Wednesday, April 4, 2007

Mites and Zebra


For a few days now it seemed like my research project was going to be dead in the water for a while, but new discussion and ideas have lead to a couple more types of trials I can run before I leave. For those of you that don't know, I work with the Lima bean plant, a herbivorous mite, and a predatory mite that feeds on it, looking at the impact of elevated ozone on the compounds produced in herbivory-defense by the plants.


And now for some gratuitous zebra vision. Yah, Kenya was this beautiful, all the time. Plains Zebra like these were as common as squirrels.

1 comment:

Unknown said...

Sorry about confusing Canada and Canadian geese - didn't know there was some difference. CANADA geese are supposed to eat: on land, grasses, marsh grass, berries & seeds; in ponds, tubers, roots & algae (sounds slimy); also clover, alfalfa, wheat, rye corn, barley, oats, grains left in fields after harvest. Corn would probably be the easiest to buy but for humans is not as nutritious as the other grains. Needless to say, white bread, bagels, doughnuts, etc. were not recommended (except maybe for dessert???).