BACKGROUND AND AIMS Mounting concerns about balancing food security with the environmental impacts of agro-chemical use underpin the need to better understand the mechanisms by which crop plants, particularly during the vulnerable seedling stage, attract or repel herbivores. METHODS The feeding preferences of the mollusc Helix aspersa were determined for several oilseed rape (Brassica napus) ...

In this article the authors aim to offer some practical advice for phoneticians being confronted with a voice parade request for the first time, by providing a detailed description of a parade carried out successfully in the UK. The methodology used in this parade is based on a number of studies on earwitnesses carried out since the 1990s. However, it primarily builds on the work by Nolan [5] f...

The mass concentration and major chemical components of fine particulate matter were measured before, during and after Beijing's massive parade commemorating 70th anniversary of the Chinese Victory in World War II on September 3, 2015. Regional emission inventory, positive matrix factorization (PMF), observations from space and backward air mass trajectories were jointly applied to identify the...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS Brassica napus (AACC, 2n = 38, oilseed rape) is a relatively recent allotetraploid species derived from the putative progenitor diploid species Brassica rapa (AA, 2n = 20) and Brassica oleracea (CC, 2n = 18). To determine the influence of intensive breeding conditions on the evolution of its genome, we analysed structure and copy number of rDNA in 21 cultivars of B. napus, r...

Pyrenopeziza brassicae, cause of light leaf spot (LLS), is an important pathogen oilseed rape and vegetable brassicas has a wide geographic distribution. Exploitation host resistance remains the most sustainable economically viable solution for disease management. This study evaluated 18 cultivars or breeding lines against P. brassicae in glasshouse experiments. Selected cultivars/lines were in...

This exploratory analysis examines the role of the Internet in juvenile prostitution cases coming to the attention of law enforcement. The National Juvenile Prostitution Study (N-JPS) collected information from a national sample of law enforcement agencies about the characteristics of juvenile prostitution cases. In comparison to non-Internet juvenile prostitution cases, Internet juvenile prost...