Our objective was simply to report a sedge species, Carex kobomugi Ohwi that has beneficial bacterial associations under low Fe and P conditions of the Hasaki coast, Japan. C. kobomugi is the dominant species in our study area and grows closest to the sea. C. kobomugi showed higher Fe and P...

Due to the long parturition period of raccoons, we assumed that age at first conception of late born females was later than that of early born females. From March 2005 to September 2008, 201 females estimated to be younger than 24 months were separated into early- and late-born groups on the basis...

We investigated the prevalence of Salmonella enterica in 267 rodents, 208 raccoons, 9 red foxes, 208 crows, 9 sparrows, and 5 feral pigeons in and around cattle farms in Hokkaido. Their intestine contents and foot surfaces were tested using culture method. Salmonella was isolated from 14 crows...

Cucumber green mottle mosaic virus (CGMMV) is a major limiting factor in the production of melon plants worldwide. For effective control of this virus using the transgenic approach, the direct repeat of the movement protein gene of CGMMV was used for transforming melon plants by Agrobacterium...

We developed an aligning seeder for large compressed oval-shaped seeds to improve the seed-fill accuracy to one seed per cell and the alignment accuracy. We also sought to improve the alignment of germ pore positions of sown seeds in the cell. We also developed a new aligning seeder that minimizes...

This report introduces a seeder that accommodates cucurbitaceous [pumpkin, Cucurbita; bottle gourd, Lagenaria siceraria; and wax gourd, Benincasa hispida] rootstock seeds and can arrange the direction of longitudinal axis and germ pore using an image processing system. The side of the germ pore was ...

Of the 150 blood samples collected during 1991-1997 from Kafue lechwe, 88 were from Lochinvar National Park, 48 from Blue Lagoon National Park and 14 from game ranches. In Rose Bengal plate tests for brucellosis, 33 (22%) of the samples were positive (19, 11 and 3 from the 3 sources, respectively). ...

Laboratory experiments were conducted to determine the phytotoxic activity of water leachates from Mexican sunflower (Tithonia diversifolia) leaves and the effect of water movement on efficacy of the leachate in soil. The water leachates from both the green and senescent leaves applied onto soil...

228 serum samples collected from poultry at 7 commercial farms in Zambia were examined for antibodies against common viral and bacterial diseases between September 1994 and August 1995. Antibodies against infectious bursal disease (IBD) virus were detected in all samples from 5 farms and in 68 and...

P. gregata nuclear (n) DNA was characterized by physical methods. The nDNA of f.sp. adzukicola was shown to be larger than that of f.sp. sojae, 2.9 and 2.1 × 10¹⁰ Da, respectively. The amounts of repetitive sequence and AT-rich region in the nDNA were also larger in f.sp. adzukicola than f.sp. ...