Quantitative resistance in barley to four Fusarium head blight (FHB) species was investigated in vitro.Nine components involved in three assays (detached leaf, modified Petridish and seedling tests) were compared on two widely grown Syrian barley cultivars: Arabi Aswad (AS) and Arabi Abiad (AB).On AB, inoculation with FHB species resulted in a sign
Abstract Human activity is increasingly and persistently disturbing nature and wild animals.Affected wildlife adopts multiple strategies to deal with different human influences.To explore the effect of human activity on habitat utilization of Himalayan marmot (Marmota himalayana), habitat utilization patterns of three neighboring marmot populations
Social networks influence health behavior, including tobacco use and cessation.To date, little is known about whether and how the networks of online smokers and non-smokers may differ, or the potential implications of such differences with regards to intervention efforts.Understanding how social networks vary by smoking status could inform public h
According to FAOSTAT, in 2018-2019 rice was planted in 118 countries on an area of 167 million hectares, the annual grain production in the world is about 782 million tons.Rice is the most popular cereal in the diet of the Russian consumer.Rice growing is a small but rather important branch of the agro-industrial complex of the Russian Federation.T
Fluctuating asymmetry (FA) may serve as a reliable indicator of the functional importance of structures within an organism.Primary locomotor structures often display lower levels of FA than other paired structures, highlighting that selection can maintain symmetry in fitness-enhancing traits.Polyphenic species represent an attractive model for stud