Litter decomposition in southern Appalachian black locust and pine-hardwood stands: litter quality and nitrogen dynamics. Can. J. For. Res. 18: 54-63. To compare litter decomposition and nitrogen (N) dynamics in 16-year-old black locust and pine-hardwood forest stands, weight loss, N concentration, and litter quality of the dominant species in each stand were monitored for 863 days, using litte...

background: diabetes mellitus is the most common metabolic disorder with many complications such as neuropathic pain which relief from it is a dilemma. objectives: to investigate the effect of hydroethanolic extract of rubus fruticosus on neuropathic pain in diabetic rats. materials and methods: in this experimental case –control study, forty eight male wistar rats (250±20 g) were divided rando...

Microsatellite or simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers have been developed from genomic and expressed sequence tag (EST) libraries in red raspberry (Rubus idaeus, subgenus Idaeobatus) and also in blackberry (Rubus subgenus Rubus). Recently, there has also been increased interest in the use of SSR markers in black raspberry (R. occidentalis subgenus Idaeobatus) to aid in the identification and c...