Mucus is a viscoelastic material with non-linear rheological properties such as yield stress of
the order of a few hundreds of millipascals to a few tens of pascals, due to a complex …

Planted meadows are increasingly used to improve the biodiversity and aesthetic amenity
value of urban areas. Although many 'pollinator-friendly'seed mixes are available, the floral …

Herbicides are the foundation of weed control in commercial crop-production systems.
However, herbicide-resistant (HR) weed populations are evolving rapidly as a natural …

In addition to being a strong competitor with cotton and other row crops, Palmer amaranth
has developed resistance to numerous important agricultural herbicides, including …

Pollen-mediated gene flow (PMGF) refers to the transfer of genetic information (alleles) from
one plant to another compatible plant. With the evolution of herbicide-resistant (HR) weeds …

Palmer amaranth, a dioecious summer annual species, is one of the most troublesome
weeds in the agronomic crop production systems in the United States. In the last two …

Palmer amaranth, a pigweed species that is not native to the Southeast US, is one of the
most common and problematic weeds Southern agronomic crop production. Since the mid …

Helminth parasite eggs in low quality water represent health risks when used for irrigation of
crops. The settling velocities of helminth eggs (Ascaris suum, Trichuris suis, and …

Rain cleans pollution out of the atmosphere, as droplets collide with airborne particles
during free fall. Such particle–droplet collisions have been presumed to be capture events …

The accurate and consistent identification of fossil pollen is essential to allow robust
inferences to be drawn with regard to past vegetation and climate change. Identifications are …