Interspecific OxG hybrids of African palm Elaeis guineensis Jacq. and the American oleifera Cortes produce high-oleic oil (HOPO) with low saturated fatty acid content. are highly productive, grow slowly, resistant to bud rot disease. However, hybrid pollen presents viability germinability, so assisted pollination is a must. Hybrids can parthenocarpic or seedless fruits, exogenous application pl...

A new method of monitoring the luminosity has been developed at CESR. The method involves shaking one bunch at a speciic frequency and observing the resulting oscillations of the corresponding opposing bunch. In initial tests, measurements with 1% accuracy have been obtained in 1 second. Measurements of diierent bunches in a train shows bunch to bunch diierences with the optimum luminosity cond...

rots (Great Plains); seedling blight (Great Plains). Indian ricegrass {Oryzopsis hymenoides) : Seedling blight (far West) ; common root rot and crown rot (far West) ; rhizoctonia rot (scattered) ; snow molds (Pacific Northwest); seed rots (general); root necrosis and crown rots (far West). Kentucky bluegrass {Poa pratensis): Dollar spot (Northeast) ; brown patch (general); foot rot, Helminthosp...

Wood decay mechanisms in Agaricomycotina have been traditionally separated in two categories termed white and brown rot. Recently the accuracy of such a dichotomy has been questioned. Here, we present the genome sequences of the white-rot fungus Cylindrobasidium torrendii and the brown-rot fungus Fistulina hepatica both members of Agaricales, combining comparative genomics and wood decay experi...