The endemic New Caledonian Solmsia Baill. (Thymelaeaceae Juss.: Octolepidoideae Gilg) was founded in 1871 on two species, S. calophylla and chrysophylla Over the past 150 years, genus has received little attention taxonomically or otherwise. morphological, ecological distribution information gathered from 484 herbarium specimens indicate that currently recognized species (evaluated as morphogro...

Khaya (Meliaceae) is a widespread genus of trees distributed from the tropical forests Africa to Madagascar and Comoros. species are very close morphologically some contain considerable phenotypic ecological diversity, raising question their delimitation: this case anthotheca s.l. (sensu lato, including K. nyasica), which often lumped with grandifoliola ivorensis. We tested delimitation within ...

Abstract. Albian to Turonian carbonate deposits at three different locations of the Lower Saxony Cretaceous and thereby European mid-Cretaceous epeiric shelf sea were investigated for their fossil agglutinated foraminiferal fauna. In this study, 71 samples from two quarries drill cores treated with formic acid, which enabled study assemblages even in highly lithified limestones. total, 114 spec...

benthic foraminiferal assemblages from maastrichtian strata, gansserina gansseri-abathamphalus mayaroensis planktonic foraminiferal zone, of the abtalkh formation at aitamir section (west of the kopeh-dagh basin) were investigated in order to evaluate the palaeoenvironmental changes (organic matter flux and bottom-water oxygenation). maastrichtian faunal assemblages are well preserved and diver...

Using semi-quantitative methods, the distribution of deep-water agglutinated foraminifera (DW AF) was analyzed within Latest Albian-earliest Turonian pelagic limestones famous Bottaccione standard section. The characteristic bathyal communities include forms purely "flysch-lype" assemblages and elements which are typical Upper Cretaceous abyssal environments North Atlantic. Well-established pla...

Benthic foraminiferal assemblages from Maastrichtian strata, Gansserina gansseri-Abathamphalus mayaroensis Planktonic Foraminiferal Zone, of the AbTalkh Formation at Aitamir section (west of the Kopeh-Dagh basin) were investigated in order to evaluate the palaeoenvironmental changes (organic matter flux and bottom-water oxygenation). Maastrichtian faunal assemblages are well preserved and diver...

The morphology of larvae is a key factor influencing their behaviour, performance and ultimately survival. There evidence indicating significant morphological variability among broods, that this may be related to the size or conditions mother. However, maternal influence not consistent across decapod crustaceans. Using 35 broods from different mothers crab Hemigrapsus takanoi collected in same ...

Introduction The primary gene pool of Lima bean (Phaseolus lunatus L.), one of the main cultivated species of Phaseolus, may be divided into two morphogroups, a Mesoamerican and an Andean one. Each group comprises both wild and cultivated forms. Recently, phylogenetic studies on P. lunatus supported an Andean origin of the species (Fofana et aL, 1999; Maquet et al, 1999). Two main independent d...

Endophytic bacteria which show antagonism against phytopathogens were isolated from healthy tissues of leaves, stems and roots of chili pepper plants (Capsicum annum L.) in 2010-2011. Antifungal activities of all collected isolates were tested against plant pathogens by dual culture method. Pathogenic fungi used in this study were Alternaria panax, Botrytis cinerea, Colletrotichum acutatum, Fus...