New Superwheat Could Increase Crop Yields By 30 Percent
redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports - Your Universe Online UK scientists have reportedly developed an enhanced type of wheat which could produce as much as 30 percent more than conventional varieties of the widely-consumed cereal grain....
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Bamboo Nutra is proud to present its bamboo derived clothing line ‘By-Nature Apparel.’ Denver, CO (PRWEB) May 17, 2013 Health and lifestyle corporation Bamboo Nutra strengthens its position and appeal, recently entering into the initial manufacturing phase of their exclusive ‘By-Nature Apparel’ clothing line. The By-Nature Apparel will consist initially of Men/Women’s casual and athletic-wear, all to be manufactured with 100% bamboo and/or additional organic blends. Besides an...
NEW YORK, May 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The power of plants to cure and rejuvenate, one of the most important ways in which mankind depends on the plant kingdom, is the subject of The New York Botanical Garden's multifaceted exhibition Wild Medicine: Healing Plants Around the World, Featuring The Italian Renaissance Garden, on view from May 18 through September 8, 2013. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130517/NY16603) The featured exhibition's many attractions include a...
The Comfort Outlet is proud to provide new details on the latest Chili Technology Products, more specifically the ChiliCloud Pillows and the ChiliBed. Chili Technology is constantly advancing and The Comfort Outlet is happy to be able to provide new details as they are released. Lawrenceville, NJ (PRWEB) May 16, 2013 As summer rolls around, the need for temperature regulation rises as well. This is why The Comfort Outlet is excited to provide details on the latest Chili Technology in...
The Olive Oil Source, the industry leader in olive oil-related products, today announced a new Premium Label design service available on their Wholesale (http://wholesale.oliveoilsource.com/labels/premium-labels-introduction) website. The new service provides wholesale, retail and special event customers like brides and non-profit groups an opportunity to create one-of-a-kind labels for their individual needs with the hands-on support of an experienced label design specialist. Santa Ynez,...
Lantmännen SW Seed, an international seed company with its head office in Svalöv, Sweden, has been able to significantly improve the greenhouse cultivation of oilseed rape (Brassica napus) using Valoya LED lights. The light solution is a hybrid use of traditional High Pressure Sodium Lights (HPS) and LEDs together. (PRWEB) May 14, 2013 Oilseed rape is a very important crop and valued for its oil for food and fuel. The development of new oilseed rape varieties is driven by higher...
US based EcoPlanet Bamboo Group, global owner of some of the world’s largest commercial bamboo plantations, has recently entered into a purchase agreement for 100% of future harvested bamboo from its 1,200 acre bamboo plantation in South Africa. Barrington, IL (PRWEB) May 14, 2013 US based EcoPlanet Bamboo Group, global owner of some of the world’s largest commercial bamboo plantations, has recently entered into a purchase agreement for 100% of future harvested bamboo from its 1,200...
The Banyan Tree Project hosts a series of Twitter chats premiering videos from “Taking Root: Our Stories, Our Community” in honor of National Asian & Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. Follow @BTPMay19 and #BTPchat on Twitter to talk about HIV #withoutshame. San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) May 13, 2013 To commemorate May 19th, 2013—the 9th annual National Asian & Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day—the Banyan Tree Project is hosting a series of Twitter chats throughout...
New varieties of honeyberries are available in 2014. Prairie Grove, AR (PRWEB) May 09, 2013 With thousands of Honeyberries in her research program, Lidia Stuart is considered "the best of the best" when it comes to Honeyberry research and development. Her new Honeyberry, Happy Giant LDS PPAF has it all. Huge berries that measure approximately one inch or more in size, a sweet tangy taste and a high yield of an estimated 20 pounds plus per bush per year. This plant will take...
Having a neighborly chat improves seed germination, finds research in BioMed Central's open access journal BMC Ecology. Even when other known means of communication, such as contact, chemical and light-mediated signals, are blocked chilli seeds grow better when grown with basil plants. This suggests that plants are talking via nanomechanical vibrations. Monica Gagliano and Michael Renton from the University of Western Australia attempted to grow chilli seeds (Capsicum annuum) in the...
Foundational Intellectual Property Enables Commercial Production of Fast Growing, High Yielding Timber Bamboo MT. VERNON, Wash., May 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Provitro Biosciences LLC (or "Provitro"), a subsidiary of Pendrell Corporation (NASDAQ: PCO) today received a patent from the United States Patent and Trademark Office covering foundational technologies that enable the rapid, disease-free, and high volume production of bamboo plants for the first time. The patent issued...
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Seed saving is the preserving of seeds from mature vegetables, herbs, and flowers used in subsequent years along with bulbs and tubers. Home gardeners have saved seeds for generations and the practice is now becoming common with organic farmers as well as permaculturists. Growers will clone plants so as not to produce seeds keeping the plant “true to type” to the parent plant. True to type refers to the characteristics of the parent plant such as large fruit/blooms. Plants...
Perennial plants live for two years or more. Perennials differ from annuals and biennials with annuals replanted every year and biennials every other year. Perennial’s that bloom during spring and summer will die back in autumn, rest during the winter, then re-grow the following spring from the existing root-stock; these are also known as deciduous perennials. If the climate is continually warm, a perennial will continually grow and produce flowers and or fruit. A perennial relocated from...
Biennial plants have a two year life cycle; roots, stems and leaves in the first year with flowers following the next year after a cold winter dormant period. Biennials will produce seed and fruit before dying. There are not as many biennial plants as there are perennials or annuals. Biennial plants, when exposed to extreme climate conditions, may have a shortened life cycle of a few months especially if the plants were exposed to colder than normal temperatures. Most biennials can be...
Annuals are plants that flower and/or set fruit in one growing season. Most vegetables are annuals as well as domesticated grains. Vegetables such as carrot and celery are biennials grown as an annual whereas tomato and bell pepper are perennials and grown as an annual. Annuals grow well mixed in with perennials and biennials. There are also ornamental flowers that are perennials in one region and an annual in another. An annual can produce seeds that continue the life cycle in as little...
The International Journal of Plant Sciences is a scientific botanical journal published by the University of Chicago Press. It was known as the Botanical Bulletin from 1875-1876 and as the Botanical Gazette from 1876-1991. This journal covers botanical research including genetics and genomics, developmental cell biology, biochemistry and physiology, morphology structure, systematics, plant-microbial interactions, paleo-botany, evolution, and ecology. This journal also publishes important...
