Breeding a Daylily Hemerocallis hybrid in the Stavropol Botanical Garden

A new day dawning: Hemerocallis (daylily) as a future model organism

Genetic model organisms have revolutionized science, and today, with the rapid advances in technology, there is significant potential to launch many more plant species towards model status. However, these new model organisms will have to be carefully selected. Here, we argue that Hemerocallis (daylily) satisfies multiple criteria for selection and deserves serious consideration as a subject of ...

In vitro antioxidant capacity of daylily ( Hemerocallis disticha ) flowers cultivated in Taiwan

Daylilies (Hemerocallis disticha) are very popular for vegetarian cuisine in Taiwan and have been long used as a nutritious food and/or traditional medicine in Chinese society. Therefore, the antioxidant capacity of daylily flowers was investigated with a number of established in vitro assays. The results showed that DPPH radical scavenging activity, hydrogen peroxide scavenging activity, super...

How to Draw Three People in a Botanical Garden

AARON is a program designed to investigate the cognitive principles underlying visual representation. Under continuous development for fifteen years, it is now able autonomously to make “freehand” drawings of people in garden-like settings. This has required a complex interplay between two bodies of knowledge: objectspecific knowledge of how people are constructed and how they move, together wi...

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Compare the Phenology of Fritillaria, Bellevallia and Muscari species in National Botanical Garden of Iran

Phenology is one of the important issues in ecology, which studies various stages of plant life and its relation with climatic and ecological conditions. Useful information for the production cycle is obtained by evaluating the various stages of native species development. In this research, the phenology of 17 species of Fritillaria, Bellevallia and Muscari in the National Botanical Garden of I...