Dr. Alex Shigo, noted tree expert, often speaks about an industrywide fallacy that we can "feed" trees, shrubs, turf and other plants. In reality, plants manufacture their own food through photosynthesis. Elements from the air, water and soil are combined and altered in order to provide the starches plants use for energy and growth. Therefore, we cannot feed a plant. What we can do is provide a...

     The goal of this study was to prepare and characterize alginate microspheres as an antigen delivery system and adjuvant for immunization against leishmaniasis. Microspheres encapsulated with autoclaved Leishmania major (ALM) and Quillaja saponin (QS) were prepared by an emulsification technique and characterized for size, encapsulation efficiency and release profile of encapsulate...