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BIODIVERSITY OF DESERT PLANTS

, 2022
Currently, climate change is causing changes in the desert vegetation's biodiversity. This has led to a significant reduction in the species composition of desert grassland vegetation, and the results of the investigates shows that in pasture reserves the composition of the species may increase into 4-6 by forming micro ...
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Photosynthetic Organs of Desert Plants [PDF]

BioScience, 1998
M any species of plants and animals are remarkably adapted to live in hot, dry deserts, where annual rainfall is extremely low and organisms must cope with long drought. The natural history and environmental biology of desert organisms-how they manage life under such a dry regime-is of particular interest.
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Certain desert plants wage chemical warfare against competing plants

California Agriculture, 1960
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R Bernhard
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Soil and climate factors affect the nutrient resorption characteristics of desert shrub roots in Xinjiang, China

Frontiers in Plant Science
IntroductionNutrient resorption is a vital nutrient utilization strategy in desert plants and is essential for understanding desert ecosystems and addressing climate change. Although the resorption characteristics in plants have been studied extensively,
Yan Luo, Yan Luo, Yan Luo, Wenya Wei, Yaxuan Wang, Tianai Xue, Kaijuan Du   +6 more
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Using UV and FTIR spectroscopy for discrimination among vicia seeds with emphasis on UV based multivariate modelling

Scientific Reports
Legume Seeds of Vicia are cultivated and consumed worldwide for their nutritional value and bioactive compounds. Notably, Vicia faba (fava bean) seeds, with their many cultivars or varieties, are deeply rooted in cuisines of the Middle East and across ...
Mai M. Ahmed, Abd El Raheim M. Donia, Yassin Ismail, Fadia S. Youssef, Sherweit H. El-Ahmady   +4 more
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Unveiling allelopathic dynamics and impacts of invasive Erigeron bonariensis and Bidens pilosa on plant communities and soil parameters

Scientific Reports
Invasive alien species are becoming more and more prevalent worldwide, Erigeron bonariensis and Bidens pilosa are two invasive species of Asteraceae in Egypt.
Mohamed A. Balah, Abeer Al-Andal, Asmaa M. Radwan, Abd ElRaheim M. Donia   +3 more
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Promising trends in agricultural practices towards food security: expanding the desert landscape and flora into mainstream farming

Frontiers in Agronomy
Rapid climate change and degrading quality of once-fertile agricultural lands makes it imperative to turn attention towards marginal and desert lands for practice of farming.
Mukesh Kumar Berwal, P. R. Deepa, Pankaj Kumar Sharma   +2 more
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Fungus gnats (Diptera: Sciaridae) damage the desert rose (Adenium obesum Forssk. Roem. & Schult) crop in Jataí - Goiás, Brazil [PDF]

Ciência Rural
: Recent rise in desert rose production, the expanded cultivation of this species may promote infestation by certain insects and mites. One such insect, the fungus gnats (Bradysia sp), also known as fungus flies, have been damaging numerous ornamental ...
Andreia Somera, Francielly Rodrigues Gomes, Angelita Lorrayne Soares Lima Ragagnin, Américo Nunes Silveira-Neto, Alejandro Hurtado-Salazar, Simério Carlos da Silva Cruz, Danielle Fabíola Pereira da Silva, Claudia Dayane Marques Rodrigues, Vinícius Coelho Kuster   +8 more
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Effects of groundwater depth on ecological stoichiometric characteristics of assimilated branches and soil of two desert plants. [PDF]

Front Plant Sci, 2023
Wu X, Wang X, Wang P, Gu Y, Li Y.
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Variation and association of leaf traits for desert plants in the arid area, northwest China. [PDF]

Ecol Evol, 2023
Wang H, Yang J, Xie T, Ma L, Niu F, He C, Shan L.   +6 more
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