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Study protocol: can a school gardening intervention improve children's diets? [PDF]

, 2012
BACKGROUND: The current academic literature suggests there is a potential for using gardening as a tool to improve children's fruit and vegetable intake.
A Demas, A Magarey, A Timperio, AW Fogarty, Birch, C Knai, Charlotte EL Evans, CL Perry, CL Perry, D Ciliska, D Gross, E Bere, E Bere, Foundation BN, G Auld, J Baranowski, J Connolly, J Gregory, J Rasbash, J Wardle, Janet E Cade, JD Skinner, JJ Reilly, JK Ransley, JO Fisher, Joan K Ransley, K Patrick, KD Reynolds, KW Cullen, KW Cullen, L Blanchette, L Wells, M Campbell, M Maynard, M Nelson, M Prelip, Mark Conner, Meaghan S Christian, MR Singer, MW Howerton, National Foundation for Educational Research, P Sahota, R Perera, S Somerset, S Somerset, SA French, SJ Te Velde, ST Yeo, StataCorp, World Cancer Research Fund, World Health Organization   +50 more
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The Impact of Therapeutic Community Gardening on the Wellbeing, Loneliness, and Life Satisfaction of Individuals with Mental Illness

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2022
Background: literature on the mental health benefits of therapeutic community gardening is not specific to individuals with mental illness and reports short-term outcomes.
C. Wood, J. Barton, Claire L Wicks
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Isolation and Characterization of APETALA3 Orthologs and Promoters from the Distylous Fagopyrum esculentum

Plants, 2021
Common buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum) produces distylous flowers with undifferentiated petaloid tepals, which makes it obviously different from flowers of model species.
Lingtian Zeng, Jiao Zhang, Xuan Wang, Zhixiong Liu   +3 more
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Fecal and soil microbiota composition of gardening and non-gardening families

Scientific Reports, 2022
Historically, humans have interacted with soils, which contain a rich source of microorganisms. Fruit and vegetable gardening is the primary interaction humans have with soil today.
Marina D. Brown, Leila M. Shinn, Ginger E. Reeser, M. Browning, Andiara Schwingel, Naiman A. Khan, H. Holscher   +6 more
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Entrepreneurship Summit Executive Summary [PDF]

, 2008
Summarizes discussions from an April 2008 conference on the core components of an effective entrepreneurship support program, policy options for building an infrastructure that fosters innovation, and concepts to be explored, such as "economic gardening.

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Selenium Biofortification of Crop Food by Beneficial Microorganisms

Journal of Fungi, 2020
Selenium (Se) is essential for human health, however, Se is deficient in soil in many places all around the world, resulting in human diseases, such as notorious Keshan disease and Keshin–Beck disease. Therefore, Se biofortification is a popular approach
Yuanming Ye, Jingwang Qu, Yao Pu, Shen Rao, Feng Xu, Chu Wu   +5 more
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A pilot randomized controlled trial of group-based indoor gardening and art activities demonstrates therapeutic benefits to healthy women

PLoS ONE, 2022
Background There is mounting anecdotal and empirical evidence that gardening and art-making afford therapeutic benefits. Objectives This randomly controlled pilot study tested the hypothesis that participation in group-based indoor gardening or art ...
R. Odeh, Elizabeth R M Diehl, S. Nixon, C. Tisher, Dylan Klempner, J. Sonke, T. Colquhoun, Qian Li, Maria Espinosa, Dianela Perdomo, Kaylee Rosario, Hannah Terzi, Charles L Guy   +12 more
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The Comprehensive Effects of Rhizophagus intraradices and P on Root System Architecture and P Transportation in Citrus limon L.

Agriculture, 2022
Both arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) and phosphorus (P) collectively influence the root system architecture (RSA), but whether the combination of the two affects RSA, particularly lateral root formation, is unknown.
Chun-Yan Liu, Xiao-Niu Guo, Xiao-Long Wu, Feng-Jun Dai, Qiang-Sheng Wu   +4 more
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Evaluation of Compact Tomato Cultivars for Container Gardening Indoors and under Sunlight

Horticulturae, 2022
Numerous compact tomato cultivars are available for home gardening. However, evaluations under different environmental conditions are limited. The aim of this study was to characterize the growth and productivity of 20 compact tomato cultivars grown ...
Stephanie Cruz, E. van Santen, Celina Gómez   +2 more
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Evaluation of the impact of a school gardening intervention on children's fruit and vegetable intake: a randomised controlled trial. [PDF]

, 2014
Background: Current academic literature suggests that school gardening programmes can provide an interactive environment with the potential to change children’s fruit and vegetable intake.
A Hackett, A Harding, A Magarey, A Timperio, AJ Vickers, AM Craigie, AR Ness, C Devine, C Knai, Camilla Nykjaer, CE Evans, CE Evans, Charlotte EL Evans, E Van Cauwenberghe, EJ Ozer, J Connolly, J Morris, J Rasbash, JA O’Dea, Janet E Cade, JD McAleese, JE Cade, JN Davis, K Block, L Lautenschlager, L Lautenschlager, LA Bazzano, M Christian, M Maynard, M Nelson, MC Wang, Meaghan S Christian, MM Ratcliffe, MS Christian, MS Kitchen, MSEC Christian, Neil Hancock, P Boffetta, PJ Morgan, R Passy, R Robinson-O’Brien, S Koch, S Lineberger, S O’Brien, S Poston, S Somerset, S Somerset, SM Parmer, T Baranowski   +48 more
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