Plant resistance is an important tactic within the precepts of Integrated Pest Management, and existence grain sorghum hybrids with multiple insect could benefit crop management sustainability. This study evaluated susceptibility 30 grain-sorghum to three major pests, namely, fall armyworm (FAW) Spodoptera frugiperda, sugarcane borer (SCB) Diatraea saccharalis, green-belly stink bug (GBS) Dicer...

Seabirds as offshore wildlife resources have largely been unstudied by wildlife managers until recently. Brown pelicans (Pelecanus occidentalis californicus) in Southern California Bight (SCB) have received special attention in the past under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA). Special consideration is given to species with endangered status in commercial fishery management plans mandated...

BACKGROUND Most β-glucosidases reported are sensitive to the end product (glucose), making it the rate limiting component of cellulase for efficient degradation of cellulose through enzymatic route. Thus, there are ongoing interests in searching for glucose-tolerant β-glucosidases, which are still active at high glucose concentration. Although many β-glucosidases with different glucose-toleranc...

Although China’s severe air pollution has become a focus in the field of atmospheric chemistry and the mechanisms of urban air pollution there have been researched extensively, few field sampling campaigns have been conducted at remote background sites in China, where air pollution characteristics on a larger scale are highlighted. In this study, an Aerodyne high-resolution time-of-flight aeros...

The potential of pretreated sugarcane bagasse (SCB) as a low-cost and renewable source to yield activated carbon (AC) for chromate CrO42− removal from an aqueous solution has been investigated. Raw was with H2SO4, H3PO4, HCl, HNO3, KOH, NaOH, or ZnCl2 before carbonization at 700 °C. Only pretreatments H2SO4 KOH clean AC powders, while the other powders still contain non-carbonaceous components....

Lasiodiplodan, a (1→6)-β-d-glucan, is an exopolysaccharide with high commercial value and many applications in food, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics. Current industrial production of β-glucans from crops mostly by chemical routes generating hazardous toxic waste. Therefore, alternative sustainable eco-friendly pathways are highly desirable. Here, we have studied the lasiodiplodan sugarcane bagasse (...