A modern classification of pastures in Karakalpak Ustyurt has been developed, which combines 7 pasture types (Anabasis salsa, Salsola arbusculiformis-Anabasis Artemisia terrae-albae-Anabasis Haloxylon ammodendron, Tamarix hispida-T. elongata, Kalidium caspicum, Halocnemum strobilaceum), 2 classes (pastures stratal plains on gray-brown soils and drainless depressions solonchaks) 42 varieties, a ...

It has been demonstrated that treatment of algae at low pH values, similar to those found in the stomachs of herbivorous fishes, damages the algal cells, allowing digestive enzymes to enter the cells. However, the effects of the low pH treatment on the porosity of algal cell walls has not been examined. We tested the effects of low pH on the porosity of cells of four species of dietary algae, E...

Reported researches dealing with either composition or bioactivity of Salsola imbricata are limited. This study was conducted aiming to investigate the phenolic composition of the plant and evaluate its efficacy as male contraceptive. Polyphenols, namely, phenolic acids and flavonoids, were qualitatively and quantitatively analysed by RP-HPLC in the hydrolysed methanol extract using two differe...

Background: Direct sowing technique is considered a promising tool for reducing costs and increasing species diversity in restoration projects. However, several factors can limit its success, making it necessary methodological adjustments to be made order maximize the emergence, establishment initial growth of plants. This study aimed evaluate influence use fungus Trichoderma asperelloides hydr...

Objective To study the cultural differences in moral disengagement, which lends support to attitudes used to justify violence. Methods We carried out classroom surveys of a total of 3122 students in the USA (Houston, TX, and Washington, DC) and in four European countries — Estonia (Tartu), Finland (Helsinki), Romania (Satu Mare) and the Russian Federation (St Petersburg). Data were also taken f...

Jiandong Wang,1 Zhuoyi Ye,2 Alexandra Miller,3 Yi Hu,2,3 Cibo Lou,2 Peng Zhang,3 Zhigang Chen,2,3 and Jianke Yang4,* 1College of Physical Electronics, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, China 2TEDA Applied Physical School, Nankai University, Tianjin 300457, China 3Department of Physics and Astronomy, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, Californi...

Studies have shown the benefit of antioxidants in the prevention or treatment of human diseases and promoted a growing interest in new sources of plant antioxidants for pharmacological use. This study aimed to add value to two underexploited wild plant species (Licania rigida) and L. tomentosa) from Brazilian flora. Thus, the phenolic compounds profile of their seed ethanol extract and derived ...

At a site in the northwestern Sonoran Desert the percent ground cover for the C $ subshrub Encelia farinosa was eighttimes higher on more arid 20° south-facing slopes than on 20° north-facing slopes at 820 m elevation, and was sixtimes higher on north-facing slopes at a 300-m-lower elevation, also the more arid condition. The ground cover of the C % bunchgrass Pleuraphis rigida decreased over 5...