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1173. Ipomoea pandurata (L.) G. Mey
Curtis's Botanical Magazine, EarlyView.Summary Ipomoea pandurata is a Morning Glory from North America which develops a large storage root. There is much uncertainty about its discovery before its formal description in the middle of the 18th century. Originally described as a Convolvulus, almost a hundred years passed before its recognition as a species of Ipomoea.
John R.I. Wood +2 more
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Discover PlantsDioscorea bulbifera L., commonly known as aerial yam or air potato, belongs to the family Dioscoreaceae. The plant has both medicinal and edible value.
Bahuleyan Ambika Arun, E. A. Siril
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Partial mycoheterotrophy: a common strategy in arbuscular mycorrhizal plants?
New Phytologist, EarlyView.Proposed autotrophy to mycoheterotrophy continuum among arbuscular mycorrhizal plants. Summary The vast majority of land plants transfer part of the organic carbon they produce by photosynthesis to arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi inside their root cells; the fungi in turn help plants to take up nutrients and water from the soil.
Vincent S. F. T. Merckx +9 more
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Predicting Cyperus esculentus Biomass Using Tiller Number: A Comparative Analysis of Growth Models
AgricultureCyperus esculentus, a drought-resistant Cyperaceae with ecological and economic value (stems/leaves as feed, tubers as oil source), stabilizes arid soils through its extensive root system.
Ya Ding +7 more
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Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 2006 The study of ethnobotany relating to any tribe is in itself a very intricate or convoluted process. This paper documents the traditional knowledge of medicinal plants that are in use by the indigenous Jaintia tribes residing in few isolated pockets of ...
Gosai Kuldip, Sajem Albert L
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Underground allies: Mycorrhizal flexibility facilitates orchid occurrence in post‐mining landscapes
Plant Biology, EarlyView.Epipactis helleborine associates with largely habitat‐specific fungal communities, with limited overlap between mining and woodland sites, yet maintains comparable genetic diversity across habitats. These results highlight the role of mycorrhizal flexibility in enabling habitat shifts and expanding ecological niches in human‐altered landscapes ...
A. Ashokan +5 more
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Sensors, 2020 Potato is the world’s fourth-largest food crop, following rice, wheat, and maize. Unlike other crops, it is a typical root crop with a special growth cycle pattern and underground tubers, which makes it harder to track the progress of potatoes and to ...
Ning Liu +7 more
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Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Native to America, the pineapple—Ananas comosus (L.) Merr.—delighted the Europeans who came across it. The fruit was mentioned by the voyagers and missionaries who observed and tasted it in the Americas and, from the 1500s onwards, infused reports, chronicles and natural history treatises with colour and flavour.
Teresa Nobre de Carvalho
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Identification of Potato Virus Y (Pvy) and Its Economic Importance on Potato Crop
Science Journal of University of Zakho, 2014 This study was conducted to estimate disease incidence of potato virus Y (PVY) in Duhok Province/ Kurdistan Region/ Iraq and to investigate its effects on the growth and morphology of potato plant and its productivity.
Nabeel A. Kassim +2 more
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Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Seventeenth‐century virtuosi often figured themselves as epistemic weeders, grubbing up rank thickets of accumulated error. In this article, I argue that these metaphors were unnerved by the shifting status of weeds—ostensibly unwanted plants from the margins of cultivated space, unploughed land or the disturbed soils between growing crops—in ...
Francis Taylor
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