1 ) were arranged in a randomized complete block design, replicated three times. Regardless of the rate, N fertilization decreased bulb dry matter content by about 4% over the control. Pungency measured as pyruvate concentration improved with increase in the rate of N application and reached the highest value of 2.72 μmol ml -1 at a rate of 138 kg N ha -1 . Bulb storability study for eight week...

A study was conducted to standardize production and postharvest handling of lily (Lilium longifolium L. cv. Mero Star). In production trial, three plant densities viz.10, 20 and 30 cm between plants in 60 cm spaced rows and two planting depths viz.7.5 and 15 cm were compared. Increased plant growth, yield and quality was recorded when plants were grown at a close spacing of 10 cm with 15 cm pla...

SIR, in the recent paper by Gudziol et al. (2009), treatment of chronic rhinosinusitis lead to an increase of the olfactory bulb volume over a 3-month period, and they concluded that this was due to the restoration of olfactory function. In this letter, we point out another factor that may affect olfactory bulb volume: neuroinflammation regulated neurogenesis. The olfactory bulb volume is great...

the present study evaluated the effects of different dosages herbicides oxyfluorfen and trifluralin on crop properties of garlic, including plant height, number of cloves per bulbs as well as economical and biological yield of garlic. in this research, a randomized complete block design, with seven treatments and three replications, along with a control sample (weeding and no weed control), was...

The expression pattern of aromatase (ARO), the enzyme converting androgens to estrogens, was analyzed in the olfactory bulb of adult male rats and was compared with the distribution of estrogen receptor beta (ERbeta), the main estrogen receptor isoform expressed in this brain region. A strong ARO immunolabeling obtained with a specificity tested antibody was observed in juxtaglomerular neurons ...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Olfactory bulb atrophy is associated with cognitive dysfunction in Parkinson's and Alzheimer's disease, and with major depression. It has been suggested that olfactory bulb atrophy or dysfunction is therefore a marker of neurodegeneration. Multiple sclerosis (MS) is now also recognized as having a significant neurodegenerative component. Thus, the aim of this study was to...

Olfactory sensory neurons expressing particular olfactory receptors project to specific reproducible locations within the bulb. The axonal guidance cues that organize this precise projection pattern are only beginning to be identified. To aid in their identification and characterization, we generated a transgenic zebrafish line, OR111-7:IRES:Gal4, in which a small subset of olfactory sensory ne...

The aim of the present study was to investigate whether the vibratory characteristics of obturator prostheses are affected by bulb design, i.e.: the hollow or buccal flange type, and different lateral and medial bulb heights. Buccal flange and hollow bulb obturator prostheses were fabricated with two different lateral bulb wall heights and two different medial bulb wall heights. Ultimately, eig...