Hand drawn ornamentation, such as floral or geometric patterns, is a tedious and time consuming task that requires skill and training in ornamental design principles and aesthetics. Ornamental drawings both historically and presently play critical roles in all things from art to architecture, and when computers handle the repetition and overall structure of ornament, considerable savings in tim...

The use of biological control agents such as entomopathogenic fungi is an alternative for the kale(Brassica oleracea L.) defoliating caterpillars. objective was to investigate efficacy entomopathogenicfungi Amazon region in caterpillars kale and their impacts on physiologicaland agronomic responses crop. Field greenhouse experiments were conducted randomized blockdesign completely design, respe...

Flower color is one of the most important features of ornamental plants. Its development and regulation are influenced by many internal and external factors. Therefore, understanding the mechanism of color development and its regulation provides an important theoretical basis and premise for the cultivation and improvement of new color varieties of ornamental plants. This paper outlines the fun...

Recently, fluctuating asymmetry (FA) of morphological traits has attracted great attention as a short-cut measure of individual quality. Whereas there is some evidence that FA of sexual ornaments is negatively associated with immune function, studies concerning FA and immune function in non-ornamental traits are absent. Here, we tested whether FA of three non-ornamental traits in hind limbs is ...

The propagation of palms for agricultural and ornamental purposes is accomplished typically by seeds. The few exceptions are certain cultivars of Phoenix dactylifera and some ornamental palms such as Rhapis spp., which propagate by vegetative (division) and tissue culture. Because of slow, irregular germination in most species, seed propagation may be a challenge. New palm species are being int...

Morphotypes of Brassica oleracea are the result a dynamic interaction between genes that regulate transition vegetative and reproductive stages those leaf morphology plant architecture. In kales, ornate leaves, extended phase, nutritional quality some characters potentially selected by humans during domestication. We used combination developmental studies transcriptomics to understand domestica...

The Early Cretaceous bird Jeholornis was previously only known to have a distally restricted ornamental frond of tail feathers. We describe a previously unrecognized fan-shaped tract of feathers situated dorsal to the proximal caudal vertebrae. The position and morphology of these feathers is reminiscent of the specialized upper tail coverts observed in males of some sexually dimorphic neornith...

The capacity to control developmental and morphogenetic processes in vitro has always been the fascination and primary focus of many ornamental tissue culture studies. Thin cell layers or TCLs were first used to control the development of flowers, roots, shoots and somatic embryos in tobacco pedicels. Since those studies over 30 years ago, TCLs have been successfully used in the micropropagatio...

Marigold botanically identifies as Tagetes (Compositae) genus is an ethnobotanically known drug, used from ancient times in the Indian system of Medicine for the treatment of rheumatism, cold, bronchitis, eye diseases, ulcers etc. Tagetes species, commonly known as marigold, are grown as ornamental plants and thrive in varied agro-climates. The genus has been recognized as a potential source of...

A population of the diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella (L.) (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae) (DBM), was detected in 1999 on sugar snap peas (Pisum sativum) in the export vegetable growing area south of Lake Naivasha in the Rift Valley Province of Kenya. The performance of this new pea strain (DBM-P) was compared with the normal crucifer strain (DBM-C) in laboratory studies. DBM-P survived equally ...