Natural Science Forum / Biology / Botany / December 2004

New online course on botanicals and health from the Program in
Integrative Medicine
Coming this February.
Delve into Integrative Medicine education. These web-based courses

A mini "Frequently Asked Questions" for sci.bio.botany
This is an unmonitored ("feral") NG that is irregular in all other respects
as well, foremost in the frequency of postings. The topic is botany, in all
its aspects, but excluding topics covered in other newsgroups, such as

I am unable to find any documentation as to the percent water recovery
rate one can expect in a greenhouse environment, of transpired water.
If I have a plant that transpires 25 gallons of warer per day, what
percent of that 25 gallons can I expect to recover on a daily basis in

I heard that Earth was once inhabited by intelligent trees who had
mighty empires, but where destroyed after a big war.
Is that true?

The PETRALGA (Permian and Triassic Algae) site is back under
http://paleopolis.rediris.es/petralga/

WH Lewis, MPF Elvin-Lewis
Medical Botany : Plants affecting man's health
Wiley-Interscience 1977
Lists quite a few e.g., Aloe barbadensis (Liliaceae) "cultivated on the island of Socorta

I posted earlier about a then upcoming episode of the Discovery Channel
TV series, Mythbusters, that did an experiment to determine if music
and talking had an effect on plants. I saw the episode, and it
concluded that is was "plausible" that music and recorded talking

I posted earlier about a then upcoming episode of the Discovery Channel
TV series, Mythbusters, that did an experiment to determine if music
and talking had an effect on plants. I saw the episode, and it
concluded that is was "plausible" that music and recorded talking

I received this query today and don't have any info.  Can anyone offer
an answer or personal experience?
"are the tubers of marguarita & blackie ornamental ipomoea batatas
edible?  we have been told they are called white sweet potatoes & can

I had a customer this summer who has a new home in a new subdivision
near me in rural Oklahoma.  His property includes about 1 acre in the
back that is undisturbed.  He has asked me whether this area is
sufficient for a natural area, and I told him I wasn't sure whether the

Does anyone know where I can get the book by Dr. Chadwick about taxus
species?
I believe that it's name was 'The Genera Taxus' and it came out in the
1970s.

Does anyone know where I can get the book by Dr. Chadwick about taxus
species?
I believe that it's name was 'The Genera Taxus' and it came out in the
1970s.

US Patent 5,771,663 gives a method of producing above-ground potatoes.
Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing potato
tubers comprising grafting a potato plant as scion on a solanaceous
rootstock and culturing the resulting graft plant by hydroponics to ...

Does anyone know of what might be described as seminal papers in various
botanical fields?
My department has asked one of our really good junior faculty to
undertake a series of readings to better establish her knowledge in

Does anyone know of what might be described as seminal papers in various
botanical fields?
My department has asked one of our really good junior faculty to
undertake a series of readings to better establish her knowledge in