Mortiño (Vaccinium floribundum) is a wild Andean berry, with high content of bioactive compounds, especially anthocyanins, protective effects against various diseases due to their antioxidant capacity. The aim this study was determine the best anthocyanin extraction conditions without affecting mortiño A completely randomized design factorial arrangement 23 applied in (solvent: ethanol and meth...

Guayule (Parthenium argentatum Gray) is a perennial desert shrub currently under investigation as viable commercial alternative to the Pará rubber tree (Hevea brasiliensis), traditional source of natural rubber. Previous studies on guayule have shown close association between morphological traits or biomass and content. We collected multispectral RGB-derived Structure-from-motion (SfM) data usi...

A recent study in our laboratory has demonstrated that tetrachloroethylene (TCE) is acutely toxic to Japanese medaka (Oryzias latipes) larvae with a 96 hr-LC50 of 18 (17-19) mg/mL (Spencer et al., 2002). In the present study we hypothesize that TCE exposure induces a developmental effect in Japanese medaka. Growth and age specific sensitivity of Japanese medaka larvae were studied with four age...

Previous studies on non-diadromous euryhaline teleosts introduced a hypothesis that the lowest level of gill Na(+)/K(+)-ATPase (NKA) activity occurs in the environments with salinity close to the primary natural habitats of the studied species. To provide more evidence of the hypothesis, two medaka species, Oryzias latipes and O. dancena, whose primary natural habitats are fresh water (FW) and ...

Juvenile milkfish Chanos chanos (Forsskål, 1775) were transferred from a local fish farm to fresh water (FW; 0 per thousand ), brackish water (BW; 10 per thousand, 20 per thousand ) and seawater (SW; 35 per thousand ) conditions in the laboratory and reared for at least two weeks. The blood and gill of the fish adapted to various salinities were analyzed to determine the osmoregulatory ability ...

Salinity is a major abiotic stress for crop production in many parts of the world. To evaluate the effects of irrigation with saline water on growth parameters and forage quality of globe artichoke (Cynara cardunculus var. scolymus), a field experiment was conducted using a randomized complete block design with three replications at Isfahan Agricultural and Natural Resources Research and Educat...

Effects of additional nitrate (20 mol m·3 NO;) on growth of barley (Hordeum vulgare L. cv. Triumph), oat (Avena sativa L. cv. Amuri), rye (Secale cereale L. cv. Rapaki), triticale (x Triticosecale Wittm. cv. Aranui) and wheat (Triticum aestivum L. cv. Otane) prior to emergence from a sowing depth of 70 mm were examined under controlled environment. conditions. For all five cereals, additional N...

the effects of fish weight on salinity tolerance were studied in caspian salmon (salmo trutta caspius) parr. 180 fish (all with 2 years old but with three weights; 5, 15, 25g) were selected and they reared in freshwater (fw) and brackish water (bw; 13ppt salinity) for 10 days. the mrna expression of two α-subunit isoforms of na+, k+-atpase (α1a and α1b) and nkcc co-transporters were studied in ...

The objective of this paper was to determine the association of a SNP in the μ-calpain gene at position 316 with growth and quality of meat traits of steers grown on pasture. Fifty-nine Brangus and 20 Angus steers were genotyped for CAPN1 316. Warner Bratzler shear force was measured in l. lumborum samples after a 7-day aging period. A multivariate analysis of variance was performed, including ...