The wild Rhododendron moulmainense grows slowly, according to Wutong Mountain Management Center staffer Zhang Kaiwen. It typically takes a decade for the main stem of these evergreen shrubs to grow to the width of a thumb and over a century to reach the width of a bowl. Organizers have arra...
Wild edible plants (WEPs) are usually considered to constitute all plant resources that are neither cultivated nor domesticated but are used as nutritional supplements by local people. WEPs play a vital role in ensuring food and livelihood security for c
The wild Rhododendron moulmainense grows slowly, according to Wutong Mountain Management Center staffer Zhang Kaiwen. It typically takes a decade for the main stem of these evergreen shrubs to grow to the width of a thumb and over a century to reach the width of a bowl. Organizers have arra...
Herbs are an important part of the forest ecosystem, and their diversity and biomass can reflect the restoration of vegetation after forest thinning disturbances. Based on the near-mature secondary coniferous and broad-leaved mixed forest in Jilin Province Forestry Experimental Zone, this study analyzed...
Short blades of green wheat sprouted out of dark soil near the edge of the road. Once in a while, I spotted evergreen windbreaks. Some sheltered foundations of houses that fell apart years ago. Highways in the country are narrow; few allow for a shoulder. Reflectors, paced every hundred...
Scrub typhus, caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi, is an important and neglected vector-borne zoonotic disease with an expanding known distribution. The ecology of the disease is complex and poorly understood, impairing discussion of public health intervent
The final article in a series of three publications examining the global distribution of 41 dominant vector species (DVS) of malaria is presented here. The first publication examined the DVS from the Americas, with the second covering those species prese
many tree species also assist staple crops through soil-fertility improvement. This was demonstrated in an analysis of more than 90 peer-reviewed studies on the planting of nitrogen-fixing green fertilizers, including trees and shrubs, which found consistent evidence of benefits to cereals in semi-...
Herbal medicine has been used for the treatment of human and livestock ailments since ancient times. Numerous rural and urban communities in Ethiopia practice traditional medicine and transfer the knowledge verbally from generation to generation. Thus, t
Camellia sinensis belongs to the Theaceae family and has small perennial shrubs widely used to produce green and black teas [131]. Its beneficial properties are attributed to green tea’s polyphenol components (catechins). Epicatechin-3-gallate and epigallocatechin-3 gallate are the two significant ...