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The impact of radiation factor on the content of low-molecular antioxidants in Melandrium album and Bromopsis inermis
The East-Ural Radioactive Trace (EURT) is a result of the Mayak Production Association accident occurred in 1957. The area is a unique ground to estimate remote consequences of anthropogenic radiat…
Received 02 March 2009 12:29 UTC; Posted 17 March 2009
Posted to: Ecology, Plant Biology
Narrow genetic and apparent phenetic diversity in Jatropha curcas: initial success with generating low phorbol ester interspecific hybrids
Due to the increasing popularity of Jatropha curcas as a feedstock for biodiesel, generating non-toxic and high yielding varieties of the plant requires genotypic characterization towards identifyi…
Received 13 January 2009 09:17 UTC; Posted 16 January 2009
Posted to: Biotechnology, Ecology, Genetics & Genomics, Earth & Environment, Plant Biology
Genetically modified Cotton species detection by LISS-III satellite data
It is possible to infer the genetically modified species by using remotely sensed data. Using ERDAS software the algorithm of BT (Bacillus thuringiensis) Cotton in Punjab, India was developed succe…
Received 29 December 2008 16:23 UTC; Posted 30 December 2008
Posted to: Genetics & Genomics, Bioinformatics, Plant Biology
The Multigeneic Rhg1 Locus: A Model For The Effects on Root Development, Nematode Resistance and Recombination Suppression.
Soybean (Glycine max L. Merr.) resistance to populations (HgType) of Heterodera glycines I., the soybean cyst nematode (SCN), requires a functional allele at rhg1. An apoptosis-like response in t…
Received 27 December 2008 23:39 UTC; Posted 28 December 2008
Posted to: Genetics & Genomics, Bioinformatics, Plant Biology
Microbial ecosystem constructed in water for successful organic hydroponics
Conventional hydroponics systems generally use only chemical fertilisers, not organic ones, since there are no microbial ecosystems present in such systems to mineralise organic compounds to inorga…
Received 10 November 2008 03:25 UTC; Posted 11 November 2008
Posted to: Ecology, Microbiology, Earth & Environment, Plant Biology
Evidence of salt secretion at the stem of Melaleuca cuticularis Labill.
It has been observed that Melaleuca cuticularis Labill. has the ability to secrete salt solution to the surface of its stem. No literature has been found to illustrate other species’ capacity to …
Received 30 October 2008 01:49 UTC; Posted 31 October 2008
Posted to: Developmental Biology, Earth & Environment, Plant Biology
Assisting natural forest regeneration in Northern Ethiopia: one measure is not enough
Management strategies aimed at rehabilitating degraded and cleared forests often rely on temporary or permanent exclusion of herbivores (wild animals, livestock or both). But in many cases, this s…
Received 24 October 2008 18:23 UTC; Posted 27 October 2008
Posted to: Earth & Environment, Plant Biology
Nitrogen Fixation and Translocation in Sugarcane
World sugarcane production is increasing rapidly as a biofuel. In some areas in Brazil, sugarcane has been grown continually over very long periods without N fertiliser inputs. Therefore, the occur…
Received 03 October 2008 05:20 UTC; Posted 07 October 2008
Posted to: Ecology, Earth & Environment, Plant Biology
GabiPD: GABI primary database – a plant integrative ‘omics’ database
The GABI Primary Database, GabiPD, was established eight years ago in the frame of the German initiative for Genome Analysis of the Plant Biological System (Genomanalyse im biologischen System Pfla…
Received 22 August 2008 10:07 UTC; Posted 22 August 2008
Posted to: Bioinformatics, Plant Biology
Mechanisms to overcome ecosystem nitrogen and phosphorus limitation
Nutrients limit plant growth in many ecosystems, and many species develop adaptations to either obtain more nutrients or to avoid losses. Much past ecological work has focused either on temperate n…
Received 20 June 2008 08:44 UTC; Posted 23 June 2008
Posted to: Ecology, Plant Biology
