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Authentication of medicinal plant material by DNA fingerprinting
Based on their positive therapeutic results, herbal medicines are gaining popularity worldwide for human wellbeing and healthcare. Unfortunately, one major hurdle that might impair their potential future as 'medicine of choice' is the lack of standardisation. Many scientific studies on adulteration of herbal medicines have demonstrated that health consequences of adulterants may vary from life ...
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Coca-Cola announces 100% plant material bottle
At the World Expo in Milan, Italy, on June 3, 2015, The Coca-Cola Company (Coca-Cola) unveiled the world's first 100% plant material polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastic bottle. Coca-Cola has been using the 30% plant material PlantBottle™ since 2009, so this is the first bottle that is made completely from renewable materials while functioning exactly as a traditional PET bottle. It is ...
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Nutrient status in Alpine soils of the Colorado front range using the Nitrogen/Phosphorus ratio index
The suitability of the foliar N/P ratio was evaluated as a predictor of nutrient limitation in an alpine ecosystem of the Colorado Front Range. We hypothesized that foliar N/P ratios are directly correlated with the alpine soil nutrient status. We used a long-term fertilization experiment conducted in three alpine plant communities, where 48 plots were established consisting of four replicates of ...
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Microwave and microwave–alkali effect on barley straw for total sugar yield
Lignocellulose is the most remarkable plant material resource for obtaining energy; however, its utility is restrained by its recalcitrant structure. Therefore, it is necessary to apply a convenient pretreatment method to increase the sugar yield. Microwave pretreatment method assists to break down hard lignin structure for improved degradation of cellulose and releasing of sugar. The objectives ...
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Measurement of Residual Arochlors and other Pesticides in Meat Products by GC / ECD-NPD
The use of pesticides and insecticides in the Agricultural Industry has always been widespread in the past. However, their use is now under close scrutiny by many consumer and government agencies since the short-term and cumulative effects of these materials has been shown to be potentially hazardous to humans and animals. Since almost all domesticated livestock feed is of fresh or ...
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Growing Media compost - fact sheet 9 - use of composted material in growing media for professional growers
Untitled Document Composted material boosts sustainable growing media Composted material can be a major cost-effective component of growing media being not only a sustainable, well-structured substrate but also a source of nutrients and buffering capacity. What is composted material? In the United Kingdom, composted material is made by composting ...
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Mad Cow Disease / Chemical and Biological Weaponry
BAA Requirement: The Mobile system needs to be able to decontaminate and decompose 0.5 million pounds per 24 hour period of wet or dry animal and plant material that may contain some inorganic debris. The emissions, effluent and residue from this process must be environmentally safe and suitable for disposal in commercial landfills or waste treatment systems. The system must be able to ...
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Landscaping Compost Fact sheet 4 - Compost use in turf establishment and renovation
Untitled Document Establish and maintain good quality grass with compost Compost can be used in a variety of situations, including residential and commercial lawns, sports grounds, athletic fields and golf courses. Excellent results can be achieved when using compost both to establish and renovate turf. What is compost? In the United Kingdom, compost is made from ...
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Transgenic breeding: Perspectives and prospects
Transgenic technology serves to introduce gene sequences for expression of a desired trait. Production of transgenic plants is reported in many crops, but commercialization is limited to a few selected crops, such as cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.), corn (Zea mays L.), soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.], and canola (Brassica napus L. and B. rapa L.). This paper presents the sequential processes of ...
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Rhizoma peanut yield and nutritive value are influenced by harvest technique and timing
Rhizoma peanut (Arachis glabrata Benth.) is a warm-season perennial forage legume adapted to the southern USA. The objectives of this study were to evaluate harvest technique and timing on dry matter (DM) yield, crude protein (CP), acid detergent fiber (ADF), and acid detergent lignin (ADL) concentrations of rhizoma peanut. Two experiments (one without irrigation and one with irrigation) each ...
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Cassava: a promising food security crop in Mutomo, a semi-arid food deficit district in Kitui County of Kenya
Cassava is ideal for production and provision of carbohydrates in the marginal and drought-prone areas, which comprise about 80% of Kenya. However, its potential utilisation as a food security crop remains low in these areas. A major constraint to cassava production is lack of adequate disease and pest-free planting materials greatly exacerbated by its low multiplication rate. The Kenya ...
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Biotechnology for small-scale farmers: a Kenyan case study
The paper analyses ex ante the potential economic effects of tissue culture biotechnology, which is being introduced into the Kenyan banana sector through an international collaborative project. The expected yield and income gains are sizable, because the pathogen-free banana planting material could substantially reduce the current crop losses induced by pests and diseases. However, using the ...
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Stocks, Chemistry, and Sensitivity to Climate Change of Dead Organic Matter Along the Canadian Boreal Forest
Abstract Improving our ability to predict the impact of climate change on the carbon (C) balance of boreal forests requires increased understanding of site-specific factors controlling detrital and soil C accumulation. Jack pine (Pinus banksiana) and black spruce (Picea mariana) stands along the Boreal Forest Transect Case Study (BFTCS) in northern Canada have similar C stocks in aboveground ...
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Turf Reinforcement Mat
Three Dimensional Plastic Net Grid Mattress For Parking Zone Turf Management Extruded plastic mesh is tough and durable, suitable for making three dimensional reinforcement mesh in style of mats. This specially designed mattresses are used for reinforcing of turf and grasses. Three dimension vegetation net is a new-typed seed planting material with tridimensional structure, which can protect the ...
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Efficiency increases with Truxor in the Alte Donau - Case Study
Over nearly two decades the city of Vienna, Austria, has been working with underwater vegetation maintenance to make the popular recreational lake Alte Donau enjoyable. Since 2018 the fleet working is composed of 18 Truxor amphibious tool carriers removing over 2 000 tons of plant material every year. The presence of tall, high-growing underwater plants has been a hindrance to swimming and ...
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Development of Waste Sawdust as a plant protection material for horticulture and agriculture
Untitled Document Lignin is one of the major wastes of modern society, in the form of wood waste such as sawdust. In nature, lignin is slowly digested to soil humus. This project is to ascertain whether sawdust could be digested into a plant protection material. The value of this would be that it would control some pests and diseases without being a pesticide nor fertilizer. ...
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Priming of prosopis cineraria (L.) druce and acacia tortilis (forssk) seeds with fulvic acid extracted from compost to improve germination and seedlin
Composting of waste plant materials and its use in agriculture and landscape sites is an environmental friendly way of reducing waste material and conserving the environment. In this perspectives a survey has been performed at the Dubai based International Center for Biosaline Agriculture to compost the plants based waste material (lawn cuttings-grass) to compost. The material was inoculated with ...
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Conversion of coconut gene farms threatens diversity
The land conversion of coconut gene banks located in research farms across the Asia-Pacific threatens the future of coconut diversity, researchers warn. A coconut gene bank in Indonesia was recently converted into a racetrack while another in Samoa was turned into a prison, SciDev.Net has learned. Scientists in Southeast Asia are worried that without legal protection the number of coconut gene ...
By SciDev.Net
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Mode of reproduction of colchicine-induced paspalum plicatulum tetraploids
Paspalum plicatulum Michx. is a wild forage grass species. The common races are tetraploid and apomictic, while sexual diploid representatives have been reported sporadically. Objectives of this study were to induce sexual 4x individuals from sexual diploids, determine the capacity for hybridization with other apomictic 4x species closely related with P. plicatulum, and thus create a tetraploid ...
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Hielscher Ultrasonics: Ultrasound in vinegar manufacturing
Ultrasonics in Maufacturing ans Aging of Vinegar The ultrasonic mixing technology is used in manifold ways in food and beverage industry. Hielscher Ultrasonics found a new application in the field of food processing: The sonication of vinegar, which is an important condiment in cuisine. The production of vinegar (e.g. balsamic), especially of high quality products as balsamic vinegar, is a ...
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