Heterodera glycines is a cyst nematode that causes significant lost soybean yield in the U.S. Recent studies observed the aphid Aphis glycines and H. glycines interacting via their shared host, soybean, Glycine max. A greenhouse experiment was conducted to discern the effect of A. glycines feeding on H. glycines reproduction. An H. glycines-susceptible cultivar, Kenwood 94, and a resistant cult...

Recent studies suggest that plant pectin methylesterases (PMEs) are directly involved in plant defence besides their roles in plant development. However, the molecular mechanisms of PME action on pectins are not well understood. In order to understand how PMEs modify pectins during banana (Musa spp.)-Fusarium interaction, the expression and enzyme activities of PMEs in two banana cultivars, hig...

The effects of cultivar mixture cropping on yield, biomass, and water use efficiency (WUE) in winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) were investigated under non-irrigation (W0, no irrigation during growth stage), one time irrigation (W1, irrigation applied at stem elongation) and two times irrigation (W2, irrigation applied at stem elongation and anthesis) conditions. Nearly 90% of cultivar mixtur...

BACKGROUND Hyperspectral reflectance and transmittance sensing as well as near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopy were investigated as non-destructive tools for estimating blueberry firmness, elastic modulus and soluble solid content (SSC). Least squares-support vector machine models were established from these three spectra based on samples from three cultivars viz. Bluecrop, Duke and M2 and two harv...

The toxic effects of the Fusarium graminearum trichothecene toxin deoxynivalenol were determined on ribosomes and leaf tissues of the fusarium head blight-resistant spring wheat cultivar Frontana and the susceptible spring wheat cultivar Casavant. The use of a poly-U-directed 14C-phenylalanine and deoxynivalenol ribosome-binding assays provided evidence of resistance to the protein-synthesis in...

Perkembangan penjualan produk parfum mobil yang sangat pesat, mengakibatkan terjadinya kompetisi antar mobil. Dengan adanya ini mendorong untuk para pengusaha dari lebih berstrategi dalam menjual produknya. Fenomena bisnis dijalani perusahaan Artfres tidak dapat terlepas pangsa pasar ditarget. Strategi market berkorelasi pada faktor product knowledge, harga produk, serta packaging design memenu...

Mobil listrik enggang evo3 merupakan salah satu mobil Institut Teknologi Kalimantan (ITK) yang akan diikutkan pada kompetisi di Indonesia. Pengembangan terus dilakukan untuk memaksimalkan performa mobil. Permasalahan dihadapi oleh adalah saat bergerak dengan lintasan lurus, berbelok, atau slalom, belum bisa mengikuti baik. Sudut steer digunakan masih tepat kondisi perlombaan. Sehingga,dilakukan...

Mobil oyunlarda canlandırma için hareketli grafik ve iki boyutlu iskelet yaklaşımları kullanılmaktadır. Bu çalışmada yaklaşımlarının popüler mobil oyundaki canlandırmalar üretilirken kullanılmasına dair bir değerlendirme sunulmaktadır. Değerlendirme sonuçlarına göre kütüphanelerinin kullanımı ile pozlarının konumlandırılmasının kolaylaştığı kurgusunun kısa sürede geliştirici sanat ekipleri aras...

Torenia is an annual plant of the family Scrophulariaceae that is used as an ornamental summer bedding plant. Torenia is also an experimental plant with several useful characteristics, i.e., ease of genetic transformation, ability to differentiate adventitious structures, protruding embryo sac, and capacity for in vitro flowering. Genetic transformation of torenia was first reported in 1995, an...

We propose a general model to derive lane-changing rules for discretionary and mandatory lane changes for a wide class of car-following models. Both the utility of a given lane and the risk associated with lane changes is determined in terms of longitudinal accelerations calculated with the microscopic traffic models. This allows for the formulation of compact and general safety and incentive c...