BACKGROUND Fruit from the palm Mauritia flexuosa (aguaje) is harvested throughout the Peruvian Amazon for subsistence and commercial purposes. Recent estimates suggest that residents of Iquitos, the largest city in the region, consume approximately 148.8 metric tons of aguaje fruit per month, the vast majority of which is harvested by felling and killing adult female trees. In this study, we so...

Plant actuators move organs, allowing the plant to respond to environmental cues or perform other mechanical tasks. In Cardamine hursuta the dispersal of seeds is accomplished by explosive opening of the fruit. The biomechanical mechanism relies on a complex interplay between turgor regulation and cell wall mechanical properties.

Seaweeds are rich sources of bioactive natural products, which have been considered as potential biotic agents. Ulva flexuosa Wulfen is a species of seaweed which is endemic to the Persian Gulf. In this study, the effect of different concentrations of U. flexuosa extract on  the  antioxidant activity of Washington Navel orange (Citrus sinensis L. cv. Washington Navel)...

Comparative characteristics of individual growth Spicara flexuosa and maena (Pisces: Centracanthidae) inhabiting the south-western shelf Crimea, Black Sea

This paper presents new records and noteworthy data on the following taxa in SE Europe adjacent regions: stonewort Chara intermedia, liverworts Fossombronia wondraczekii Pseudomoerckia blyttii, mosses Hamatocaulis vernicosus Hookeria lucens, monocots Gladiolus palustris, Neotinea tridentata, Orchis militaris dicots Cardamine serbica, waldsteinii, Hieracium kotschyanum Pilosella petraea are give...