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About this place I first met with Thlaspi bursa pastoris, Malva rotundifolia also occurs, Ligustrum, Adhatoda!
Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith
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The growth of parasitic fungi will produce a similar result, as is often seen in the common shepherd's purse, _Thlaspi bursa pastoris_, and other _Cruciferæ_.
Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants Maxwell T. Masters
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In the rich soil about the cottages were crops of dock, shepherd's-purse, _Thlaspi arvense,
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Isnardia palustris; Astragalus hypoglottis; Thlaspi alpestre; Arenaria verna; Lythrum hyssopifolium.
More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1 Charles Darwin 1845
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Now scientists from Oxford University have shown that when Thlaspi plants accumulate metals in their leaves they become resistant to attack by the bacterium Pseudomonas syringae pv. maculicola.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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Alpine pennycress (Thlaspi caerulescens) is a small plant in the mustard family that grows on metal-rich soils scattered around Britain and Europe, such as the sites of former mine workings.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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'Previously, it has been difficult to explain why Thlaspi plants should accumulate such high concentrations of potentially toxic metals,' said Professor Andrew Smith of Oxford's
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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Co-author Helen Fones cultivated Thlaspi plants on progressively higher concentrations of zinc, nickel and cadmium and showed that all three metals were able to defend the plant against the pathogenic bacterium.
Science Blog 2010
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Thlaspi plants on progressively higher concentrations of zinc, nickel and cadmium and showed that all three metals were able to defend the plant against the pathogenic bacterium.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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The researchers also showed that bacteria surviving on Thlaspi plants on the site of
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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