Estación Biológica de Doñana (EBD-CSIC), Avda Américo Vespucio s/n, Isla de la Cartuja, E-41092 Sevilla, Spain, Unit of Ecology and Evolution, University of Fribourg, CH-1700 Fribourg, Switzerland, The Bio-Protection Research Centre, Lincoln University, Christchurch, New Zealand, Institute of Botany, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, CZ-252 43, Průhonice, Czech Republic, Centre for Inv...

Martin L. Henery*, Gillianne Bowman, Patrik Mráz, Urs A. Treier, Emilie Gex-Fabry, Urs Schaffner and Heinz Müller-Schärer Department of Biology, Unit of Ecology and Evolution, University of Fribourg, Chemin du Musée 10, CH-1700 Fribourg, Switzerland; Department of Biological Sciences, Ecoinformatics & Biodiversity, Aarhus University, Ny Munkegade 114, Building 1540, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark; a...

Let Γ be a distance-regular graph with diameter d. For vertices x and y of Γ at distance i, 1 ≤ i ≤ d, we define the sets Ci(x, y) = Γi−1(x) ∩ Γ(y), Ai(x, y) = Γi(x) ∩ Γ(y) and Bi(x, y) = Γi+1(x) ∩ Γ(y). Then we say Γ has the CABj property, if the partition CABi(x, y) = {Ci(x, y), Ai(x, y), Bi(x, y)} of the local graph of y is equitable for each pair of vertices x and y of Γ at distance i ≤ j. ...

Gary J. Samuels USDA-ARS, Systematic Mycology and Microbiology Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland 20705 Sunshine A. Van Bael Edward A. Herre Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Apartado 0843-03092, Republic of Panamá Paul Cannon CABI, Bakeham Lane, Egham, TW20 9TY, UK and Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW9 3AB, UK Rui Chen Junfeng Pang Ruiwu Wang Yaping Zhang State Key Laborato...

The coffee berry borer, Hypothenemus hampei Ferrari (Coleoptera: Scolytidae), is widely considered to be the most devastating pest of coffee. Endemic to Central Africa, the coffee berry borer can now be found in most coffee growing regions throughout the world (Le Pelley 1968). Annual losses caused by this insect have been estimated at over $500 million annually (P. Baker, CABI Bioscience, UK; ...

Meloidogyne incognita is a plant-parasitic nematode which attacks a diverse variety of plants (Mitkowski and Abawi, 2003). The life cycle of this nematode is comprised of five stages namely eggs, J2, J3, and J4 juveniles and adults. Female adults are important in the life cycle as they produce eggs which hatch into infective J2 that travels and attaches to plant roots for continuation of its in...

Abstract The first microbial culture collection was established in 1890, and subsequently, over the course of twentieth century, number collections grew substantially. One such CABI-IMI Genetic Resources Collection, informally initiated at origins Commonwealth Mycological Institute 1920 as a UK National Collection 1947. Its holdings reflect activities CABI agriculture environment. Like many col...

OBJECTIVE Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) is a major cause of morbidity and biomarkers that predict severity of illness are needed. Procalcitonin (PCT), a serum biomarker with specificity for bacterial infections, has been little studied in CDI. We hypothesized that PCT associated with CDI severity. DESIGN Serum PCT levels were measured for 69 cases of CDI. Chart review was performed to...

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