ABSTRACT Apple replant disease typically is managed through pre-plant application of broad-spectrum soil fumigants including methyl bromide. The impending loss or restricted use of soil fumigants and the needs of an expanding organic tree fruit industry necessitate the development of alternative control measures. The microbial community resident in a wheat field soil was shown to suppress compo...

Among sonic interaction design practices a rising interest is given to the use of the voice as a tool for producing fast and rough sketches. Goal of the EU project SkATVG (Sketching Audio Technologies using Vocalization and Gestures, 2014-2016) is to develop vocal sketching as a reference practice for sound design by (i) improving our understanding on how sounds are communicated through vocaliz...

Terrestrial ecosystems, and forests in particular, are important components of land processes because their key role reducing atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations by storing a large amount carbon tree biomass soils [...]

in calcareous soils with high calcium carbonate contents and ph, the growth and development of plant might undergo nutritional disorders. the process of biological nitrogen fixation in legumes cultivated and plant growth in these soils could be limite. the use of acid-producing materials like sulfur and a reduction in soil ph improves plant growth and increase the biological nitrogen fixation. ...

oil contamination is one of the most common and usual kinds of pollution in aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. one of the economical and effective methods for decreasing or eliminating oil contamination is using plants and microorganisms. soils contain a wide variety of oil decomposing microorganisms, of which pseudomonad, rhodocoous and nocardia are the most important. to evaluate the effect ...

effects of water stress and fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycoperseci (fol) on the growth of tomatoes were studied in a greenhouse experiment. treatments consisted of five levels of water stress (1, 3, 5, 7 and 9 day irrigation intervals). infested soil consisting of 400 chlamydospores g1 of fol and non infested soil were used. experiments arranged in a completely randomized design with 8 replicati...

appropriate management of soil phosphorus (p) fertility in highly calcareous soils of iran as around the world should rely upon sound knowledge about the phosphorus reserve and its bioavailability. despite numerous reports on the positive effects of vesicular arbuscular mycorrhizae (vam) fungi on phosphorus uptake which is associated to ectomycorrhiza as a branch of two major branches of group ...

Transectional studies of Lasthenia californica in the Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve (Stanford University) have documented the existence of two races (A and C) based upon flavonoid chemistry, achene morphology, allozymes, and flowering time differences. The two races coexist on a serpentine outcrop and have maintained a sharply defined pattern of distribution for a period of at least 15 yr. T...