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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"Spearmint"”.
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Analysis of potent odorants in spearmint oils
Spearmint has been grown in gardens since the 9th century as an herb thought to possess a wide range of health benefits. Spearmint was introduced to the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1628. Commercial cultivation of spearmint in the United States began in the 1790’s. The production of spearmint spread …
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BASIC AND APPLIED RESEARCH APPROACHES FOR OPTIMIZING THE USE OF ARTIFICIAL LIGHT IN VEGETABLE CROPS
… crop species were given importance such as spearmint, red rubin basil, red and green lettuce, tomato, arugula and wild rocket respectively. While it is a fact that HPS lighting benefited horticulture for a considerable amount of time, a comparison of various morphological, physiological, and …
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Mentha (Lamiaceae) Phylogenetic Analysis Using Chloroplast TRNL-TRNF and Nuclear Ribosomal DNA ITS Sequences
… includes economically important members such as spearmint and peppermint and species of global conservation interest. Mentha is considered challenging systematically due to its high incidence of polyploidy, diverse morphology, variation in base chromosome number, and frequent interspecific …
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Essential oil treatments to control Varroa destructor Anderson and Trueman 2000 (formerly Varroa jacobsoni Oudemans 1904) (Mesostigmata: Varroidae)
… bottom board. A 2:1 blend of lemongrass and spearmint oils in a 50:50 sucrose to water solution was administered to the bees with Boardman feeders and quart Mason jars with perforated lids. A combination of paper towels and grease patties containing lemongrass and wintergreen were placed into …
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Efficacy of Botanical and Mineral Oils on Willamette Mite (Acari: Tetranychidae)
… those derived from the seeds of plants including spearmint, rosemary and clove. This project tested for differences in the efficacy of a mineral vs. a botanical oil. The botanical oil was a blend of rosemary and peppermint oil (Ecotrol®) and was tested against a petroleum based oil (Omni Oil®), …
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The artist as prisoner in the fiction of Bernard Malamud
… Tenants (1971), writers Harry Lesser and Willie Spearmint are imprisoned in their obsessions. And in Dubin's Lives (1979), dubin is trapped in a false self-image.Malamud's artists are of two types: (1) the successful whose continued fulfillment is in question and (2) the so-far unsuccessful. …
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Advanced applications of Raman spectroscopy and super-resolution imaging of biological and plant materials
… ratio analysis was performed on KI110 and Native spearmint to infer the optimal harvest time for rosmarinic acid extraction. The rosmarinic acid abundance revealed a cellular structure dependence within epidermal cells and trichomes on the adaxial leaf surface. The relative abundance of rosmarinic …