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Resource-use efficiency explains grassy weed invasion in a low-resource savanna in north Australia [PDF]

, 2015
Comparative studies of plant resource use and ecophysiological traits of invasive and native resident plant species can elucidate mechanisms of invasion success and ecosystem impacts.
Douglas, Michael M., Ens, Emilie, Hutley, Lindsay B., Rossiter-Rachor, Natalie A., Setterfield, Samantha A.   +4 more
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Produção de mudas de vetiver (Chrysopogon zizanioides (L.) Roberty) com uso de diferentes substratos

Bioscience Journal, 2013
O vetiver (Chrysopogon zizanioides (L.) Roberty) é uma planta medicinal e aromática originária da Ásia Tropical. O primeiro passo nos estudos agronômicos de uma espécie é a produção de mudas de boa qualidade.
Maria de Fátima Arrigoni-Blank, Arie Fitzgerald Blank, Thatiana Carvalho Santos   +2 more
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A sustainable green solution to domestic sewage pollution: Optimizing floating wetland treatment with different plant combinations and growth media

Water Cycle
Water quality degradation poses a global threat, with surface water resources bearing the brunt of pollution from various sources, including inadequately treated wastewater discharged from industrial and commercial processes.
D. Arivukkarasu, R. Sathyanathan
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Assessing Phytoremediation Potential of Aloe barbadensis, Chrysopogon zizanioides and Ocimum tenuiflorum for Sustainable Removal of Heavy Metals from Contaminated Soil [PDF]

Nature Environment and Pollution Technology
India’s fast industrialization and population expansion have resulted in heavy metal accumulation from many operations, which has caused massive waste generation and poisoning of soils.
S. P. Sangeetha, S. Sona, Nabam Tapung, Abhishek Kumar and Suraj Kumar
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Total phenolics and phenolic acids content in low (Chrysopogon gryllus) and mediocre quality (Festuca vallesiaca) forage grasses of Deliblato Sands meadow-pasture communities in Serbia

Czech Journal of Animal Science, 2005
Chrysopogon gryllus and Festuca vallesiaca are components of a number of meadow-pasture communities in Serbia. We performed the analyses of phenolics that influence quality and digestibility of grasses to a great extent.
L. Djurdjević, M. Mitrović, P. Pavlović, S. Perišić, M. Mačukanović-Jocić   +4 more
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Molecular and chemical characterization of vetiver, Chrysopogon zizanioides (L.) Roberty, germplasm

Genetics and Molecular Research, 2015
Due to the economic interests in vetiver, Chrysopogon zizanioides (L.) Roberty, molecular and chemical studies are essential to generate information for its sustainable exploitation. The aim of this study was to undertake a molecular and chemical characterization of vetiver accessions of the active germplasm bank of the Universidade Federal de Sergipe.
Celestino, Ricardo da Silva, Zucchi, Maria Imaculada, Pinheiro, José Baldin, Campos, Jaqueline Bueno de, Pereira, Alessandro Alves, Bianchini, Flávio Gabriel, Lima, Rafaely Nascimento, Arrigoni-Blank, Maria de Fátima, Alves, Péricles Barreto, Blank, Arie Fitzgerald   +9 more
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Etude de la germination de quelques graminées de savane et de ses rapports avec leur répartition [PDF]

, 1974
Les auteurs ont étudié les capacités de germinations des principales graminées de savane. Une expérimentation sur l'influence des facteurs écologiques montre que ces espèces ont une capacité de germination élevée, ce qui explique leur grande dispersion ...
Cabanis, Yves, Granier, Pierre
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Proteomic profiling of vetiver grass (Chrysopogon zizanioides) under 2,4,6‐trinitrotoluene (TNT) stress

GeoHealth, 2017
Vetiver grass is an ideal plant for 2,4,6‐trinitrotoluene (TNT) phytoremediation, due to its ability to tolerate and metabolize TNT as previously reported.
Padmini Das, Dibyendu Sarkar, Rupali Datta   +2 more
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NEW AND LITTLE KNOWN SCALE INSECT SPECIES (HEMIPTERA: COCCOIDEA) IN TURKEY [PDF]

, 2014
Scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) are notorious pests, especially of perennial plants. They are serious pests of fruit and nut trees, ornamental shade trees and shrubs, forest trees, greenhouse and indoor plantings. In the present study, new data are
Erkılıç, Lerzan, Kaydan, Mehmet Bora, Kozár, Ferenc   +2 more
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Lead Uptake, Toxicity, and Detoxification in Plants [PDF]

, 2011
Lead has gained considerable attention as a persistent toxic pollutant of concern, partly because it has been prominent in the debate concerning the growing anthropogenic pressure on the environment.
Dumat, Camille, Pinelli, Eric, Pourrut, Bertrand, Shahid, Muhammad, Winterton, Peter   +4 more
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