• Plant Physiology (Ba3 - BSc in Molecular Biotechnology): this course unveils some of the most enthralling mysteries of plant life and shows the uniqueness of plants as a life form. (ugent.be)
  • For the physiology of normal perception in multicellular plants, see Plant perception (physiology) . (wikipedia.org)
  • Provides a high level reference source for scientists engaged in any aspect of plant research - chemistry, biochemistry or physiology - with primary focus on the chemistry of phosphorus-containing compounds that occur naturally in the plant kingdom, and specifically in the higher plants (Plantae). (google.com)
  • Plant Physiology and Development (2014) Taiz et al. (lu.se)
  • From least to most inclusive, these four groupings are: There are about 382,000 accepted species of plants, of which the great majority, some 283,000, produce seeds. (wikipedia.org)
  • The table below shows some species count estimates of different green plant (Viridiplantae) divisions. (wikipedia.org)
  • Several projects are currently attempting to collect records on all plant species in online databases, e.g. the World Flora Online. (wikipedia.org)
  • 2007. Plant genetic resources of grasslands and forage species. (fao.org)
  • He researches the evolution of plants in the nightshade family (Solanaceae), including naming new species. (amnh.org)
  • Moreover, hot water dumped from the power plant would adversely affect the various species of marine life in the nearby water bodies, pushing them towards extinction. (thepetitionsite.com)
  • The huge water requirement of the power project will be met by the river Passur, but this river helps maintain balance of sweet and saline water needed for the survival of the plant species of the Sundarbans. (thepetitionsite.com)
  • Which tree species are being planted? (nationaltrust.org.uk)
  • A variety of tree types and sizes have been planted, including native broadleaves, hedgerow blossom species and juniper. (nationaltrust.org.uk)
  • This book covers them all, with 150 species, more than 500 fully illustrated cultivars and a checklist of 1,200 plant names. (rhs.org.uk)
  • More than 270 plant species have been identified as having hypoglycemic potential. (medscape.com)
  • Plant Biology (Ba2): this is a basic course in plant biology with emphasis on biodiversity and evolution. (ugent.be)
  • Historically, as in Aristotle's biology, the plant kingdom encompassed all living things that were not animals, and included algae and fungi. (wikipedia.org)
  • The scientific study of plants is known as botany, a branch of biology. (wikipedia.org)
  • But I wanted to start, Mark-I usually do this with the guests whenever we start, is we begin with just your journey and just understanding how you got to where you are today, what got you interested in plant biology, and eventually working your way to doing experiments in space. (nasa.gov)
  • But scientists don't know what it means," says Beat Keller of the Institute of Plant Biology at the University of Zurich who is running the first field trial - of disease-resistant corn (maize) - to be approved under the new legislation. (nature.com)
  • The research group Plant Biology focuses on evolutionary processes, distribution of plant populations in space and time and interaction between plants and between plants and the environment. (lu.se)
  • We study evolutionary processes and conservation biology as well as molecular plant biology. (lu.se)
  • a deep knowledge and understanding of how plants function at different levels of organization, from molecular biology to ecophysiological level, including: the structure and properties of cells, the life processes and their regulation, genome structure, function and evolution, and plant development and reproduction systems. (lu.se)
  • The course gives an introduction on the anatomy, morphology and taxonomy of plants in the light of evolution and how adaptation strategies have been explored in relation to conquering land. (ugent.be)
  • Early plant anatomy is preserved in cellular detail in an early Devonian fossil assemblage from the Rhynie chert. (wikipedia.org)
  • Over the 2022-23 winter tree-planting season, we planted trees at many new places, including Dunstable Downs in Bedfordshire, the Colby Estate in Pembrokeshire, Speke Hall in Lancashire and Woolacombe in Devon. (nationaltrust.org.uk)
  • However, evidence from carbon isotope ratios in Precambrian rocks suggests that complex plants developed over 1000 mya. (wikipedia.org)
  • We predict that planting and establishing 20 million trees will, at their peak, store around 300,000 tonnes of carbon a year. (nationaltrust.org.uk)
  • Your donation today will help plant and establish more trees that will lock up carbon, help nature flourish and create natural spaces for people to enjoy. (nationaltrust.org.uk)
  • Plant-based, 100% vegan oat milk and a carbon-neutral company. (buzzfeed.com)
  • It focuses on the attributes of plants suitable for food forests, what each can contribute to a food forest ecosystem, including carbon sequestration, and the kinds of foods they yield. (pfaf.org)
  • The approach has an interdisciplinary character as it introduces the concept of water use efficiency (WUE), traditionally used for agricultural yield estimations and drought tolerance of plants, in the field of biosphere carbon cycling and greenhouse gas mitigation. (lu.se)
  • The concept of WUE relies on the strong link between plant carbon uptake by photosynthesis and plant water use from transpiration, depending on the common pathway of the two fluxes - through the stomata. (lu.se)
  • In their research project, they interviewed 56 smallholder farmers about their experiences and perceptions of participating in the carbon offsetting project which, in practice, entails supporting small-holders in Uganda to plant trees on their own land in exchange for financial compensation, to generate carbon sequestration capacity. (lu.se)
  • The roots are the only way in which the plant can spread, as it doesn't produce seeds. (telegraph.co.uk)
  • Annual wildflowers grow and bloom 2-3 months after their seeds are planted, but usually die after 1 season. (wikihow.com)
  • Toxicity may occur after consuming teas brewed from plant parts or after consuming leaves, flowers, or seeds from plants containing cardiac glycosides. (medscape.com)
  • Few plant poisonings have specific antidotes. (msdmanuals.com)
  • See 11 Common Plants That Can Cause Dangerous Poisonings, a Critical Images slideshow, to help identify plant reactions and poisonings. (medscape.com)
  • Driedonks N, Rieu I & Vriezen WH (2016) Breeding for plant heat tolerance at vegetative and reproductive stages. (ru.nl)
  • A variety of techniques have been used to examine plant viral genomes, the functions of virus-encoded proteins, plant responses induced by virus infection and plant-virus interactions. (springer.com)
  • From the genomes we can also get molecular data to see how the plants evolve. (lu.se)
  • The digesters use a process called anaerobic digestion to transform the sewage plant sludge byproduct into a form which can be used as fertilizer. (wikipedia.org)
  • The West Fertilizer Co. plant in the small Texas town exploded days earlier on April 17, killing 15 people. (cnn.com)
  • A Valley Mills Fire Department firefighter walks through the remains of an apartment complex next to the fertilizer plant. (cnn.com)
  • Smoke rises from the rubble of a house next to the fertilizer plant. (cnn.com)
  • Remains of the fertilizer plant burn in the early morning after the explosion. (cnn.com)
  • The Obama administration has issued a disaster declaration for the Texas town hit by fertilizer plant blasts in April. (cnn.com)
  • The memorial was held for those killed in the blast at a Texas fertilizer plant. (cnn.com)
  • Touching a large amount of plant fertilizer may cause severe burns. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Next to that, the lab contributes to (research-based) teaching in several life science courses at GUGC, and prepares BA/MA/PhD students for careers in the field of plant science and plant biotechnology, both in academia and industry. (ugent.be)
  • The Swiss federal government's ethics committee on non-human biotechnology has mapped out guidelines to help granting agencies decide which research applications deeply offend the dignity of plants - and hence become unfundable. (nature.com)
  • All plant biotechnology grant applications must now include a paragraph explaining the extent to which plant dignity is considered. (nature.com)
  • Keller sees the issue as providing another tool for opponents to argue against any form of plant biotechnology, which is already very difficult to conduct in Switzerland. (nature.com)
  • His research helps reveal the biodiversity of plants on the island. (amnh.org)
  • And he studies the biodiversity of plants on the tropical island of Montserrat in the West Indies. (amnh.org)
  • Some of the questions we try to answer is which historical vegetation factors have determined today's biodiversity and how biological treatment can make plants' defense against deceases stronger and increase their growth. (lu.se)
  • When the name Plantae or plant is applied to a specific group of organisms or taxa, it usually refers to one of four concepts. (wikipedia.org)
  • Book titles include Edible Plants , Edible Perennials , Edible Trees , and Woodland Gardening . (pfaf.org)
  • [ 2 ] In addition, several references regarding other plants with hypoglycemic effects have been included. (medscape.com)
  • Search over 900 plants ideal for food forests and permaculture gardens. (pfaf.org)
  • Filter to search native plants to your area. (pfaf.org)
  • Alejandro Perez N & Peters Jl (2016) Epigenetics - An emerging tool in plant science. (ru.nl)
  • Chen Y, Müller F, Rieu I & Winter P (2016) Epigenetic events in plant male germ cell heat stress responses. (ru.nl)
  • 1 November 2016 a. submitting an APIMF amendment or FPP variation to introduce the supplier of non-plant-derived- artemisinin, together with the specified supporting information. (who.int)
  • Next to that, the relationship between the plant (function) and the abiotic environment are deepened out. (ugent.be)
  • We study the plants' systems for control of growth, development, transport and metabolism, and their responses against environmental stresses, both abiotic and biotic. (lu.se)
  • Dr. Bonnie Bartel at Rice University in Houston, TX together with Drs. David Bartel and Allison Mallory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research in Cambridge, MA report experiments using transgenic Arabidopsis plants that produce a version of ARF17 mRNA that resists microRNA-mediated cleavage. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Research conducted by three independent groups and reported in The Plant Cell shows that fundamental developmental processes controlled by the plant hormone auxin are regulated by microRNAs in the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Arabidopsis ago1 mutants lacking the AGO1 protein have numerous severe developmental defects, supporting the notion that regulation by microRNAs is critical for normal plant growth. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Auxin is known to be a major regulator of adventitious root formation and normal Arabidopsis plants form multiple adventitious roots on the hypocotyl (stem just above the root) when treated with auxin but the ago1 mutants do not. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Many biologists, including Charles Darwin 8 have explored the unique ecological characteristics and evolutionary origins of dioecious plants, which have evolved on more than 100 different occasions from monoecious ancestors 9 . (nature.com)
  • When it comes to the ethics of experimenting on living subjects, plant biologists have had cause for a certain smugness. (nature.com)
  • A tricky ethical question for Swiss plant biologists. (nature.com)
  • By the end of the Devonian, most of the basic features of plants today were present, including roots, leaves and secondary wood in trees such as Archaeopteris. (wikipedia.org)
  • The Carboniferous Period saw the development of forests in swampy environments dominated by clubmosses and horsetails, including some as large as trees, and the appearance of early gymnosperms, the first seed plants. (wikipedia.org)
  • A birder's run-in with unexpected warblers taught him how migratory songbirds use native trees and plants. (audubon.org)
  • Cultivated trees grow faster [than their natural counterparts] because in the early years much effort is spent weeding out the competition," points out David Wees , Faculty Lecturer in the Department of Plant Science at McGill's Macdonald Campus. (mcgill.ca)
  • David Wees (FMT) provides an update on a recent project coordinated with Lindsay Flood , Franco Nardi and Freida Beauregard , to plant 200 trees on Campus to honour McGill's Bicentennial. (mcgill.ca)
  • Altogether, we planted 203 trees. (mcgill.ca)
  • This National Tree Week (25 November-3 December), donate to Plant a Tree and help us plant and establish 20 million trees by 2030. (nationaltrust.org.uk)
  • Help us to plant more trees today and support life for years to come. (nationaltrust.org.uk)
  • However, larger donations allow us to plant bigger, more established trees, such as fruiting orchard trees. (nationaltrust.org.uk)
  • One hundred per cent of your donation will go towards the planting and maintenance of new trees at the places in our care. (nationaltrust.org.uk)
  • Where are the trees being planted, and can I choose where my tree is planted? (nationaltrust.org.uk)
  • We plant trees according to the areas most in need, as identified by our Head of Trees and Woodland and regional countryside teams. (nationaltrust.org.uk)
  • Trees are planted throughout winter and our planning process means we may not know where the trees will be planted each year until closer to the planting season. (nationaltrust.org.uk)
  • Due to the scale of tree planting, we're unable to match donations to specific trees or 'tag' trees with memorial plaques. (nationaltrust.org.uk)
  • A majority stated that the project representatives had not visited them to provide specific recommendations before they started planting trees. (lu.se)
  • The naming of plants is governed by the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants and the International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants. (wikipedia.org)
  • Cross-section of a stem of Rhynia, an early land plant, preserved in Rhynie chert from the early Devonian By the Devonian, plants had adapted to land with roots and woody stems. (wikipedia.org)
  • One thing we've discovered by growing plants in space is that roots grow differently. (nasa.gov)
  • The roots of plants, in particular, can grow in odd ways. (nasa.gov)
  • The stem is the main support of the upright plant, and connects the roots and leaves. (factmonster.com)
  • Some types of plant have one main root, called a taproot, with smaller lateral (side) roots branching off. (factmonster.com)
  • Long taproots allow the plant to gain water from greater depths, but a thick network of roots may provide a more robust anchor in the soil. (factmonster.com)
  • however it is back breaking work considering the roots can travel so far and that the smallest rhizome can produce an entirely new plant. (telegraph.co.uk)
  • Auxin influences development by affecting the expression of numerous genes that control the processes of cell division and cell expansion in specific plant tissues at specific stages during the plant life cycle - e.g. for leaves, roots, and floral organs to develop in the correct patterns and correct time sequence. (sciencedaily.com)
  • These changes were correlated with dramatic development defects in leaves, roots, and flowers, showing that microRNA-mediated regulation of ARF17 is essential for normal plant development. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Dr. Catherine Bellini at The Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences in Umeå, Sweden and colleagues at several other institutions noticed that the ago1 mutant failed to form adventitious roots - a type of root that develops from aerial parts of the plant and is important for propagation through cuttings. (sciencedaily.com)
  • It is a book to treasure that skillfully marries the botany, ecology, classification and wild distribution of these plants with the breeding and domestication that has further added to their diversity. (rhs.org.uk)
  • Plant-based foods and diets have become increasingly popular. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • This article also provides some key information on other diets based on plant foods, discussing their potential benefits to health and the environment. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • A person eats mainly plant foods. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • Others choose to include vegan "junk foods," such as burgers or sausages made from plant-based ingredients, in the diet. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • The term "plant-based diet" refers to mainly eating foods that originate from plants. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • People who eat a plant-based diet may exclude all animal foods or eat limited amounts of these foods. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • Some people may describe themselves as eating a plant-based diet if they eat whole foods made from plants and avoid processed foods. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • Others might eat processed plant foods such as meat substitutes but choose to refer to themselves as eating a plant-based diet because they do not adhere to veganism's lifestyle definitions. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • Plant fertilizers and household plant foods are used to improve plant growth. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Healthy plant-based diets, characterized by fruits, vegetables, and wholegrains improve health, but other plant diets (eg, those including refined carbohydrates, processed foods high in fat/salt, etc) do not. (medscape.com)
  • This overview considers these technologies and how they have been used to identify novel viral and plant proteins or genes involved in disease and resistance responses, as well as defense signaling. (springer.com)
  • These approaches include analysis of spatial and temporal responses by plants to infection, and techniques that allow the expression of viral genes transiently or transgenically in planta, the expression of plant and foreign genes from virus vectors, the silencing of plants genes, imaging of live, infected cells, and the detection of interactions between viral proteins and plant gene products, both in planta and in various in vitro or in vivo systems. (springer.com)
  • Research reported in The Plant Cell shows that microRNAs control the accumulation of transcription factor proteins that regulate the expression of genes in the auxin response pathway. (sciencedaily.com)
  • The plants showed increased accumulation of ARF17 mRNA and altered levels of mRNAs corresponding to several genes that may be regulated by ARF17. (sciencedaily.com)
  • All this is controlled by hormones, genes and proteins so that the plant can function as an individual. (lu.se)
  • The mission of the Laboratory of Plant Growth Analysis is to conduct systematic and comprehensive research towards plant growth and development , with a specific goal to foster crop improvement through integrated and multidisciplinary research on model plant systems. (ugent.be)
  • The notion that plants are capable of feeling emotions was first recorded in 1848, when Gustav Fechner , an experimental psychologist , suggested that plants are capable of emotions and that one could promote healthy growth with talk, attention, attitude, and affection. (wikipedia.org)
  • Principal investigator Mark Weislogel discusses new science being sent to the station aboard the SpaceX CRS-29 cargo resupply mission to improve plant growth in space. (nasa.gov)
  • Now that we understand that we can grow plants, scientists are looking into ways to make that growth more efficient. (nasa.gov)
  • They're cousins to a range of other plants with a similar growth habit, which includes other important food crops (ginger, galangal, turmeric) and ornamentals (bird of paradise). (ehow.com)
  • The plant hormone indole-3-acetic acid (IAA), commonly referred to as auxin, plays a major role in regulating plant growth and development. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Theophrastus, Aristotle's student, continued his work in plant taxonomy and classification. (wikipedia.org)
  • n \nThese monographs will, over time, strengthen the global knowledge bank on gardening and garden plants, and act as a confirmation of the importance of the RHS as an international centre of excellence of horticultural taxonomy. (rhs.org.uk)
  • Climate change, particularly increased aridity, poses a significant threat to plants and the biotic communities they support. (nature.com)
  • Vascular plants of Russia and adjacent states (the former USSR). (fao.org)
  • Different plants arrange their vascular tissue (bundles of transport vessels) differently. (factmonster.com)
  • By analyzing and classifying the plants we try to explain their evolutionary relationship. (lu.se)
  • In the 1960s Cleve Backster , an interrogation specialist with the CIA, conducted research that led him to believe that plants can communicate with other lifeforms. (wikipedia.org)
  • The Plant Genetics Research is located in Columbia, MO and is part of the Midwest Area . (usda.gov)
  • 4. Takebe, I. (1983) Protoplasts in plant-virus research. (springer.com)
  • New research finds that Carolina Chickadees require a landscape with 70 percent native plants to keep their population steady. (audubon.org)
  • But what is even more significant is that with the help of these plants, the research team was able to identify the factor that triggers the transformation to the carnivore lifestyle. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Botany terms (Azerbaijani-Russian) and glossary of plant names (Azerbaijani-Latin-Russian-English, Latin-Azerbaijani-Russian-English). (fao.org)
  • The peanut plant grows to about 60 cm tall. (enchantedlearning.com)
  • This is the Narrowleaf Yucca ( Yucca Angustissima ), which is a plant that grows tall and serene in the dry but colorful Southwest. (amnh.org)
  • With its tall, swordlike leaves, Snake Plants are beautiful and distinct plants to have in any home. (ftd.com)
  • This plant is approximately 12-15" tall. (ftd.com)
  • 1. Hull, R. (2002) Matthews' Plant Virology , 4th ed. (springer.com)
  • Put this plant in any corner of your home ,bright or low-light, and watch it thrive. (ftd.com)
  • No matter the size of your donation to our Plant a Tree fund, you'll help to create beautiful green spaces for people and wildlife to thrive. (nationaltrust.org.uk)
  • The topics that are dealt with demonstrate how plants work and function, and highlight cellular and biochemical processes needed to complete a plant's life cycle, in function of an ever changing environment. (ugent.be)
  • Because a polygraph or 'lie detector' can measure electrical resistance, which would alter when the plant was watered, he attached a polygraph to one of the plant's leaves. (wikipedia.org)
  • The system is critical to efforts to bring the plant under control as operators are running out of places to store the highly radioactive water after it is used to keep the plant's nuclear fuel from overheating. (globalsecurity.org)
  • Caroline Begg, PhD, is a Faculty Lecturer in the Department of Plant Science and Director of Internship (FMT). (mcgill.ca)
  • As McGill Plant Science Lecturer David Wees told the Montreal Gazette last year , it's actually because the days are getting shorter. (mcgill.ca)
  • The plant has remained in full operation during the renovation project. (wikipedia.org)
  • Secretaries to the planning, environment, energy and land ministries, director general of Department of Environment, chairman of Power Development Board, deputy commissioner of Bagerhat and project director of the proposed plant have been made respondents to the rule. (thepetitionsite.com)
  • We the undersigned people from around the world, request the Government of Bangladesh and the Government of India, to relocate this environmentally harmful coal-based power plant project from near the world's largest mangrove forest- the Sundarbans. (thepetitionsite.com)
  • The mission of the NGNP Project is to develop, license, build, and operate a prototype modular high temperature gas-cooled reactor (HTGR) plant that would generate high-temperature process heat for use in hydrogen production and other energy-intensive industries while generating electric power at the same time. (nrc.gov)
  • Tree-planting has become one of the most popular - albeit most controversial - forms of the strategy, with a marked increase in this type of project in Africa over the past decade. (lu.se)
  • In most cases, the participants do not know how much compensation they can expect, even though the project entails their long-term commitment to ceding their land for tree-planting. (lu.se)
  • This often leads to misconceptions about the project provisions, with the consequence that the small-holders do not achieve their planting targets and receive no compensation. (lu.se)
  • Pesticides are a class of chemicals designed to kill pests (rodents, insects, or plants) that may affect agricultural crops or carry diseases like malaria and typhus. (cdc.gov)
  • Bose invented various devices and instruments to measure electrical responses in plants. (wikipedia.org)
  • Native plants help support our birds throughout the year. (audubon.org)
  • Bring birds to your home today by growing native plants. (audubon.org)
  • And, if you're attracting birds using native plants, you will want to ensure that your space is bird-friendly in every way. (audubon.org)
  • So You Have Your List of Native Plants. (audubon.org)
  • Native plants provide ideal habitat and food. (audubon.org)
  • Spread the word about the power of native plants and help grow a better world for birds. (audubon.org)
  • Native plants beat even the best bird feeder. (audubon.org)
  • With this simple DIY, you can spread the power of native plants far and wide. (audubon.org)
  • Other habitats of small mammals, such as the dormouse, have also been badly affected due to the smothering effect of the rhododendron on native plants. (telegraph.co.uk)
  • Not only does it provide hefty competition to other native plants, but also due to the dense matting it creates on the surfaces of ponds etc, it can also reduce the oxygen available to fish and frogs. (telegraph.co.uk)
  • Gardeners in the warmest areas can consider standard commercial varieties like Cavendish bananas (‌ Musa acuminata ‌, USDA plant hardiness zones 10 to 11) or plantains (‌ Musa balbisiana ‌, zones 9 to 12), but there are others that can survive and flourish in cooler climates. (ehow.com)
  • Perennial wildflowers will not bloom until a full season after they are planted, but they can last for decades. (wikihow.com)
  • Ramped up for the peak holiday sales season, the plant floor in late July is crowded with rolling carts packed with plastic and powder-painted metal parts waiting to be pulled into assembly. (industryweek.com)
  • A relatively new option however is biological control using psyllid (plant sucking bugs). (telegraph.co.uk)
  • Planting projects include woodland creation, wood pasture creation, orchard creation and hedgerow creation. (nationaltrust.org.uk)
  • Jagadish Chandra Bose began to conduct experiments on plants in the year 1900. (wikipedia.org)
  • The peanut is an annual plant (it completes its life cycle in one year). (enchantedlearning.com)
  • In 1975, K. A. Horowitz, D. C. Lewis and E. L. Gasteiger published an article in Science giving their results when repeating one of Backster's effects - plant response to the killing of brine shrimp in boiling water. (wikipedia.org)
  • Frontiers in Plant Science 7: Article Number 111 (11p. (ru.nl)
  • 2010. The Second Report on the State of the World's Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture . (fao.org)
  • World's Largest Gone with the Wind Collection , Plant City, FL - 5 mi. (roadsideamerica.com)
  • Chemical plant workers exposed to asbestos on the job may have an increased risk for mesothelioma and other asbestos-related diseases. (mesothelioma.com)
  • How Are Chemical Plant Workers Exposed to Asbestos? (mesothelioma.com)
  • For many chemical plant workers, asbestos exposure may have happened at work. (mesothelioma.com)
  • During the manufacturing process, chemical plant workers often handled raw asbestos. (mesothelioma.com)
  • This put plant workers at high risk of inhaling or ingesting asbestos fibers. (mesothelioma.com)
  • As a result, chemical plant workers continue to be at risk of asbestos exposure. (mesothelioma.com)
  • Any chemical plant workers exposed to asbestos may develop related diseases, such as mesothelioma . (mesothelioma.com)
  • What Asbestos Products Put Chemical Plant Workers at Risk? (mesothelioma.com)
  • Chemical plant workers who repaired or operated asbestos machinery may have been exposed. (mesothelioma.com)
  • Workers at chemical plants also often added asbestos to products . (mesothelioma.com)
  • For some chemical plant workers, asbestos was in the fire-protective equipment they used, such as gloves and aprons. (mesothelioma.com)
  • Chemical plant workers at these companies may have experienced asbestos exposure. (mesothelioma.com)
  • Mr Adam Abdelmoula said, "WHO is using a two-pronged approach to offering medical oxygen - while offering medical oxygen to health facilities and the Government, they are also training health care workers, biomedical engineers and technicians in using the installed oxygen plants, with support from the EU and other partners. (who.int)
  • The course focuses mainly on higher plants and tackles physiological processes from a holistic perspective, i.e. focusing on the interrelationship between all organs of the plant. (ugent.be)
  • The ancestors of land plants evolved in water. (wikipedia.org)
  • Welcome to the official podcast of the NASA Johnson Space Center, Episode 312, "Plant Water Management. (nasa.gov)
  • Hey, we are going to be talking about this fantastic experiment, Plant Water Management, that has been going on to station for quite some time. (nasa.gov)
  • [3] The aim of this work is to increase plant capacity by 50 percent and to comply with the U.S. Clean Water Act . (wikipedia.org)
  • The xylem vessels carry water and dissolved minerals that have been taken into the root from the soil up to the rest of the plant. (factmonster.com)
  • Water is sprayed on the remains of the plant. (cnn.com)
  • Strawberry Water Tower , Plant City, FL - 6 mi. (roadsideamerica.com)
  • Water treatment plant for Stann Creek. (cdc.gov)
  • Stamp, J. L. "Water treatment plant for Stann Creek. (cdc.gov)
  • The special niche of plants is to combine water and nutrients from the soil with light and gases from the air, this takes place as the plants go through their life cycle, grow and develop. (lu.se)
  • According to biologist Patrick Geddes "In his investigations on response in general Bose had found that even ordinary plants and their different organs were sensitive- exhibiting, under mechanical or other stimuli, an electric response, indicative of excitation. (wikipedia.org)
  • This Challenge was to draw and label parts of a plant, and to share why it is important. (amnh.org)
  • Share your success with a Plants for Birds sign for your yard. (audubon.org)
  • The latest text (Volume 11), Food-Borne Parasitic Zoonoses: Fish and Plant-Borne Parasites, is a superb addition to this series. (cdc.gov)
  • Food-Borne Parasitic Zoonoses: Fish and Plant-Borne Parasites is a text of exceptional quality that should have broad appeal and utility for health professionals, researchers, medical and public health students, and policy makers. (cdc.gov)
  • A bioassay screening against protozoa parasites of several Tacana medicinal plants gave Hyptis brevipes (Id'ene eidhue), traditionally used as decoction for intestinal parasites, as the most active extract. (lu.se)
  • This work provides an important contribution to our understanding of plant development. (sciencedaily.com)
  • The plant serves an area with a population of just over 1 million people in Lower Manhattan and nearby parts of Brooklyn and Queens. (wikipedia.org)
  • Not only that, you perfectly labeled the plant parts. (amnh.org)
  • You did a great job labeling the parts of your plant! (amnh.org)
  • One of the most important parts of a banana plant is one you don't see: its rhizome, i.e., the fleshy root system that stores energy to produce new stems (as bulbs, corms and tubers do in other plants). (ehow.com)
  • Cells of green plant parts also contain chloroplasts. (factmonster.com)
  • The U.S.-made drone was being used to measure radiation levels in parts of the plant that are hard to reach. (globalsecurity.org)
  • If I were to build a greenfield plant, the layout would obviously be very different," says Yu as he weaves between workstations and bins of parts. (industryweek.com)
  • There are many tables of actual data on phosphorus compounds occurring in whole plants and parts of plants. (google.com)
  • Manufacturers of non-plant-derived-artemisinin are invited to submit a stand-alone master file (open and restricted parts) for their material to WHO. (who.int)
  • Industries with the highest published employment and wages for Chemical Plant and System Operators are provided. (bls.gov)
  • For a list of all industries with employment in Chemical Plant and System Operators, see the Create Customized Tables function. (bls.gov)
  • A checklist of all scientific and cultivar names concludes this book that provides a complete botanical and horticultural account of these charismatic plants. (rhs.org.uk)
  • By the definition used in this article, plants form the clade Viridiplantae (green plants), which consists of the green algae and the embryophytes or land plants (hornworts, liverworts, mosses, lycophytes, ferns, conifers and other gymnosperms, and flowering plants). (wikipedia.org)
  • In 1811, James Perchard Tupper authored An Essay on the Probability of Sensation in Vegetables which argued that plants possess a low form of sensation. (wikipedia.org)
  • Other plants have root systems that form a dense tangle. (factmonster.com)
  • Here, thousands of miles from Whirlpool corporate headquarters, the pursuit of customer loyalty takes the form of a new 200 square meter "customer-experience center" at the microwave plant. (industryweek.com)
  • Plants For A Future have a number of books available in paperback and digital form. (pfaf.org)
  • Plant the entire peanut in the hull or just the seed (the peanut with the brown skin still on it) 1 to 2 inches deep in well-drained soil. (enchantedlearning.com)
  • Please note that a plant may be invasive in one area but may not in your area so it’s worth checking. (pfaf.org)
  • other organisms, including animals, either consume plants directly or rely on organisms which do so. (wikipedia.org)
  • MicroRNAs are tiny ribonucleic acid (RNA) molecules (~22 nucleotides long) that recently have been found to play important roles in regulating gene expression in eukaryotic organisms, including plants and animals. (sciencedaily.com)