The Gulf of Mexico is a place where the environment and economy both coexist contend. It resilient large marine ecosystem that has changed in response to many drivers pressures we are only now beginning fully understand. Coastlines states border comprise about half US southern seaboard, those capped by vast Midwest. drains most North America an economic keystone unintended waste receptacle. ren...

In many plant species, including rose (Rosa hybrida), flower senescence is promoted by the gaseous hormone ethylene and inhibited by the cytokinin (CTK) class of hormones. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying these antagonistic effects are not well understood. In this study, we characterized the association between a pathogenesis-related PR-10 family gene from rose (RhPR10.1) and the ho...

Climacteric and non-climacteric fruits have traditionally been viewed as representing two distinct programmes of ripening associated with differential respiration and ethylene hormone effects. In climacteric fruits, such as tomato and banana, the ripening process is marked by increased respiration and is induced and co-ordinated by ethylene, while in non-climacteric fruits, such as strawberry a...

In 2012 more than 4 million people used a ceramic pot filter (CPF) as household water treatment system for their daily drinking water needs. In the normal production protocol most low cost filters are impregnated with a silver solution to enhance the microbial removal efficiency. The aim of this study was to determine the role of silver during the filtration and subsequent storage. Twenty-two C...

Environmental problems caused by plastic pollution in terrestrial systems have received increasing attention, especially the issues related to micro- and nanoplastics. Soils are a major receptacle reservoir of plastics, accumulated plastics can negatively affect soil health. In this short review, we discuss current state knowledge subsurface transport nanoplastics soils. We fundamental mechanis...

A platform is introduced for fabrication of a reusable and highly efficient low band gap photocatalyst by confining gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) in the pores nanopatterned Si monolith (AuNSM). Due to their size, maximum two AuNPs can assemble single pore, thus preventing agglomerations. Their access analyte provides more active sites redox reaction, leading enhanced efficiency. While proximity en...