Grapevines exhibit a wide spectrum of resistance to the powdery mildew fungus (PM), Erysiphe necator (Schw.) Burr., but little is known about the transcriptional basis of the defense to PM. Our microscopic observations showed that PM produced less hyphal growth and induced more brown-colored epidermal cells on leaves of PM-resistant Vitis aestivalis 'Norton' than on leaves of PM-susceptible Vit...

ADONIS is a complex but user-friendly adaptive optics (AO) instrument for the European Southern Observatory 3.6-m telescope. ADONIS is composed of several interacting parts, including the astronomer. Multiple parameters innuence the system performance and they are diicult to handle by the astronomer. A multi-agent, distributed, and message oriented control system is designed. The communication ...

In this paper we summarize the best practices in design, implementation and deployment of the efficient on-the-job training system in the modern organization. Later the ADONIS on-the-job training system developed in our organization is presented. Although it was initially targeted at the simultaneous use by many small and medium size enterprises the ADONIS system with its distributed and scalab...

ADONIS is an adaptive optics user friendly instrument for the ESO 3.6-m telescope. The modal control technique is presented as a tool for optimizing the control of ADONIS. The perturbed wavefront is spread over a base of modes treated by the system in terms of their behavior with respect to the observing conditions (turbulence characteristics, anisoplanatic angle and star magnitude). This optim...

As a result of human activity, the rate extinction species is now 100 to 1000 times faster than under natural conditions [1]. According FAO, 75% genetic diversity agricultural crops worldwide has been lost since 1990. In Poland, about field weeds are in danger extinction. Archaeophytes growing on heavy calcareous soils, which characteristic Lathyro-Melandrietum noctiflori, Caucalido-Scandicetum...