News tagged with pumpkin plants

Ornamentals to Brighten the Fall Garden Palette

(PhysOrg.com) -- With “trick-or-treaters” coming soon, imagine two spirited new pepper varieties making an appearance in your neighborhood as well. The new pepper cultivars have been released by the Agricultural ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Oct 02, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Pumpkin skin may scare away germs

The skin of that pumpkin you carve into a Jack-o'-Lantern to scare away ghosts and goblins on Halloween contains a substance that could put a scare into microbes that cause millions of cases of yeast infections ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Oct 28, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Cucumber genome published

The genome of the cucumber has been sequenced by an international consortium lead by Chinese and U.S. institutions. The annotated genome is published online Nov. 1 by the journal Nature Genetics.

Biology / Biotechnology

created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0