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Effect of seed age and fertilisation on the growth and decorative quality of selected ornamental grasses

Folia Horticulturae, 2012
Ornamental grasses have become a popular group of plants for use in landscaping. The aim of the present experiment was to assess the influence of seed age on the germination of ornamental grasses. In the glasshouse experiment, seeds of three grass genera,
Kapczyńska Anna
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Isolation and characterisation of cellulose from cortex, pith and whole of the Pennisetum purpureum: Effect of sodium hydroxide concentration

Journal of Materials Research and Technology, 2020
In this study, the potential of cellulose isolation from the cortex, pith, and whole of the Pennisetum purpureum stem was explored. The cellulose was extracted using 4, 8, 12, 16, and 20% concentration of alkali followed by 1.7% concentration of sodium ...
T.N. Tuan Rohadi, M.J.M. Ridzuan, M.S. Abdul Majid, A. Khasri, M.H. Sulaiman   +4 more
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Were the first Bantu speakers south of the rainforest farmers? A first assessment of the linguistic evidence [PDF]

, 2017
Popular belief has it that the Bantu Expansion was a farming/language dispersal. However, there is neither conclusive archaeological nor linguistic evidence to substantiate this hypothesis, especially not for the initial spread in West-Central Africa. In
Adjanohoun, Bastin, Bellwood, Bingham, Blanchon, Blanchon, Blench, Blench, Bostoen, Bostoen, Bostoen, Bunkheti, Clist, Crane, Daeleman, de Filippo, De Grauwe, de Maret, de Rop, de Rop, de Schryver, Fontaney, Gossweiler, Greenberg, Hagendorens, Hamon, Hannan, Hubau, Hulstaert, Hulstaert, Kabinda, Koni Muluwa, Koni Muluwa, Koni Muluwa, Kouarata, Latham, Lejju, Linton, MacGaffey, Maniacky, McCann, Mouandza, Ndinga-Koumba-Binza, Neumann, Pasch, Philippson, Phillipson, Raponda-Walker, Ricquier, Ricquier, Schwartz, SPIAF, Storrs, Thornell, van Everbroecke, Van Neer, Vansina, Vansina   +57 more
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Toward in vitro fertilization in Brachiaria spp. [PDF]

, 2010
Brachiaria are forage grasses widely cultivated in tropical areas. In vitro pollination was applied to accessions of Brachiaria spp. by placing pollen of non-dehiscent anthers on a solid medium near isolated ovaries.
Alves, E.R., Carneiro, V.T.C., Dusi, D., Falcao, R., Valle, C.B., do, Willemse, M.T.M.   +5 more
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Pennisetum setaceum or Pennisetum advena cultivars, what ornamental do we have in our garden [PDF]

Ecology and Evolution, 2021
AbstractPennisetum Rich. or following recent taxonomic insights Cenchrus L. is a genus with some 120 species worldwide, especially in warm areas. The genus includes some crops, some ornamentals but mostly species that are considered weedy. The name of one of the weedy species Pennisetum setaceum (Forssk.) Chiov.
Johannes Leonardus Cornelis Hendrikus van Valkenburg, Maarten Costerus, Marcel Westenberg   +2 more
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Occurrence and Exposure Assessment of Aflatoxin B1 and Ochratoxin A in Pearl Millet (Pennisetum glaucum L.) from Tunisia

Journal of Food Quality and Hazards Control, 2020
Background: Ochratoxin A (OTA) and Aflatoxin B1 (AFB1) are toxic secondary  metabolites produced by certain mold species. In this primarily survey, we examined the OTA and AFB1 contamination of pearl millet grains distributed in Tunisia.
S. Lasram, Z. Hamdi, A. Ghorbel
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Optimisation of Medium Composition and Culture Conditions of Filter-paperase by UPMC1106 using Pennisetum Purpureum

Chemical Engineering Transactions, 2017
Lignocellulosic resources are valuable and widely utilised to produce fermentable sugar. There is potential non-human consumption lignocellulosic material such as Pennisetum sp. available in the tropical and subtropical region.
S. Manap, R. Mohamad, W.Z. Saad, S.S. Harith, M.M. Mydin, S.H. Kamarullah, D.H.M. Noor, W.S.A. Wan Omar   +7 more
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Effect of Pennisetum giganteum z.x.lin mixed nitrogen-fixing bacterial fertilizer on the growth, quality, soil fertility and bacterial community of pakchoi (Brassica chinensis L.).

PLoS ONE, 2020
Biofertilizer plays a significant role in crop cultivation that had reduced its inorganic fertilizer use. The effects of inorganic fertilizer reduction combined with Pennisetum giganteum z.x.lin mixed nitrogen-fixing biofertilizer on the growth, quality,
Yulei Jia, Zhen Liao, Huifang Chew, Lifang Wang, Biaosheng Lin, Chaoqian Chen, Guodong Lu, Zhanxi Lin   +7 more
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Genetic Structure of the Rice Blast Pathogen (Magnaporthe oryzae) over a Decade in North Central California Rice Fields. [PDF]

, 2017
Rice blast, caused by the ascomycete Magnaporthe oryzae, is one of the most destructive rice diseases worldwide. Even though the disease has been present in California since 1996, there is no data for the pathogen population biology in the state.
Douhan, Greg W, Douhan, LeAnn I, Greer, Christopher A, Pagliaccia, Deborah, Urak, Ryan Z, Vidalakis, Georgios, Wong, Frank   +6 more
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Phyto-assessment of Soil Heavy Metal Accumulation in Tropical Grasses [PDF]

, 2016
Tropical grasses are fast growing and often used for phytoremediation. Three different types of tropical grasses: Vetiver (V. zizanoides), Imperata (I. cylindrical) and Pennisetum (P.
Ng, Chuck Chuan
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