It is thought that calcium oxalate raphides in the pineapple plant cause microabrasions, allowing bromelain to exert its proteolytic effect on dermal blood vessels. [9] It is therefore not ...

Irritant contact dermatitis (ICD) from plants is a very common phenomenon as potentially irritant plants and plant products are commonly found in the everyday environment, including the home ...

These plants clothe walls and supports in foliage and flowers. Climbers cling on using tendrils, twining stems, stem roots or sticky pads, while wall shrubs need to be tied to supports. Plants can be ...

Plant genetics deals with heredity in plants, specifically mechanisms of hereditary transmission and variation of inherited characteristics. Plant genetics differs from animal genetics in a number ...

Is your landscape’s water garden looking more like a fish pond than a garden? Are your container water gardens full of water but missing, you know, the actual plants? To help get you started, we have ...

When choosing seeds, pick packets marked for direct sowing and avoid plants that can become weeds in your area. Sophie uses everlasting daisies, paper daisies, native iris and billy buttons.

Sardarz Khan, a farmer setting up a greenhouse in Rabat village in Khot valley, tells The Express Tribune that it was a marvelous experience for him to grow vegetables around the year.

During the anagen phase, your hair follicles are pushing out hairs that will continue to grow until they’re cut or until they reach the end of their life span and fall out. At any time ...