Taxonomic Study of Bee Family Halictidae (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) in Gorgan County by Ziba Safi, Ahmad Nadimi, Mohsen Yazdanian

“…Regarding the importance of bees on pollination of flowering plants, collecting of the bees was conducted in Gorgan County (Golestan province, Iran) during flowering seasons in 2014-2015. …”
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Traditional, Therapeutic Uses and Phytochemistry of Terrestrial European Orchids and Implications for Conservation by Miriam Bazzicalupo, Jacopo Calevo, Antonella Smeriglio, Laura Cornara

“…The use of terrestrial orchids in European and Mediterranean regions has been reported since ancient times, but little information is available on their medicinal properties, as well as on their phytochemicals and biological activities. However, plant collection for human use is still listed as one of the main threats for terrestrial orchids, alongside other menacing factors such as wrong habitat management and disturbance to symbionts, such as pollinators and mycorrhizal fungi. …”
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The ECAT dataset: expert-validated distribution data of endemic and sub-endemic trees of Central Africa (Dem. Rep. Congo, Rwanda, Burundi) by Wesley Tack, Henry Engledow, Nuno Veríssimo Pereira, Christian Amani, Steven P. Bachman, Patricia Barberá, Henk J. Beentje, Gaël U. D. Bouka, Martin Cheek, Ariane Cosiaux, Gilles Dauby, Petra De Block, Corneille E. N. Ewango, Eberhard Fischer, Roy E. Gereau, Serene Hargreaves, Yvette Harvey-Brown, Davy U. Ikabanga, Edouard Ilunga wa Ilunga, James Kalema, Peris Kamau, Olivier Lachenaud, Quentin Luke, Ithe Mwanga Mwanga, Sydney T. Ndolo Ebika, Jacques Nkengurutse, Aimable Nsanzurwimo, Salvator Ntore, Sophie L. Richards, Reddy Shutsha Ehata, Murielle Simo-Droissart, Tariq Stévart, Marc S. M. Sosef

“…The dataset contains 6361 plant collection records with occurrences of 8910 specimens from 337 taxa belonging to 153 genera in 52 families. …”
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Occurrence of Bipolaris maydis leaf spot on tanzania guineagrass in the north region of the Mato Grosso state by Tauan Rimoldi Tavanti, Jobson Takada, Luiz Fernando Caldeira Ribeiro, Sylvia Raquel Gomes Moraes, Bruno Carneiro E Pedreira

“…After this period Tanzânia guineagrass (Panicum maximum) plants were inoculated with the pathogen from infected plants collected on both cities. To complete Koch's postulate, after the onset of symptoms, the pathogen was reisolated. …”
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MONITORING HAMA DAN PENYAKIT TANAMAN DALAM PERLINDUNGAN KOLEKSI TANAMAN DI KEBUN RAYA PURWODADI by Linda Wige Ningrum, Dewi Retnosari

“…The research aimed to find out the plant pests and diseases that infect in plant collections at Vak I-V in Purwodadi Botanical Gardens. …”
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Nutritional Status of Wood Melick (<i>Melica uniflora</i> Retz.) in a Natural Forest Stand in South-Western Poland by Anna Paszkiewicz-Jasińska, Barbara Wróbel, Wojciech Stopa, Zuzanna Jakubowska, Aleksandra Steinhoff-Wrześniewska, Waldemar Zielewicz

“…The study aims to identify the intrapopulation variability of <i>Melica uniflora</i> plants collected from natural forest habitats in Poland in terms of nutritional status variability in relation to stage development and the course of weather conditions. …”
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Soil and plant pollution by potentially toxic elements in Slovakia by J. Kobza

“…Analytical procedures of Cd, Pb, Cr, Ni, Zn, Cu (extracted by 2 mol/l HNO3 and by 0.05 mol/l EDTA) as well as the total content of the described elements including Hg have been used for soil samples. Also the plants collected at the same sampling sites were analysed for their Cd, Pb, Cr and Hg contents. …”
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The Spread of Non-native Plant Species Collection of Cibodas Botanical Garden into Mt. Gede Pangrango National Park by Musyarofah Zuhri, Zaenal Mutaqien

“…Furthermore, presence of existing CBG’s plant collection was not a single aspect which influenced presence and abundance. …”
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Evaluation of seed morphology, seedling genetic variation, and components for seed storage of Agave landraces of commercial interest by Jesus A. Jimenez-Torres, Zurisadai Monroy-Gonzalez, Juana Juarez-Muñoz, Bodil Jørgensen

“…The aim of this work was to evaluate seed morphology, germination, and seedling genetic diversity of six seed origins (species × provenance) of Agave plants collected in five provenances from Mexico. Seed longevity was evaluated in two seed origins after a 10-year storage period. …”
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Carbon capture by phytomass storage and trading to mitigate climate change and preserve natural resources by Chunxue Yu, Jian-Hui Mao, Xia Huang, Yali Zhang

“…Phytomass trading by issuing of phytomass futures for phytomass planting, collection, and storage would help to mitigate climate change and increase employment and investment incentives, which in turn would promote global economic growth as well as the health and welfare of humankind.…”
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Isolation of Various Flavonoids with TRAIL Resistance-Overcoming Activity from <i>Blumea lacera</i> by Teruhisa Manome, Yasumasa Hara, Masami Ishibashi

“…Eighteen compounds, including fourteen flavonoids (<b>1</b>–<b>14</b>), one steroid (<b>15</b>), two fatty acids (<b>16</b>,<b>17</b>), and one nitrogen-containing compound (<b>18</b>), were isolated from the methanol extract of the whole <i>Blumea lacera</i> plant collected in Thailand. Compounds <b>1</b>–<b>11</b> and <b>15</b>–<b>17</b> exhibited tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL) resistance-overcoming activity. …”
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Influence of geographic origin and tissue type on the medicinal chemical compounds of Semiliquidambar cathayensis by Xiaoming Tian, Hao Lv, Guangfeng Xiang, Jing Peng, Gaofei Li, Yan He, Fan Zhang, Cun Mou

“…Therefore, we quantitively evaluated chemical compounds found in the tissues of various organs of plants collected in six different regions. Overall, we found that geographical origin affected the content of medicinal compounds in S. cathayensis leaves, with plants from Jingzhou county showing the best therapeutic potential. …”
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Ibn Al-Baitar: the pioneer of botanist and pharmacist by Borhan, Nor Afifah, Mohd. Nor, Nuramirah, Ruskam, Aminuddin

“…By using all the knowledge he learnt from Abu Al-Ábbas, he start collecting plants in and around Andalusia before he left Spain for plants collecting expeditions and travel along the North African coast before he authored his valuable books at Egypt. …”
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Epidemiology and Control of Fungal Diseases in Crop Plants by Haiguang Wang

“…This Special Issue, “Epidemiology and Control of Fungal Diseases of Crop Plants”, collected one communication and nine original research articles focusing on the identification and detection of the causal agents of alfalfa Fusarium root rot, strawberry black spot, and barley leaf stripe; the semantic segmentation of wheat stripe rust images; the image-based identification of wheat stripe rust and wheat leaf rust; the image-based identification of the severity of wheat Fusarium head blight; the development process of vanilla Fusarium wilt; the regional migration of wheat leaf rust pathogen; the early prediction of potato early blight; the screening of alternative fungicides for the control of alfalfa Fusarium root rot; and the biocontrol potential of endophytic fungi to control of cumin root rot, presenting the progress of research on the epidemiology and control of crop fungal diseases. …”
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DISTRIBUTION OF Meloidogyne enterolobii IN GUAVA ORCHARDS IN THE STATE OF CEARÁ, BRAZIL by MARIA DO CARMO LOPES DA SILVA, CARMEM DOLORES GONZAGA SANTOS

“…The aim of this study was to verify the occurrence of M. enterolobii in plants collected in guava orchards in different counties of Ceará state, identified through electrophoresis with the isoenzyme esterase, and to observe its infecting behavior into Meloidogyne differentiating plants . …”
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A botânica no Instituto Oswaldo Cruz by Bertha Lutz

“…LUTZ. A list of the plants collected by ARAGÃO and LUTZ on the Serra da Mantiqueira, at Pacáu, where Dr. …”
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An International Plant Sentinel Network by Ellie Barham, Suzanne Sharrock, Charles Lane, Richard Baker

“…The network also promotes links with local professional diagnostic support that can help aid the early detection and rapid response to new pest incursions, thus protecting valuable, and often unique, plant collections. …”
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Preservation of ex-situ gene pool of rare medicinal plant species in Kazakhstan by Arysbaeva Raya, Karzhaubekova Zhanat, Ramazanova Madina, Grudzinskaya Ludmila, Shormakova Kamshat

“…In the experimental medicinal plant collections located in the foothills of Zailiyskiy Alatau (in the Main Botanical Garden, Almaty), a total of 48 (74%) are indigenous medicinal herbs of Kazakhstan’s flora were grown over different years. …”
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<i>Scopolia carniolica var. hladnikiana</i>: Alkaloidal Analysis and Potential Taxonomical Implications by Karsten Fatur, Matjaž Ravnikar, Samo Kreft

“…A multi-phase liquid extraction and high-performance liquid chromatography were used to extract and analyse these alkaloids in different organs from plants collected over two years at three sites. Our results showed that hyoscyamine was almost twice as prevalent as scopolamine across our 87 samples. …”
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Surface microcosmic structure and dust retention amounts of five evergreen species by Pu Yu-Ting, Jia Yue-Yu, He Meng-Xuan, Yao Wen-Shuang, Mo Xun-Qiang, Tao Jin-Jing

“…The results obtained scientific guidance for plants collection in landscape greening with brilliant dust retention ability, and maximized the ecological effect of greening plants to mitigate air pollution.…”
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