A mini "Frequently Asked Questions" for sci.bio.botany This is an unmonitored ("feral") NG that is irregular in all other respects as well, foremost in the...

Hello, I have several questions about using a microscope to see how cell structure changes when a tendril bends in response to touch. It is for a high school...

Hello, I just finished building a simple air sampler that blows air on a sticky tape, and today I got my first look at what's in the air. There are things...

In seawater, most of the dissolved carbon dioxide is in the form of the bicarbonate ion, rather than in the form of carbonate ion or dissolved gas. I'm trying...

Mars meteorite contains numerous plant cells Figure 1 below is labelled for a fossilized plant’s sieve tubes found in a meteorite originating from Mars. The...

As there are so many websites about botanics I'm collecting lists of interesting databases and websites for searching plants. I noticed the...

I am interested in lterature on the net which provides details of oxygen releasing capacities of various trees i.e. relative quantum of oxygen released by the...

Aravinda Bio invites applications for live projects to final year students, Research Scholars on Bioinformatics, Cheminformatics, Computer Aided Drug Designing...

Dear Botany Researcher, I recently launched the research website, www.MyNetResearch.com. It has grown to over 10,000 members from 95 countries, who work on...

Dear Friends, A plant called Costus igneus / Costus Pictus believed to have healing power of Diabetes Mellitus. Could any one tell me more details about...

Hi, Looking for comments on Jatropha curcas as a cropping tree for bio-energy in developing countries. Also sought is suggestions for alternatives...

Share all your views regarding the same I mean fertilizers. I need to know more about the fertilizers. Is it best or??? What do you say??

What is this? 5-petal very tiny white flower clusters, opposite toothed leaves, looks like (spring's) garlic mustard from a distance on roadsides, favors...

Is this Rose Coreopsis? Central Ohio...

Sean Houtman * Don't forget that Rock Elm doesn't produce seeds every year. Apparently, Dutch Elm affects seed production in Rock Elm that...

President touts used phone books ... -------------------- "Environmentalists Seek to Wipe Out Plush Toilet Paper" "Soft Toilet Paper's Hard on the Earth, But...

The German botanist Curt Backeberg wrote in his books about a famous cactus garden in South Carolina, which must have existed in the 1930s, directed by a man...

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Last Tuesday, a night ago, NOVA had Arctic Dinosaurs. It was a welcomed relief from the nasty science fiction that NOVA seems to be dishing out alot in recent...

We know that bees are declining. Probably due to pesticides. But I found a way to observe alot of bees and to attract them. I have some pear trees and I let...

Sean Houtman wrote: Rock Elm isn't common in South Dakota, as I understand is the location you are growing them. The trees need to be about 20 years old...

Sorry I misspelled Herbarium in the previous post and sorry that this post is disjoint from the thread, because Google posting is "down". It used to be that we...

I tried contacting Herariums for Ulmus Thomasii, rock-elm. I am looking for seeds. The world has none, zip. The world has not seen a Rock Elm seed for the...

Hello, Looking for the name of this wild plant : http://minilien.fr/a0jgut http://minilien.fr/a0jguu Pictures taken in Northern Thailand in the understorey of...

Hello, I gathered seeds of a rudbeckia in a botanical garden in France, but it's obviously not the species which was on the label...

WOndering if anyone recognizes this weedy plant. Lots of seedlings just appeared this year and I let a couple grow to try to see what it might be. About 60cm...