Abstract Early above- and belowground biomass fractionation, root diameter composition allocation of cumulated fine length per total leaf area Populus clones have been measured for a pre-assessment the risk plantation establishment during spring drought conditions. Four × euramericana , one P. nigra maximowiczii clone (cv. Max 3), were planted in sandy mix substrate exposed to normal deficit wa...

Sir, Pseudoepitheliomatous, keratotic and micaceous balanitis (PKMB) is a rare, acquired disease of elderly men mainly involving the glans penis. It is characterized by progressive thick crusts and sheets of mica-like scales often leading to phimosis. It was first described by Lortat-Jacob and Civatte in 1961 (1). The exact aetiology is unknown. The histological features include acanthosis, gro...

A study was conducted in 2009 at two locations in Manitoba (Killarney and Souris), Canada to determine the impact of off-stream waterers (OSW) with or without natural barriers on (i) amount of time cattle spent in the 10 m buffer created within the riparian area, referred to as the riparian polygon (RP), (ii) watering location (OSW or stream), and (iii) animal performance measured as weight gai...

Environmental flows are an integral component for the conservation and management of rivers, flood plains other wetlands in Murray–Darling Basin. Under Basin Plan, environmental water is managed by Commonwealth Water Office (CEWO) states. We assessed CEWO (2014–15 to 2018–19), compared our findings with expected outcomes vegetation Basin-wide Watering Strategy (EWS) interviewed managers about e...

A 12-year-old male child suffering from pain, redness, blurring and watering of right eye since six months was diagnosed as suffering from nodular episcleritis probably tuberculosis. Diagnosis was supported by the additional finding of enlarged cervical lymph node found on aspiration cytology. Complete resolution occurred after anti-tuberculosis therapy.

Radopholus similis was less pathogenic to greenhouse-grown citrus seedlings in Leon loamy sand than in Lakeland fine sand. This was not affected by different watering regimes. Seedling growth reduction by the burrowing nematode in either soil, compared with noninfected controls, was significant at the 1% level.

We compared responses of cuttings and seedlings of Eucalyptus globulus Labill. subsp. globulus to water stress in a 9-week greenhouse experiment. Optimal water availability was achieved by watering pots daily to field capacity, and two water stress treatments were imposed by reducing watering frequency to every 6 or 14 days. Within each treatment, height growth rates of cuttings and seedlings w...

Plants may exhibit some degree of acclimation after experiencing drought, but physiological adjustments to consecutive cycles of drought and re-watering (recovery) have scarcely been studied. The Mediterranean evergreen holm oak (Q. ilex) and the semi-deciduous rockrose (C. albidus) showed some degree of acclimation after the first of three drought cycles (S1, S2, and S3). For instance, during ...

A decrease in foliar δ (13)C with increasing precipitation is a common tendency in steppe plants. However, the rate of decrease has been reported to differ between different species or populations. We here hypothesized that plant populations in the same habitat of temperate steppes may not differ in foliar δ (13)C response patterns to precipitation, but could differ in the levels of plasticity ...

Previous studies with partial rootzone drying (PRD) irrigation demonstrated that alternating the wet and dry parts of the rootzone (PRD-Alternated) increased leaf xylem ABA concentration ([X-ABA]leaf) compared with maintaining the same wet and dry parts of the rootzone (PRD-Fixed). To determine the relative contributions of different parts of the rootzone to this ABA signal, [X-ABA]leaf of pott...