in order to evaluate drought tolerance of chickpea genotypes and identifying the best indices of drought tolerance, the 20 genotypes desi chickpea plus two improved cultivars (kaka and piroz) were tested using a randomized complete block design under two irrigated (non stress) and (stress) conditions. quantitive drought tolerance and susceptibility indices such as stress tolerance index (sti), ...

In the early stages of plant breeding, breeders evaluate a large number of varieties. Due to limited availability of seeds and space, plot sizes may range from one to four rows. Spectral proximal sensors can be used in place of labour-intensive methods to estimate specific plant traits. The aim of this study was to test the performance of active and passive sensing to assess single and multiple...

Background: Few studies have assessed the survival of restorations and particularly zirconia based crowns in the restoration of the severely worn dentition. This study aimed to determine survival and factors associated with failure in anterior teeth worn through to dentine restored with LavaTM crowns. Methods: A convenience sample of 30 participants (27 male, 3 female) had 161 LavaTM crowns pla...

The establishment of the monoterpenoid profile of Vitis vinifera L. cv. 'Fernão-Pires' white grape was achieved by headspace solid-phase microextraction coupled with comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography with time-of-flight mass spectrometry (GCxGC-ToF-MS). The plot of the first dimension versus the second dimension retention times using the m/z 93, 121, and 136 was used. The grapes ...

Quantifying post-fire effects in a forested landscape is important to ascertain burn severity, ecosystem recovery and post-fire hazard assessments and mitigation planning. Reporting of such post-fire effects assumes significance in fire-prone countries such as USA, Australia, Spain, Greece and Portugal where prescribed burns are routinely carried out. This paper describes the use of Terrestrial...

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Kappa distributions possess an enhanced high-energy tail characterized by a spectral index ?. Here we consider how kappa influence the whistler mode instability. In relativistic regime, analyze effects of bi-kappa and loss-cone on linear nonlinear growth waves. We find that for ? = 2, rate corresponding to distribution exceeds bi-Maxwellian (? ?) electron anisotropies less than critical value. ...

iii Acknowledgements iv Introduction  Data  Identifying the Spatial Pattern and its Dynamics  Methods  Results  Modelling the Spatial Pattern and its Dynamics  Methods  Results  Discussion  Conclusion  Literature Cited  tables . Summary information about the nine study plots  . Estimated parameters for the Poisson cluster processes  figures . Plot   . Plot   3. Pl...