In this paper we discuss Kfinneth decompositions for finite quotients of several classes of smooth projective varieties. The main result is the existence o f an explicit (and readily computable) Chow-Kiinneth decomposition in the sense o f Murre with several pleasant properties for finite quotients of abelian varieties. This applies in particular to symmetric products of abelian varieties and a...

For predual categories C andD we establish isomorphisms between opfibrations representing local varieties of languages in C, local pseudovarieties of D-monoids, and finitely generated profinite D-monoids. The global sections of these opfibrations are shown to correspond to varieties of languages in C, pseudovarieties of D-monoids, and profinite equational theories of D-monoids, respectively. As...

A total of 18 rainfed upland New Rice for Africa (NERICA) varieties were categorized as the heavy panicle and low tillering types and early heading, in compared with 32 different varieties. These chromosome components were clarified using 243 SSR markers which showed polymorphism among NERICA varieties and their parents, CG 14 (O. glaberrima Steud.) and one of the recurrent parents, WAB-56-104 ...

The present work dealt with RAPD markers for genetic diversity comparison estimation in twenty three cotton varieties of Bt and non-Bt cotton cultivars belonging to two cultivated species of cotton in Andhra Pradesh state, India.Variations among twenty three different cotton varieties were analyzed with selected 40 RAPD primers using the polymerase chain reaction (PCR). All the primers produced...

Although manioc is well adapted to nutrient-poor Oxisols of Amazonia, ethnobotanical observations show that bitter manioc is also frequently cultivated in the highly fertile soils of the floodplains and Amazonian dark earths (ADE) along the middle Madeira River. Because different sets of varieties are grown in each soil type, and there are agronomic similarities between ADE and floodplain varie...

Eighteen hybrid onion and 23 open-pollinated (OP) varieties were tested in southern New Mexico for plant characteristics, disease resistance, and bulb yield in order to determine if hybrid varieties outperformed OP varieties. Varieties were shortto intermediate-day in their bulbing response and were planted in the fall seasons of 1997 and 1998 and harvested the following May or June. Varieties ...

Six commercial varieties of organically grown edamame-type soybeans were compared using consumer testing and descriptive analysis. In the affective tests, 54 panelists rated pods and beans for appearance, and beans for aroma, taste, texture, aftertaste, and overall acceptability on a nine-point hedonic scale and willingness to buy on a nine-point category scale. The taste of Sayamusume was like...

Recent breakthroughs of Voisin [Voi15], developed and amplified by Colliot-Thélène–Pirutka [CTP14, CTP15], Beauville [Bea14], and Totaro [Tot15], have reshaped the classical study of rationality questions for higher-dimensional varieties. Failure of stable rationality is now known for large classes of rationally-connected threefolds. The key tool is (Chow-theoretic) integral decompositions of t...

Holey Segre varieties are introduced, which generalize classical Segre varieties and whose existence is suggested by the fact that any non-prime finite field contains proper subfields. More precisely, a holey Segre variety is the tensor product PG(n, q) ⊗ PG(m, qk ). An algebraic description of such an object is given and its structure is investigated. Furthermore, special choices of the parame...

JEL classification: F1 F12 We show theoretically and confirm empirically that domestic productivity has a significant impact on the demand for foreign varieties under the assumption that domestic and foreign varieties are imperfect substitutes. In particular, the demand for imported varieties ismore elastic for countries with comparative advantage. For an average good facing a median trade barr...