and famous especially in desert area due to its spread ability and importance. The plant is known as “Golden tree” or “Wonder tree” of the desert. It is an important herbal plant as mentioned in ancient literature. It is used traditionally in the treatment of various infirmities like leukoderma, leprosy, asthma, dyspepsia etc. The numbers of phytoconstituents like tannins, steroids, flavone derivatives, alkaloids etc. has been isolated from the plant. Pharmacological activities like antiinflammatory, anticonvulsant, antifungal, anticancer, antidiabetic, hypolipidemic, abortifacient, antioxidant, antimicrobial and wound healing properties have been reported of different plant extracts. The present review deals with phytoconstituents and potential pharmacological activities of Prosopis spicigera.

First locality record of Chrysopelea ornata Shaw,1802 Golden Tree or Gliding Snake from Kanger Valley National Park, District-Bastar, Chhattisgarh

This study makes first precise locality record of a rare and Near Threatened species of reptile, the Golden Tree or Gliding Snake or Ornat e Flying Snake Chrysopelea Ornata Shaw, 1802 from the Kanger Valley National Park (KVNP) of Bastar District of Chhattisgarh . This medium - sized slender and active arboreal snake is very handsome. It is one of the most spectacular snakes because of its abili ty to glide through the air. It is essentially an arboreal species which shows a marked preference for large trees and thick forests.

Golden Distribution of Probabilities

A novel concept based on the golden ratio φ, where the cumulative probability of the Fibonacci numbers coincides with the reciprocal of φ, is presented for discrete probability distributions. In addition to the binomial, Poisson, and geometrical distributions, the Benford-type as well as the inverse power distributions are considered. For the latter, in the limit of n → ∞ (n being a parameter of the present distribution), the value of the power is found to approach the fractal dimension of the golden tree. Finally, examples being close surprisingly to the golden distribution are shown for the analysis of the word spectra of texts written in English.

Pods of Khejri (Prosopis cineraria) consumed as a vegetable showed functional food properties

The arid plant Prosopis cineraria (Fabaceae) is known as Khejri in India or the golden tree of Indian deserts. The dried pods are consumed as a vegetable and leaves as traditional medicine to cure a wide range of diseases in the state of Rajasthan, India. The pods of this plant have not been investigated for their bioactive components, hence we have done so in this study. The dried pods were boiled with water to afford the aqueous extract. Extraction of the residue gave methanolic extract. The lipid peroxidation (LPO) and cyclooxygenase enzymes (COX-1 and -2) inhibitory activities of extracts and major compounds present in the bioactive extracts were then determined. Purification of bioactive extracts yielded compounds 1–7. The absorbance of 1–7 at 570nm ranged between 0.15 and 0.45 at 50μg/mL whereas vitamin C and tert-butylhydroquinone (TBHQ) at 25μg/mL gave an absorbance of 0.5 in the MTT [3-(4,5-dimethylthiazole-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide] assay. At 25μg/mL concentration, compounds 1–7 inhibited LPO, COX-1 and -2 enzymes between the ranges of 15–87%, 21–67% and 16–59%, respectively. This is the first report of the chemical and biological activities of the edible part of this plant.

The Order of the Golden Tree. The gift-giving objectives of Duke Philip the Bold of Burgundy. By Carol M. Chattaway

The Order of the Golden Tree. The gift-giving objectives of Duke Philip the Bold of Burgundy. By Carol M. Chattaway

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Golden Trees and Gray Devils

Seminars in DialysisVolume 13, Issue 3 p. 200-200 Golden Trees and Gray Devils First published: 25 December 2001 https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1525-139x.2000.00018.xRead the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat No abstract is available for this article. Volume13, Issue3May 2000Pages 200-200 RelatedInformation