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• Organic
  Soil Types
  Botany
  Agriculture and Food
  Endangered Plants
  Sustainability
   

  Organic lawn management

  Organic lawn management is the practice of establishing and caring for a garden lawn without the use of chemical inputs such as pesticides or artificial fertilisers. The garden lawn is a place where ... > more
• Organic
  Soil Types
  Fungus
  Geochemistry
  Acid Rain
  Microbiology
   
  

  Soil life

  Soil life is a collective term for all the organisms living within the soil. In a balanced soil, plants grow in an active and vibrant environment. Without the activities of soil organisms, dead ... > more
• Prions
  Veterinary Medicine
  Microbes and More
  Food
  Cows, Sheep, Pigs
  Agriculture and Food
   
  

  Bovine spongiform encephalopathy

  Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), commonly known as mad cow disease, is a fatal, neurodegenerative disease of cattle. BSE has attracted wide attention because it seems that people can contract ... > more
• Food
  Agriculture and Food
  Endangered Plants
  Botany
  Nature
  Seeds
   
  

  Sugarcane

  Sugarcane or Sugar cane is a genus of tall grasses native to warm temperate to tropical regions of the Old World. They have stout, jointed fibrous stalks 2 m – 6 m tall and sap rich in sugar. ... > more
• Horses
  Wild Animals
  Veterinary Medicine
  Animals
  Mammals
  Dogs
   
  

  Mustang (horse)

  A mustang is a hardy, free-roaming horse of the North American west, descended primarily from horses brought to the Americas by the Spanish conquistadors. Because of the image of the wild horse of ... > more
• Nature
  Ecology Research
  Extinction
  Endangered Animals
  Endangered Plants
  New Species
   
  

  Biodiversity Action Plan

  A Biodiversity Action Plan (BAP) is an internationally recognized program addressing threatened species and habitats, which is designed to protect and restore biological systems. The original impetus ... > more
• Smoking
  Lung Cancer
  Healthy Aging
  Sports Medicine
  Endangered Plants
  Attention Deficit Disorder
   
  

  Tobacco

  Tobacco refers to a genus of broad-leafed plants of the nightshade family indigenous to North and South America, or to the dried and cured leaves of such plants. Tobacco contains the alkaloid ... > more
• Microbiology
  Agriculture and Food
  Ecology Research
  Pests and Parasites
  Life Sciences
  Soil Types
   
  

  Protozoa

  Protozoa are single-celled eukaryotes (organisms whose cells have nuclei) that commonly show characteristics usually associated with animals, most notably mobility and heterotrophy. They are often ... > more
• Exotic Species
  Invasive Species
  Botany
  Endangered Plants
  Nature
  Trees
   
  

  Kudzu

  Kudzu is a climbing, woody or semi-woody, perennial vine capable of reaching heights of 20 - 30 m (66 - 98 ft) in trees, but also scrambles extensively over lower vegetation. Kudzu is sometimes ... > more
• Soil Types
  Organic
  Fungus
  Landslides
  Geochemistry
  Pollution
   
  

  Soil contamination

  Soil contamination is the presence of man-made chemicals or other alteration to the natural soil environment. This type of contamination typically arises from rupture of underground storage tanks, ... > more

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