Search results for '(sc:fq OR sc:ft) AND tolerance NOT herbicide'
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Building a comprehensive collection of Ash germplasm.
Widrlechner, M. P.; Botanic Gardens Conservation International, Richmond, UK, Addressing global change: a new agenda for botanic gardens. Fourth Global Botanic Gardens Congress, Dublin, Irish Republic, 13-18 June 2010, 2010, pp 1-10, 45 ref. This paper summarizes a presentation from the Congress Symposium, "The Introduction of the Emerald Ash Borer in North America, A Case Study of Invasive Species Epidemiology and Conservation of the Host Species." It briefly discusses the state of Fraxinus ...
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Can thinning of overstorey trees and planting of native tree saplings increase the establishment of native trees in exotic Acacia plantations in South China?
Yuan, S. F.; Ren, H.; Liu, N.; Wang, J.; Guo, Q. F.; Forest Research Institute Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Journal of Tropical Forest Science, 2013, 25, 1, pp 79-85 Assessing the effect of thinning of overstorey trees and planting of native trees will be helpful to better understand the vegetation restoration. A stand conversion experiment was conducted in a 12-year-old Acacia auriculiformis plantation in 1996. Treat...
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Extreme physiological tolerance leads the wide distribution of Zaprionus indianus (Diptera: Drosophilidae) in temperate world.
Seema Ramniwas; Babita Kajla; Ravi Parkash; Editorial Office of Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica, Beijing, China, Acta Entomologica Sinica, 2012, 55, 11, pp 1295-1305, 26 ref. During the last decades, Zaprionus indianus, a warm adapted drosophilid species has invaded and expanded its boundaries in the Indian subcontinent. Z. indianus has successfully invaded because of its high adaptive flexibility and extreme physiological tol...
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Thermal stress in dairy cattle.
Prasad, A.; Muhammed, E. M.; Kannan, A.; Aravindakshan, T. V.; Indian Veterinary Association, Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram, India, Journal of Indian Veterinary Association, Kerala (JIVA), 2012, 10, 3, pp 45-51, 11 ref. Crosses of temperate cattle reared in tropical ambience lapse in heat tolerance, fertility and disease resistance. However, cross breeding zebu with high yielding exotic cattle seems necessary to meet the need for enhanced composite milk production per un...
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Scientific Opinion on an application (EFSA-GMO-NL-2009-70) for the placing on the market of genetically modified drought tolerant maize MON 87460 for food and feed uses, import and processing under Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 from Monsanto.
European Food Safety Authority, Parma, Italy, EFSA Journal, 2012, 10, 11, pp 2936, many ref. Maize MON 87460 was developed through Agrobacterium-mediated transformation and expresses the cold shock protein B (CspB) from Bacillus subtilis and neomycin phosphotransferase II (NPTII) from Escherichia coli to reduce yield loss under water-limited cond...
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Management of aromatic rice (Oryza sativa L.) genotypes using varietal resistance against the prevalence of rice stems borers.
Muhammad Sarwar; Victor Quest Publications, London, UK, International Journal of Agronomy and Plant Production, 2012, 3, 8, pp 295-299, 21 ref. Growing of resistant cultivars against insects' infestation has received much consideration due to increasing problems of environmental pollution and health hazards. Systematic screening of 42 aromatic rice genotypes was initiated for testing their resist...
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Response variations of Alnus subcordata (L.), Populus deltoides (Bartr. ex Marsh.), and Taxodium distichum (L.) seedlings to flooding stress.
Ghanbary, E.; Tabari, M.; García-Sánchez, F.; Zarafshar, M.; Sanches, M. C.; Taiwan Forestry Research Institute, Taipei, Taiwan, Taiwan Journal of Forest Science, 2012, 27, 3, pp 251-263, 46 ref. Alnus subcordata is a native species distributed along bottomlands of Hyrcanian forests of northern Iran. In the last decade, this species along with the exotic species Populus deltoides and Taxodium distichum, has been widely used also for afforestation ...
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Bibliographic study of genetic process in Phalaris arundinacea.
Ghica, A.; Samfira, I.; Agroprint, Timisoara, Romania, Research Journal of Agricultural Science, 2011, 43, 4, pp 65-71, 37 ref. Reed canary grass (Phalaris arundinacea), is a C3 - photosynthesis grass species that is invasive in temperate and boreal wetland communities in North America and a native species prior to the arrival of European settlers. The introduction of varieties fr...
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Drought-tolerance of fall panicum (Panicum dichotomiflorum Michx.).
Magyar, L.; Kazinczi, G.; Keszthelyi, S.; Agroinform Kiadó és Nyomdaipari Kft., Budapest, Hungary, Magyar Gyomkutatás és Technológia, 2011, 12, 2, pp 41-47, 28 ref. Among the species of Panicum genus, new, adventive plants have appeared in Hungary in the last years. These new species show low sensitivity to the weed control technologies. Because of the lack of knowledge of their biological characteristics, no effecti...
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Influence of environmental factors on seed germination and emergence of Chromolaena odorata in coconut plantations in Sri Lanka.
Senarathne, S. H. S.; Sangakkara, U. R.; National Pingtung University of Science and Technology (NPUST), Pingtung, Taiwan, Proceedings of the Seventh International Workshop on Biological Control and Management of Chromolaena odorata and Mikania micrantha, Taiwan, 12-15 September, 2006, 2006, pp 7-13, 22 ref. Chromolaena odorata L. King and Robinson (Asteraceae) is a prominent and dominant weed species in coconut plantations in Sri Lanka. This study reports laboratory and greenhouse studies conducted to determine the effects of several environmental factors on...
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