Specimens of Neoempheria previously considered to be N. ferruginea (Brunetti, 1912) are studied and revised. Eleven new species are described from Japan, Nepal, Philippines, and Thailand; N. biceltisuta sp. n., N. bifurcata sp. n., N. bisecuriata sp. n., N. brevispathulata sp. n., N. carinata sp. n., N. cuneata sp. n., N. dilatata sp. n., N. denticulata sp. n., N. forficulata sp. n., N. latiste...

Parasitic species of the family Orobanchaceae are devastating agricultural pests in many parts of the world. The control of weedy Orobanchaceae spp. is challenging, particularly due to the highly coordinated life cycles of the parasite and host plants. Although host genetic resistance often provides the foundation of plant pathogen management, few genes that confer resistance to root parasites ...

Bacterial endophytes reside within the interior of plants without causing disease or forming symbiotic structures. Some endophytes, such as Klebsiella pneumoniae 342 (Kp342), enhance plant growth and nutrition. Others, such as Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium (S. typhimurium), are human pathogens that contaminate raw produce. Several lines of evidence are presented here to support the hy...

Sampling of rice fields in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, yielded an undescribed species the non-marine ostracod genus Sarscypridopsis McKenzie, 1977. Small marginal denticles on left valve give this its name: denticulata n. sp. Most are restricted to Africa, and based morphological characters, closest congener new is native Botswana. We therefore conclude that probably not it joins six other or p...

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Received July 21, 1939 HE two species, Medicago satiua and M . falcata, are commonly T considered as varieties of one highly polymorphic species, since they intercross readily (WALDRON 1920, TYSDAL and WESTOVER 1937) and all intergradations between the two main types may be found. M . falcata, however, exists in both the diploid and tetraploid form (FRYER 1930)~ and it is only as the tetraploid...

BACKGROUND Nanotechnology has the potential to provide agriculture with new tools that may be used in the rapid detection and molecular treatment of diseases and enhancement of plant ability to absorb nutrients, among others. Data on nanoparticle toxicity in plants is largely heterogeneous with a diversity of physicochemical parameters reported, which difficult generalizations. Here a cell biol...

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