In this paper, we present the draft sequences of 18 genetically diversePseudomonasstrains isolated from kiwifruit plants in New Zealand and overseas, including a number that are currently not fully characterized. These sequences will aid in the diagnosis ofPseudomonason kiwifruit for future pest management and border security decision-making.

Recurring epidemics of kiwifruit (Actinidia spp.) bleeding canker disease are caused by Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae (Psa). In order to strengthen understanding of population structure, phylogeography, and evolutionary dynamics, we isolated Pseudomonas from cultivated and wild kiwifruit across six provinces in China. Based on the analysis of 80 sequenced Psa genomes, we show that China i...

Two new triterpenoids, 30-O-beta-D-glucopyranosyloxy-2alpha,3alpha,24-trihydroxyurs-12,18-diene-28-oic acid O-beta-D-glucopyranosyl ester (1) and 2alpha,3beta,3,30-tetrahydroxyurs-12,18-diene-28-oic acid O-beta-D-glucopyranosyl ester (2) were isolated from roots of Actinidia valvata Dunn. Their structures were elucidated by means of extensive spectroscopic studies. Both these two new compounds ...

In this article, we analyze tag-based user profiles, which result from social tagging activities in Social Web systems and particularly in Flickr, Twitter and Delicious. We investigate the characteristics of tag-based user profiles within these systems, examine to what extent tag-based profiles of individual users overlap between the systems and identify significant benefits of cross-system use...

ten lack the knowledge and practical experience to proactively advise their patients. Many medical students and physicians feel ill-equipped to counsel overweight or obese patients. As such, we need enhanced educational efforts aimed at translating decades of nutrition science into practical strategies whereby healthy, affordable, easily prepared and delicious foods become the predominant eleme...

Abstract. The World Wide Web has a very dynamic character with resources constantly disappearing and (re-)surfacing. A ubiquitous result is the “404 Page not Found” error as the request for missing web pages. We investigate tags obtained from Delicious for the purpose of rediscovering such missing web pages with the help of search engines. We determine the best performing tag based query length...

Dioecism and an extended juvenile phase of 3–7 years in kiwifruit hinder the progress breeding new cultivars. The identification fruit-bearing females at early stage growth is crucial for breeders. Consequently, molecular markers have become a key tool identifying female male plants development. Several efforts were made to identify PCR-based sex linked Actinidia; however, those are characteriz...

ion that enables us to conclude, directly from the inspection of the user profile, that these users are interested in politics. In this sense, the categorization of tags allows us represent user profiles in a tractable manner, on the basis a reduced set of meaningful categories of interest. Motivated by this, next we proceed to describe the methodology that we followed to categorise the Delicio...