Four chemicals [salicylic acid (SA), sodium salt of salicylic acid (NaSA), isonicotinic acid (INA), and DL-b-amino-n-butyric acid (BABA)] and the yeast antagonist Cryptococcus flavescens (=C. nodaensis nomen nudum) OH 182.9 were evaluated separately or together for the ability to reduce Fusarium head blight (FHB) of wheat in the greenhouse. When sprayed onto wheat heads at 3 days prior to patho...

Due to their important nutrition and health potential, the interest in einkorn (Triticum monococcum L.) emmer dicoccum Schrank) wheat, as well naked barley (Hordeum vulgare L. var. nudum) species is increasing. The study examined agricultural properties related three wheats, wheats two barleys, one bread wheat hulled spring sowing under irrigated rain-fed conditions. Depending on agriculture co...

According to Art. 38.14 of the Shenzhen Code (Turland & al. in Regnum Veg. 159. 2018), an indirect reference is a clear (if cryptic) indication that previously and effectively published description or diagnosis applies name new taxon. Statice minuta L. (Mant. Pl.: 59. 1767) was cited by Tenore (Syll. Pl. Fl. Neapol.: 162. 1831) as plant reported for Kingdom Naples Petagna (Inst. Bot. 2: 562. 17...

It is well-known that many species with small diaspores can disperse far during extended temporal scales (many years). However, studies on short temporal scales usually only cover short distances (in, e.g., bryophytes up to 15 m). By using a novel experimental design, studying the realized dispersal, we extend this range by almost two orders of magnitude. We recorded establishment of the fast-g...

Hulless barley (Hordeum vulgare L. var. nudum. hook. f.) has been cultivated as a major crop in the Qinghai-Tibet plateau of China for thousands of years. Compared to other cereal crops, the Tibetan hulless barley has developed stronger endogenous resistances to survive in the severe environment of its habitat. To understand the unique resistant mechanisms of this plant, detailed genetic studie...

The rampant multi-drug resistance among human pathogenic microorganisms has necessitated a continuous search for new and potent antimicrobial substances, especially among plants. Also, the importance of herbal plants as sources of alternative medicine is documented worldwide. In this study, antimicrobial activities of extracts of seven edible mushrooms and two spices (ginger and garlic) against...

Two distinct classes of repetitive sequences, interspersed mobile elements and satellite DNAs, shape eukaryotic genomes and drive their evolution. Short arrays of tandem repeats can also be present within nonautonomous miniature inverted repeat transposable elements (MITEs). In the clam Donax trunculus, we characterized a composite, high copy number MITE, named DTC84. It is composed of a centra...

—A new species of leptostracan crustacean, Nebalia gerkenae, is described from Bennett Slough, Monterey County, California. The species is similar to N. hessleri from deeper waters off La Jolla, California. It differs from N. hessleri in the shape and color of the pigmented region of the eyes, armature of the antennule and antenna, the degree that the carapace covers the abdominal somites, dent...