sialolithiasis is a common disease of the major salivary glands, characterized by the obstruction of a salivary gland or its excretory duct due to the formation of calcareous concretions. sialoliths usually measure from 1 mm to <10 mm. they rarely measure more than 15 mm, and infrequently giant salivary gland calculi >15 mm have been reported in the literature. the submandibular gland and its d...

Many insects are influenced by the phenology of their host plants. In North Central Florida, Narnia femorata (Hemiptera: Coreidae) spends its entire life cycle living and feeding on Opuntia mesacantha ssp. lata. This cactus begins producing flower buds in April that lead to unripe green fruit in June that ripen into red fruit through December. Many morphological and behavioral characteristics o...

Genetic divergence among 19 eggplant genotypes was estimated using Mahalanobis’s D statistic. Altogether five clusters were formed. Cluster I contained the highest number of genotypes (7) and cluster IV and V contained the lowest (2). The pattern of distribution of genotypes from different geographical locations into five clusters was random, demonstrating that geographical isolation may not be...

With the aim of determining whether grafting could improve salinity tolerance of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.), and what characteristics of the rootstock were required to increase the salt tolerance of the shoot, a commercial tomato hybrid (cv. Jaguar) was grafted onto the roots of several tomato genotypes with different potentials to exclude saline ions. The rootstock effect was asses...

A wide range of variability with regard to fruit and pulp characters taste was observed in date groves Kutch region Gujarat (India), which have been developed naturally from seeds. An exploration undertaken identify better genotypes palm (Phoenix dactylifera) based on their quality yield-attributing characteristics. total 14 samples were collected data analysed for characters. Among the differe...

High temperature tolerance is an important component of adaptation to arid and semiarid cropping environment in chili pepper. Two experiments were carried out to study the genetic variability among chili pepper for heat tolerance and morphophysiological traits and to estimate heritability and genetic advance expected from selection. There was a highly significant variation among the genotypes i...

The effect of ethylene regulation on a-farnesene biosynthesis in preclimateric ‘Delicious’ and ‘Granny Smith’ apples was studied using an ethylene inducer and inhibitor, a-farnesene biosynthesis precursors, and protein transcription and translation inhibitors. a-Farnesene was not detectable when internal ethylene concentrations were less than 1 ml l. Correlations between internal ethylene and a...