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Tree Physiology, Volume 24, 2004: Contents
... , Luca Sebastiani and Antonio Minnocci Tree Physiology 24:8390 [ Summary ] [ Full Text ] Effects of partial defoliation on carbon and nitrogen partitioning and photosynthetic carbon uptake by two-year-old cork oak (Quercus suber) saplings S. Cerasoli, A. Scartazza, E. Brugnoli, M. M. Chaves and J. S. Pereira Tree Physiology 24:9198 [ Summary ] [ Full Text ] Nitrogen storage and its interaction ...
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Tree Physiology, Volume 26, 2006: Contents
... Lo Gullo, Tiziano Caruso and Sebastiano Salleo Tree Physiology 26:11451152 [ Summary ] [ Full Text ] Determination of genetic stability in long-term somatic embryogenic cultures and derived plantlets of cork oak using microsatellite markers Tina Lopes, Glria Pinto, Joo Loureiro, Armando Costa and Conceio Santos Tree Physiology 26:11531163 [ Summary ] [ Full Text ] Growth and gas exchange in field ...
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... R. Pierce Maple syrup (Acer saccharum) By Alan R. Pierce American Ginseng (Panax quinquefolius) By Alan R. Pierce The Mediterranean Region: Mastic gum (Pistacia lentiscus; Argan (Argania spinosa); Cork oak (Quercus suber); Pine nuts (Pinus pinea); Pine resin (various spp.); Chestnuts (Castanea sativa) By Yorgos Moussouris and Pedro Regato Sub-Saharan Africa: Griffonia (Griffonia simplicifolia) By ...
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People and Plants Online - Current Newsletter
... : Tony Cunningham Editing: Nic Zimmermann & Pippa Hetherington This latest video will soon be available. It deals with a topic central to the people/plant interface, and one of great ecological concern. Billions of people use bark: cork oak bark for fishing floats and wine bottle corks, leather shoes tanned with wattle bark extract, bark for spices, anti-malaria ...
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Fruit Terminology (Part 2)
... One-seeded fruit with hard pericarp. Go To Article About Fruits Called Nuts See Photos of Cashews And Brazil Nuts A. Fagaceae: Oak (Quercus) The one-seeded nut of an acorn sits in a cup-shaped involucre composed of numerous overlapping scales. These acorns are from the cork oak (Quercus suber), the bark of which is the source of natural cork. See The Bark & Wood Of ...
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Nut Photos
... A cashew "nut" attached to its swollen stalk (pedicel). The shell of the "nut" contains the poison oak allergen urushiol, and may cause dermatitis in hypersensitive people. Right: The fleshy "apple" is the swollen ... of an acorn sits in a cup-shaped involucre composed of numerous overlapping scales. These acorns are from the cork oak (Quercus suber), the bark of which is the source of natural cork. ...
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Arnold Arboretum - Centenarians - Featured Centenarians
... blue-black berries that female trees produce in October persist after the leaves have fallen and are a favorite of mourning doves. Although it is called the corktree, the commercial source of cork is not Phellodendron but Quercus suber (cork oak), which is not hardy in this climate. 6. Sasa senanensis PALM-LEAVED BAMBOO Accessioned 1891 Bamboo in New ...
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Cork
... native to the western Mediterranean Region. This particular species produces very thick outer bark composed of cork cells, which have large concentrations of suberin, a wax, impregnating the cell walls. There is no ... is also used in many ways to insulate or seal, as gaskets in automobile engines. The cork oak is grown in orchards especially in southwestern Europe and northwestern Africa, and is an ...
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New Disease Reports - First reported outbreak of charcoal disease caused by Biscogniauxia mediterranea on Turkey oak in Slovenia
New Disease Reports - First reported outbreak of charcoal disease caused by Biscogniauxia mediterranea on Turkey oak in Slovenia Reports Search NDR About NDR Editors Author Info Submission Links First reported outbreak of ... are visible (bar 1 mm) Charcoal disease is a serious problem in cork oak (Quercus suber) and Turkey oak in the Mediterranean area but it had never been detected further north ...
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Bromeliads
... however, until the maximum convenient pot size has been reached. Some epiphytic bromeliads, such as the gray-scaled Tillandsia, grow poorly if planted in a conventional potting mixture. They grow best in a medium such as tree-fern bark, cork-oak bark, or on a tree-fern slab, or pieces of wood. To mount a plant on one of these materials, wrap the ...
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