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How Extra Nutrients and Excessive Fertilization Reduce the Biodiversity

May 4th, 2009 No Comments

Gardening is not just about growing plants in gardens but it is a greater responsibility in itself for maintaining biodiversity while protecting environment and helping eco-system. As  responsible gardeners ,we  all are equally concerned over the increasing loss of the biodiversity across the world.
Scientists have been successful in identifying reasons for loss of biodiversity the [...]

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New Date Palm Plant with High Yield and Disease Resistance

May 3rd, 2009 No Comments

Researchers have been successful in mapping a draft version of the date palm genome disclosing several intricate genetic issues. This research has revealed extremely useful information about date palm. Newly discovered date palm genome pattern will ultimately help in increasing overall fruit yield. Researchers also believe that the unlocked secrets will help in understanding the [...]

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MIT Robot Gardener: Future of Gardening

April 14th, 2009 No Comments

Mellissa Trujillo from the Associated Press (AP) says, “These gardeners would have green thumbs-if they had thumbs”. Mellissa reported in the “US news and World report” that undergraduate students of a class at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have successfully “created a set of robots that can water, harvest and pollinate cherry tomato plants”.
The [...]

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How to Gain by Growing Native Plants: Medicinal Plants of Southern Africa

April 11th, 2009 No Comments

Native plants have their own beauty and benefits. Growing native plants in gardens is therefore not only adds to the elegance of the garden but also helps a gardener monetizing the efforts. Umpteen varieties of the native plants have their own value and importance for medicinal applications both for humans and animals. 
Growing native plants in [...]

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Making Plants Survive in Adverse Conditions: Research

March 19th, 2009 No Comments

Researchers have successfully identified and determined a process regulating the genes activity controlling seed germination and seedling development. 
Researchers from Purdue University and Tsukuba University in Japan in collaboration with national Academy of sciences discovered specific process mechanism that controls seed germination and seedling development in adverse climatic conditions like freezing and drought. It is an [...]

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Electric Indigo: The First Ever Hybrid Flower from Day and Night Blooming Species

March 8th, 2009 No Comments

Something surprising has happened in the very beginning of this year and gardeners across the globe would surely be happy to know about this. Researchers at the ‘Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew‘ have been successful in developing a new hybrid flower from a cross between a day blooming and night blooming flower for the first [...]

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Houseplants Can Reduce Toxic Formaldehyde Levels in Homes

February 23rd, 2009 No Comments

Researchers and scientists have attempted identifying and studying the capacity of two specific houseplants that could reduce the toxic formaldehyde levels in the air in and around home. This research study highlights importance of houseplants in homes and gardens.
Formaldehyde is one of the dangerous toxic gases and several materials used in our daily lives contain [...]

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How to Grow Sweeter and Nutritious Tomatoes

February 11th, 2009 1 Comment

Fresh tomatoes are characterized by its flavour and nutritional values and it becomes extremely important when you are growing tomatoes in your own garden. Several researches have facilitated gardeners across the world in almost every aspect of growing tomatoes.
Findings of a particular research concluded recently revealed that the temperature at which tomatoes ripen will ultimately [...]

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Plums:The Super Fruit as Emerging Star

February 5th, 2009 No Comments

Plainly, “blueberries have some stiff competition,” said Dr. Luis Cisneros, AgriLife Research food scientist.”Stone fruits are super fruits with plums as emerging stars.”
Far from fruit snobbery, the plum is being ushered in after Cisneros and Dr. David Byrne, AgriLife Research plant breeder, judged more than 100 varieties of plums, peaches and nectarines and found them [...]

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How Gardening Magazines Help Gardeners

January 21st, 2009 No Comments

Gardening magazines are aplenty and are the source of tremendous information even for all seasoned gardeners across the world. There are several objectives that gardening magazines fulfill and each gardening magazine covers multiple aspects of gardening. Gardening magazines provide tips, instructions, and guidance on gardening and also help its readers with latest news updating.
Gardening is [...]

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