Bite force can be an important aspect of a lizard’s organismal performance, and is likely to subject influence by ambient conditions including individual’s thermal environment. We examined the effects body temperature (T b ) on initial bite rock- crevice-dwelling individuals three species lizards: Abronia graminea (Anguidae), Barisia imbricata Xenosaurus fractus (Xenosauridae) from Mexico. In B...

The usefulness of IRAP (inter-retrotransposon amplified polymorphism) and ITS-RFLP (restriction of PCR-amplified internal transcribed spacers of the rDNA) markers in the analysis of 39 Pyrenophora graminea isolates was determined. Each marker system could discriminate between all of the isolates in detecting polymorphism, albeit with variable efficiency. IRAP and ITS-RFLP produced 85% and 77% p...

Magnaporthe grisea, also identified as rice blast fungus, rotten rice neck, rice seedling blight, oval leaf spot of graminea, blast of rice [1], pitting disease, ryegrass blast, and Johnson spot is a plant-pathogenic fungus that causes a serious disease affecting rice [2]. Rice blast, caused by Magnaporthe grisea, is considered the most important disease of rice worldwide [3] because of its ext...

Barley ( Hordeum vulgare ) is an important crop in Turkey. In this study, 37 barley fields Batman central district and Beşiri (Batman), Gercüş Hasankeyf Kozluk Sason Kocaköy (Diyarbakır), Kurtalan (Siirt), Midyat (Mardin) districts were examined for the presence of leaf diseases. addition, 24 naturally grown wild H. spontaneum populations Beşiri, Hasankeyf, inspected fields, scald caused by Rhy...