The Tulasi plant, also known as the Holy Basil, needs a sunny site to grow well. It is also sensitive to wet feet. It looks ...

From washing test tubes in the 1990s to pioneering phytoremediation solutions for heavy metal pollution, plant scientist Dr Smitha Hegde has carved a significant path in the fields of plant molecular ...

By examining citrus species and their distant relatives in the Rutaceae family, they discovered PUB21 paralogs in Bergera koenigii (curry leaf plant) and Zanthoxylum bungeanum (Sichuan pepper plant).

they offer an abundant food source for flea beetles when pepper plants are young and vulnerable. In late spring, after the last frost, plant nasturtiums as a ground cover between vegetable rows to ...

Because they are planted in early spring, as soon as soil can be worked, much earlier than peppers, they offer an abundant food source for flea beetles when pepper plants are young and vulnerable. In ...

The new study on baby plants shows that fighting disease at a young age often comes at a steep cost to growth and future evolutionary fitness—or their ability to reproduce. "It's a mystery why ...

A new study reveals an evolutionary trade-off that young plants face to develop disease resistance. From toddlers in daycare to seedlings in forests, young organisms tend to get sick more easily ...

All peppers were cultivated in greenhouses with strictly regulated temperature (25 ± 2°C), humidity (70 ± 5%), and irrigation schedules (uniform drip irrigation), and were planted in March 2024. After ...

It turns out that removal tools are prohibited, save for dust-spot / dirt removal, when entering the BWPA.Thankfully, Jacob was able to come up with a workaround that provided similar results, without ...

Pest control is the most obvious benefit to companion planting with your peppers. Some of the best companion plants for peppers ... away from eating the young peppers. Additionally, basil thrives ...