Beneficial effects of silicon (Si) on plants have primarily been studied in crop species under single stress.Moreover, nutrient acquisition-based responses to combination of biotic and abiotic stresses (a common situation in natural habitats) have rarely been reported, in particular in conjunction with soil amendments with Si.Pedunculate oak (Querc
Mycoplasma genitalium is a sexually transmitted bacterial pathogen that infects men and women.Antigenic variation of MgpB HAIR SEALER and MgpC, the immunodominant adherence proteins of M.genitalium, is thought to contribute to immune evasion and chronic infection.We investigated the evolution of mgpB and mgpC sequences in men with non-gonococcal ur
In support of a biological control program in California, USA, against the bagrada bug, Bagrada hilaris (Burmeister) (Hemiptera, Pentatomidae), an invasive pest of Asian origin, colonies of two species of Ooencyrtus Ashmead (Hymenoptera, Encyrtidae) are maintained using B.hilaris eggs as host.One of them, Ooencyrtus mirus Triapitsyn & Power