Some responses of Eryngium vesiculosum Labill to light intensity, daylength and nitrogen : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Horticultural Science in Plant Science at Massey University [PDF]
Eryngium vesiculosum Labill. is a plant commonly found in sandy coastal flat in New Zealand. Some preliminary observations (pers comm. Veale) had suggested that flowering in this species might be controlled by the external environment especially with ...
Leong, Wing
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The sensitivity of plant tissue culture and plant cell of citrullus lanatus cv. round dragon against basta® [PDF]
Current study provides an efficient screening system for transformed plant of Citrullus lanatus cv. Round Dragon harboring bar gene. The untransformed 5-day-old cotyledon explants were cultured on the shoot-inducing media supplemented with Basta® (0.2, 0.
Huyop, Fahrul Zaman, K., Ganasan
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Inheritance of Quantitative Characters in Diallel Crosses of Maize [PDF]
Five inbred lines of maize were used in half diallel crosses to study the combining ability for the characters: height of main ear, number of leaves over the main ear, number of leaves for plant, leaf area, number of grains/ear, grain weight and plant ...
Ahmed A, Ahmed, Zakariya Badir Fathi
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The Origin, Succession, and Predicted Metabolism of Bacterial Communities Associated with Leaf Decomposition. [PDF]
Intraspecific variation in plant nutrient and defensive traits can regulate ecosystem-level processes, such as decomposition and transformation of plant carbon and nutrients.
Gilbert, Jack A+2 more
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The wild plant Prangos platychlaena Boiss belonged to the family Apiaceae, is a native plant of Kurdistan-Iraq. The root, leaves, stem and flowers of the plant were collected in the Hlgurd mountain of Kurdistan region of Iraq, and extracted by ethanol ...
Rahman & Jaff
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The purpose of this resource is to observe plant green-down and report greendown data to help validate estimates of the end of the plant growing season. Students monitor the change in color of selected leaves of trees, shrubs or grasses.
The GLOBE Program, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR)
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Capability of the Invasive Tree Prosopis glandulosa Torr. to Remediate Soil Treated with Sewage Sludge [PDF]
Sewage sludge improves agricultural soil and plant growth, but there are hazards associated with its use, including high metal(loid) contents. An experimental study was conducted under greenhouse conditions to examine the effects of sewage sludge on ...
Abbas, Ahmed Mahmoud+5 more
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Considerations on growth characteristics of different pineapple varieties in Ivory Coast, Reunion Island and Caribbean Islands [PDF]
Tendency in pineapple markets is to offer more and more varieties to the consumers as it is done for other products. Beside the references of 'Smooth Cayenne' and today 'MD-2' varieties, 'Queen' and new hybrids are also proposed for commercial production
Dubois, Cécile+2 more
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The presence of webbing affects the oviposition rate of two-spotted spider mites, Tetranychus urticae (Acari: Tetranychidae) [PDF]
Several species of tetranychid mites including Tetranychus urticae Koch (Acari: Tetranychidae) construct complicated three-dimensional webs on plant leaves. These webs provide protection against biotic and abiotic stress.
Dicke, M., Magalhães, S., Oku, K.
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Preference and performance of western flower thrips [PDF]
Differences in performance on, and preference for, different plant parts were studied on cucumber plants. On these plants thrips are often most abundant on the youngest plant parts.
Kogel, W.J., de
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