Phenolic compounds often accumulate in foliar tissues of deciduous woody plants in response to previous insect defoliation, but similar responses have been observed infrequently in evergreen conifers. We studied the effects of defoliation on the foliar chemistry of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) and cocoon mass, and survival of the pine sawfly (Diprion pini L.). In two successive years, needl...

the modulation response, relative intensity noise and frequency noise characteristics of qd lasers are investigated theoretically, in presence of an additional optical pumping. it is revealed that the modulation response of qd laser enhances under additional optical beam. by small signal analysis of the carriers' and photons' rates, it is proposed that by injecting excess carriers to ...

Title of Dissertation: DISTRIBUTION AND DYNAMICS OF THE EVERGREEN UNDERSTORY LAYER IN CENTRAL APPALACHIAN HIGHLAND FORESTS Robert A. Chastain Jr., Doctor of Philosophy, 2004 Dissertation Directed By: Associate Professor Philip A. Townsend, Marine, Estuarine and Environmental Science Graduate Program Evergreen understory layer communities dominated by Rhododendron maximum L. and/or Kalmia latifo...

the efficacious effects of pulsed electromagnetic field (pemf) under the certain field parameters like frequency and the field intensity have been reported for various tissue and molecules. since collagen is found abundantly in most tissue structures, this research was designed to further investigate the effects of extremely low frequency (elf) pemf on the synthesis of the epidermal collagen. t...