New York: A U.S. company is eyeing countries such as India and Brazil to grow seeds of jatropha - the inedible, drought-resistant plant - to produce high-quality oil that can be refined into ...

The Dwarf Indian puffers, also known as Pygmy puffers and Malabar puffers ... Loose twigs are added for effect, and the two marginal pond plants, Equisetum japonicum, are removed from their pots, the ...

18, 2024. (Ida Marie Odgaard/Ritzau Scanpix via AP) COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Danish lawmakers on Monday agreed on a deal to plant 1 billion trees and convert 10% of farmland into forest and natural ...

He said biofuel could be sourced from sugar cane and Jatropha plants, which are largely produced in Jigawa. This biofuel, he said, has the potential to produce quality fuel to power engines and ...

Good sources include rapeseed, soybeans, coconut, algae, palm oil and jatropha plants. On their own, both bioethanol and biodiesel contain less energy per litre than pure petrol or diesel ...

Plant immunity is the inherent or induced capacity of plants to withstand or ward off biological attack by pathogens. Molecules released from pathogens are recognised by plant cell surface ...

Genus Phytophthora threat various plant species including fruit, vegetable, and flower crops. The authors report that some NLRs recognize conserved effector families of multiple Phytophthora ...

The goal of the project is to demonstrate that jatropha can produce significant quantities of oil for conversion to biodiesel and to develop new varieties of the plant that have higher yields ...