Measurements of carbon dioxide and water vapour flux densities were carried out for a grassland area in the centre of the Netherlands during a 12 month continuous experiment using the eddy-covariance technique. Lolium perenne and Poa trivialis mainly dominated the vegetation of the area. The leaf area index (LAI) of the grassland varied between 2.5 and 3.4, depending on the mowing scheme at the...

Humic substances are increasingly used as biostimulants in agriculture because of their supposed effects on nutrient uptake and crop yield. The objective this study was to assess the effect fulvic acid (FA) humic (HA) addition with without fertilization (N, P, K, S, Ca) (i) grass yield (Poa trivialis) (ii) composition soil porewater 0.01 M CaCl2 extracts. Therefore, a pot experiment performed u...

We provide an updated checklist and key to the 30 Poa species with open panicles from Peru which includes previously circumscribed Dissanthelium and Aphanelytrum species, new taxon records, and three undescribed species. Poa compressa, Poa grisebachii, and Poa leioclada are recorded from Peru for the first time. A number of species are placed in synonymy: Poa carazensis, Poa ferreyrae and Poa t...

A revision and key to the 23 species and eight subspecies of Poa (including Dissanthelium) known to occur in Mexico is provided. All voucher specimens seen are cited for accepted taxa, except Poa annua for which one voucher per state is provided. Taxa not previously known from, or poorly understood in, Mexico are discussed.Poa palmerisp. nov. is endemic to forested slopes of the Sierra Madre Or...

Poa, the largest genus of grasses (Poaceae) with over 500 species, occurs throughout temperate and boreal regions in both hemispheres. A phylogenetic study of Poa based on trnT–trnF chloroplast DNA sequence data is presented focusing on basal relationships, major clades, generic boundaries, and placement of putatively closely related genera. Results support the monophyly of the main lineage of ...

Geographic variation in resource use can produce locally adapted populations that exhibit genetic and phenotypic divergence. In the bird-winged grasshopper (Schistocerca emarginata = [lineata]), we investigate whether genetic data exist in accordance with geographic variation in resource (host) use and coloration. In Texas, juvenile grasshoppers feed almost exclusively on one of two host plants...

Background. The aim of this study was to compare hospital-onset (Non-POA) CDI discharges to community-onset (POA) CDI discharges in order to assess the healthcare burden of hospital acquired CDI. Methods. A retrospective chart review of patients diagnosed with CDI was conducted at a tertiary-care hospital in Detroit between January 2011 and December 2012. CDI Patients were classified as present...