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Garden varieties: how attractive are recommended garden plants to butterflies? [PDF]

, 2015
One way the public can engage in insect conservation is through wildlife gardening, including the growing of insect-friendly flowers as sources of nectar. However, plant varieties differ in the types of insects they attract.
A Burls, A Loram, C Freeman, CD Thomas, DC Dearborn, DD Murphy, DM O’Brien, E Polus, F Cahenzli, Francis L. W. Ratnieks, J Mevi-Schütz, J Owen, J Owen, JA Thomas, JA Thomas, KJ Gaston, Kyle Shackleton, M Garbuzov, M Garbuzov, MA McGeoch, MF Wallisdevries, MJ Crawley, ML Forister, ML Vickery, NG Tallent-Halsell, O Jennersten, O Tudor, PA Werner, PB Hardy, R Good, RLH Dennis, SA Corbet, SA Corbet   +32 more
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Tree Communities and Aboveground Biomass in the Submontane Zone of Ketambe Resort, Mount Leuser National Park, Aceh

Elkawnie: Journal of Islamic Science and Technology, 2020
: Mount Leuser National Park is one of the largest conservation areas and plays important ecological and economic functions. To support forest management, it is important to gain current vegetation data.
Taufikurrahman Nasution, Muhammad Efendi
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A phylogeny of the evening primrose family (Onagraceae) using a target enrichment approach with 303 nuclear loci

BMC Ecology and Evolution, 2023
Background The evening primrose family (Onagraceae) includes 664 species (803 taxa) with a center of diversity in the Americas, especially western North America.
Rick P. Overson, Matthew G. Johnson, Lindsey L. Bechen, Sylvia P. Kinosian, Norman A. Douglas, Jeremie B. Fant, Peter C. Hoch, Rachel A. Levin, Michael J. Moore, Robert A. Raguso, Warren L. Wagner, Krissa A. Skogen, Norman J. Wickett   +12 more
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Ornamental Plants and Urban Gardening

Plants, 2023
Urban green areas serve both the mental and physical health of the people living in the settlements; therefore, the ornamental plants used on green areas currently have a prominent role in reducing the effects of climate change and urbanization, as well as in providing ecosystem services.
László Orlóci, Albert Fekete
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Influence of urbanisation and garden plants on the diversity and abundance of aphids and their ladybird and hoverfly predators [PDF]

, 2018
Urban gardens can harbour a high diversity of insects, which are critically important components of urban ecosystems. In this work, we investigate the richness and diversity of a major taxon of economic and ecological importance, the aphids (Homoptera ...
Bleakley, Lewis A. D., Burley, Christopher, Fellowes, Mark D. E., Mott, Jade L., Rocha, Elise A., Rue-Glutting, Gloria, Souza, Estevão N. F.   +6 more
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Performance of seedling and mixed-species planting test of three species of Rubiaceae treated by different seedling media and mycorrhizae application [PDF]

E3S Web of Conferences, 2023
Seedling growth in the nursery and early field performance of three fast-growing tree species from the Rubiaceae family, i.e., white jabon (Neolamarckia cadamba), red jabon (Neolamarckia macrophylla, and gempol (Nauclea orientalis), were tested by using ...
Widyani N., Sudrajat D.J., Nurhasybi N., Rustam E., Suita E., Leksono B., Surono S.   +6 more
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Plant capitalism and company science: the Indian career of Nathaniel Wallich [PDF]

, 2008
The career of the Danish-born botanist Nathaniel Wallich, superintendent of the Calcutta Botanic Garden from 1815 to 1846, illustrates the complex nature of botanical science under the East India Company and shows how the plant life of South Asia was ...
Biswas, Brockway, Burkhardt, Burkill, Burkill, Camerini's, DAVID ARNOLD, Desmond, Drayton, Eden, Eden, Firminger, Fraser-Jenkins, Grove, Heber, Hochstrasser, Jacquemont, Kuklick, Kumar, Lutzker, Noltie, O'Shaughnessy, Raj, Royle, Royle, Sangwan, Sangwan, Schiebinger, Sivaramakrishnan, Stocqueler, Thomson, Wallich   +31 more
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Characterization of UDP-glycosyltransferase family members reveals how major flavonoid glycoside accumulates in the roots of Scutellaria baicalensis

BMC Genomics, 2022
Background Flavonoid glycosides extracted from roots of Scutellaria baicalensis exhibit strong pharmaceutical antitumor, antioxidative, anti-inflammatory, and antiviral activities.
Tianlin Pei, Mengxiao Yan, Tian Li, Xiaoqiang Li, Yijia Yin, Mengying Cui, Yumin Fang, Jie Liu, Yu Kong, Ping Xu, Qing Zhao   +10 more
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Lipidomic profiling of the developing kernel clarifies the lipid metabolism of Paeonia ostii

Scientific Reports, 2021
Lipid components in the developing kernel of Paeonia ostii were determined, and the fatty acid (FA) distributions in triacylglycerol and phospholipids were characterized. The lipids in the kernel were mainly phospholipids (43%), neutral glycerides (24%),
Shui-Yan Yu, Ying Zhang, Yu-Ping Lyu, Zu-Jie Yao, Yong-Hong Hu   +4 more
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Increasing leaf hydraulic conductance with transpiration rate minimizes the water potential drawdown from stem to leaf. [PDF]

, 2014
Leaf hydraulic conductance (k leaf) is a central element in the regulation of leaf water balance but the properties of k leaf remain uncertain. Here, the evidence for the following two models for k leaf in well-hydrated plants is evaluated: (i) k leaf is
Barbour, Margaret, Burns, Emily, Choat, Brendan, Dawson, Todd, Franks, Peter, Simonin, Kevin   +5 more
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