Monitoring of pathogenic strains of Fusarium oxysporum (Fox), which cause wilt and rots on agricultural and ornamental plants, is important for predicting disease outbreaks. Since both pathogenic and non-pathogenic strains of Fox are ubiquitous and are able to colonize plant roots, detection of Fox DNA in plant material is not the ultimate proof of an ongoing infection which would cause damage ...

The distribution and abundance of swift foxes (Vulpes velox) has declined from historic levels. Causes for the decline include habitat loss and fragmentation, incidental poisoning, changing land use practices, trapping, and predation by other carnivores. Coyotes (Canis latrans) overlap the geographical distribution of swift foxes, compete for similar resources, and are a significant source of m...

For systematic and genome-wide analyses of rice gene functions, we took advantage of the full-length cDNA overexpresser (FOX) gene-hunting system and generated >12 000 independent FOX-rice lines from >25 000 rice calli treated with the rice-FOX Agrobacterium library. We found two FOX-rice lines generating green calli on a callus-inducing medium containing 2,4-D, on which wild-type rice calli be...

ANN M. KITCHEN*, ERIC M. GESE†, LISETTE P. WAITS‡, SEIJA M. KARKI* and EDWARD R. SCHAUSTER* * Department of Forest, Range and Wildlife Sciences, Utah State University, Logan UT 84322–5230, USA; † US Department of Agriculture, Wildlife Services, National Wildlife Research Center, Department of Forest, Range and Wildlife Sciences, Utah State University, Logan UT 84322–5230, USA; and ‡ Department ...

Conservation of species threatened with imminent extinction may require drastic measures that can be emotionally charged, politically unsavory, and legally challenging. A complex example relates to the decline of the island fox (Urocyon littoralis), endemic to the California Channel Islands, off the coast of the United States. The island fox exists as six subspecies, each found on a separate is...