Recent research suggests that systemic signalling and communication between roots and leaves plays an important role in plant defence against herbivores. In the present study, we show that the oviposition of the two-spotted spider mite Tetranychus urticae in the systemic leaves of citrus rootstock Citrus aurantium (sour orange) was reduced by 50% when a lower leaf was previously infested with c...

Channel optimized ve tor quantization (COVQ), as a joint sour ehannel oding s heme, has proven to perform well in ompressing a sour e and making the resulting quantizer robust to hannel noise. Unfortunately like its ounterpart in the noiseless hannel ase, the ve tor quantizer (VQ), the COVQ en oding omplexity is inherently high. Sample adaptive produ t quantization was re ently introdu ed by Ki...

AIM Pituitary tumors are generally benign, but may be associated with some morbidities. The aim of this study was to identify the risk factors for pituitary tumors. MATERIAL AND METHODS A population-based case-control study on the potential risk factors of pituitary tumors was conducted in China. The personal interview technique was used to gather information on medical and reproductive histo...

Kombucha is a yeast and bacterially fermented tea that often described as having an acetic, fruity sour flavour. There particular lack of sensory research around the use with additional ingredients such those from pepper family, or hops. The goal this project was to obtain profile beverages range different ingredients, particularly novel made only Kawakawa (Piper excelsum) leaves. Other samples...

The Indian herb Gymnema sylvestre has been used in traditional Ayurvedic medicine for 2000 years, most recently for the treatment of diabetes. Loose leaf Gymnema sylvestre can be prepared as a tea and will impair the ability to taste sugar by blocking sweet receptors on the tongue. This report describes a laboratory exercise easily applied to an undergraduate neuroscience course that can be use...

narcissus is one of the very popular flowers among iranians. this flower has a short life. to investigate the increasing of vase life of cut narcissus, sour orange fruit extract in concentrations of 2.5, 4, 5.5 and 7 ml l-1 and sucrose in concentrations of 3, 4, 5 and 6% were used. in addition, distilled water was used as a control treatment. in this experiment, characters of vase life and perc...

The dissipation behavior of octachlorodipropyl ether (OCDPE) residues in fresh tea shoots and in tea prepared under field conditions was investigated, and the transfer of residues from brewed tea to tea infusion was determined. OCDPE levels in tea shoots, prepared tea, tea infusion, and spent tea leaves were determined using a sensitive and simple method. The dissipation of OCDPE is fairly slow...

This paper reports on the application of total luminescence spectroscopy to discriminate between seven different types of tea. Bottled liquid teas; Oolong tea, Green tea, Houji tea, Japanese black tea and tea leaves (Kenya tea, Assam tea and Ceylon tea). Total luminescence spectra were recorded by measuring the emission spectra in the range 300nm to 700 nm at excitation wavelengths from 250 nm ...

UNLABELLED Sarcosine (N-methylglycine) is present in many environments inhabited by pseudomonads and is likely most often encountered as an intermediate in the metabolism of choline, carnitine, creatine, and glyphosate. While the enzymology of sarcosine metabolism has been relatively well studied in bacteria, the regulatory mechanisms governing catabolism have remained largely unknown. We previ...

The green plum (Buchanania obovata), red bush apple (Syzygium suborbiculare) and wild peach (Terminalia carpentariae) all grow in remote East Arnhem Land, Australia are eaten by the Yol?u Aboriginal people who live there. These three fruits have had very little study at present western food science there is interest their use as foods or products to create sustainable Indigenous agribusinesses....