Tanah Kebun Raya Liwa (KRL) Lampung Barat merupakan tanah jenis laterit yang kandungan unsur hara dan kesuburan tanahnya rendah, sehingga tidak dapat mendukung pertumbuhan tanaman hias ada secara optimal. Salah satu penting dalam menunjang adalah fosfat. Jumlah fosfat terlarut dimanfaatkan oleh sangat sedikit menyebabkan defisiensi. Bakteri pelarut asli dibutuhkan untuk memenuhi kebutuhan bagi ...

Botanical gardens represent important places for ex situ conservation. One of these botanical has been abandoned in Côte d’Ivoire 30 years. This is the former garden ORSTOM. study was conducted to determine level diversity this order assess opportunity its rehabilitation. The authors carried out inventories 18 quadrats 500 m2 through vegetation collect woody species. Dendrometric measurements (...

With the achievement of a certain degree civilization, human beings show need to build gardens, where concept nature and culture perfectly coincide in an original unicum seen eternal evolution which history is fully embraced. Retracing changing events garden fascinating inviting, at same time, it deeply linked reflecting on civil cultural place art forge deep bond. Deeply related events, achiev...

BACKGROUND Understanding the functional diversity of home gardens and their socio-ecological determinants is essential for mainstreaming these agroforestry practices into agrobiodiversity conservation strategies. This paper analyzed functional diversity of home gardens, identified the socio-ecological drivers of functions assigned to them, and assessed the agrobiodiversity benefits of home gard...

Echinops wakhanicus Rech.f. (Compositae: Cardueae: Echinopsinae) is described and illustrated, its taxonomic position discussed. Field observations seed collection of the species are mentioned. The genus discussed, comments made on infrageneric classification, placement E. in sect. Oligolepis. terminology used describing flowering structure discussed; term synflorescence preferred. Tribal subtr...

Purpose. Analysis of species and varietal diversity the genus Salvia L. cultivated flora world, including Ukraine; prognostic assessment determination directions ornamental representatives introduction to conditions Forest-steppe Ukraine. Methods. synthesis, comparison generalization information data, forecast. Results. The modern assortment is presented in quantitative, taxonomic, arealogical ...

'Devil's gardens' are nearly pure stands of the myrmecophyte, Duroia hirsuta, that occur in Amazonian rainforests. Devil's gardens are created by Myrmelachista schumanni ants, which nest in D. hirsuta trees and kill other plants using formic acid as an herbicide. Here, we show that this ant-plant mutualism has an associated cost; by making devil's gardens, M. schumanni increases herbivory on D....