Journal articles on the topic 'Botany, hawaii'

Timothy Jay Motley was born June 4th, 1965, to Roy and Joan (née Schaeffer) Motley, in Paxton, Illinois, USA. He grew up on a farm in east-central Illinois, and attended Armstrong-Ellis Grade School. He entered Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Illinois, where he completed a Bachelor of Science in 1987 and a Master of Science in Botany in 1989, having written a dissertation on Sweet Flag (Acorus calamus). In 1996 he earned a Ph.D. in Botany at the University of Hawaii, Manoa; his dissertation on evolutionary and reproductive biology of Labordia (Loganiaceae). While in Hawaii, he developed a particular interest for the Pacific islands flora and for ethnobotany, two passions that he pursued for the rest of his life. Shortly after finishing his doctorate, he worked at The New York Botanical Garden (NYBG) as Post-Doctoral Research Associate (1997−1998), Assistant Curator (1998−2004), Acting Chair (1999−2000; 2001−2002), and Project Head of Conservation Genetics in Island Systems (1998−2006) in the Lewis B. and Dorothy Cullman Program for Molecular Systematics Studies. While working for NYBG, he travelled widely in regions where his projects would take him, mostly in the South Pacific, and visited the Kingdom of Tonga, Rapa Iti, Bora Bora, Papua New Guinea, Guam, Pohnpei, Fiji, Mauritius, Reunion, Vanuatu, Philippines, Jamaica, New Zealand, New Caledonia, Hawaii, and Tahiti. In 2006, he was hired as the J. Robert Stiffler Distinguished Professor of Botany and Associate Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences, Old Dominion University, and as the Director of Science at the Norfolk Botanical Garden, Norfolk, Virginia. During this period, he continued his expeditions to study and collect plants in the South Pacific and beyond, including Ecuador, the Galapagos Archipelago, Singapore, Brunei Darussalam, Mexico, the Louisiade Archipelago, and yearly field trips to underexplored regions of China. Sadly, after suffering a sudden cardiac arrest, he passed away on March 28, 2013, at age 47, at the peak of his career, leaving his wife, young son, and numerous colleagues and friends. His numerous ongoing projects, which are currently being continued by his graduate students and colleagues around the world, assure that his scientific legacy, his loving character, and his integrity will never be forgotten.

The University of Hawaii at Manoa campus offers a rich diversity of plants for students, university personnel, and the public. Although providing botanical facts, a current university web site and an arboretum brochure about campus plants lack horticulturally related information. By highlighting the unique horticultural plants on campus, a web site would provide valuable information on the uses, care, and propagation of these plants. The purpose of this project was to develop a web site featuring horticulturally important plants on campus. The home page explains why plants are beneficial in interior spaces. Other sections of the web site include basic plant care, plant selection, plant names, and plant pictures. Basic plant care covers planting media, containers, watering, lighting, fertilizing, pruning, propagation, and pest control. Users can select plants using two criteria—lighting in the plant's desired location (low, medium, and high) and low plant maintenance. Information on a specific plant is accessed by common name, scientific name, or a plant's picture. Each plant's web page provides details on its background, care, and propagation. By emphasizing the important horticultural plants on campus, this web site helps students, university personnel, and the public select and grow plants for their dormitories, apartments, offices, and homes. In addition, users gain knowledge about the lush landscape environment on campus. Lastly, the web site enhances the learning experience of students in horticulture and botany courses, serves as a resource for K–12 students for their visits to the campus to learn about tropical plants, and aids tourists in planning a more informative visit to campus to see the plants they learned about on the web site.

Blueberries (Vaccinium corymbosum L.) are a potential high-value, niche market crop for Hawaii. In May of 2007, rust-like symptoms were observed on multiple blueberry plants in a private nursery in Waimea, HI. In September of 2007, a similar leaf rust was observed on one bush of V. corymbosum cv. Sharpblue in the corner of a 36.6 × 9.1-m experimental plot at Mealani Research Station in Waimea. Within a month, rust was observed throughout the plot on ‘Biloxi’, ‘Emerald’, ‘Jewel’, ‘Misty’, ‘Sapphire’, and ‘Sharpblue’. Preliminary field observations suggest that ‘Sharpblue’ and ‘Sapphire’ are highly susceptible to the rust and ‘Biloxi’ shows some tolerance. Leaf lesions began as approximately 1-mm2 chlorotic flecks that expanded and developed into reddish brown, necrotic spots with a chlorotic halo. New lesions and uredinia kept appearing over the course of 4 months. Defoliation occurred on plants where infection was severe. Yellowish orange pustules containing urediniospores first appeared on the abaxial side of older leaves and later appeared on new leaves. Urediniospores were elliptical to obovate (19.4 to 24.8 × 15.2 to 19.8 μm) with a thick, slightly roughened wall and a well-developed pore. Urediniospore morphology and dimensions were consistent with the description of Pucciniastrum vaccinii (G. Wint.) (1). A pathogenicity test was conducted with two 18-month-old ‘Sharpblue’ plants. Fully expanded leaves were sprayed with freshly collected urediniospores (3.8 × 105 spores per ml) suspended in a 0.05% solution of Tween 20 in water. The control plant was sprayed with sterile distilled water (SDW). Plants were covered with plastic bags for 48 h and held in a growth chamber at 20 to 22°C under continuous fluorescent lighting. The plastic bags were then removed and the plants were maintained in the growth chamber. Yellowish orange pustules that were identical to the original symptoms developed on 100% of inoculated leaves after 10 days. The plant inoculated with SDW remained symptomless. While leaf rust caused by P. vaccinii has been reported on Ohelo berry (V. reticulatum) (2), it has not been reported on V. corymbosum in Hawaii. To our knowledge, this is the first report of P. vaccinii on blueberry plants in Hawaii. This rust disease may pose a threat to the potential blueberry industry in Hawaii. References: (1) P. R. Bristow and A. W. Stretch. Page 20 in: Compendium of Blueberry and Cranberry Diseases. F. L. Caruso and D. C. Ramsdell, eds. The American Phytopathological Society, St. Paul, MN, 1995. (2) D. F. Farr et al. Fungal Databases. Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. Online publication. ARS, USDA, 2008.

Rambutan (Nephelium lappaceum Linn.) is a tropical, exotic fruit that has a rapidly expanding niche market in Hawaii. Diseased rambutan fruit was commonly observed in orchards in the Hilo and Kona districts of Hawaii Island during 2006. In surveys conducted in January, symptoms appeared as dark brown-to-black spots on mature fruit and blackened areas at the base of spinterns (hair-like projections) of mature and immature fruits. Pieces of infected fruit (cv. R167) were surface sterilized for 2 min in 0.5% NaOCl, plated on potato dextrose agar, and incubated at 24 ± 1°C for 7 days. The fungus growing on PDA was pale buff with sparse, aerial mycelium and acervuli containing black, slimy spore masses. All isolates had five-celled conidia. Apical and basal cells were hyaline, while the three median cells were olivaceous; the upper two were slightly darker than the lower one. Conidia (n = 40) were 20.3 ± 0.1 × 6.8 ± 0.1 μm. There were typically three apical appendages averaging 16.8 ± 0.2 μm long. The average basal appendage was 3.8 ± 0.1 μm long. The fungus was initially identified as Pestalotiopsis virgatula (Kleb.) Stey. on the basis of conidial and cultural characteristics (3). The identification was confirmed by molecular analysis of the 5.8S subunit and flanking internal transcribed spacers (ITS1 and ITS2) of rDNA amplified from DNA extracted from single-spore cultures with the ITS1/ITS4 primers (1,4) and sequenced (GenBank Accession No. EU047943). To confirm pathogenicity, agar pieces, 3 mm in diameter, from 7-day old cultures were used as inoculum. Five mature fruit from rambutan cv. R134 were rinsed with tap water, surface sterilized with 0.5% NaOCl for 2 min, wounded with a needle head, inoculated in the laboratory, and maintained in a moist chamber for 7 days. Lesions resembling symptoms that occurred in the field were observed on fruit after 7 days. No symptoms were observed on fruit inoculated with agar media. The fungus reisolated from diseased fruit was identical to the original isolates, confirming Koch's postulates. The disease appears to be widespread in Hawaii. Preharvest symptoms may have the potential to affect postharvest fruit quality if fruits are not stored at the proper conditions. Pestalotiopsis spp. have been reported on rambutan in Malaysia, Brunei, and Australia (2). To my knowledge, this is the first report of P. virgatula causing fruit spots on rambutan in Hawaii. References: (1) G. Caetano-Annolles et al. Curr. Genet. 39:346, 2001. (2) D. F. Farr et al. Fungal Databases. Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. On-line publication. ARS, USDA, 2007. (3) E. F. Guba. Monograph of Pestalotia and Monochaetia. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, 1961. (4) T. J. White et al. PCR Protocols: A Guide to Methods and Applications. Academic Press, San Diego, CA. 1990.

Leaves, young branches, and fruits of Acacia farnesiana (L.) Willd. (Fabaceae) that were distorted because of hypertrophy causing witches' brooms and other abnormal growth were collected in the area surrounding the Panteón da Liberdade e da Democracia, Brasilia, Brazil, during August 2005. Uredinia and telia were observed in the symptomatic areas. The uredinia were small on leaflets and rachis and on pods in confluent groups as much as 1 cm in diameter, subcuticular becoming erumpent, and cinnamon-brown; paraphyses were mostly clavate and colorless. Urediniospores were 17 to 28 × 12 to 16 μm, ellipsoid to obovoid, with a wall 1.5 to 2 μm thick at the sides and 2 to 3 μm at the apex, cinnamon-brown, with hub and spoke pattern of ornamentation, and pores in two bands of four each above and below the equator. Telia were small, erumpent, on rachis and small branches, and dark cinnamon-brown. Teliospores were 84 to 100 × 65 to 90 μm in diameter, chestnut-brown, (4) 5 to 6 probasidial cells across, and smooth; cysts were globoid, same number as peripheral probasidial cells; pedicels were colorless, multihyphal, and deciduous. The rust was identified as Ravenelia spegazziniana J.C. Lindq, on the basis of the comparison with specimens deposited at the Instituto Spegazzini (LPS) and U.S. National Fungus Collection (BPI), as well as with published descriptions (2). R. spegazziniana has been reported on species of Acacia from Central, North, and South America, and Hawaii (1). A. farnesiana is probably native to tropical America, but it is naturalized and cultivated all over the world where it has become invasive in disturbed areas in some Pacific islands. This species is economically important for fuel wood, flowers used in the perfume industry, and bark and fruits used for tannin production. In Federal District (DF), Brasilia, Brazil, A. farnesiana is commonly used in urban forestation as an ornamental and shade tree. To our knowledge, this is the first report of R. spegazziniana in Brazil. The voucher specimen has been deposited in the herbarium of the Faculty of Biology of Porto Alegre from the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul as ICN 139085. References: (1) D. F. Farr et al. Fungal Databases. Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. On-line publication. ARS, USDA, 2006. (2) J. R. Hernandez and J. F. Hennen. Mycol. Res. 106:972. 2002.

Creeping or Canada thistle (Cirsium arvense (L.) Scop.) is a perennial weed of Eurasian origin that arrived in North America as early as the 1700s (3). Spreading by seeds and rhizomes, it is now widely distributed in Canada, Alaska, and 40 other states. It is apparently absent from Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, and South Carolina (1). Powdery mildew is common on C. arvense in Europe, but it has never been observed in North America (4). In Europe and Asia, powdery mildew of C. arvense is caused by any one of the following fungi: Leveillula taurica, two species of Sphaerotheca, and varieties of Erysiphe cichoracearum and E. mayorii. Specimens of C. arvense infected with powdery mildew (deposited in the U.S. National Fungus Collections as BPI 843471) were collected in the fall of 2003 near Moscow, ID and in two areas in Oregon (the canyon of the Grande Ronde River and near the base of the Wallowa Mountains). Mycelium and cleistothecia were observed on stems and upper and lower surfaces of leaves. The mean diameter of the cleistothecia was 122 (±11.6) μm. Basally inserted, mycelioid appendages were hyaline or brown and varied considerably in length, but most were in the range of 80 to 120 μm. Asci averaged 58 (±5.5) μm × 35 (±4.1) μm in length and width, respectively. Each ascus bore two ascospores averaging 23 (±1.4) μm × 14 (±1.7) μm. Conidia averaged 30 (±3.0) μm × 14 (±0.8) μm. The specimens fit the description of E. cichoracearum DC. (2). Because the length/breadth ratio of conidia is greater than 2, the specimens could be further diagnosed as E. cichoracearum var. cichoracearum (2). Also noteworthy was the presence of the hyperparasitic Ampelomyces quisqualis Ces. ex Schlechtend. E. cichoracearum is thought to be a cosmopolitan powdery mildew of broad host range, but this concept is difficult to reconcile with the absence of mildew on North American populations of C. arvense for more than 200 years. References: (1) Anonymous. USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service Plants Profile for Cirsium arvense. On-line publication, 2003. (2) U. Braun. A monograph of the Erysiphales (powdery mildews), J. Cramer, Berlin-Stuttgart, 1987. (3) G. Cox. Alien Species in North America and Hawaii, Island Press, Washington, D.C., 1999. (4) D. F. Farr et al. Fungal Databases, Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory, ARS, USDA. On-line publication, 2003.

Wedelia trilobata (L.) Hitch is a member of Asteraceae (formerly Compositae), the sunflower family. Its common name includes “Wedelia” and trailing daisy, although some people mistakenly call it Singapore daisy. In a wider sense the genus Wedelia, named in honor of Georg Wolfgang Wedel (1645 –1721), Professor of Botany at Jena, Germany, has about 70 species of tropical strand plant, Wollastonia biflora (formerly known as Wedelia biflora), to which it is closely related. In a more narrow sense, and now more widely accepted, Wedelia is considered to be a genus of relatively a few species of strictly American origin, one of which is Wedelia parviceps Blake, a herbaceous or sub-shrubby weed common in croplands, harvested fields, pasteures and roadside bush in hot climate in central America (Garcia et al. 1975). Interestingly, the Hawaiian endemic genus Lipochaeta is scarcely distinct from it genetically, and two sections of Lipochaeta appears to have been independently derived from Wedelia like ancestors (Wagner et al. 1990). Key words: Wedelia trilobata, Callus induction, In vitro D. O. I. 10.3329/ptcb.v21i1.9614 Plant Tissue Cult. & Biotech. 21(1): 95-99, 2011 (June) - Short communication

Two hundred years after their gathering, the pioneering lichen collections made by Archibald Menzies between 1784 and 1802 during his career as a naval surgeon are recorded and discussed. The bulk of Menzies's lichens come from three major collection periods: the Halifax Station (Nova Scotia) of 1784–1786; his time as surgeon to James Colnett on the circumnavigation of thePrince of Wales(1786–1789); and his extensive tour as naturalist to Vancouver'sDiscoveryexpedition (1791–1795). Menzies's extra-European lichen collections were the most extensive ever made during the 18th century and contain many first discoveries and type collections: (1) Nova Scotia, 16 taxa in 11 genera, 1 type; (2) Staten Island, 32 taxa in 19 genera, 5 types; (3) west coast of North America, 83 taxa in 45 genera, 11 types; (4) Sumatra, 10 taxa in 7 genera; (5) Cape of Good Hope, 30 taxa in 23 genera; (6) New Zealand, 14 taxa in 6 genera; (7) Tahiti, 5 taxa in 4 genera; (8) Hawaii, 25 taxa in 13 genera; (9) St Helena, 10 taxa in 8 genera. Major repositories of Menzies lichens are the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, the Linnean Society of London (James Edward Smith herbarium) and the Natural History Museum, London.

Проведен анализ морфологического и функционального состояния ряда важнейших систем организма экспериментальных животных (белых беспородных мышей) и их потомства на фоне длительного регулярного поступления в организм продуктов, содержащих токсические агенты в виде продуктов разложения химических соединений (радиолиза). Моделирование экологического воздействия на организм было осуществлено путем длительного регулярного кормления животных и их потомков зерном озимой пшеницs, которое было подвергнуто гамма-облучению в дозе 400 Гр с 1-10-суточным хранением после облучения. У подвергнутых воздействию животных изучали развитие адаптивной реакции системы крови, регуляции и активности ферментов антиоксидантной защиты (состояние прооксидантно-антиоксидантной системы ПРОАС), репродуктивной системы, нестабильности генома и формирование адаптаций к используемому токсическому фактору. Исследования показали, что у животных и их потомства первого поколения (F1) существенных изменений в системе крови и других исследуемых системах не обнаружено. Однако, в соответствии с данными, полученными в ходе дальнейшего эксперимента, у животных второго поколения (F2), получавших в рационе облученное зерно с 1-суточным сроком хранения выявляются отклонения гематологических показателей, уменьшение относительной массы внутренних органов, увеличение содержания РБФ-продуктов с одновременным снижением активности антиоксидантного фермента супероксиддисмутазы и повышением процессов мутагенеза. Включение в рацион потомков второго поколения (F2) антимутагенного препарата (активной кормовой добавки, содержащей в своем составе пропионовокислые бактерии) привело к снижению выраженности гемотоксического, метаболического и мутагенетического процессов, а также способствовало адаптации организма к экотоксическому фактору. 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Twenty Peas (Pisum sativum L.) varieties/ lines were evaluated against Fusarium wilt caused by Fusarium oxysporum .Sp.pici by sowing them in sick plot during the year of 2016-17 at the Plant Pathology Research Institute, Faisalabad. Each cultivar/line was planted in a single row of three meter length, with plant to plant and row to row distances of 15cm and 30 cm respectively and replicated thrice by following Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD). Out of these twenty varieties/ lines 13 including check variety Olympia were found highly susceptible ranging from 53.2 to 83.5% plant mortality. Six varieties/lines were susceptible ranging from 30.3 to 44.1 % plant mortality. Only a single variety Garrow performed as moderately resistant by showing 21% plant mortality in the field. Efficacy of five fungicides against Fusarium oxysporum .Sp.pici, at various concentrations was evaluated in-vitro and significant variations among treatments was observed. 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This article continues a series of publications devoted to the historical collections and collections of type herbarium specimens stored in the Herbarium of Department of Botany, St. Petersburg State University (SPbSU) (LECB). As a result of critical study of the genus Artemisia L. s. l. (Asteraceae) in the Herbarium LECB 134 type specimens for 93 taxa of the genera Absinthium Mill. and Artemisia L. (43 species, 1 subspecies, 48 varieties and 1 form) are identified. In the collection the types (syntype and isotypes) for taxa described by C. Willdenow, M. von Bieberstein, C. Ledebour, W. Besser, A. Bunge, I. M. Krasheninnikov and some others from Siberia, Central Asia, Iran, Caucasus, Crimea and even the Hawaiian Islands in Oceania are presented. Refs 22.

Taro [Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott], also called dasheen or malanga is an important staple crop in many tropical and subtropical countries (Chaïr et al. 2016). In October 2020, taro plants showing foliar symptoms consisting of mosaic, feathery mottle, and vein clearing patterns were observed in the Hilltop Arboretum, the Bluebonnet Swamp Nature Center, the Louisiana State University Agricultural Center Botanic Gardens, and the University Lake, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Unidentified aphids were also observed infesting the plants showing the described symptoms. From each location, two foliar samples from symptomatic and two from asymptomatic plants were collected and tested by ELISA using antiserum for general potyvirus group (Agdia, Elkhart, IN). Seven of eight symptomatic samples tested positive while the asymptomatic samples were negative. The seven positive samples were used to perform an additional ELISA test using antiserum specific for dasheen mosaic virus (DsMV) (Agdia). All seven samples tested positive for DsMV. To confirm the identity of the virus, total RNA was extracted from the seven samples using the PureLink® Plant RNA Reagent Kit (Invitrogen, Carlsbad, CA). After DNA digestion with PerfeCta® DNase I (Qiagen, Beverly, MA), the RNA was used to perform reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) with primer set DMV 5708-5731-F/DMV 6131-6154-R which is specific for DsMV (Wang et al. 2017). RT-PCR was performed using the AccessQuickTM RT-PCR System (Promega, Madison, WI) following the reaction conditions described by Wang et al. PCR products of the expected size (~447 bp) were obtained with all seven samples and were Sanger-sequenced. A consensus sequence (MW284936) was obtained with the two sequences from samples collected at the University Lake and aligned with other sequences available in the GenBank using BLASTn. Our isolate of DsMV showed 90.6% nt identity to an isolate of DsMV from Ethiopia (MG602229). Mechanical inoculations to healthy taro plants were conducted using leaf tissue of symptomatic plants as source of inoculum. Inoculated plants exhibited mosaic symptoms three weeks after inoculation and were ELISA-positive for DsMV. Symptomatology, serological tests, RT-PCR testing, and DNA sequencing of RT-PCR products support that the symptomatic taro plants were infected with DsMV. Taro is a crop in Hawaii, but in the contiguous United States, it is mostly grown as an ornamental and is considered an invasive species. Its distribution is restricted to the southern continental states and Hawaii (Cozad et al. 2018). CABI, EPPO (1998) lists the presence of DsMV in several states of the United States, including Louisiana; however, there is no record in the literature of the identification of this virus in Louisiana. The potential impact of DsMV in taro and related ornamental species in southern United States is unknown. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report documenting DsMV infecting taro in Louisiana.

Se ha escuchado a nivel mundial el llamado para la conservación de orquídeas, por parte de científicos, profesionales de horticultura, propagadores comerciales y los apasionados entusiastas privados, todos con diferentes opiniones sobre la manera para atacar este problema global. Las noticias han sido desalentadoras en relación al calentamiento global, destrucción de hábitat, desplazamiento de poblaciones nativas por parte de agresivas, exóticas e insostenibles depredaciones /cosechas de plantas y los esfuerzos impotentes para hacer cumplir las protecciones legales. Se han dedicado muchas ideas y esfuerzos para determinar estrategias específicas para la conservación de orquídeas, incluyendo la protección al hábitat, la compra y preservación de los “puntos calientes,” así como las tendencias hacia la creación de reservas hortícolas, tanto nativas (reservas de los Jardines de Lankester, Fundación EcoMinga, Ecuagenera) y ex situ (jardines de orquídeas en Hawái, colecciones bajo vidrio, etc.). Tácticas como un banco de semillas, tecnología ADN, esfuerzos de propagación ex situ, así como eventuales reintroducciones, inherentemente dependen de recursos y propiedades de jardines botánicos y cultivadores comerciales responsables. Es este tipo de trabajo de horticultura el que ha salvado a otros géneros que no corresponden a las orquídeas, tales como Franklinia, Torreya, Wollemia, y especies de orquídeas como Paphiopedilum vietnamense, Epidendrum ilense, y Angraecum longicalcar de la extinción. Los jardines botánicos unidos bajo ciertas organizaciones como la Asociación Americana de Jardines Públicos (American Public Garden Association - APGA) y Jardines Botánicos para la Conservación Internacional (Botanic Garden Conservation International - BGCI), necesitan de una mayor cooperación y coordinación para el éxito de sus esfuerzos para la conservación de plantas. Además, es un aspecto crítico que los jardines botánicos se conecten con la comunidad científica (y viceversa), especialmente aquellos que mejor pueden asesorar sobreaquellas especies más amenazadas. Si las colecciones van a ser utilizadas en forma óptima, las sociedades científicas y de horticultura deben estar más conscientes de sus respectivos activos y prioridades. En el Primer Congreso Internacional para la Conservación de Orquídeas (International Orchid Conservation Congress - IOCC), se adoptaron cuatro resoluciones de la Estrategia Global para la Conservación de Plantas (Global Strategy for Plant Conservation – GSPC en inglés): 1): el 90% de todas las orquídeas amenazadas deberían ser asegurada en colecciones ex situ; 2) el 50% debería constar en programas para su recuperación activa; 3) Se debe considerar que las orquídeas están amenazadas cuando su cosecha no es sostenible; y 4) Para el año 2010, cada niño y niña debe estar consciente de lo que es la diversidad de plantas (incluyendo a las orquídeas). ¿C.mo podemos evaluar si se está logrando el progreso hacia estos admirables objetivos sin que exista una entidad que unifique y que pueda recopilar el progreso, la información y el grado de éxitos alcanzado? Al ver el esfuerzo desplegado en tantos lugares separados, es indudable que se necesita urgentemente este tipo de entidad. Constituye la meta de muchos jardines botánicos y una meta específica del Instituto Smithsoniano, el promover la diseminación de conocimientos y comprensión. Con este fin en mente, el anterior objetivo #4 constituye una particular prioridad. A pesar de que alcanzar la meta del 100% de conciencia compartida en relación a la diversidad de plantas para el año 2010, hemos iniciado un proyecto que nos permita comprender y finalmente corregir el llamado síndrome de “Ceguera relativa a las Plantas,” bajo el cual la persona promedio no considera que las plantas son seres vivientes (en el mismo sentido de los animales). Mediante el uso de encuestas y entrevistas personales, se está analizando este síndrome generalizado y penetrante para determinar sus caracter.sticas demográficas, hombre/ mujer, urbano/rural, jóvenes/ viejos, etc. Es imperativo para los educadores que identifiquen la edad en la cual dichas actitudes empiezan a introducirse en la psiquis de los jóvenes. Es necesario aplicar ciertas técnicas que permitan elevar el grado de conciencia de los individuos de todas las edades en relación a la importancia de la diversidad de las plantas y su conservación. Esto puede tomar la forma de presentaciones, exposición a especies representativas, paseos de campo y otras oportunidades educativas, que permitan cultivar un enfoque mental que comprenda y a la final proteja el mundo natural.