and digging them up can pose problems.Most species of acanthus originate from the Mediterranean area, where the Greeks named them akanthos, referring to the spikes on the leaves and bracts of some kinds, and decorated the capitals on top of their classical columns with acanthus leaf carvings. ...
(plek·tran·thuhs) Plectranthus ciliatus Plectranthus consists of hundreds of species of plants native to the tropical areas. Plectranthus are part of the mint family and closely related to Coleus. Many have aromatic, colourful foliage with decorative leaf margins that tend to be wavy, toothed, ...
Place cuttings in a spot with indirect light. After three weeks, cuttings should be ready to pot on. Types Part of the mint family (Lamiaceae), the genusSalviaincludes about 960 species; many of the tender perennials are grown as annuals in cold regions. Depending on the variety, plants c...
Lin MK, Hu CC, Lin NS, Chang BY, Hsu YH (2006) Movement of potexviruses requires species-specific interactions among the cognate triple gene block proteins, as revealed by a trans-complementation assay based on the Bamboo mosaic virus satellite RNA-mediated expression system. J Gen Virol 87:...
Also called the century plant, smaller agave are sometimes kept as house plants, and every species has a very identifiable spike at the end of every leaf. Aloe Aloe is one of the best-known succulents, and popular for people with burns and sunburns. It can even be used as food (in ...
Image processing and machine learning techniques have been used to accurately classify the three stages of plant growth and soil type for different germplasms of two species of red clover and alfalfa. The accuracy on test data was shown to be more than 90% [24]. The researchers developed a ...
(LD) or day-neutral crops. In this protocol, we present glasshouse and growth chamber–based SB approaches with supporting data from experimentation with several crops. We describe the conditions that promote the rapid growth of bread wheat, durum wheat, barley, oat, variousBrassicaspecies, chick...
Even if you notice the telltale tunnels, you don’t have to treat the pest. A few naturally-occurring wasp species lay their eggs near the tunnels, and the resulting wasp larvae feed on the leafminers. Diseases Look out for a range of fungal, bacterial, and viral pathogens, but not all...
Lobell and Gourdji2012). Breeding and agronomic improvements of these species have resulted in increased production between 1985 and 2005, and previous IPCC projections assumed that this will continue in the future (Ainsworth and Ort2010; Teixeira et al.2013). However, based on an extended update...
In fact, the features of phyllaries are so unique they are often relied on to help identify a plant in the aster family to genus, species, and infraspecies (variety, subspecies, etc.). phyllaries of blanketflower (Gaillardia aristata) When it comes to flowers in the aster family, there ...