this study was carried out to identify fusarium species associated with sugar beet root rot and yellows. pathogenicity of fusarium oxysporum, the causal agent of fusariumyellows of sugar beet was also investigated. samples of infected roots were collected from fields in major sugar beet producing areas in khorasan province during 1999-2000. infected roots were washed, surface sterilised and pla...

Between January 1974 and November 1980, 13 symptomatic infants under 1 year of age with persistent truncus arteriosus type I or II underwent surgery. Pulmonary artery banding was performed in 10 cases, with five deaths. Among the survivors, one developed severe pulmonary vascular disease and only two underwent late intracardiac repair. Primary total correction was performed in three infants and...

The sampling tube, an open-ended polyethylene feeding catheter sterilised by the manufacturer, is filled with sterile distilled water. A 2.0% suspension of agar in distilled water is prepared and enough cochineal to colour the solution is added. This is autoclaved at 44N/10 min to dissolve and sterilise the agar. When the solution has cooled to 60°C an 8 cm length of the coloured agar solution ...

Plant Material. For microarray, real-Time RT-PCR, smallRNA gel blot analysis and 5'RACE experiments Arabidopsis thaliana (Col-4) and se-1 seeds were surface sterilised and sown on GM medium (= MS medium without sucrose) containing Gamborg's Vitamin Solution (Sigma). The ago2 T-DNA insertion line SALK_003380 was a gift from David Baulcombe (Sainsbury Laboratory, UK). The (Alonso et al, 2003). Th...

Ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) components for total joint replacement generate wear particles which cause adverse biological tissue reactions leading to osteolysis and loosening. Sterilisation of UHMWPE components by gamma irradiation in air causes chain scissions which initiate a long-term oxidative process that degrades the chemical and mechanical properties of the polyethy...

Objective. To determine the knowledge and practice of contraception among United Arab Emirates (UAE) men. Design. Cross-sectional survey. Participants. Four hundred UAE monogamously married men with children. Method. The participants were randomly selected from the community and interviewed about knowledge and practice of contraception using a structured questionnaire. Results. A total of 348 m...

The effect of delactosed whey permeate (DWP) treatment on antioxidant and phyto-chemical components of canned Irish plum tomatoes were investigated. Tomatoes were sterilised for 5 min (F(0)) at 120 °C and stored for 6 months. The DWP treatment retained significantly (p<0.05) higher levels of ascorbic acid and lycopene of tomatoes. The antioxidant activity of DWP treated tomatoes was higher (7%)...

Algae grown in outdoor reactors (volume: 10 L and depth: 20 cm) were fed directly with filtered and sterilised municipal wastewater. The nutrient removal efficiencies were 86%, 90%, 89%, 70% and 76% for TOC, TN, NH4-N, TP and OP, respectively, and lipid content varied from 18% to 28.5% of dry algal biomass. Biomass productivity of ∼122 mg/l/d (surface productivity 24.4 g/m(2)/d) and lipid produ...

They showed that there is a great variability in the activity and power of the individual tablets sold commercially, and that a large number of the preparations are inert. Speaking generally, it appeared that when raw, pasteurised or partly-sterilised milk is kept at blood-heat for ten to twenty hours the same amount of acidity is developed as when tablets of lactic acid ferments are added. The...

Pasteurella multocida (Robert type-1) was grown on tryptose sucrose yeast (TSY) broth in a fermenter. A sterilised air was provided that potentiated the density of the culture (5 x 10 organisms/ml). The culture was inactivated with formalin (0.5% ). The alum precipitated and oil based haemorrhagic septicaemia vaccines (APHSV and OBHSV) were prepared and their efficacies were evaluated in rabbit...