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Plant growth and physiological response of sesame (Sesamum indicum L.) were studied in controlled environment using normal soil and indigenous Vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhiza (VAM) fungi treated soil. The seedlings of Zea mays were inoculated with Giguspora species of VAM (Glomus fasiculatum) and the inoculum was multiplied with help of Zeamays seed bed. Sesame seeds were then inoculated into the...
For animals that can suffer, we have an ethical and legal obligation to ensure their welfare is maximised. Given the link between animal welfare and scientific output we need to ensure animals are “fit for purpose”, and develop reliable tools that can measure welfare accurately and practically. These welfare tools should be developed using a battery of measures. Behaviour is the most accessible and...
In the first of two experiments, numbers of ovulations and day 5 embryo yields were unaffected by fish oil (0, 3 or 6% w/w) in ewe diets; oestradiol concentrations and numbers of large ovarian follicles were increased. Fish oil tended to suppress embryo development and limit blastocyst diameter and cell number but not protein synthesis. In the second experiment IVF-derived embryos were cultured in...
A new species of Hipposideros belonging to the H. pratti group is described. The species has been identified from a fairly restricted area in central Lao PDR and adjacent Vietnam, in South East Asia. The species is a large leaf-nosed bat, mid-way in size between the two other species known from the group, H. lylei and H. pratti, and its skull is significantly different in shape compared to the other...
The antibacterial and antifungal activity of Centaurea rupestris L. ethanolic and etheric leaf and inflorescence extracts and of quercetagetin 3’-methyl ether 7-O-β-D glucopyranoside isolated from inflorescences was investigated. Inflorescence extract in 45% ethanol showed significant antifungal activity against the dermatophytes Epidermophyton floccosum, Microsporum gypseum and Trichophyton mentagrophytes...
It has been proposed that plant metallothionein (MT) sequesters excess copper, and possibly zinc, thereby preventing adverse metal-protein interactions. These metals can accumulate either gratuitously in response to other nutritional deficiencies or in plants grown in either copper- or zinc-enriched medium. Data are presented which confirm that in pea roots grown in low available iron there is increased...
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