An efficient genetically stable regeneration protocol with increased phytochemical production has been established for Dendrobium nobile, a highly prized orchid for its economic and medicinal importance. Protocorm like bodies (PLBs) were induced from the pseudostem segments using thidiazuron (TDZ; 1.5 mg/l), by-passing the conventional auxin-cytokinin complement approach for plant regeneration....

A prerequisite for the evolutionary stability of pollinating seed-consuming mutualisms is that each partner benefits from the association. However, few studies of such mutualism have considered the benefit gained by the pollinators. Here, we determined how the pollinating seed-predators ensure the provisioning of their offspring in the recently discovered mutualism between Rheum nobile and Brad...

H. Baier1, H. Boettiger1, M. Drochner2, N. Eicker2,3, U. Fischer1, Z. Fodor3, G. Goldrian1, S. Heybrock4, D. Hierl4, T. Huth1, B. Krill1, J. Lauritsen1, T. Lippert2,3, T. Maurer4, J. McFadden1, N. Meyer4, A. Nobile∗5,6, I. Ouda7, M. Pivanti4,6, D. Pleiter8, A. Schäfer4, H. Schick1, F. Schifano9, H. Simma10,8, S. Solbrig4, T. Streuer4, K.-H. Sulanke8, R. Tripiccione9, T. Wettig4, F. Winter8 1IBM...

The objective of this work was to analyze the effect Thidiazuron (TDZ) treatment on floral initiation, flowering time, ornamental characteristics and physiological metabolism potted Dendrobium nobile. Three TDZ concentrations (200, 500 1000 mg L−1) were applied as solution water root zone plants. Control plants (plants watered with water) showed a good vegetative development but no branches. gr...

Type specimens of the bee genus Sphecodes Latreille, 1804 (Hymenoptera: Halictidae), described by Vittorio Nobile and Giuseppe Fabrizio Turissi from Italy deposited in Zoologische Staatssammlung, München, Germany, were studied. Detailed information on primary types six nominal species their illustrations are provided. banaszaki & Turrisi, 2004, syn. nov. , S. marcellinoi walteri iosephi...

Giuseppe Avvisati,1 Francesco Lo-Coco,2,3 Francesca Paola Paoloni,4 Maria Concetta Petti,5 Daniela Diverio,6 Marco Vignetti,6 Roberto Latagliata,6 Giorgina Specchia,7 Michele Baccarani,8 Eros Di Bona,9 Giuseppe Fioritoni,10 Filippo Marmont,11 Alessandro Rambaldi,12 Francesco Di Raimondo,13 Maria Grazia Kropp,14 Giovanni Pizzolo,15 Enrico M. Pogliani,16 Giuseppe Rossi,17 Nicola Cantore,18 France...

We present an approach to smoothing balanced, single–error term analysis of variance (ANOVA), descended from Smith, that also allows spatial, temporal, or spatiotemporal smoothing. The approach addresses unreplicated designs, masked contrasts in effects with many degrees of freedom, and subgroup analysis, demonstrated using a study of denture-lining materials. Our approach is Bayesian but can b...