Crosses among single-, double- and multi-petal jasmine cultivars (Jasminum sambac Aiton) are unable to easily generate hybrids. To identify the reproductive barriers restricting hybrid set, dynamic changes in jasmine pollen viability and pistil receptivity were compared at different flowering stages. Pollen-pistil interactions in six reciprocal crosses were also investigated to characterize pol...

A counter-intuitive property of many pleasant and attractive stimuli is that they are hedonically complex, containing both pleasant and unpleasant components. A striking example is the floral scent of natural jasmine, which may contain more than 6% of indole, a pure chemical which is usually rated as unpleasant. Using fMRI we investigate the hypothesis that the interaction between the pleasant ...

This thesis descnbes the research and development into the intelligent tutoring system called JASMINE (JAVA Adaptive Student Modelling In a NLP Environment). JASMINE is designed to address the ideas of adaptive and responsive, presentation and remediation in tutonng. Remediation is indicated when the confidence level of a given fragment of knowledge falls below a set mastery level. As a result,...

There are mounting concerns and evidences about climate change impacts on agriculture sector in general and on flowering plants in particular. There is also growing recognition that some degree of climate change impacts are now inexorable and almost all regions, sectors, and people are prone to climate change impacts to varying degrees [1,2]. Over the period 1951-2012, global mean surface tempe...

This research aimed at exploring eco-friendly green synthesis of CuNPs using different plant species used for purpose were Nyctanthes arbor-tristris (Night jasmine), Gardenia jasminoides (Cape Tabernaemontana divartica (Crape Cascabela thevetia (Yellow oleander), Clerodendrum inerme (Glory bower), Hibiscus rosa-sinensis (China rose) and Allamanda cathartica (Allamanda) synthesizing CuNPs. Out s...

community for soil functionality: insights from a microbial swap experiment Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo*, Jasmine Grinyer, Peter B. Reich and Brajesh K. Singh* Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Penrith, NSW 2751 Australia; Department of Forest Resources, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, 55108 USA; and Global Centre for Land-Based Innovation, Western Sydney ...