Studies in EcoTrons will be increasing in the near future and will provide unprecedented insights into ecosystem functioning; for example, Roscher et al. found that the functional composition of communities is key in explaining carbon assimilation in grasslands. Mesocosms, which we call EcoPODs, are smaller versions of EcoTrons with higher experimental throughput that bridge laboratory and …
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Bacterial colonization efficiency is also critical for successful inoculation
Symbiotic relationships established between plants and bacteria such as rhizobium and some actinomycetes provide most of the nitrogen available to legumes and actinorhizal plant species. A number of studies attempted to develop new association between non legume plants and N fixing bacteria, however, these attempts were mostly unsuccessful . The discovery of endophytic diazotrophs that provided reduced N to …
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We conclude by integrating these ideas into a possible scenario of rhizobiome assembly
Furthermore, UA policy in the U.S. remains largely agnostic about the sustainability of production practices and their impact on the environment. While U.S. agriculture policy narrowly focuses on the production, distribution and marketing potential of UA, broader discussion of its activities and goals proliferate among food systems scholars from a range of fields including geography, urban …
One wanted to attend university at a much lower cost than he would in Peru
Any one of these factors might drive migration to Israel from Iquitos; together, they are a powerful motivating force. Between 2016 and 2019, I interviewed 52 adult members of the Iquitos Jewish community, a number that, according to the synagogue records, represents all but seven of the adult affiliated members of the synagogue during that …
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City Region Food Systems is referred to as a cutting-edge concept
Through the view of agricultural systems as ecosystems, agroecology combines these disciplines and has subsequently incorporated further disciplines of cultural, human, and social sciences in a wider systems approach. It has existed as an explicit concept since the 1930s, evolving through the 1970s by increasing awareness of practices, focusing on indigenous knowledge and emerging social …
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Removal of fiproles and pyrethroids followed no apparent monthly or seasonal trends
Based on this finding, and on the conclusions drawn from the data presented in Figures 3.1-3.3, it is likely that removal of these compounds was not markedly influenced by seasonal fluctuations in temperature or weather patterns and was more dependent on availability of sediment bindings sites, degradation in the sediment compartment, and, in the case …
This syringomycin deficient mutant was identical in colony appearance to a syfR- mutant
No surfactant production was observed in a ∆gacS mutant, and syfR and syfA transcription are nearly abolished. Additionally, we determined whether SyfR operates independently of SalA, or if SalA is upstream from SyfR function. Surprisingly, the ∆salA deletion mutant also exhibited abolished surfactant production and very low levels of syfR and syfA transcription. This suggests that these genes mediate the baseline expression of SyfR. …
Lower level socio-economic groups are particularly sensitive to water reuse
Vying with OCWD’s GWRS for the title of California’s premier water recycling facility, is the Edward C. Little Water Recycling Facility . Built by the West Basin Municipal Water District in 1995, it has been expanded on three occasions and now is capable of advanced cleaning technologies, micro-filtration, and reverse osmosis . WBMWD received state and …
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Singapore actively seeks out new agreements in efforts to build its water technologies cluster
During this time, PUB was restructured and expanded its duties from simply providing drinking water to also treating all municipal wastewater and managing water infrastructure. PUB manages Singapore’s 15 reservoirs, six water reclamation plants and nine water treatment plants . The PUB administers the federally funded Active Beautiful Clean Waters program, a planning project intended to …
The GSH conjugates were further transformed and released back to the medium
Meanwhile, enzymes involved in GSH synthesis, regeneration and transport appeared to work in concert to maintain GSH homeostasis during acetaminophen transformation and detoxification. Detoxification by GSTs is known to play an important role in the biotransformations of a multitude of xenobiotics in plants . When emerging contaminants such as acetaminophen are introduced in agroecosystems, GSTmediated …
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