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In plants a micronutrient deficiency (or trace mineral deficiency) is a physiological plant disorder which occurs when a micronutrient is deficient in the soil in which a plant grows. Micronutrients are distinguished from macronutrients (nitrogen, phosphorus, sulfur, potassium, calcium and magnesium) by the relatively low quantities needed by ...
The plant generally gets more toxic with maturity, with the exception of the berries (which have significant toxicity even while green). [171] Pieris japonica: Japanese pieris Ericaceae: The plant is poisonous if consumed by people or animals. [172] Plumeria spp. frangipani Apocynaceae: Contact with the milky latex may irritate eyes and skin ...
Curcuma petiolata (also known as jewel of Thailand, [3] Siam tulip, hidden ginger, [3] pastel hidden ginger, [3] hidden lily [3] or queen lily [4]) is a plant of the Zingiberaceae or ginger family. It is native to Thailand, Myanmar, Laos and Java .
A lack of essential micronutrients, such as vitamin D and magnesium, as well as a few others, may be behind 'hidden hunger' associated with type 2 diabetes, a new study suggests.
A man-eating plant is a fictional form of carnivorous plant large enough to kill and consume a human or other large animal. The notion of man-eating plants came about in the late 19th century, as the existence of real-life carnivorous and moving plants, described by Charles Darwin in Insectivorous Plants (1875), and The Power of Movement in Plants (1880), largely came as a shock to the general ...
On November 21, 2004, 60 Minutes aired a report on the effectiveness of the plant as a natural appetite suppressant. [ 14 ] The media coverage and heavy marketing by nutritional supplement companies have created such a demand for Hoodia spp. plants that a protected status was imposed in several countries, such as Namibia .
The first few of these hidden picture puzzles are Easter-themed. Eyewear company Feel Good Contacts challenges you to find the chick among the daffodils—and there are a whole lot of daffodils ...
As the demand for plant and crop attributes changes (reappraisal or discovery of nutritional traits, culinary value, adaptation to climate change, etc.), some previously neglected crops, such as oil palm, soybean, and kiwifruit, have overcome such constraints via more large-scale production and use, becoming regarded as globally significant crops.