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The Most Dangerous Drug on Earth Is Growing in Your Garden

Every great anti-drug PSA ends with the descent into madness. Before Helen Hunt starred in Mad About You, she snorted a ...
Proplanta

Gemeiner Stechapfel | Agrar-Lexikon

Der Gemeine Stechapfel ist in Ost- und Südeuropa häufig in Maisfeldern anzutreffen. Bei uns kommt er gelegentlich auf Ruderalflächen vor, in letzter Zeit aber auch häufiger in Maisfeldern. Er findet ...
Nature

In vitro Production of Embryos from Anthers of Datura

OBSERVATIONS of natural phenomena such as adventive embryony and production of plantlets from the leaf margins of Bryophyllum support the view that although cells may differentiate and appear to ...

A Biologist Reveals The 10 Deadliest Plants Of The United States (Hint: #6 Allegedly Killed Abe Lincoln’s Mom)

Only a small fraction of all plants are edible. Some of those that aren’t can do serious damage to a human’s health. Here are ...
SciELO

pH effect on the synthesis of different size silver nanoparticles evaluated by DLS and their size-dependent antimicrobial activity

This paper reports citrate-stabilized silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) synthesized by nitrate ion chemical reduction with sodium borohydride, at different pHs (2–9). The AgNPs synthesized by this method ...
SciELO

Effect of two solanaceous plants on developmental and population parameters of the tomato leaf miner, Tuta absoluta (Meyrick) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae)

Tuta absoluta (Meyrick) is an important tomato pest that also feeds on other host-plants from the Solanceae family. We studied the effect of two cultivated plants, tomato (Lycopersicum esculentum Mill ...