GONAD MATURITY STAGES OF ANCHOVIES (Encrasicholina heterolobus) FROM BACAN ISLAND

Physical Properties and Compositional Changes of two Cultivars of Cantaloupe Fruit During Various Maturity Stages

Some physical properties and chemical compositions of two cultivars (Semsouri and Shahabadi) of cantaloupe studied during four different stages of maturity from fruit set to completely ripe. The physical properties investigated were the geometric mean diameter (GMD), specific gravity (SG), mean firmness (MF), rind, seed (%) and flesh (%). The chemical compositions were Brix, Titrable Acidity (T...

Emergence, Development, and Maturity of the Gonad of Two Species of Chitons “Sea Cockroach” (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) through the Early Life Stages

This study describes and recognises, using histological and microscopical examinations on a morphometrical basis, several gonad traits through the early life stages of Chiton articulatus and C. albolineatus. Gonadal ontogenesis, gonad development stages, sexual differentiation, onset of the first sexual maturity, and growth sequences or "early life stages" were determined. In addition, allometr...

Stages of Maturity for E-Business: The SOG-e Model

Microbial Communities of Spinach at Various Stages of Plant Growth from Seed to Maturity

Little is known about how the leaf bacterial community is affected by the seed microbiota at different stages of plant development. The bacterial populations of spinach seed and leaves after germination were compared using DGGE, to assess bacterial community richness, and realtime PCR to compare the abundance of select phyla (total bacteria, Actinobacteria, Bacteroidetes, Firmicutes, -Proteoba...

Anaerobic methane production from five common grassland species at sequential stages of maturity.

Since grass will likely be a dominant feedstock for on-farm anaerobic digestion in Northwest Europe, changes in the chemical composition of five common grass species with advancing harvest date in the primary growth were investigated and related to specific CH(4) yields. The increase in fibre components with advancing harvest date had a negative impact on the specific CH(4) yield (253 and 225 N...