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Re: Plant Bioremediation Con
Reply RE>Plant Bioremediation Conf. in Missouri
In Re: M.E.Lucero' request for information about the U Mo bioremediation
conference, a circular appeared in the mail yesterday. The dates are 19-22
April. Registration information is available at (314) 882-8320. I can't
find an internet address for e-mail.
Walter E. Schmid
Plant Biology
SIUC
InRe: Lucero inquiry:
Does anyone have information on a plant bioremediation conference to be
held in Missouri in April?
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From: owner@wxc.aber.ac.uk (Wasel Chemij)
Subject: Re: Plant pollution fighters
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Date: Fri, 30 Apr 1993 20:05:58 GMT
In article <1993Apr27.002303.3152@freenet.carleton.ca> ac571@Freenet.carleton.ca
(Edwinna Von Baeyer) writes:
>Hi. I'm a freelance writer/editor specializing in environmental
>topics, forestry, horticulture and landscape history. Recently
>I read a short,general article about Bill C. Wolverton's work with
>measuring the amounts of household pollution caused by new carpets,
>recent paint jobs, etc.that a number of common house plants could
>absorb. What I would like to know is where could I begin to search
>for related work on this subject -- is there a database, an index,
>or just specific journals I could check? I'm not just interested in
>closed support systems, but would like to research on other plant
>experiments of the Wolverton type. Any direction you could give
>me would be appreciated.
>Thanks, Edwinna von Baeyer
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>Edwinna von Baeyer
>Writer/Researcher/Editor
>fax: (613)730-4246
>email: ac571@freenet.carleton.ca
Dear Edwinna,
There was a small article in the New Scientist magazine
that mentioned that Yucca plants can take nitrogen from some gasses
in the air - from amines I think. This allows the plant to survive
in poor soils. In a domestic environment, these can act as natural
air fresheners, any some of the 'odours' that humans and pets give
off that make a room stuffy or stale, are also amines. The article
is at least a year old, and there may be a reference to a more technical
article.
Good Luck
Vas
Could you post you findings to the net?
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From: ajt@rri.sari.ac.uk (Tony Travis)
Subject: Re: Plant pollution fighters
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Wasel Chemij (owner@uk.ac.aber.wxc) wrote:
: [...]
: Dear Edwinna,
: There was a small article in the New Scientist magazine
: that mentioned that Yucca plants can take nitrogen from some gasses
: in the air - from amines I think. This allows the plant to survive
: in poor soils. In a domestic environment, these can act as natural
: air fresheners, any some of the 'odours' that humans and pets give
: off that make a room stuffy or stale, are also amines. The article
: is at least a year old, and there may be a reference to a more technical
: article.
.... I heard, at a seminar a couple of weeks ago, that it would take
about 40% Yucca extract in a pig diet to reduce the level of ammonia in
the animal's gut to the levels claimed for commercial feed additives.
It seems that Yucca extract is a very popular product :-)
Does anyone know _how_ Yucca extract came to be used as a feed additive?
Tony.
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Rowett Research Institute, | other: <ajt@rri.sari.ac.uk>
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Aberdeen, AB2 9SB. UK. | fax: +44 (0)224 715349