Coniferous seed orchards require a long period from initial seed harvest to stable seed production. Differential reproductive success and asynchrony are among the main factors for orchard crops year-to-year variation in terms of parental gametic contribution and ultimately the genetic gain. It is fundamental in both making predictions about the genetic composition of the seed crop and decisions...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS The Janzen-Connell model predicts that common species suffer high seed predation from specialized natural enemies as a function of distance from parent trees, and consequently as a function of conspecific density, whereas the predator satiation hypothesis predicts that seed attack is reduced due to predator satiation at high seed densities. Pre-dispersal predation by insects...

S OF PAPERS 191 The WS prevalence was above 90% in all groups. The prevalence of WS score 2 was 54.0, 81.2, 62.5 and 68.6% whereas the mean WS scores were 1.50, 1.79, 1.58 and 1.63, for C, Cox, V and VLE, respectively, being significant (P<0.001) the difference Cox vs C and V. The prevalence of WS grade 2 causes breast downgrade that results in economic losses, and the mean WS score was higher ...

Treatments were arranged in a 3 × 3 × 3 factorial design consisting of 3 levels of added fiber (0, 2 and 4% oat hulls), added moisture (0, 2 and 4% tap water) and added protein (0, 2 and 4% soybean meal). Fiber, moisture and/or protein were added to a corn/soybean based basal diet that was formulated to Cobb specifications. Feed was manufactured at the West Virginia University pilot feed mill u...

In summary, the College is a long way forward in the preparation for the implementation of Calman and the unified training grade. It has identified a number of problems that could hinder its implementation and is anxious to develop, along with its sister Colleges, a unified approach to these problems to ensure that the doctors of tomorrow have an effective and satisfying training experience for...

cated that soybean PIs may have alleles for enhanced seed yield. Improving seed yield of soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] is an Molecular marker analysis can aid in the discovery important breeding goal. The objective of this study was to evaluate and mapping of QTL associated with beneficial and two soybean PIs as sources of alleles for the enhancement of seed novel alleles from exotic parents...

background: cancer registries are important infrastructure for cancer control programs. however most developing countries lack population based cancer registry. in iran there cancer incidence is estimated based on pathology-based cancer registry. in this study we evaluated results of the nationwide pathology-based cancer registry in iran. materials and methods: we compared age-standardized inci...