Basrah University Organizes a Course on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants
The College of Agriculture at Basrah University organized a course on the importance of medicinal and aromatic plants, their uses, and methods for extracting their active substances.
The course, presented by Dr. Fatima Ali Hasan, aims to highlight the importance of medicinal plants, their classification, and methods for extracting active compounds, in addition to the significance of using plant extracts as bio-growth promoters and bio-pesticides.
The course covered an introduction to plant extracts and bio-growth promoters, methods of extraction to obtain plant extracts, the most important solvents used in the extraction process, and ways to apply extracts to plants.
The course recommended the necessity of applying nanotechnology to plant extracts to enhance the benefits achieved when applied to plants.
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