A liquid chromatography/electrospray ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (LC/ESI-TOFMS) method has been developed for the determination of 12 pesticides (namely, carbendazim, thiabendazole, imazalil, tridemorph, triadimefon, bitertanol, prochloraz, flutriafol, myclobutanil, iprodione, diphenylamine and procymidone) in fruit-based baby food (multi-fruit jars and juices intended for infan...

Most investigations of the use of fungicides for the control Results are described of field trials in which attempts were of Smut have been carried out with setts that were inoculated made to control sugarcane smut with fungicides. Smut was by dipping in spore suspensions, either before or after treatsuccessfully controlled in the plant cane crop when seedcane ment with f~ngicides.~~ s> 'Partia...

Water potential is amongst the most useful parameters for the measurement of the degree of water stress in plants. With the objective of mitigating adverse effects of moisture stress on water potential, osmotic potential and pressure potential of wheat variety Inquilab-91, a greenhouse experiment was conducted using two moisture levels viz., normal moisture supply and moisture stress at crown r...

The neuronal development of fetuses and infants is exquisitely sensitive to disruption by various environmental factors. Yet few chemicals in widespread use have been thoroughly tested for developmental neuro toxicity. Most such testing relies on animal studies, a laborious and costly process that is not always a good predictor of human health outcomes. A team of researchers now describes a fas...

The neuronal development of fetuses and infants is exquisitely sensitive to disruption by various environmental factors. Yet few chemicals in widespread use have been thoroughly tested for developmental neuro toxicity. Most such testing relies on animal studies, a laborious and costly process that is not always a good predictor of human health outcomes. A team of researchers now describes a fas...

Slush pine was grown in central Louisiana unrler,f?)ur levels c!f'culture with or without repeatc~d spmyings of the .sy.vten~ic ,fungicide triadimefhn , f i r protection against ,fusifi)rm rust. The eight treatment cornbinations were: ( I ) no,fungicide, weed control, or,fertilizer; ( 2 ) weeded; ( 3 ) weeded, applied irzorganic ,firtilizer, and bedded b<fi)replcrrlting; ( 4 ) weeded, bedded, a...

Sir, Triazole antifungals are the mainstay of therapy for patients with aspergillosis. Notably, the mortality associated with aspergillosis is high and the rate of treatment failure is much higher if patients are infected with multiple-triazole-resistant (MTR) Aspergillus fumigatus. MTR A. fumigatus strains with the mutation TR34/ L98H occur both in azole-treated as well as in azole-naive patie...

mained effective in North America longer than 5 yr after the resistance genes were released in pure-line Integrating selection for agronomic performance and quantitative cultivars (Holland, 1997). Monogenic resistances can be resistance to crown rust, caused by Puccinia coronata Corda var. avenae W.P. Fraser & Ledingham, in oat (Avena sativa L.) requires overcome rapidly by new races of the pat...