Natural Science Forum / Biology / Botany / December 2006

A friend of mine is involved in some research work to see the effect of noise pollution on the metabolism of plants. I thoght noise pollution and music have no effect on the chemistry of plants. Please tell me about the recent findings on this subject.
 M. Rehan Siddiqi
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A friend of mine is involved in some research work to see the effect of noise pollution on the metabolism of plants. I thoght noise pollution and music have no effect on the chemistry of plants. Please tell me about the recent findings on this subject.
 M. Rehan Siddiqi
...

A mini "Frequently Asked Questions" for sci.bio.botany
This is an unmonitored newsgroup that deals with botany in all its aspects,
but excluding topics covered in other newsgroups, such as gardening,
cooking with plants, education about plants, etc. In practice

On a recent visit to Chanter's Lodge in Livingstone we saw this tree -
apparently long unidentified. Perhaps a marula species? The fruit did
not look like fig to me, as it was shiny and leaking a lot of clear sap
when picked.

I'm trying to identify the species of wood that this stump came from.
The pictures I took are at
http://homepage-link.to/handyhenry/blacksmithing/index.html
As for the first stump, I'm clueless. But I do know that it's very

I have heard the expression "trailing Jasmine" so many times it numbs
the mind.  What I would like to know is the scientific name.  Is that
expression sufficient or is there an equally mind-numbing number of taxa
associated with the common name "trailing Jasmine"?

I was searching google for information on building a garden with an
evolution theme at my children's school and found a query that you had put
out on the subject.  Were you able to find any useful sources?  The
Singapore botanic garden site gave me some ideas, but it would be nice ...

I was searching google for information on building a garden with an
evolution theme at my children's school and found a query that you had put
out on the subject.  Were you able to find any useful sources?  The
Singapore botanic garden site gave me some ideas, but it would be nice ...

Can some one ID these common weeds, swaying beautifully in the breeze this
time of year?
Thank you.

A colleague uses the Sigma Xi "science in the news" daily email
service in a general education course on global change.  That service
provides daily summaries of articles on scientific topics from
newspapers and magazines.  Students read the articles and then

A colleague uses the Sigma Xi "science in the news" daily email
service in a general education course on global change.  That service
provides daily summaries of articles on scientific topics from
newspapers and magazines.  Students read the articles and then