The role of microbes associated with chicken litter in the suppression of Meloidogyne arenaria in amended soil was investigated. Amended soil treatments were prepared, including combinations of sterile and nonsterile chicken litter and soil. Microbial biomass in different treatments was compared by measuring carbon dioxide evolution. There was less CO evolved in sterile litter than in nonsteril...

By combining data from cosmic microwave background (CMB) experiments (including the recent WMAP third year results), large scale structure (LSS) and Lyman-α forest observations, we constrain the hypothesis of a fourth, sterile, massive neutrino. For the 3 massless + 1 massive neutrino case we bound the mass of the sterile neutrino to ms < 0.26eV (0.44eV) at 95% (99.9%) c.l.. These results exclu...

Berberis thunbergii L. (Japanese barberry) holds significant market share in the commercial ornamental horticulture industry. Japanese barberry is grown by production nurseries and used landscaping across northern half of United States. In 2009, crop was worth nearly $30.5 million annual sales States, making it one top two shrubs, roses excluded. [U.S. Department Agriculture (USDA) 2009]. Dirr ...

A number of S male-sterile plants from several shrunken-2 inbred lines were crossed initially with an R138-TR inbred line pollinator carrying the nonrestoring genotype for S sterile cytoplasm. One such cross, involving a male-sterile female parent from inbred line M825, produced, unexpectedly, a number of male-fertile F(1) progeny, along with the expected male-sterile off-spring. Pollen records...

I point out that the sterile neutrinos suggested as candidates for “cool” Dark Matter will decay through their mixing with light neutrinos. This leads to an upper bound of about 200 keV on the mass of the sterile neutrinos, but might facilitate their detection. Recently Shi and Fuller proposed [1] a new kind of Dark Matter candidate: a sterile neutrino, with small but non–vanishing mixing with ...

PROBLEM Inflammation and infection play a major role in preterm birth. The purpose of this study was to (i) determine the prevalence and clinical significance of sterile intra-amniotic inflammation and (ii) examine the relationship between amniotic fluid (AF) concentrations of high mobility group box-1 (HMGB1) and the interval from amniocentesis to delivery in patients with sterile intra-amniot...

Introduction: Nurses play an important role in the prevention and control of surgical site infections or SSIs because they undertake a high proportion of the treatment and care of surgical patients. Sterile technique plays a vital role in the control and prevention of SSIs and surgical site contamination. Aim: This investigation aimed to determine the knowledge and extent of practice of sterile...

BACKGROUND The Government of Senegal has embarked several years ago on a project that aims to eradicate Glossina palpalis gambiensis from the Niayes area. The removal of the animal trypanosomosis would allow the development more efficient livestock production systems. The project was implemented using an area-wide integrated pest management strategy including a sterile insect technique (SIT) co...