Abstract Background Antibiotics used to treat livestock species enter agricultural fields when they are excreted by grazing animals or present in manure that is added as fertiliser. In the European Union, potential effects of such antibiotics on terrestrial plants must be evaluated following standardised OECD 208 method, which specifies crop and wild should serve “sentinels” for assessing antib...

Self-incompatibility (SI) is an important genetically controlled mechanism to prevent inbreeding in higher plants. SI involves highly specific interactions during pollination, resulting in the rejection of incompatible (self) pollen. Programmed cell death (PCD) is an important mechanism for destroying cells in a precisely regulated manner. SI in field poppy (Papaver rhoeas) triggers PCD in inco...

BACKGROUND Dalmatia is an interesting place to study the use of wild greens as it lies at the intersection of influence of Slavs, who do not usually use many species of wild greens, and Mediterranean culinary culture, where the use of multiple wild greens is common. The aim of the study was to document the mixtures of wild green vegetables which are sold in all the vegetable markets of Dalmatia...

A microplot study under field conditions was carried out during 2 consecutive years to assess the effect of root-knot nematode infection (2,000 Meloidogyne incognita eggs/kg soil) on three winter ornamental plants: hollyhock (Althea rosea), petunia (Petunia hybrida), and poppy (Papaver rhoeas). Effects of root-dip treatment with the biocontrol agents Pochonia chlamydosporia, Bacillus subtilis, ...

Textiles and clothing were still are an important source of culture as well indicator a robust economy social status. Textile household goods heirlooms, providing valuable information about the standard living, socio-political events, cultural influences regions from which they originate. This paper presents preliminary results research project dealing with traditional natural dyes used in Gree...