In contrast, other plant species appeared to be unaffected by PPCP exposure. For instance, no significant change in growth rate was noticed after Phragmites australis was exposed to 60 μg L−1 ibuprofen . These findings imply that certain plants may have detoxification mechanisms contributing to their resilience to the stress of such xenobiotics. However, although an increasing …
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Work is progressing in the site-specific placement of a psoralen adduct in the cloning region of M13
Y79 cells derived from a retinoblastoma tumor have been shown to have 50 – 100 copies of the N-myc gene transcript per cell. We first tested whether N-myc is preferentially expressed during specific parts of the Y79 cell cycle. Y79 cells were synchronized with double thymidine blocks at the beginning of S, then released from …
Drip irrigation were implemented from the squaring stage to the boll opening stage
Whether in the US or India, improvements to energy efficiency can often be attained through no-cost or low cost ECMs that lower the first costs of construction and equipment. Optimizing building loads can lead to lower first costs and operating costs. By targeting low-hanging fruit through early-stage ECMs, the first costs saved through these can be …
Photo system II crystals will be driven through the redox cycle with an optical laser
Plant seedlings when inoculated with endophytic diazotrophs showed enhanced growth. Both above ground shoot and below ground roots increased almost 50% relative to uninoculated controls. We were able to locate fluorescence signal from the strain R1Gly cells bearing the reporter gene gfp localized in the certain plant tissue. This indicated that strains were active inside …
Going forward we will further improve performance of the one-sided operations
Our goal is to examine the complex coupling of oxidative ageing chemistry with environment- and history dependent viscosity, and generate a comprehensive model that can be applied to a range of aerosol transformation chemistries. Our model design strategy is to develop key components of the model separately, and merge them after validation. This approach is uniquely …
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Agroecological food systems are about more than rural responses to urban consumption
Greater recognition is being given to the need for building sustainable and resilient urban food ecosystems . In Figure 1 we have attempted to illustrate how key concepts of agroecology can stimulate the food systems thinking in a city-region food system context.As highlighted above, the focus on food systems in the discussion about agroecology demands …
A number of strategies to incentivize wildlife-friendly gardening activities already exist
UA systems may contribute to the reduction of impervious surfaces in urban landscapes, thus increasing the drainage and infiltration potential of precipitation.As mentioned in the Urban agricultural systems and biodiversity provision section, it is important to understand that not all biodiversity is necessarily “good” biodiversity, and there may be a number of disservices that come from …
Humulus and Cannabis are monotypic sister genera in the family Cannabaceae
The activities of several housekeeping genes were also tested. A relatively modest increase in levels of histone H2A and beta tubulin expression in glands compared to leaves was detected. The increase in expression levels of these latter two genes might reflect a combination of the heightened metabolic activity and the unique cellular structure of glandular trichomes. …
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The linkage between water and food production was estimated in two different ways
This type of disjointed management leaves policy makers ill-equipped to provide resilient management strategies. Thus, the success of using the nexus concept to improve food, energy, and water systems will likely depend on how it incorporates issues surrounding resource governance , including how governance and the discourse of securitization become a way to legitimize political …
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Container-based toilets separated urine and feces into different compartments
Several other plant-growth-promoting bacteria, including Bacillus siamensis, Bacillus megaterium, Bacillus subtilis, and Bacillus cereus, had relatively higher IAA yields at temperatures of 2–135 ◦C and pH 7–8. Three different bacteria isolated from therhizosphere of Stevia rebaudiana also exhibited greater production of IAA at a pH range of 6–9 and a temperature of 35 ◦C to …
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