A total of 25 short-day onion genotypes along with two recommended varieties viz. BARI Piaz-1 and Piaz-4 were evaluated for 5 ½ months at the bamboo-made ambient storage. The study was conducted Spices Research Sub-Centre, Bangladesh Agricultural Institute, Faridpur, in 2020 geographic coordinates- 23̊ 11̍ N 89̊ 09̍ E. assessing their storability. All trial under accession lines such as AC Bog 409,...

Hawaiian Drosophila depend primarily, sometimes exclusively, on specific host plants for oviposition and larval development, and most specialize further on a particular decomposing part of that plant. Differences in fungal community between host plants and substrate types may establish the basis for host specificity in Hawaiian Drosophila. Fungi mediate decomposition, releasing plant micronutri...

pontaneous generation, the question of whether life can originate from nonliving materials, was an important issue during the early development of microbiology. Recently, historians have added new details about several key episodes in the spontaneous generation debate. By attempting to understand these episodes in their appropriate historical contexts, we can better appreciate how this branch o...