thermotherapy is one of the tristeza management methods that was used in this study. thus 36 ͺ ‘thomson navel orange’ scions on soure orange rootstocks were placed in temperature controlled chamber (tcc) to investigate the effect of thermotherapy on elimination of tristeza virus. at first, the scions were inoculated by grafting of infected buds and after six months tested by elisa to ensure con...

BACKGROUND Body electrical loss analysis (BELA) is a new non-invasive way to assess visceral fat depot size through the use of electromagnetism. BELA has worked well in phantom measurements, but the technology is not yet fully validated. METHODS Ten volunteers (5 men and 5 women, age: 22-60 y, BMI: 21-30 kg/m(2), waist circumference: 73-108 cm) were measured with the BELA instrument and with ...

Export of Citrus spp. fruits may require risk mitigation measures if grown in areas with established tephritid fruit fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) populations capable of infesting the fruits. The host status of Citrus spp. fruits is unclear for two tephritid fruit fly species whose geographic ranges have expanded in recent years: melon fly, Bactrocera cucurbitae (Cocquillett), and Bactrocera latif...