gastronomica: the journal of food and culture, vol.11, no.4, pp.46–54, issn 1529-3262. © 2011 by joshua freedman and dan jurafsky. tool for this analysis. We propose to study differences in the representation of socioeconomic status in contemporary America by studying the words and metaphors employed in one genre of food writing: food advertising. Our goal is to examine advertising texts direct...

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Verticillium wilt is a vascular disease predominantly caused by the soil-borne fungi Verticillium dahliae and Verticillium albo-atrum. Most of the commercial potato cultivars grown in the USA are susceptible to Verticillium, resulting in significant crop losses. Development of new cultivars with resistance gene(s) against the pathogen can be assisted with molecular marker technology that allows...

Viral diseases have been a major limiting factor threating sustainable potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) production in Pakistan. Surveys were conducted to serologically quantify the incidence of RNA viruses infecting potato; Potato virus X (PVX), Potato virus Y (PVY), Potato virus S (PVS), Potato virus A (PVA), Potato virus M (PVM) and Potato leaf roll virus (PLRV) in two major potato cultivars (De...