All steps of a mining project generally disturb the environment'soriginal condition during construction. Therefore, it is crucial toimplement an appropriate mine reclamation plan throughout all mineplanning stages from sustainable and environmental point of view.Planting the suitable plant species in each step of any reclamationplan and each area is one of the necessities in this respect.Select...

Stem rust, caused by Puccinia graminis (Pg), remains a devastating disease of wheat; and the emergence of new Pg races virulent on deployed resistance genes fuels the ongoing search for sources of durable resistance. Despite its intrinsic durability, non-host resistance (NHR) is largely unexplored as a protection strategy against Pg, partly due to the inherent challenge of developing a genetica...

Land use and land cover (LULC) patterns play an important role in the establishment and spread of invasive plants. Understanding LULC changes is useful for early detection and management of land-use change to reduce the spread of invasive species. The primary objective of this study is to analyze and predict LULC changes in Connecticut. LULC maps for 1996, 2001 and 2006 were selected to analyze...

The area and elevation of the Tibetan Plateau over time has directly affected Asia's topography, the characteristics of the Asian monsoon, and modified global climate, but in ways that are poorly understood. Charting the uplift history is crucial for understanding the mechanisms that link elevation and climate irrespective of time and place. While some palaeoelevation data are available for sou...

the Michaelis-Jena Ratcliffe Prize for Folklore in 1993. Some interesting generalizations emerge: the difference commonly understood between the medicinal activity of roots as opposed to shoots or leaves; the multiple uses of a single plant; the disdain for polypharmacy. In passing, Hatfield argues that the doctrine of signatures was unlikely to be much used by country dwellers in the form prop...

BACKGROUND We investigated the mechanisms of anti-Candida action of isoquinoline alkaloid berberine, active constituent of medically important plants of Barberry species. METHODS The effects on membrane, morphological transition, synthesis of ergosterol and the consequent changes in membrane permeability have been studied. Polarization and lipid peroxidation level of the membrane following be...

For several reasons the present season is a convenient ono for considering the subject of cholera in the city, the effect upon its production of sanitary work already done, and the prospect of further advantage. We have lately passed through the annual period of chief cholera prevalence, and the events of this particular season have brought the subject prominently to notice. The outbreak at Goa...