For example, to be successful in a harsh desert environment, non-native plants would need to be ecologically similar to native plants to survive, possessing traits that protect them against high heat and water loss. By contrast, the ‘limiting similarity hypothesis’ (also known as ‘Darwin’s...
states (TN, IN, OH, WV, and IL) in this region also derive a substantial amount of electricity from coal. As with many states in this region, Kentucky has limited options for electric power production from low carbon sources such as solar thermal, photovoltaic solar, wind, geothermal, and...
Plants grown in CF chambers had significantly higher net photosynthesis ( A) and stomatal conductance to water vapor ( g wv), and lower foliar injury than plants grown in NF chambers and AA plots; interactions between species and ozone treatments were significant for all variables ( F2.2, P<...
Two exotic stink bugs that may be of importance to corn and soybean production are found in adjacent states. The Brown marmorated stink bug, Halyomorpha halys (Stal) is known to be present in bordering states of IL, IN, WV, VA and TN while the redbanded stink bug, Piezodorus guildinii...
Long ago the kachinas were adopted into the clans along with various plants and animals during the migrations that took place after the Hopi emergence from the Underworld -- the Third World previously mentioned. Their presence had clearly been physical or tangible as opposed to supernatural or ethe...
native plants, with proximity to ports and airports being associated with increased invasion11,53,54. A constant influx of non-native species may override a native community’s ability to resist invasion55(biotic resistance) and obscure the impacts and importance of specific ecological drivers, such...
Colonisation by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi differed with age but in unpredictable ways and, along with dark septate endophytes, was evident even in plants that are considered non-mycorrhizal, although more extensive in known mycorrhizal species. The lack of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi colonisation and...
petiolata and West Virginia (WV) populations where A. petiolata is present. Larval survival to the 3rd instar was equally low in both populations when raised on A. petiolata. Mean oviposition preference on the two plants also did not differ between populations. However, we found a seasonal ...
The present study contributes to ongoing research on oils derived from plants (leaves, buds, fruits, flowers, herbs, seeds, etc.) with potential antimicrobial properties against some common fungi. Their incorporation into different films (such as edible starch films) has been gaining increasing atten...
Due to the plasticity of the plants in response to the pathogen and the establishment of either a compatible or incompatible interaction, the modulation of several classes of primary and secondary metabolites alters. During the initial phases of the infection, plant reactions to oomycetes are ...