Near-isogenic lines of the wheat cultivar Marquis, carrying either the Sr6-gene for resistance or the corresponding sr6-allele for susceptibility were grown either at 18°C or at 27°C. Seven-day-old plants were inoculated with uredospores of race 32 of the stem rust fungus Puccinia ...
Oceania is the collective name for the islands found throughout most of the Pacific Ocean. It traditionally is divided into four parts: Australasia (Australia and New Zealand), Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia. Exact definitions of Oceania can differ
Western Eurasia witnessed several large-scale human migrations during the Holocene1–5. Here, to investigate the cross-continental effects of these migrations, we shotgun-sequenced 317 genomes—mainly from the Mesolithic and Neolithic periods—from acros
Population genetic studies of symbiotic anthozoans have been historically challenging because their endosymbioses with dinoflagellates have impeded marker development. Genomic approaches like reduced representation sequencing alleviate marker development
The results also depict the regions where no substantial agreement was observed at the annual scale, such as central Europe, Southwest Asia, Australia, and parts of the African west coast and South America. Some of these regions are subject to significant seasonal changes that may not be ...
Last year alone, there were at least 13 shark attacks on the country's east coast, according to figures from Taronga Zoo's Australian Shark Attack File. "We were surprised at how rapid these declines were, especially in the early years of the shark control program," said Dr Chris Brown,...
1 of 6| Near Abidjan, Ivory Coast’s port city and fast-growing economic hub, many communities live without clean water on the UN’s World Water Day. (March 22)(AP video/Hilaire Zon) 2 of 6| People get drinking water from a water collecting point at a slum area, in Karachi, Pakist...
"In many high-cost areas of our country, especially along the West Coast, the severe shortage of affordable housing is manifesting itself on our streets," HUD Secretary Ben Carson said in a statement. "With rents rising faster than incomes, we need to bring everybody to the table to produc...
south eastern coast of mainland Australia, on Port Philip Bay, along the River Yarra. The major part of metropolitan Melbourne is thinly populated. During the initial years of development Melbourne was planned as a low density area to keep the provision for a widespread railway and ...
The magnitude and frequency of extreme precipitation events in the early twenty-first century have already proven to be increasing at a rate more quickly than previously anticipated. Currently, the biggest consequence of the change in extreme precipitation is the lack of a climate-adjusted national ...