Dragon ́s blood tree, a flagship endemic species of Socotra, is threatened with extinction 23 due to lack of natural regeneration, likely because of goat herbivory and/or climatic factors. Loss of 24 dragon ́s blood tree would result in loss of other native flora, heightening the importance of 25 formulating a conservation strategy for it. Although artificial afforestation might be used to offset...

1 FROM THE EDITOR Yoseph Bar-Cohen, [email protected] This issue reports the latest progress in the fields of Electroactive Polymers (EAP) and biomimetics. Some of the latest development at the various lab worldwide is reported in this issue. From the perspective of Biomimetics, it is interesting to note that the SPIE’s Conference on Biomimetics has continued to grow in terms of the number of p...

Loài Phất dủ thơm có tên khoa học là Dracaena fragrans (L.) Ker Gawl., thuộc chi Dracaena, họ Asparagaceae, vùng phân bố chủ yếu ở Đông Nam Á, Tây Phi và Việt Nam. Đây loài thực vật được trồng phổ biến với mục đích làm cảnh. Trong nghiên cứu này, thành phần flavonoid, steroid, glycoside tim saponin steroid đã xác định mặt trong cao chiết ethanol từ lá của thơm, tuy nhiên không alkaloid, terpeno...

The reuse of crop drainage into other crops, in the form a cascade cropping system, is feasible environmental solution where high inputs water and fertilizer are used for growth lower efficiency rates, associated with discharge fertilizers environment, present. Dracaena marginata plants were cultured containers sphagnum peat moss subjected to three different fertigation treatments eight weeks: ...

In March 2011, anthracnose symptoms were observed on stems of Dracaena sanderiana as imported ornamental plant in Gorgan, Golestan province (NE Iran). According to the Farr et al. (2006) the pathogenic fungus were identified as Colletotrichum dracaenophilum D.F. Farr & M.E. Palm. 

The indoor air quality is much more matter of concern as relative to ambient or outdoor air quality, especially in the context of human health.  However, very few studies have been reported for remediation of indoor ozone by plant species. The main objective of this study is to evaluate ozone deposition velocities and ozone removal effectiveness of three indoor ornamental plant species (Dra...