Conifers have complex defense responses to initial attacks by insects and pathogens that can have cascading effects on success of subsequent colonizers. However, drought can affect a plant's ability to respond to biotic agents by potentially altering the resources needed for the energetically costly production of induced defense chemicals. We investigated the impact of reduced water on induced ...

In this paper, it is proposed an irrigation control system able to use in an efficient way the water in greenhouses of heterogeneous plants without sacrificing the good condition of them, to accomplish this, firstly it is proposed a clustering of plants based on the irrigation needs and secondly implementation of a genetic algorithm that establishes the optimum watering times and waiting betwee...

Proliferation of woody plants in grasslands and savannas since the 1800s has been widely documented. In the southwestern United States, increased abundance of honey mesquite (Prosopis glandulosa var. glandulosa) has been attributed to heavy grazing by livestock. Here, we test the hypothesis that P. glandulosa invasion of grasslands requires, first, reductions in herbaceous biomass and density s...

background: the rosemary extract (re) possesses various antioxidant, cytoprotective and cognition-improving bioactivities. in this study, we postulated which doses of re have a more effect on the hippocampus of middle-aged rats.   methods : in this experimental study, thirty-two middle-aged male wistar rats were fed by different doses (50,100 and 200 mg/kg/day) of re (containing 40% carnosic ac...

In this study, a revised target model for quantifying the in vitro radiosensitivity of mung bean sprout elongation to 6-MV X-rays was developed. The revised target model, which incorporated the Poisson prediction for a low probability of success, provided theoretical estimates that were highly consistent with the actual data measured in this study. The revised target model correlated different ...