Lightweight horticultural oils, such as Summit’s Year-Round® Spray Oil, control scale by coating and smothering pests ...

The words “pollination” and “flower” may seem inseparable, but plants began courting insects millions of years before they evolved flashy petals. Now we know how they may have done it: not with ...

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Earlier this year, Lotusland research associate Jeff Chemnick traveled with his wife, UCSB marine science and policy advisor Satie Airame, to China in search of rare cycads, an ancient plant that ...

A new study shows that cycads, which are in decline and among the world's most threatened group of plants, provide an important service to their neighboring organisms. The study found that at least ...

Medical scientists from various institutes have identified BMAA, a potential neurotoxin, in several species of the Cycad plant found in the forests of Odisha, according to a statement issued by AIIMS ...

Although dinosaurs died out 65 million years ago, there are still thought to be a few species left over from those days. Plants called cycads are among these rare "living fossils" — they have remained ...

The endangered South African cycad Encephalartos horridus may resemble a relic from the Jurassic age, but the species itself evolved long after dinosaurs disappeared. Still, it carries a biochemical ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Macrozamia communis is a common cycad that occurs in eastern New South Wales, Australia, where it forms an understory in various forest or ...

University of Guam research has revealed that younger cycad seeds pose a greater risk for toxicity when consumed than more mature seeds, bringing the scientific community one step closer to ...