What is thousand cankers disease of walnut? Thousand caners disease (TCD) is a newly recognized disease (2008) of certain walnut species (Juglans) caused by a fungus (Geosmithia morbida) that is vectored by a bark beetle (Pityophthorus juglandis, the “walnut twig beetle”). Thousand cankers disease has produced widespread death of walnuts in many western states during the past decade. In recent ...

Non-infectious infertility is particularly critical for sire rams/bucks, as seasonal breeders. This heavy use of males may lead to sexual exhaustion such that the regular semen production, libido, ejaculation, and litter yield can be seriously impaired. In severe cases, reproductive processes stop completely. For avoiding risk, management feeding should firstly arranged with a flock-based appro...

The possible effect of body condition score (BCS) on ovarian function, sexual behavior, (i.e., females and males; appetitive consummative), estrus, ovulation, reproductive performance was investigated in crossbred dairy goats under extensive conditions. Based their BCS, female (n = 48) were divided into two experimental groups, either with a low (LG; 1.0 ± 0.2 units; n 26) or high BCS (HG: 2.5 ...

are familiar with the nervous individual who dreads medical examination and " bucks " himself up for the ordeal with a pint of champagne, thus producing a transitory or alimentary glycosuria. It is not with such conditions that this paper is intended to deal, but rather with the substances apart from glucose which though they may have no known pathological significance have the power on the app...

PRESOLAR XENON COMPONENTS IN METEORITIC NANODIAMONDS. J. D. Gilmour 1 , G. Holland 1 , G. Turner 1 , A. B. Verchovsky 2 , A. V. Fisenko 3 and L. F. Semjonova 3 . 1 School or Earth, Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, UK, 2 Planetary and Space Sciences Research Institute, Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes MK7 6AA, Bucks, U. K. 3 Vernads...