Dualistic roles and management of non-cultivated plants in lowland rice systems of East Africa
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DOI: 10.1016/j.sajb.2016.08.011
Abstract: An ethnobotanical study in lowland rice areas in East Africa was undertaken to assess farmers' knowledge on the usage of non-cultivated plants occurring in paddy fields, and to understand what rice farmers in this region… read more here.
Keywords: non cultivated; lowland rice; rice; cultivated plants ... See more keywords
Aristotle's Physics II 1 and Cultivated Plants
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DOI: 10.1017/s0269889718000339
Abstract: Argument The aim of this paper is two-fold: to offer an interpretation that preserves the natural reading of Physics II 1 – that Aristotle is drawing a stark distinction between what is natural and what… read more here.
Keywords: physics cultivated; aristotle physics; cultivated plants; physics ... See more keywords
Plant Flavonoid Content Modified by Domestication
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DOI: 10.1093/ee/nvx126
Abstract: Abstract Plant domestication can modify and weaken defensive chemical traits, reducing chemical defenses in plants and consequently their resistance against pests. We characterized and quantified the major defensive flavonols and isoflavonoids present in both wild… read more here.
Keywords: domestication; flavonoid content; insect community; plant flavonoid ... See more keywords
Ethnobotanical Review and Dataset Compiling on Wild and Cultivated Plants Traditionally Used as Medicinal Remedies in Italy
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DOI: 10.3390/plants11152041
Abstract: Over the centuries, wild plants have constituted the main food ingredients and traditional medicine in rural communities. In the last decades, thousands of ethnobotanical studies have been conducted, with the aim of documenting the traditional… read more here.
Keywords: ethnobotanical review; cultivated plants; wild cultivated; traditionally used ... See more keywords
Antitumor and Antioxidant Activities of In Vitro Cultivated and Wild-Growing Clinopodium vulgare L. Plants
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DOI: 10.3390/plants12081591
Abstract: Clinopodium vulgare L. is a valuable medicinal plant used for its anti-inflammatory, antibacterial and wound-healing properties. The present study describes an efficient protocol for the micropropagation of C. vulgare and compares, for the first time,… read more here.
Keywords: cultivated plants; cultivated wild; vitro cultivated; clinopodium vulgare ... See more keywords