http://www.talkaboutgardening.com/group/bionet.plants.education/ $ en-us Copyright 2003-2005, Talk About Network. All Rights Reserved. 2008-07-06T01:07:19+00:00 TAN rss@talkaboutnetwork.com Discussion hourly 1 1970-01-01T00:00+00:00 http://tan12.talkaboutnetwork.com/images/spacer.gif http://www.talkaboutgardening.com/group/bionet.plants.education/ http://www.talkaboutgardening.com/group/bionet.plants.education/messages/8423.html I agree totally with everything that has been said already but I feel bound to add the 1000 acres of the Moscow Botanic Garden (more for its outstanding science than for its size) the Australian National Botanic Garden in Canberra and (in the catego... David Walker ltd.a.walker@[EMAIL PROTECT... Discussion 2008-07-01T20:17:15+00:00 http://www.talkaboutgardening.com/group/bionet.plants.education/messages/8422.html BGCI.org is a good resource for this sort of question. Jon Greenberg --- On Thu, 6/26/08, mcginn.ryan@gmail.com mcginn.ryan@gmail.com wrote: From: mcginn.ryan@gmail.com mcginn.ryan@gmail.com Subject: [Plant-education] Botanical Gardens To: bio... Jon Greenberg ltsci_educ@[EMAIL PROTECTE... Discussion 2008-06-26T17:08:39+00:00 http://www.talkaboutgardening.com/group/bionet.plants.education/messages/8420.html Does anyone know what the major Botanical Gardens in the world are? By major, I mean not only large (in terms of diversity of species) but also central in terms of networking power in its given area of the world. Thank you! Ryan McGinn University o... mcginn.ryan@[EMAIL PROTECTED] Discussion 2008-06-26T09:55:26+00:00 http://www.talkaboutgardening.com/group/bionet.plants.education/messages/8419.html The European Commission has financed - with ca. 5 ML Euros - one of the most important projects worldwide devoted to biodiversity and education: KeyToNature. Centered on the identification of organisms on-line, the project started a few months ... nimis@[EMAIL PROTECTED] Discussion 2008-06-07T19:08:33+00:00 http://www.talkaboutgardening.com/group/bionet.plants.education/messages/8418.html Bob, Several years ago I set out to put display labels on all of the campus trees at Wheaton College, a small liberal arts college in MA. I quickly learned that there were way too many trees on campus for me to handle. I settled for 80-100. Yo... Scott Shumway ltsshumway@[EMAIL PROTECTE... Discussion 2008-06-07T21:06:44+00:00 http://www.talkaboutgardening.com/group/bionet.plants.education/messages/8417.html We are setting up a system to inventory all campus trees at UW Oshkosh and I am curious if other campuses have undertaken a similar project and how yours turned out. We estimate there are 1200-1500 trees to consider. Well worry about smaller, no... Bob Wise ltwise@[EMAIL PROTECTED] gt Discussion 2008-06-05T09:07:44+00:00 http://www.talkaboutgardening.com/group/bionet.plants.education/messages/8415.html One way to slow the growth of many evergreens is to trim the candles--the new, soft growth in early summer (June). You can trim this growth to about half its length, but make sure you trim the entire tree evenly. Obviously, this method works best w... Jayne M Geisel ltJGeisel@[EMAIL PROTECTE... Discussion 2008-05-20T08:42:42+00:00 http://www.talkaboutgardening.com/group/bionet.plants.education/messages/8414.html This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0010_01C8B842.85D85A00 Content-Type: text/plain charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable hello How can I slow a pine trees growth? Matt ------=_NextPart_000... Matt Bond ltmattbond@[EMAIL PROTECTED] g... Discussion 2008-05-17T17:22:03+00:00 http://www.talkaboutgardening.com/group/bionet.plants.education/messages/8413.html Seems that most of my Email on this subject got lost in transmission. Here it is again in its entirety. I will try to get back to those of you who hav= e kindly responded as soon as poss. Im pleased that my previous enquiry (about how much alcohol y... David Walker ltd.a.walker@[EMAIL PROTECT... Discussion 2008-05-15T19:51:25+00:00 http://www.talkaboutgardening.com/group/bionet.plants.education/messages/8411.html Im pleased that my previous enquiry (about how much alcohol you can get from potatoes) caused a few smiles but, sadly, I must return to more seriou= s matters. There are claims on the Net that if you are particularly kind to algae (which seemingly gr... David Walker ltd.a.walker@[EMAIL PROTECT... Discussion 2008-05-15T11:19:39+00:00 http://www.talkaboutgardening.com/group/bionet.plants.education/messages/8410.html Do you have a Dvd copy of this that will run in the us? Chris Steele Christine Steele ltsteelepali@[EMAIL PRO... Discussion 2008-05-10T09:05:06+00:00 http://www.talkaboutgardening.com/group/bionet.plants.education/messages/8409.html We are interested in lab activities for large enrollment introductory lab classes that focus on water balance/transport in plants. We have already looked at the lab modules on the UK Science and Plants web site. Thanks, Bill Cohen Cohen, William S ltwscohen@[EMAIL PROTEC... Discussion 2008-05-02T14:21:21+00:00 http://www.talkaboutgardening.com/group/bionet.plants.education/messages/8408.html ________________________________ Are you familiar with any lab exercises that focus on thermotolerance in plants and heat shock protein expression? Thanks, Bill Cohen Dr. William S. Cohen Associate Professor Department of Biology University of K... Cohen, William S ltwscohen@[EMAIL PROTEC... Discussion 2008-05-02T14:13:59+00:00 http://www.talkaboutgardening.com/group/bionet.plants.education/messages/8407.html I wouldnt be Putin and money on that assertion. From: Warren Irwin Just a humble High School Science Teacher atoms@exemail.com.au On 25/04/2008, at 8:07 AM, William E Williams wrote: I think the Russians can speak with Absolut authority on this... Warren Irwin ltatoms@[EMAIL PROTECTED] g... Discussion 2008-04-25T10:09:44+00:00 http://www.talkaboutgardening.com/group/bionet.plants.education/messages/8406.html I think the Russians can speak with Absolut authority on this topic. On Apr 24, 2008, at 15:10 , David Walker wrote: Could anyone please tell me how much ethanol can be obtained from whatever fresh weight of potatoes. The Irish have been doing... William E Williams ltWEWilliams@[EMAIL P... Discussion 2008-04-24T18:07:50+00:00 http://www.talkaboutgardening.com/group/bionet.plants.education/messages/8405.html Could anyone please tell me how much ethanol can be obtained from whatever fresh weight of potatoes. The Irish have been doing it since the first potato arrived from Peru and Reichskraftsprit was once important. Any help would be much appreciated. Da... David Walker ltd.a.walker@[EMAIL PROTECT... Discussion 2008-04-24T20:10:18+00:00 http://www.talkaboutgardening.com/group/bionet.plants.education/messages/8404.html V2VkbmVzZGF5LCBBcHJpbCAyM3RoLCAyMDA4DQpEZWFyIFJvc3MgS29uaW5nLA0KDQpJIGFtIGFu IGVpZ3RoIGdyYWRlciBkb2luZyBhIHNjaWVuY2UgZmFpciBwcm9qZWN0LiBJIG5lZWQgaGVscCBv biBwaWNraW5nIHRocmVlIHN1YmplY3RzIGZvciBteSBwcm9qZWN0LiBJdCBpcyBvbiBob3cgbXVz aWMgd2lsbCBhZmZlY3Q... squeekums93@[EMAIL PROTECTED] ltlibrary... Discussion 2008-04-23T14:39:37+00:00 http://www.talkaboutgardening.com/group/bionet.plants.education/messages/8403.html One interesting use of herbarium specimens is to trace conserved pollutants through time. Unfortunately, it is destructive, and one has to be sure the specimens were stored in such a way that they did not receive contamination after collection. ... Janice M. Glime ltjmglime@[EMAIL PROTECT... Discussion 2008-04-22T21:35:17+00:00 http://www.talkaboutgardening.com/group/bionet.plants.education/messages/8402.html Scott, See McGraw, J. 2001. Evidence for decline of Amer. ginseng from herbarium specimens. Biol. Conservation 98:25-32. Also note the news release (pasted below your message) that appeared last Dec. 2007. Best wishes, Donna Scott Shumway sshumway... Donna Ford-Werntz ltdford2@[EMAIL PROTEC... Discussion 2008-04-22T16:41:43+00:00 http://www.talkaboutgardening.com/group/bionet.plants.education/messages/8400.html Plant Ed, After 17 years I finally found an undergraduate interested in doing an herbarium-based research project. Can you please recommend publications that we could consult that discuss the importance of herbaria in research and how herbarium ... Scott Shumway ltsshumway@[EMAIL PROTECTE... Discussion 2008-04-22T14:28:29+00:00 Search talkaboutgardening.com Learning About Plants q http://talkaboutgardening.com/group/bionet.plants.education/search.html