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To Plant, or Not to Plant? Regulating Invasive Plant Species in the Mid-Atlantic States: A Social-Ecological System Case Study
As invasive plant species spread across landscapes, costs of their economic and environmental impacts have sparked interest in regulating their sale and transport. Laws now prohibit the sale and movement of some species. State and local governments are drafting regulations that will affect horticulture, plant nurseries, and options for landscape design. Awareness of invasive plant species is...
Publisher: EcoEd Digital Library
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Resources to Help You to Prepare a Course in Plant Diversity
The extensive (2.4 gig) resources available on OSF (see link) are intended to help young faculty members develop a course on plant diversity. They can be used in whole or in part to jump start a course. They include both lecture and laboratory materials, as well as homework, quizzes, and exams. These materials were developed over the course of more than 15 years and have been extensively tested in...
Publisher: PlantEd Digital Library
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Introduction to Ethnobotany syllabus
Syllabus for a sophomore-level introductory course in Ethnobotany
Publisher: EconBotEd Digital Library
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A quantitative investigations of plants expressing green fluorescent protein (GFP) using a home-made camera attachment
In this laboratory exercise students use digital cameras to measure surface fluorescence of transgenic plants expressing green fluorescence protein (GFP). Inquiry pedagogy is used to teach processes used in scientific investigations and how GFP is used in reporter gene systems. Students start by making observations involving induction of expression of a GFP expressing reporter gene and then...
Publisher: EvoEd Digital Library PlantEd Digital Library
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Borago officinalis L.
Picture of an ethnobotanical plant commonly used in the Mediterranean as medicinal (it contains toxic compounds)
Publisher: EcoEd Digital Library PlantEd Digital Library
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