Search results for "Ornament"
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'Palaeoshellomics' reveals the use of freshwater mother-of-pearl in prehistory
2019
The extensive use of mollusc shell as a versatile raw material is testament to its importance in prehistoric times. The consistent choice of certain species for different purposes, including the making of ornaments, is a direct representation of how humans viewed and exploited their environment. The necessary taxonomic information, however, is often impossible to obtain from objects that are small, heavily worked or degraded. Here we propose a novel biogeochemical approach to track the biological origin of prehistoric mollusc shell. We conducted an in-depth study of archaeological ornaments using microstructural, geochemical and biomolecular analyses, including ‘palaeoshellomics’, the first…
Gli acquisti di prodotti florovivaistici in Italia
2012
This paper examines the consumers’ behaviours in buying flowers and ornamental plants in Italy, through the analysis of attitudes, motivations, preferences and, in particular, of the tendency to purchase organic flowers and ornamental plants. The results if, on the one hand, show a modest spread in purchasing organic flowers and ornamental plants, on the other hand, show a good tendency to purchase and the willingness to pay for organic products, revealing concrete opportunities of growth for this area of the market.
Consumers of flowers and ornamental plants: an eploratory survey in the Italian «Mezzogiorno» regions
2010
This paper aims to provide further knowledge of purchase and consumption behaviours with regard to flowers and ornamental plants in the regions of Italian «Mezzogiorno», as an acknowledgement of the centrality of final demand in the chain process. The knowledge of consumption process is fundamental either to the firm – in order to improve commercial strategies – or to competition authorities – with the purpose of implementing more effective policies. From the analysis carried out it emerges that flowers and ornamental plants consumption in the «Mezzogiorno» regions is characterised by a high penetration index and – just with regard to some commodities – by a low purchase frequency. Purchase…
Anti-poliovirus activity of Nerium oleander aqueous extract
2019
Nerium oleander (NO), a member of the Apocynaceae family, is an ornamental plant. In this study, we evaluated the antiviral activity of hot and cold extract of NO against six different viruses such as herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1), polio virus type 1 (Sb-1), vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV), reovirus type-1 (Reo-1), human immunodeficiency virus type-1 (HIV-1), and yellow fever virus (YFV). Interestingly the results of plaque reduction assay demonstrated that both, hot extract and cold extract (breastin) of NO inhibited Sb-1 viral infection. In order to identify the mechanism by which NO exerts its antiviral activity, the virucidal effect, the time of addition and the adsorption assay …
Von Arabesken. Neues zu einer Theorie des Ornaments bei Goethe
2004
First Report of Armillaria mellea on a Fern from Italy
2019
Several perennial species of rhizomatous herbaceous ferns are cultivated as ornamental foliage plants. During late summer 1999, in a garden at the foot of Mount Etna, eastern Sicily (Italy), we noted a fern hedge showing patches of withered or stunted plants. The fern was identified as Cyrtomium falcatum (L.f.) C. Presl. (=Polystichum falcatum (L.f.) Diels), a house holly fern or Japanese holly fern, which is an ornamental fern native to East and South Asia. Other woody plants in the immediate vicinity had died over the last few years, including apricot and cedar trees whose stumps had not been removed. A close examination of uprooted ferns revealed the presence of creamy white fan-shaped …
Arquitectura modernista valenciana: el Círculo Frutero Burrianense
2011
El artículo analiza los aspectos históricos, económicos y artísticos del Círculo Frutero Burrianense, un edificio construido en la ciudad de Burriana (Castellón) en 1916 para servir de apoyo a la explotación y comercialización de cítricos. El estudio profundiza en la autoría; su relación con la vertiente más racionalista de la Arquitectura Modernista, emparentada con la Secesión Vienesa; y se hace un comentario de los elementos constitutivos del interior y del exterior, junto al desciframiento iconográfico de los temas que figuran en la fachada. Se ha hecho un esfuerzo especial por sacar a la luz toda la documentación conservada sobre el inmueble. (A)
Blight of English Ivy (Hedera helix) caused by Sclerotium rolfsii in Sicily
2007
English ivy, Hedera helix L. (Araliaceae), an evergreen climbing vine is widely cultivated as an ornamental and foliage plant. In the summer of 2005, a severe blight of ivy plants trained as topiaries and grown in an open field was observed in a nursery near Giarre (eastern Sicily). Foliage of infected plants appeared lighter green and progressively turned bronze and withered. Eventually, the entire plant collapsed. Foliar symptoms were associated with basal stem and root rot. White, cottony mycelium and numerous sclerotia developed externally on the lower stem and on the soil around the affected plants. The disease was randomly distributed, affecting approximately 5% of plants in a stock …
Algunas citas de neófitos en la costa peninsular española
2015
Aportamos nuevos datos acerca de la presencia de diversas especies y formas hortícolas como alóctonas en la Península Ibérica, y se indica por primera vez la presencia de Lavandula 'Anzac Pride' y Lantana camara 'Sonja', 'Schneewittchen' y 'Simon Rot'. -- We provide new data on the presence of various species and horticultural forms such as alien plants in the Iberian Peninsula, and is indicated for the first time the presence of Lavandula 'Anzac Pride' and Lantana camara 'Sonja', 'Schneewittchen' and 'Simon Rot'.