A field experiment was carried out to study the changes of soil bacteria, fungi and actinomycetes in saline-sodic soils for different numbers of cultivated years under drip irrigation. The drip irrigation had substantial effects on levels of bacteria, fungi and actinomycetes. With increased number of cultivated years under drip irrigation, the soil biological properties were greatly improved. A...

Plants were, and still are, widely used for a number of conditions affecting women in California. This article discusses traditional remedies of the Chumash for dysmenorrhea, premenstrual syndrome, feminine hygiene, heavy menstruation, urinary tract infections, parturition, lactation, infant care, menopause, sexually transmitted diseases, fertility, contraception and abortions. Many plants are ...

Abstract Background Sika deer, Cervus nippon , were originally introduced to South Korea from Japan and Taiwan for commercial farming purposes. Unfortunately, they released into the wild during religious events have since begun impact native ecosystem species endemic Korea. The study of activity patterns can improve our understanding environmental non-native their association with sympatric spe...

Although nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) fertilization are important for maintaining the health productivity of Leymus chinensis steppe, their impact on abundance community structure ammonia-oxidizing bacteria (AOB) archaea (AOA) in this ecosystem is still unclear. We used amoA gene as a molecular marker to monitor changes AOA AOB under low high N P applied resin-core technique measure soil min...