Penetration and development of juveniles of tobacco cyst nematode (Globodera tabacum solanacearum) on a resistant (NC567) and a susceptible (K326) cultivar of flue-cured tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.) were determined in root zone chamber experiments. More vermiform juveniles developed into a swollen shape at 22, 27, and 31 degrees C than at 17 degrees C. Development of flask-shaped nematodes ap...

For a class of two-point boundary value problems we prove exact-ness of an S-shaped bifurcation curve. Our result applies to a problem from combustion theory, which involves nonlinearities like e au=(u+a) for a > 0. 1. Introduction We consider positive solutions of u 00 + f(u) = 0 on (?1; 1); u(?1) = u(1) = 0: (1.1) Here is a positive parameter, and we wish to describe all solutions of (1.1) fo...

The association of various personal, occupational, and environmental factors with climatic droplet keratopathy and pterygium was examined in a group of Australian Aborigines. Climatic droplet keratopathy was seen especially in aboriginal males who had worked as stockmen for more than 20 years. Although no definite association with a single causal factor could be made, there is circumstantial ev...

Distribution data describing the current shea range were obtained from John Hall (University of Wales, Bangor); for details, see previous reports and Vitellaria paradoxa: a monograph (Hall et al., 1996). In 2010, these records were supplemented with shea plot data from Burkina Faso, Mali and Ghana, and with the collection localities of herbarium specimens held at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew ...

We study the problem of on-line searching for a target inside a polygon. In particular, we propose a strategy for finding a target of unknown location in a star-shaped polygon with a competitive ratio of 11.52. We also provide a lower bound of 9 for the competitive ratio of searching in a star-shaped polygon which is close to the upper bound. A similar task is the on-line recognition of a star-...

The cell membrane of the unicellular algae Distigma proteus is associated with arrays of parallel microtubules. Fragments of the membrane-microtubule complex have been isolated and partially purified. The microtubules were stable in vitro at room temperature as well as at 0 degree C, but were specifically and rapidly disassembled by Ca2+. After removal of all endogenous microtubules, the membra...