Because Australian native plants originate from the Australian bush, they are inextricably tied to the Australian landscape, and so the growing of Australian native plants has always been about not only propagating and growing Australian plants in gardens, but also about getting out into the bush ...
SYDNEY, June 2 (Xinhua) -- A team of researchers in Australia Friday announced the discovery of a native plant that has the capability to stop the Zika virus in its tracks. The lead researcher on the project, Dr Trudi Collet, senior lecturer in pharmacy at the Queensland University of Tech...
Native plant species regeneration in restoration plantings on the Atherton Tablelands, North Queensland Tropical rainforests are species-rich and diverse ecosystems, containing a considerable proportion of the world's biodiversity and genetic resources. These... McKenna 被引量: 2发表: 2001年 Conservation...
Edible Australian native plants are unique to our growing conditions and, because of such, they boast unique and versatile flavours that can easily be grown in the Australian climate and incorporated into your modern cooking and medicinal remedies. We’ve put together a list of our favourite Aussi...
That’s the finding of a new study by leading Australian environmental researchers Jessica Sushinsky, Professor Hugh Possingham and Dr Richard Fuller of The University of Queensland. “While urban development usually reduces the number of birds in a city, building more compact (紧凑的) cities and...
Using the Global Forest Biodiversity Initiative database7, we determined native tree status (native or non-native) according to the Global Naturalized Alien Flora6 and the KEW Plants of the World databases5. This dataset encompassed 471,888 plots, of which 4.9% of plots were invaded, or contai...
"So when you put in the DNA instructions into plants, most of them will reject it, but this plant follows the instructions and produces the protein you want." In the past the plant has been used for a wide spectrum of vaccines and antibodies, including Ebola. ...
Plants from more than 90% of the sampled points tested positive for WSM, but disease severity ratings were strongly correlated with distance from the initial infection locus at the edge of the field. Additionally, as distance from the edge increased, disease severity decreased (indicative of later...
"It is particularly catastrophic for many rainforest species like the native guava, and could change the nature of some of our rainforests. "We have been monitoring native guavas at 66 sites in Queensland and New South Wales since 2010. In that time the plants have died at every site except...
"It is particularly catastrophic for many rainforest species like the native guava, and could change the nature of some of our rainforests. "We have been monitoring native guavas at 66 sites in Queensland and New South Wales since 2010. In that time the plants have died at every site except...