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ALCLA’s conservation work with native plants and reciprocal relationships
Traditional Indigenous plant medicines are plants that grow locally, also known as native plants. They grow in specific ...
These 3 invasive plants may be hiding in your garden. Here's what to replace them with
Londoners may unknowingly be growing plants in their backyards that are causing harm to the local ecosystem, and experts are ...
15 Plants You Can’t Legally Bring Into the U.S.
When it comes to bringing plants into the United States, regulations are strict—and for good reason. The USDA and other ...
Ancient alliance between woody plants and microbes has potential to protect precious peatlands
As the climate warms and regional drying becomes more frequent, peatlands—some of the planet's most important carbon ...
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Toxic plants, poisoned ecosystems: The battle over neonicotinoids in ...
The entire plant becomes toxic. Any insect coming into contact with the plant — a leaf-eating or sap-sucking pest, or a nectar-seeking pollinator — may be poisoned. Chemists synthesized neonicotinoids ...
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DNAN Explosives Harm Plants and Ecosystems - Technology Networks
New weapons explosive exhibits persistent toxicity in plants. Nature Plants. 2024. doi: 10.1038/s41477-024-01863-0 This article has been republished from the following materials. Note: material may ...
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DNAN Explosives Harm Plants and Ecosystems - Technology Networks
Researchers have found that DNAN, used as a TNT replacement in explosives, is toxic to plants and accumulates throughout their tissues. Unlike TNT, DNAN lingers longer and lacks natural detoxification ...