Introduction Since the late 1990s the evolution of center-periphery relationships in Russia became complicated by an additional factor that came into play as a result of the growth of capitalism and, more specifically, the territorial expansion of big businesses into the regions. Some of Russia’s major financial-industrial groups (FIGs) and the notorious oligarchs started to re-orient their act...

Clubroot disease resistance has been introgressed from Brassica rapa into canola following different approaches including a B. napus × interspecific cross; however, the details of this cross are not available. To extend our knowledge for introgression to multiple pathotypes, we crossed clubroot-resistant turnip with susceptible and backcrossed F1′s canola. The backcross population was subjected...

The discovery of the first naturally occurring aromatic isothiocyanates, indole-3-isothiocyanates, their first synthesis, antimicrobial activity and proposed biogenetic origin in canola plants are reported.

Cropping sequences integrating perennial forages and annual crops can generate multidimensional agroeconomic environmental benefits. A 4-yr cropping sequence study was conducted from 2013 to 2016 evaluate the relative merits of various sequences. Three forage seed (creeping red fescue [Festuca rubra L.], alsike clover [Trifolium hybridum pratense L.]) four food (wheat [Triticum aestivum canola ...

Since the idea of Bulgaria joining NATO was launched in public space, the debate has targeted predominantly the political and the military-technical aspects of the issue. The Employers Association of Bulgaria does not underestimate the importance of these factors nonetheless, as a representative of the big domestic private capital, we believe that it is about time to seriously and extensively r...

These experiments were conducted to determine metabolizable energy and amino acid digestibilities of soybean meal, sunflower meal and canola meal in broiler chickens by using titanium oxide as indigestible marker in intact or caecectomized cockerels. Ileal and total tract digestibility of amino acids were measured using broiler chickens, moreover, digestibility were also determined in the intac...

The effects of microwave-assisted alkali pre-treatment on pellets' characteristics and enzymatic saccharification for bioethanol production using lignocellulosic biomass of canola straw and oat hull were investigated. The ground canola straw and oat hull were immersed in distilled water, sodium hydroxide and potassium hydroxide solutions at two concentrations (0.75% and 1.5% w/v) and exposed to...

iv ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I would like to thank my advisor Dr. Lili He for her full support and encouragement throughout my research. The experience I gained and opportunities I had in this lab greatly exceeded my expectations, for which I am grateful. I would also like to thank Dr. Decker and Dr. Zhang for being members on my committee and for their input on my thesis. I would finally like to thank D...