Buildings structures and surfaces are explicitly being used to grow plants, and these "urban plantings" are generally designed for aesthetic value. Urban plantings also have the potential to contribute significant "ecological ...

Plant allocation to defensive compounds in response to growth in elevated atmospheric CO2 in combination with two levels of nitrogen was examined. The aim was to discover if allocation patterns of transgenic plants containing ...

Despite the fact that they are sessile organisms, plants actively move their organs and also use these movements to manipulate the surrounding biotic and abiotic environments. Plants maintain communication with neighboring ...

Alfalfa plants (Medicago sativa, L. cv. Aragón) inoculated with Rhizobium meliloti weregrown with a N-free-nutrient solution in controlled environmental chambers. After 5 weeks plants were placed under 2 irradiance regimes ...

This paper analyses the co-evolution of scientific progress and intellectual property protection in plant breeding and the debates generated in its design and implementation. It relates the institutional history to several ...

Industrialisation has elevated atmospheric levels of CO2 from original 280ppmto current levels at 400 ppm, which is estimated to double by 2050. Althoughhigh atmospheric CO2 levels affect insect interactions with host ...