spectrum and mechanisms of plant disease control with composts

... CHAPTER 12 Spectrum and Mechanisms of Plant Disease Control with Composts Harry A J Hoitink, Matthew S Krause, and David Y Han CONTENTS I Introduction II Fate of Biocontrol Agents During ... roots of plants produced in composts VI DISEASE SUPPRESSION — FUTURE OUTLOOK Success in biological control of diseases with composts is possible only if all factors involved in the production and ... soils and sandy soils (Martens and Westermann, 1991) Applications of composts to such soils can increase Zn availability and improve Zn nutrition of plants III PLANT NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY AND MINERALIZATION...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 06:22

... most abundant isoform and undergoes the most dynamic changes in expression upon withdrawal of survival factors [14] In addition, expression of BIMEL often precedes that of BIMS or of BIML [14,18], ... strong activation of the ERK1 ⁄ and PKB pathways, and treatment with gefitinib or erlotinib causes inactivation of both pathways Thus, expression of BIM and cell death could reflect loss of either pathway, ... giving BIM a helping hand By virtue of its ability to engage with and inhibit all of the prosurvival BCL-2 proteins, BIM is one of the most potent and effective BOPs, in terms of cell killing, when...

Ngày tải lên: 16/03/2014, 00:20

... incontinence, Crohn's disease or colitis), and 6) those who were "suffering the effects of a stroke" Older adults with cancer, Alzheimer's disease or another form of dementia, Parkinson's disease, or multiple ... concur with those of other studies For example, adequate physical activity was associated with a significant reduction in the number of days of poor physical and mental health status in adults with ... level of participation in leisure-time physical activity regardless of chronic disease status among older Canadians Specifically, only 35% of older adults without any chronic condition and 26% of...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 22:20

... results of the prospective lumbar discectomy study of the joint section on disorders of the spine and peripheral nerves of the american association of neurological surgeons and the congress of neurological ... in preparation of the manuscript RP, TY and AH performed data acquisition and statistical analysis PJR participated in the design of the study and interpretation of the data, and revised the ... intervention To better understand the effect of Link N, further studies on the mechanisms of action of this peptide, including the receptors with which it interacts and the intracellular signaling...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 17:22

... him, falls into the category of psychological control, for its lack of regard of children's psychological autonomy and its excessive and often unnecessary control and possessiveness (Barber, 1996) ... supervisor and chair of the thesis committee, for his guidance and support during the last part of my PhD journey, his patience and understanding of my imperfection, his openness for discussion and ... Different Types of Intrusive Parenting Behavior 28 Figure Mean and standard error of four different types of intrusive behavior 28 Figure Distribution of the intrusive scores of parents in...

Ngày tải lên: 09/09/2015, 11:31

... me up, and above all putting up with me and my struggle while the writing of this thesis This thesis would not have been possible without the support and love of Mom and Daddy, Aaji, Maa and Deuta, ... made McClelland and colleagues (McClelland, 1975, 1985; McClelland & Boyatzis, 1982) identified traits in the form of broad categories of needs: achievement, affiliation and power McClelland, (1975) ... of characteristics or expectation associated with the leader and the way the top and immediate leaders are judged Warmth and Competence Dimension: Trust in and Respect for the Leader Warmth and...

Ngày tải lên: 15/09/2015, 21:09

... the treatment of acute and chronic diseases of intestinal, lung and perhaps other mucosal surfaces Acknowledgements I am indebted to the members of the McCormick Laboratory, past and present, ... absence of stimulation of superoxide production and ⁄ or release of primary and ⁄ or secondary granules [3] Thus, HXA3 appears to function as a ‘pure’ neutrophil chemoattractant Induction of polarized ... active sites of this disease Because HXA3 may play an important step underlying the pathophysiology of inflammatory diseases, such as inflammatory bowel disease, the investigation of human 12-LOX...

Ngày tải lên: 19/02/2014, 02:20

... man with diabetes, a clerk in an office, presented with a fever of one month and painful swelling below the left submandibular region of five days duration with a history of weight loss and poor ... Clinical disease may present acutely with a fever of less than two months duration or chronically with more than two months of fever with or without other symptoms such as cough, discharging sinus, and ... gradually subsided with the continuation of therapy orally with a combination of cotrimoxazole and doxycycline for six months A repeat computed tomography chest scan showed resolution of the mediastinal...

Ngày tải lên: 21/06/2014, 19:20

... binding of CTCF to the imprinted control region (ICR) On the maternal allele, CTCF mediates interactions between ICR and DNA methylated region (DMR1) that also involve joining of the DNA strands ... repression of KNOX loci by the ASYMMETRIC LEAVES1 complex of Arabidopsis Plant Cell 2008, 20:48-58 Published: 27 August 2009 doi:10.1186/jbiol65 © 2009 BioMed Central Ltd Ong and Corces: Journal of Biology ... ASYMMETRIC LEAVES1 (AS1) and AS2 and the chromatin-remodeling factor HIRA AS1 and AS2 form a repressor complex that binds directly to two DNA motif sites that flank the enhancer element of the KNOX genes...

Ngày tải lên: 06/08/2014, 19:20

... question of whether our findings are of any significance for the understanding of CIJD is justified and needs answering TLR ligands are found in the synovia of patients with CIJD [11] Involving microbial ... of particular classical (that is, MHC-I-defined) microbial antigenic determinants and that can be elicited via a multitude of mechanisms, termed bystander activation In the two-signal model of ... (CD23+, B220++ and IgM+) and marginal-zone B cells (CD23-, B220++, CD21++ and IgM++) were then isolated by FACS (MoFlo; Cytomation) The purity of the cells was greater than 99% Generation of cytotoxic...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 01:23

... benign nerve sheath neoplasms of Schwann cell origin, and are the most common of the neurogenic mediastinal tumors Nearly 45% of schwannomas occur in the head and neck, with 9% occurring in the mediastinum ... Editor-in-Chief of this journal Page of Author details Department of Respiratory Medicine, School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan Department of General Thoracic Surgery Juntendo University, School of Medicine, ... smooth with a pale yellow color, and showed numerous mucinous foci without extracapsular invasion Microscopically, the tumor exhibited (b) Antoni A areas composed of ill-defined fascicles of spindle...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 00:22

... showing widening of the mediastinum and a x-ray shadow Chestsoft tissue swelling in the neck, continuous with the Chest x-ray (P-A view) showing widening of the mediastinum and a soft tissue swelling ... the neck and detected adherence of the mass to pericardium http://www.jmedicalcasereports.com/content/2/1/23 Figure with compression of mass and displacement of the trachea extension of a complex ... Contrast-enhanced CT scan of the upper thorax showing Contrast-enhanced CT scan of the upper thorax showing extension of a complex cystic mass and displacement of the trachea with compression of major vessels...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 10:23

... history of a cough A chest X-ray performed at the time of onset of symptoms had been normal She had a history of allergic rhinitis and had developed a wheeze, and a provisional diagnosis of allergic ... predictors of survival (P = 0.01, 0.02, and

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 17:21

... and inflammatory component of the condition [1,5] Using mice deficient in IL18, CIA was less severe compared with Wt controls [1,50], and histologic evidence of decreased joint inflammation and ... http://arthritis-research.com/content/12/3/R118 and HM performed the fluorescence histology on SCID LN tissue MAA and CL assisted with arthritis induction and animal scoring of the ZIA model CL and HM performed the Western blotting, and ... appropriately, and evaluators were blinded to the experimental setup Page of 14 Clinical assessment of murine ZIA Clinical parameters of ZIA mice were assessed at 24 and 48 hours after zymosan injection and...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 14:22

... importance of these E box motifs in the LTRs of HIV-1 and HTLV-1 Clearly, they plead for further functional investigation of the mechanisms involved in the recruitment of bHLH proteins to the E boxes and ... effect of bHLH proteins on the LTR activity of human retroviruses Of interest, the overlap of E box elements and CREs in the BLV LTR has been proposed as a strategy to allow better silencing of viral ... of TBP with the TATA element and may inhibit basal expression thus favoring proviral latency In turn, the expression of a bHLH class II protein (like TAL1) should interfere with the binding of...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 23:22

... traits, with index there was a substantial direct response of sd in the index and correlated responses of the order of sd of increasing body weight and decreasing testis weight Estimates of realized ... weights of males of the selected lines are given in figures and7 for entire and castrate males, respectively, as a percentage of the weights of the corresponding controls at the same age The control ... Both body and testis are then growing rapidly and there is a high (0.99) correlation of right and left testis weight to allow hemicastration The coefficients of variation of body weight and testis...

Ngày tải lên: 14/08/2014, 20:20

... 1980; Lee and Land, 1985, Haley et al, 1989; Lee and Haley, 1990) Males were selected within full sib families and females were sampled at random within families, as were males of the controls ... development and pituitary response in both males and females, testis size of the male is indicator of ovulation rate and thus litter size of his female relatives (Land, 1973) In a previous experiment with ... body weight (Eisen and Johnson, 1981) The present experiment was designed to evaluate the efficacy of selection on testis size as an indicator of degree of maturity, with the aim of changing the...

Ngày tải lên: 14/08/2014, 20:20

... consisting of 100ppm of PVA and 75ppm Zn2+ offered 81% inhibition efficiency to carbon steel immersed in a solution containing 60ppm of Cl- A synergistic effect on inhibition of a combination of PVA and ... This effect is due to the control of adsorption of the polymers on steel surfaces based on the formation of polymerpolymer complexes In a solution with high concentration of ionic species (HC solution), ... abilities of (PMAAN/PAAmM)c were also favourable at an addition of the polymer higher than 20 ppm This effect is attributed to control of the adsorption of the polymers on steel surfaces and the...

Ngày tải lên: 27/04/2015, 09:08

... support and encouragement during my research; and PhD thesis examiners Professors and research fellows in National University of Singapore and Keio University in Japan: Prof Ellen Yi-Luen Do, Prof ... interact with others not with their immediate embodiments of minds, i.e., physical bodies with their actual faces and voices, but with mediated embodiments of minds, representations made of pixels, ... Prof Masa Inakage, Prof Henry Duh, Prof Kevin McGee, Prof Okude Naohito, Prof Masahiko Inami, Dr Newton Fernando, Dr Hideaki Nii, Dr Jose Sepulveda, Dr Xue Lishan, and Prof Mark Gross from Carnegie...

Ngày tải lên: 10/09/2015, 09:02

... Attraction with two kinds of Auxiliary Information 37 Table 5: Unstandardized Regression Coefficients and Indirect Effects of Similarity through Trust and Respect on Attraction 38 v List of Figures ... effect of similarity, Fs(1, 112) = 62.75, 55.53, and 44.57, respectively, ps < 001, η2s = 35 , 31 , and 27 , and also of benevolence, Fs(1, 112) = 3.20, 10.99, and 4.76, ps = 04, 001 and 03, ... 0.60 0.18 0.78 Size Comparison of Unstandardized Regression Coefficients and Indirect Effects of Similarity through Trust and Respect on Attraction with two kinds of Auxiliary Information Table...

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