The effects of water deficit on carbon and nitrogen metabolism were investigated in flag leaves of wild-type and transgenic rice (Oryza sativa japonica 'Kitaake') plants expressing ISOPENTENYLTRANSFERASE (IPT; encoding the enzyme that mediates the rate-limiting step in cytokinin synthesis) under the control of P(SARK), a maturation- and stress-induced promoter. While the wild-type plants displa...

Elevated atmospheric CO2 concentrations (eCO2) has become the main feature and cause of global change that could affect crop growth in many aspects, including physiological processes morphological development plants nutrient cycling uptake from soil. Studying responses to different nitrogen (N) supply forms under elevated can guide management strategies for agricultural production future climat...

Nitrate contamination is one of the major problems in groundwater, which is increasingly becoming a threat to groundwater supplies. Nitrogen in groundwater also results from human excreta, ground garbage and industrial effluents, particularly from food processing plants. In order to remove nitrate from a water source, such as ground water the biological denitrification technology can be applied...

The Catskill Mountains of southeastern New York State have among the highest rates of atmospheric nitrogen deposition in the United States. Some streams draining Catskill catchments have shown dramatic increases in nitrate concentrations while others have maintained low nitrate concentrations. Streams in which exchange occurs between surface and subsurface (i.e. hyporheic) waters are thought to...

The signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) for real-time biosensing with liquid-gated carbon nanotube transistors is crucial for exploring the limits of their sensitivity, but has not been studied thus far. Although biosensing is often performed at high transconductance where the device displays the largest gate response, here we show that the maximum SNR is actually obtained when the device is operated i...

Seagrasses are often considered "winners" of ocean acidification (OA); however, seagrass productivity responses to OA could be limited by nitrogen availability, since nitrogen-derived metabolites are required for carbon assimilation. We tested nitrogen uptake and assimilation, photosynthesis, growth, and carbon allocation responses of the tropical seagrasses Halodule uninervis and Thalassia hem...

The effects of water deficit on carbon and nitrogen metabolism were investigated in flag leaves of wild-type and transgenic rice (Oryza sativa japonica ‘Kitaake’) plants expressing ISOPENTENYLTRANSFERASE (IPT; encoding the enzyme that mediates the rate-limiting step in cytokinin synthesis) under the control of PSARK, a maturationand stress-induced promoter. While the wildtype plants displayed i...

Type B strains of Rhizobium tropici induce severe foliar chlorosis when applied at planting to seeds of symbiotic host and non-host dicotyledonous plants. A Tn5-induced mutant, designated CT4812, or R. tropici strain CIAT899 that was unable to induce chlorosis was isolated. Cloning and sequencing of the DNA flanking the transposon in CT4812 revealed that the Tn5 insertion is located in a gene s...

harvesting corn created annually a large amount of organic waste, which could be a suitable initial substrate for vermicomposting due to its high c/n ratio. the present study was aimed for recycling of corn residues and production of good quality vermicompost, after processing by eisenia fetida. the setup of experiments was conducted with 40, 60 and 80% of corn residue, compost, cow dung and pa...