As part of an NSF-funded initiative, biology students, primarily those in the early stages of their degree program, were recruited to participate in ongoing research alongside principle investigators. In this example, ten students were given five weeks of intensive training in molecular research methods, with the objective of cloning genes involved in core metabolic processes in the parasitic p...

in 2010- 2012 surveys, witches'- boom disease of tomato was observed in borazjan area (bushehr province, iran). agent of the disease was transmitted from tomato to tomato and eggplant by grafting and to madagascar periwinkle via dodder inoculation, inducing phytoplasma-type symptoms in inoculated plants. presence of phytoplasma in naturally affected tomatoes and all symptomatic graft and dodder...

background: in order to avoid potential harm of synthetic additives food, development of novel functional foods containing natural ingredients is considered in current years. in this study, inhibitory effect of echinophora platyloba essential oil (eo) on growth of aspergillus flavus was evaluated in culture media and cheese. methods: e. platyloba eo was extracted by hydrodistillation method usi...

Mite infestations are widely recognized as reducing the growth of affected warm-season turfgrasses. This observation is, however, a qualitative assessment, albeit based on extensive field observations over past >60 yr, and level reduced has never previously been quantified. In three replicated pot experiments, dry matter production hybrid bermudagrass [Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. × Cynodon tran...

2 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS : 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS : 4 LIST OF FIGURES : 5 LIST OF TABLES : 8 INTRODUCTION : 9 RESULT and DISCUSSION : 37 Layers from 2,4,6-Pyridinetricarboxylic Acid, Imidazole, and First-row Transition Metals : 37 Mixed Crystals : 56 Composite Crystals : 63 CONCLUSION : 83 EXPERIMENTAL SECTION : 84 General Techniques : 84 Synthesis of 2,4,6-Pyridinetricarboxylic Acid : 84 General Method...