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Beyond forests: Harnessing conservation gardening for open biomes in Brazil

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Urban gardening offers an innovative conservation strategy by integrating native ornamental species into urban landscapes. We evaluated the ornamental potential of the Brazilian flora by comparing the representation of species from forests versus open biomes (focusing on campo rupestre grasslands) and introduced and validated the Index of Ornamental ...
Flávia Santos Faria, Luciane Vilela Resende, Fernando A. O. Silveira   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Botanical drug preparations and related East Asian medicine interventions for central and idiopathic central precocious puberty: an umbrella review of systematic reviews and meta-analyses. [PDF]

Front Pharmacol
He Y, Zhuang S, Madenbayeva AM, Mussin NM, Tamadon A, Yu J.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Thinking with trees: Responding to sympoietic plant relations through visual art

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Amid escalating climate crises, this paper explores how we might rethink our relationship with the natural world, particularly with plants and trees, through the perspectives of visual art. This paper reveals how art invites us to see trees and other plant life not as passive background scenery, but as living beings with their own forms of experience ...
Xiaoyu Yang
wiley   +1 more source

<i>Aloe ferox</i> as a Candidate Botanical Insecticide for Stored-Grain Protection: Evidence, Knowledge Gaps, and Prospects for <i>Sitophilus zeamais</i> Management. [PDF]

Molecules
Aina FB, Buwa-Komoreng L, Heshula LUP, Chiuta NE, Adeniji TO, Lamula S, Muchaku S, Slayi M, Mutengwa CS.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Interactive effects of microplastics and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on grassland communities

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Grassland plant communities contribute significantly to global biodiversity but face numerous man‐made pressures which may interfere with their ecological functions. One such pressure receiving increasing scientific, political, and public attention is microplastic pollution.
Benedikt Speißer, Yanjie Liu, Mark van Kleunen   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

First-Cut Yield and Forage Quality of Grass-Legume Mixtures Differing in Composition and Intended Use Across Two Years. [PDF]

Plants (Basel)
Gvazdauskė G, Kemešytė V, Šidlauskaitė G, Kadžiulienė Ž, Jaškūnė K.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Using art history to explore society's changing connections with agriculture

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Food insecurity is a looming challenge that especially affects those least fortunate. Consumer food choices have a substantial impact on the sustainability of current food systems. Here, we use art as a lens through which to consider our contemporary and historical relationship to one of the world's most crucial crops, the potato, in the context of the
Edward F. Hill‐King, Martin R. McAinsh, Michael R. Roberts   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Forage selection of dairy cows grazing contrasting multispecies swards is influenced by cow characteristics. [PDF]

Vet Anim Sci
Dittmann MT, Hesselmann M, Mesbahi G, Thorne S, Vitra A, Steiner AK, Leiber F.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Planting for healthy air: Urban biodiversity enhances natural chemical environments

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Cities urgently need nature to improve public health, support biodiversity, and increase resilience to climate change. Yet not all green spaces offer the same benefits. In this study, we show that more diverse urban plantings create richer “chemical environments”; subtle, naturally scented atmospheres formed by plant emissions that can influence how ...
Aurora Ruggeri, Fethi Ben Fraj, Gaetan Glauser, Gregory Röder, Ola Söderström, Sergio Rasmann   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Multidimensional evaluation of four chaihu-shugan-san simulated decoction for use as placebo controls: a comparative study. [PDF]

Front Pharmacol
Huang K, Zheng T, Li J, Lv M, Tang X, Wang F, Lv L.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source