In the scenario of global climate change, abiotic stresses such as rising temperature, water deficit and stress combinations are posing serious threats to sustainable agricultural production, these factors account for more yield losses than any other factor. Developing crop plants with enhanced tolerance has become a priority now-a-days. Agricultural biotechnology including genomics-assisted br...

This paper reviews the literature on unplanned purchasing and impulse purchasing in particular. Various definitions and explanations of the phenomena are examined. Because impulse purchasing may often be deemed socially undesirable, it is argued that a qualitative research approach is particularly appropriate in order to gain maximum insight. A study employing enabling techniques (including sel...

Maize (Zea mays) production in sub-Saharan Africa is constantly threatened by the potential outbreak of multiple foliar diseases such as maize streak, northern leaf blight, gray leaf spot, and rust. Improvement of host resistance to these diseases can provide an important component of integrated pest management (IPM). In this paper, conventional and molecular marker-assisted breeding approaches...

ABSTRACT Asian soybean rust (ASR) is an economically significant disease caused by the fungus Phakopsora pachyrhizi. The soybean genes Rpp3 and Rpp?(Hyuuga) confer resistance to specific isolates of the pathogen. Both genes map to chromosome 6 (Gm06) (linkage group [LG] C2). We recently identified 12 additional soybean accessions that harbor ASR resistance mapping to Gm06, within 5 centimorgans...

State governments have traditionally raised revenue from business by taxing corporate income. But in recent years the growing difficulty of administering state corporate income taxes has prompted a search for alternative ways of taxing companies. This search for new business taxes has ironically sparked a resurgence in one of the world’s oldest broad-based tax structures: the gross receipts tax...

Nowadays, there is an increase in the usage of geometric 3D models in movie industry, games and virtual environments. There are several existing solutions like user-driven models, 3D scanners but they are not fully satisfying in either in terms of cost and or in efficiency. To overcome these problems, we have introduced a cost-effective solution based on analyzing image sequences. The main focu...