| a revision of the genus macrolygistopterus pic, 1929 (coleoptera, lycidae, calochromini). | a taxonomic review of the lycid genus macrolygistopterus pic, 1929 with illustrations of diagnostic characters, geographic distribution maps and an identification key to the species is presented. also, a key to the world calochromini is given. of the 12 species of the genus, 9 were studied: m. succinctus (latreille, 1811), m. quadricostatus (buquet, 1842), m. caeruleus (gorham, 1884), m. germaini pic, 1930, m. grandjeani pic, 1930, m. subparallelus pic, 1930, m. testaceirostris pic, 1930, m. sim ... | 2016 | 27394782 |
| hyphomonas pacifica sp. nov., isolated from deep sea of the pacific ocean. | three gram-negative, aerobic, non-spore-forming, oval- to pear-shaped bacterial strains (t16b2(t), t24b3, and c76ad) were isolated from petroleum-degrading microbial communities through an enrichment of sediments and seawater samples from the pacific ocean. phylogenetic analysis showed strains t16b2(t), t24b3, and c76ad to form a robust clade together with hyphomonas atlanticus 22ii1-22f38(t) and hyphomonas beringensis 25b14_1(t) (16s rrna identity ≥99.6 %). genomic average nucleotide identity a ... | 2016 | 27255138 |
| botrytis pyriformis sp. nov., a novel and likely saprophytic species of botrytis. | a novel species of botrytis from sedum sarmentosum was described based on morphology and analyses of dna sequences of nuc rdna its regions and three nuclear genes (g3pdh, hsp60, rpb2). meanwhile pathogenicity in 32 plant species, response to temperature for growth and conidial germination for the species were determined. the botrytis species was named botrytis pyriformis sp. nov. it was characterized by formation of grayish mycelia, brownish conidia and melanized sclerotia on pda. the conidia ar ... | 2016 | 27153884 |
| complex processing of prickly pear cactus (opuntia sp.) by free-ranging long-tailed macaques: preliminary analysis for hierarchical organisation. | complex food-processing techniques by gorillas, chimpanzees, and orangutans have allowed comparisons of complex hierarchical cognition between great apes and humans. here, we analyse preliminary observations of free-ranging long-tailed macaques (macaca fascicularis) (n = 3) in thailand processing opuntia sp. cactus fruits. from our observations, we suggest that there is potential to extend the analyses of hierarchical cognition to old world monkeys. we found that the macaques used six behavioura ... | 2016 | 26921023 |
| fate of alicyclobacillus spp. in enrichment broth and in juice concentrates. | in this study, the fate of alicyclobacillus acidoterrestris spores in different types of juice concentrates stored under different conditions was investigated. in addition, the impact of dilution procedures during the enrichment step for the detection of alicyclobacillus in lemon juice concentrates was studied. pear, red grape, mango, tangerine, carrot and lemon juice concentrates (50-69.4°brix, ph1.7-4.3) were inoculated with a. acidoterrestris spores (10(3) spore/ml) and stored at 4 °c and 20 ... | 2015 | 26102554 |
| unifying bacteria from decaying wood with various ubiquitous gibbsiella species as g. acetica sp. nov. based on nucleotide sequence similarities and their acetic acid secretion. | bacteria were isolated from necrotic apple and pear tree tissue and from dead wood in germany and austria as well as from pear tree exudate in china. they were selected for growth at 37 °c, screened for levan production and then characterized as gram-negative, facultatively anaerobic rods. nucleotide sequences from 16s rrna genes, the housekeeping genes dnaj, gyrb, reca and rpob alignments, blast searches and phenotypic data confirmed by maldi-tof analysis showed that these bacteria belong to th ... | 2015 | 26071988 |
| planctomicrobium piriforme gen. nov., sp. nov., a stalked planctomycete from a littoral wetland of a boreal lake. | an aerobic, budding, non-pigmented and rosette-forming bacterium was isolated from a littoral wetland of a boreal lake located in valaam island, northern russia, and designated strain p3(t). ellipsoidal to pear-shaped cells of this bacterium were covered with crateriform pits and possessed stalks suggesting a planctomycete morphotype. 16s rrna gene sequence analysis confirmed that strain p3(t) was a member of the order planctomycetales and belonged to a phylogenetic lineage defined by the genus ... | 2015 | 25724745 |
| description of six new species of lycocerus gorham (coleoptera, cantharidae), with taxonomic note and new distribution data of some other species. | six new species of lycocerus gorham are described, lycocerusgracilicornis sp. n. (china: sichuan), lycoceruslongihirtus sp. n. (china: yunnan), lycocerussichuanus sp. n. (china: sichuan), lycocerushubeiensis sp. n. (china: hubei), lycocerusnapolovi sp. n. (vietnam: sa pa) and lycocerus quadrilineatus sp. n. (vietnam: sa pa), and provided with illustrations of habitus, antennae and aedeagi of male or and antennae, abdominal sternites viii and genitalia of female. lycocerusrubroniger švihla, 2011 ... | 2014 | 25709523 |
| pear skin stain caused by mycosphaerella graminicola on niitaka pear (pyrus pyrifolia nakai). | pear skin stains on 'niitaka' pears, which occur from the growing stage to the cold storage stage, reportedly negatively influence the marketing of pears. these stains on fruit skin are likely due to a pathogenic fungus that resides on the skin and is characterized by dark stains; however, the mycelium of this fungus does not penetrate into the sarcocarp and is only present on the cuticle layer of fruit skin. a pathogenic fungus was isolated from the skin lesions of infected fruits, and its path ... | 2014 | 25289008 |
| cheylostigmaeus tarae sp. nov. and stigmaeus delaramae sp. nov. (acari: stigmaeidae) from kurdistan, iran. | two new species belonging to the family stigmaeidae, cheylostigmaeus tarae sp. nov. and stigmaeus delaramae sp. nov., are described from specimens collected from soil and litter under pear trees, pyrus communis l. (rosaceae) in iran. a key to all iranian species of the genera cheylostigmaeus (male) and stigmaeus (female) are provided. | 2014 | 25082045 |
| insect pests occurring on dacryodes edulis (burseraceae) in rural areas in gabon. | the inventory of pests occurring on dacryodes edulis (burseraceae) was carried out in rural areas in gabon during 2009 and 2010. yellow traps and visual observations were used to record weekly pests during the tree flowering stage, in five villages. catches from yellow traps rose to 7,296 and 1,722 insect pests in 2009 and 2010, respectively, whereas records from visual observations corresponded to 1,812 and 171 insect pests in 2009 and 2010, respectively. during both years, abundance from traps ... | 2014 | 27193810 |
| hyphomonas beringensis sp. nov. and hyphomonas chukchiensis sp. nov., isolated from surface seawater of the bering sea and chukchi sea. | two gram-negative, non-spore-forming, oval to pear shaped motile strains, designated 25b14_1(t) and bh-bn04-4(t), isolated from surface seawater from the bering sea and chukchi sea, respectively, were subjected to polyphasic taxonomic study. phylogenetic analysis based on 16s rrna gene sequences demonstrated that strains 25b14_1(t) and bh-bn04-4(t) clustered together with hyphomonas atlanticus 22ii1-22f38(t) and hyphomonas oceanitis dsm 5155(t), respectively, within genus hyphomonas. based on wh ... | 2014 | 25070064 |
| hyphomonas atlanticus sp. nov., isolated from the atlantic ocean and emended description of the genus hyphomonas. | a taxonomic study was carried out on strains 22ii1-22f38(t) and 22ii-s13e, which were isolated from sea water and sediment from the atlantic ocean, respectively. the two strains were gram-negative, oxidase and catalase positive, oval to pear shaped, and motile by a single polar flagellum. phylogenetic analysis based on 16s rrna gene sequences indicated that both strains belonged to the genus hyphomonas, with highest sequence similarity (98.2%) to the type strains h. jannaschiana dsm 5153(t) and ... | 2014 | 25066824 |
| notes on lycocerus kiontochananus (pic, 1921) and description of two new species of lycocerus gorham from china (coleoptera, cantharidae). | the lycocerus kiontochananus species complex is revised; l. perroudi (pic, 1937) stat. rev., originally in cantharis, is resurrected from synonymy with l. kiontochananus (pic, 1921); l. atropygidialis (pic, 1937) stat. nov., originally in cantharis, is upgraded from cantharis perroudi var. atropygidialis pic, 1937 and resurrected from synonymy with l. kiontochananus; l. kejvali švihla, 2004 syn. nov. is considered as a junior synonym with l. kiontochananus. the male of l. perroudi and the female ... | 2014 | 24871519 |
| revision of the checkered beetle genus erymanthus spinola, 1841 (coleoptera, cleridae, clerinae). | the genus erymanthus spinola, 1841 is taxonomically revised to include sixteen species. the species e. transversopustulatus n. sp. is described as new. erymanthus concoloripennis pic, 1932, n. syn. is placed in synonymy with e. bicolor chapin, 1924, e. horridus var. semirufus kuwert, 1893 is recognized as a distinct and valid species e. semirufus; e. variegatus pic, 1950 n. syn. is synonymized with e. pustulosus quedenfeldt, 1888. a key to the species, color photographs, genital figu ... | 2014 | 24869839 |
| a new genus with six new species of typhlopolycystidinae evdonin, 1977 (platyhelminthes, kalyptorhynchia, polycystididae). | five new species of the new taxon brunetorhynchus n. gen. are described: b. deconincki n. sp., b. microstylis n. sp. and b. complicatus n. sp. are from the mediterranean, b. canariensis n. sp. is from the canary island lanzarote, b. cannoni n. sp. is from the australian east coast and one species from the galapagos, formerly described as limipolycystis spec., is transferred to the new genus as b. dubius n. sp.. as in limipolycystis, these species have a single stylet, (accessory stylet type ii), ... | 2014 | 24869820 |
| flavorings as new sources of contamination by deteriogenic alicyclobacillus of fruit juices and beverages. | this study aimed to report the incidence of alicyclobacillus and alicyclobacillus acidoterrestris in apple and pear flavorings (n=42) and to assess the effect of guaiacol-producing a. acidoterrestris strains on apple flavorings stored at 4, 20 and 45 °c. a real-time polymerase chain reaction (rt-pcr) method was used for simultaneous confirmation of alicyclobacilli. a total of six isolates were identified as a. acidoterrestris, and only one strain was not able to produce guaiacol. the storage of ... | 2014 | 24370970 |
| the genus aspidimerus mulsant, 1850 (coleoptera, coccinellidae) from china, with descriptions of two new species. | chinese members of the genus aspidimerus mulsant, 1850 are reviewed. ten species are recognized, including two new species: a. zhenkangicus huo & ren, sp. n. and a. menglensis huo & ren, sp. n. a. kabakovi hoàng is recorded from china for the first time. a. blandus (mader, 1954) is recognized as synonymous with a. ruficrus gorham, 1895 (syn. n.). aspidimerus rectangulatus kuznetsov & pang, 1991 and a. serratus kuznetsov & pang, 1991 are transferred to the genus pseudaspidimerus kapur, 1948 (comb ... | 2013 | 24294073 |
| simulium (asiosimulium) furvum, a new species of black fly (diptera: simuliidae) from thailand. | simulium (asiosimulium) furvum sp. nov. (diptera: simuliidae) is described from female, male, pupal, and larval specimens collected from maewa national park, lampang province, thailand. this new species represents the fourth member of the subgenus asiosimulium takaoka & chochoote, one of two small black fly subgenera endemic in the oriental region. it is characterized by a pear-shaped spermatheca in the female; a ventral plate in the male with a laterally compressed median keel directed ventrall ... | 2013 | 23802443 |
| taxonomic revision of the genus callimerus gorham s. l. (coleoptera, cleridae). part i. latifrons species-group. | the latifrons species-group (=brachycallimerus sensu chapin 1924, corporaal 1950; = flavofasciatus-group sensu kolibáč 1998) of callimerus gorham is redefined and revised. five species are recognized including one new species callimerus cacuminis yang & yang sp. n. (type locality: yunnan, china). callimerus flavofasciatus schenkling, 1902 is newly synonymized with callimerus latifrons gorham, 1876. callimerus trifasciatus schenkling, 1899a is transferred to the genus corynommadius schenkling, 18 ... | 2013 | 23794870 |
| revision of the genus hemitrachys gorham, with discovery of a second species (coleoptera: cleridae: clerinae). | the genus hemitrachys gorham, 1876 is revised and a new species hemitrachys tubericollis n. sp. from china is described as the second species of this genus. thirty-eight illustrations of habitus, genital and external characters are provided. | 2013 | 26106675 |
| preliminary review of the genus stenotarsus perty (coleoptera: endomychidae) from méxico, guatemala and belize, with descriptions of twelve new species. | a preliminary review of the species of stenotarsus perty from méxico, guatemala and belize is presented. twenty-seven species are recorded from the region including 12 new species described here: stenotarsus cortesi sp. nov. (jalisco), s. incisus sp. nov. (quetzaltenango, chiapas, oaxaca, veracruz), s. kafkai sp. nov. (veracruz), s. mesoamericanus sp. nov. (chiapas, puebla), s. mexicanus sp. nov. (veracruz), s. molgorae sp. nov. (jalisco), s. monterrosoi sp. nov. (izabal), s. parallelicornis sp. ... | 2013 | 25340196 |
| revision of the asian species of afidentula kapur, 1958 (coleoptera: coccinellidae: epilachnini). | the asian species of afidentula kapur are revised, diagnosed and illustrated. the following new synonyms are proposed: afidentula stephensi (mulsant, 1850) (= afidentula erberi fürsch, 1984); afidentula thanhsonensis hoang, 1977 (=afidentula cucphuongensis hoang, 1977). the status of afidentula herbigrada (mulsant, 1850) as a synonym of afidentula bisquadripunctata (gyllenhal, 1808) is confirmed. one new species: afidentula semisqualens sp. nov. and three new subspecies: a. manderstjernae bielaw ... | 2013 | 24614446 |
| micropropagation of pear (pyrus sp.). | elements of micropropagation include establishment of shoot tip cultures, proliferation, rooting, and acclimatization of the resulting plantlets. the wide genetic variation in pyrus makes micropropagation challenging for many genotypes. initiation of shoots is most successful from forced dormant shoots or from scions grafted onto seedling rootstocks to impose juvenility. clean shoots are recovered after testing for contaminants at the initiation stage on ½ strength murashige and skoog 1962 mediu ... | 2013 | 23179686 |
| theileriosis in a reindeer (rangifer tarandus tarandus) associated with a potentially novel theileria sp. | a 5-year-old male neutered reindeer (rangifer tarandus tarandus) from missouri was presented with a 3-week history of anorexia, respiratory distress, lethargy, and weight loss. blood smear review revealed that a small percentage of rbcs contained small (1-2 μm in length) pleomorphic piroplasms (signet ring, rod- or pear-shaped, and elongate forms) with an eccentric magenta nucleus and basophilic cytoplasm. nested pcr to specifically amplify a portion of the piroplasm small subunit ribosomal rna ... | 2012 | 23025520 |
| the selectivity in the time of thiacloprid (calypso 480 sc) applied at preblossom on the further anthocoris nemoralis population build up in pears. | predatory bugs (anthocoris sp.) are key predators of the pear sucker (psyllo pyri) in pear orchards. in order to enhance biological control it is important to verify if crop protection products applied against psylla pyri display potential short- or long-term detrimental effects on anthocoris populations. this study focuses on the impact of thiacloprid (calypso 480 sc), applied at preblossom for the control of the first generation pear sucker psylla pyri, on subsequent population build up of ant ... | 2009 | 20218534 |
| occurrence and identification of phytophthora spp. pathogenic to pear fruit in irrigation water in the wenatchee river valley of washington state. | abstract seven hundred forty-nine isolates of phytophthora spp. were obtained from irrigation canals in eastern washington state during the 1992 to 1995 and 1999 growing seasons. isolates were retrieved using pear baiting techniques. all isolates were pathogenic to pear and were present in irrigation water beginning early in fruit development. over the course of the 5 year study, 10 and 5% of isolates were identified as p. cactorum and p. citricola, respectively, using morphological criteria. th ... | 2002 | 18944247 |
| leptographium piriforme sp. nov., from a taxonomically diverse collection of arthropods collected in an aspen-dominated forest in western canada. | during a survey of fungi associated with arthropods collected in a southern boreal mixed-wood forest in alberta we obtained 29 isolates of a unique species of leptographium. this species displayed a distinct combination of characteristics, including curved conidia on short-stipitate conidiophores, a secondary micronematous conidial state, stalked pear-shaped cells and an optimal growth rate at 35 c, and is described as leptographium piriforme sp. nov. the isolates were most similar morphological ... | 2007 | 17256580 |
| development of a caps marker system for genotyping european pear cultivars harboring 17 s alleles. | the full-length cdnas of eight s ribonucleases (s-rnases) were cloned from stylar rna of european pear cultivars that could not be characterized by the cleaved amplified polymorphic sequences (caps) marker system for genotyping european pear cultivars harboring nine s alleles sa, sb, sd, se, sh, sk, sl, sq, and sr. comparison of the nucleotide sequences between these cdnas and six putative s-rnase alleles previously amplified by genomic pcr revealed that five corresponded to the putative sc-, si ... | 2007 | 17061100 |
| diplectanids (monogenea) parasitic on the gills of the coralgroupers plectropomus laevis and p. leopardus (perciformes, serranidae) off new caledonia, with the description of five new species and the erection of echinoplectanum n. g. | echinoplectanum n. g. is erected for diplectanids which have a male copulatory organ comprising a tubular sclerotised penis with a muscular reservoir at its proximal extremity and an protrusible cirrus, often with spiny ridges, at its distal extremity, and a female copulatory organ comprising a sclerotised vaginal sac, often with two thin tubes. all species have similar squamodiscs made of rows of rodlets, with the central rows forming closed circles, and haptoral parts with a similar shape but ... | 2006 | 16786281 |
| an ultrastructural and histopathological study of henneguya pellucida n. sp. (myxosporea: myxobolidae) infecting piaractus mesopotamicus (characidae) cultivated in brazil. | during a study of myxosporean parasites of cultivated freshwater fish, a new myxosporean species, henneguya pellucida n. sp., was discovered. of the 120 piaractus mesopotamicus sampled, only 10 specimens (8.3%) were infected. yellow, round plasmodia measuring 0.5-3 mm were found in the serous membrane of the visceral cavity and in the tunica externa of the swim bladder. sporogenesis was asynchronous, with the earliest developmental stages aligned prevailingly along the endoplasmic periphery and ... | 2005 | 16218209 |
| expression of ripening-related genes in prickly pear (opuntia sp.) fruits. | to throw light on the expression of ripening-related genes in prickly pear (opuntia sp.) fruits and on the possible role of the gaseous hormone ethylene in nonclimacteric fruit ripening, cdna fragments that showed high homologies with 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate (acc) synthase and acc oxidase cdnas from other plants were cloned and partially characterized. thus, the corresponding genes were accordingly named opaccs-1 and opacco-1, after opuntia acc synthase-1 and opuntia acc oxidase-1, res ... | 2003 | 15354791 |
| hydrolytic activity and ultrastructural changes in fruit skins from two prickly pear (opuntia sp.) varieties during storage. | the activity of four cell wall hydrolases, pectinmethylesterase (pme), polygalacturonase (pg), cellulase, and beta-galactosidase (beta-gal), was measured in fruit skins of two prickly pear varieties, naranjona and charola, during storage at 18 degrees c and 85-95% relative humidity (rh). in naranjona (opuntia ficus indica), of short postharvest life (ca. 2 weeks), pg, cellulase, and beta-gal increased their activity more than twice, whereas pme activity tended to increase only slightly during st ... | 2002 | 11879058 |
| substance p-immunoreactive neurons in hamster retinas. | light-microscopic immunocytochemistry was utilized to localize the different populations of substance p-immunoreactive (sp-ir) neurons in the hamster retina. based on observation of 2505 sp-ir neurons in transverse sections, 34% were amacrine cells whose pear-shaped or round cell bodies (7-8 microm) were situated in the inner half of the inner nuclear layer (inl) or in the inner plexiform layer (ipl), while 66% of sp-ir somata (6-20 microm) were located in the ganglion cell layer (gcl) which wer ... | 2006 | 10349968 |
| composition of pulp, skin and seeds of prickly pears fruit (opuntia ficus indica sp.). | the proximate composition of pulp, skin and seeds of prickly pear cactus (opuntia ficus indica) was investigated and is reported on a dry weight basis. the most abundant component of the pulp and skin was ethanol-soluble carbohydrates. pulp contained glucose (35%) and fructose (29%) while the skin contained essentially glucose (21%). protein content was 5.1% (pulp), 8.3% (skin) and 11.8% (seeds). starch was found in each of the three parts of the fruit. pulp fibers were rich in pectin (14.4%), s ... | 1998 | 9950087 |
| effects of water stress cycles on turgor maintenance processes in pear leaves (pyrus communis). | effects of water deficits on leaf turgor maintenance processes were analyzed for pear trees (pyrus communis l. cv. "barlett") grown in 120-liter containers. four irrigation treatments were applied: a well-watered control treatment, a spring water stress cycle (sp), a summer water stress cycle (su), and a spring plus summer water stress cycle (sp + su). for the sp treatment, water application was progressively reduced from 100 to 20% of the control dose over a period of 27 days in spring. for the ... | 1997 | 14759856 |
| how does the toad's visual system discriminate different worm-like stimuli? | behavioral experiments show that toads exhibit stimulus- and locus-specific habituation. different worm-like stimuli that toads can discriminate at a certain visual location form a dishabituation hierarchy. what is the neural mechanism which underlies these behaviors? this paper proposes that the toad discriminates visual objects based on temporal responses, and that discrimination is reflected in different average neuronal firing rates at some higher visual center, hypothetically anterior thala ... | 1991 | 2004136 |
| adventitious shoot regeneration from leaf tissue of three pear (pyrus sp.) cultivars in vitro. | to develop an adventitious regeneration system for pear cultivars, several experiments were conducted with 2 cultivars of pyrus communis l. ('seckel' and 'louise bonne') and one cultivar of p. bretschneideri rehd. ('crystal pear'). half-leaves, taken from shoots proliferating on lepoivre medium, were plated in petri-dishes on medium supplemented with various combinations of cytokinins and auxins. cultures of the above cultivars had been established from mature trees. among the growth regulators ... | 1989 | 24240463 |
| [ameson hybomitrae sp. n. (microsporidia, pereziidae) from gadflies of karelia]. | microsporidia of the genus ameson were recorded from larvae of horseflies of the genus hybomitra in karelia. earlier these microsporidia were recorded from crustaceans. the infection extensiveness ranges from 5.1 to 10.5%. the parasites develop in musculature, fat body and salivary glands of the host. the new species has uninucleate, single-located egg- and pear-shaped spores. the ultrafine structure of developmental stages and spores is studied. | 2009 | 2524029 |
| torulopsis bacarum, torulopsis pustula and torulopsis multis-gemmis sp. nov., three new yeasts from soft fruit. | three new species of yeasts isolated from fresh soft fruit are described. torulopsis pustula was isolated from blackcurrants, torulopsis bacarum from blackcurrants, strawberries and raspberries, and torulopsis multis-gemmis from raspberries. all differ from known species in the test substrates they utilize. in addition, cells of torulopsis pustula often form a bulbous projection near their apices from which budding takes place. these buds are frequently pear- or heart-shaped. | 1975 | 1089748 |
| review of the biology, ecology, and management of halyomorpha halys (hemiptera: pentatomidae) in china, japan, and the republic of korea. | native to china, japan, korea, and taiwan, the brown marmorated stink bug, halyomorpha halys (stål) (hemiptera: pentatomidae) was first detected in the united states in the mid-1990s. since establishing in the united states, this invasive species has caused significant economic losses in agriculture and created major nuisance problems for home and business owners, especially in the mid-atlantic region. basic and applied questions on h. halys have been addressed in its native range in asia since ... | 2013 | 23905725 |
| ribosome inactivating proteins from rosaceae. | ribosome-inactivating proteins (rips) are widespread among higher plants of different taxonomic orders. in this study, we report on the rip sequences found in the genome/transcriptome of several important rosaceae species, including many economically important edible fruits such as apple, pear, peach, apricot, and strawberry. all rip domains from rosaceae share high sequence similarity with conserved residues in the catalytic site and the carbohydrate binding sites. the genomes of malus domestic ... | 0 | 27556443 |
| comparative analysis of the predicted secretomes of rosaceae scab pathogens venturia inaequalis and v. pirina reveals expanded effector families and putative determinants of host range. | fungal plant pathogens belonging to the genus venturia cause damaging scab diseases of members of the rosaceae. in terms of economic impact, the most important of these are v. inaequalis, which infects apple, and v. pirina, which is a pathogen of european pear. given that venturia fungi colonise the sub-cuticular space without penetrating plant cells, it is assumed that effectors that contribute to virulence and determination of host range will be secreted into this plant-pathogen interface. thu ... | 2017 | 28464870 |
| proteogenomic analysis of the venturia pirina (pear scab fungus) secretome reveals potential effectors. | a proteogenomic analysis is presented for venturia pirina, a fungus that causes scab disease on european pear (pyrus communis). v. pirina is host-specific, and the infection is thought to be mediated by secreted effector proteins. currently, only 36 v. pirina proteins are catalogued in genbank, and the genome sequence is not publicly available. to identify putative effectors, v. pirina was grown in vitro on and in cellophane sheets mimicking its growth in infected leaves. secreted extracts were ... | 2014 | 24965097 |
| patterns of low temperature induced accumulation of dehydrins in rosaceae crops-evidence for post-translational modification in apple. | important crop plants of rosaceae family are often damaged during winter due to the lack of acclimation and cold hardiness. one of the cellular responses of plants to cold stress is the accumulation of dehydrin proteins. we studied the expression of dehydrins in several rosaceae species during low temperature treatment in vitro. microshoots of pyrus communis, malus×domestica, fragaria vesca, fragaria×ananassa, prunus cerasus and prunus avium cultivars were grown in low temperature conditions. ge ... | 2017 | 28886453 |
| integrated high-density consensus genetic map of pyrus and anchoring of the 'bartlett' v1.0 (pyrus communis) genome. | genetic maps are essential tools for pear genetics and genomics research. in this study, we first constructed an integrated simple sequence repeat (ssr) and single nucleotide polymorphism (snp)-based consensus genetic map for pear based on common ssr markers between nine published maps. a total of 5,085 markers, including 1,232 ssrs and 3,853 snps, were localized on a consensus map spanning 3,266.0 cm in total, with an average marker interval of 0.64 cm, which represents the highest density cons ... | 2017 | 28130382 |
| automatic analysis of the 3-d microstructure of fruit parenchyma tissue using x-ray micro-ct explains differences in aeration. | 3d high-resolution x-ray imaging methods have emerged over the last years for visualising the anatomy of tissue samples without substantial sample preparation. quantitative analysis of cells and intercellular spaces in these images has, however, been difficult and was largely based on manual image processing. we present here an automated procedure for processing high-resolution x-ray images of parenchyma tissues of apple (malus × domestica borkh.) and pear (pyrus communis l.) as a rapid objectiv ... | 2015 | 26518365 |
| the draft genome sequence of european pear (pyrus communis l. 'bartlett'). | we present a draft assembly of the genome of european pear (pyrus communis) 'bartlett'. our assembly was developed employing second generation sequencing technology (roche 454), from single-end, 2 kb, and 7 kb insert paired-end reads using newbler (version 2.7). it contains 142,083 scaffolds greater than 499 bases (maximum scaffold length of 1.2 mb) and covers a total of 577.3 mb, representing most of the expected 600 mb pyrus genome. a total of 829,823 putative single nucleotide polymorphisms ( ... | 2014 | 24699266 |
| cornelian cherry (cornus mas l.) juice as a potential source of biological compounds. | cornelian cherry (cornus mas l.), apple (malus domestica borkh. cultivars jonagold and red boskoop), pear (pyrus communis cv. conference), and plum (prunus domestica l. cv. common plum) juices were assayed for their quality, organic acids, polyphenol content, and antioxidant activity (determined as a ferric-reducing antioxidant power [frap]). cornelian cherry juice revealed the highest titratable acidity-2.58 g malic acid/100 g. the highest polyphenol content was also noted for cornelian cherry- ... | 2013 | 23905648 |
| russeting in apple and pear: a plastic periderm replaces a stiff cuticle. | russeting in apples (malus × domestica borkh.) and pears (pyrus communis l.) is a disorder of the fruit skin that results from microscopic cracks in the cuticle and the subsequent formation of a periderm. to better understand russeting, rheological properties of cuticular membranes (cm) and periderm membranes (pm) were studied from the russet-sensitive apple 'karmijn de sonnaville' and from 'conference' pear. | 2013 | 23350024 |
| ecosystems effects 25 years after chernobyl: pollinators, fruit set and recruitment. | animals are assumed to play a key role in ecosystem functioning through their effects on seed set, seed consumption, seed dispersal, and maintenance of plant communities. however, there are no studies investigating the consequences of animal scarcity on seed set, seed consumption and seed dispersal at large geographical scales. we exploited the unprecedented scarcity of pollinating bumblebees and butterflies in the vicinity of chernobyl, ukraine, linked to the effects of radiation on pollinator ... | 2012 | 22707037 |
| update on comparative genome mapping between malus and pyrus. | comparative genome mapping determines the linkage between homologous genes of related taxa. it has already been used in plants to characterize agronomically important genes in lesser studied species, using information from better studied species. in the maloideae sub-family, which includes fruit species such as apple, pear, loquat and quince, genome co-linearity has been suggested between the genera malus and pyrus; however map comparisons are incomplete to date. | 2009 | 19747407 |
| evidence for a photoprotective function of low-temperature-induced anthocyanin accumulation in apple and pear peel. | the light requirement and low-temperature stimulation of anthocyanin synthesis in peel of apple (malus domestica) and pears (pyrus communis) and the presence of anthocyanins in immature fruits are not congruent with a visual function in dispersal. we hypothesized that anthocyanins afford photoprotection to peel during low-temperature-induced light stress and that the protection is not a fortuitous side-effect of light absorption by anthocyanin. the extent of photoinhibition at harvest and after ... | 2009 | 19493306 |
| three-dimensional gas exchange pathways in pome fruit characterized by synchrotron x-ray computed tomography. | our understanding of the gas exchange mechanisms in plant organs critically depends on insights in the three-dimensional (3-d) structural arrangement of cells and voids. using synchrotron radiation x-ray tomography, we obtained for the first time high-contrast 3-d absorption images of in vivo fruit tissues of high moisture content at 1.4-microm resolution and 3-d phase contrast images of cell assemblies at a resolution as low as 0.7 microm, enabling visualization of individual cell morphology, c ... | 2008 | 18417636 |
| irradiation disinfestation of apple maggot (diptera: tephritidae) in hypoxic and low-temperature storage. | apple maggot, rhagoletis pomonella (walsh), is a quarantine pest of apples, malus domestica borkhausen, and pears, pyrus communis l., shipped from much of the united states and canada. as such, these fruits shipped from infested areas to uninfested areas must undergo a quarantine disinfestation treatment. the objective of this research was to develop irradiation quarantine treatments against apple maggot considering that fruit hosts may be stored under hypoxic or cold conditions when they are ir ... | 2004 | 15384333 |
| molecular cloning, substrate specificity of the functionally expressed dihydroflavonol 4-reductases from malus domestica and pyrus communis cultivars and the consequences for flavonoid metabolism. | treatment with the dioxygenase inhibitor prohexadione-ca leads to major changes in the flavonoid metabolism of apple (malus domestica) and pear (pyrus communis) leaves. accumulation of unusual 3-deoxyflavonoids is observed, which have been linked to an enhanced resistance toward fire blight. the committed step in this pathway is the reduction of flavanones. crude extracts from leaves are able to perform this reaction. there was previous evidence that dfr enzymes of certain plants possess additio ... | 2003 | 12667486 |
| comparative analysis of phenolic acids in mistletoe plants from various hosts. | phenolic acids present in mistletoe plants collected from various hosts were analysed with the use of hplc. the following numbers of compounds were found in the mistletoe plant material gathered from respective hosts: sorbus aucuparia- 12 compounds; acer plantanoides--14 compounds: malus domestica, pyrus communis and populus nigra--13 compounds each; quercus robur--15 compounds. altogether 21 phenolic acids were chromatographically identified in the tested material. the compounds were either fre ... | 2012 | 11876445 |
| calcium chloride penetrates plant cuticles via aqueous pores. | penetration of calcium chloride across astomatous cuticular membranes (cms) isolated from leaves of pyrus communis l. has been studied. penetration was a first-order process when calcium chloride concentrations ranged from 2 gl(-1) to 10 gl(-1). rate constants were increased 10-fold by adding wetting agents but they did not depend on temperature. the accelerators tributyl phosphate and diethyl sebacate had no effect on rates of penetration. increasing humidity over the salt residue on the cms fr ... | 2000 | 11219575 |
| characterization and partial purification of aldose-6-phosphate reductase (alditol-6-phosphate:nadp 1-oxidoreductase) from apple leaves. | aldose-6-phosphate reductase (alditol 6-phosphate:nadp 1-oxidoreductase) was isolated and characterized from mature apple leaves (malus domestica cv. starkrimson). the enzyme was purified 79-fold. the enzyme catalyzed the following reversible reaction: d-glucose 6-phosphate + nadph + h(+) right arrow over left arrow d-sorbitol 6-phosphate + nadp(+). no activity was detected when nad(+) was substituted for nadp(+) or when nadh was substituted for nadph. the enzyme reduced d-galactose 6-phosphate ... | 1981 | 16661614 |
| low temperature, but not photoperiod, controls growth cessation and dormancy induction and release in apple and pear. | in contrast to most temperate woody species, apple and pear and some other woody species of the rosaceae family are insensitive to photoperiod, and no alternative environmental seasonal signal is known to control their dormancy. we studied growth and dormancy induction in micropropagated plants of four apple (malus pumila mill.) and one pear (pyrus communis l.) commercial rootstock cultivars in controlled environments. the results confirm that growth cessation and dormancy induction in apple and ... | 2005 | 15519992 |
| the effect of storage of canned juices on content of the metals fe, cu, zn, pb, sn, al, cd, sb and ni. | the increase in concentration of iron, copper, zinc, lead, antimony, aluminium, cadmium, tin and nickel over a 2 year's time of juices of peach (prunus persica), pear (pyrus communis), apricot (prunus vulgaris) and apple (malus pumila) was determined. the results show a considerable increase in fe, cu, pb, zn and sn with time, while the change in al, cd, ni and sb is negligible. | 1990 | 2366854 |
| ripening and in vitro retention of respiratory control by avocado and pear mitochondria. | the retention of respiratory control ("survival") by mitochondria held at 25 c was studied in relation to the ripening of two varieties of avocado (persea americana mill. var. ;fuerte' and ;hass') and one variety of pear (pyrus communis. l. var. ;bartlett') fruit. the survival of avocado mitochondria increased from 8 to 10 hours when isolated from unripe, preclimacteric fruit, to 48 hours when isolated from fully ripe, postclimacteric fruits. although rates of alpha-ketoglutarate oxidation, resp ... | 1975 | 16659279 |
| molecular characterization and expression analyses of an anthocyanin synthase gene from magnolia sprengeri pamp. | anthocyanin synthase (ans), which catalyzes the conversion of colorless leucoanthocyanins into colored anthocyanins, is a key enzyme in the anthocyanin biosynthetic pathway. it plays important roles in plant development and defense. an ans gene designated as msans was cloned from magnolia sprengeri using rapid amplification of complementary dna (cdna) ends technology. the full-length msans is 1171-bp long and contains a 1080-bp open reading frame encoding a 360 amino acid polypeptide. in a seque ... | 2015 | 25315387 |
| somatic hybridization of sexually incompatible top-fruit tree rootstocks, wild pear (pyrus communis var. pyraster l.) and colt cherry (prunus avium x pseudocerasus). | mesophyll protoplasts of wild pear (pyrus communis var. pyraster l., pomoideae) were chemically fused with cell suspension protoplasts of cherry rootstock colt (prunus avium x pseudocerasus, prunoideae), following an electroporation treatment of the separate parental protoplast systems. fusion-treated protoplasts were cultured, on modified k8p medium, where it had been previously established that neither parental protoplasts were capable of division. somatic hybrid calli were recovered and, foll ... | 1989 | 24227027 |
| genomics of pear and other rosaceae fruit trees. | the family rosaceae includes many economically important fruit trees, such as pear, apple, peach, cherry, quince, apricot, plum, raspberry, and loquat. over the past few years, whole-genome sequences have been released for chinese pear, european pear, apple, peach, japanese apricot, and strawberry. these sequences help us to conduct functional and comparative genomics studies and to develop new cultivars with desirable traits by marker-assisted selection in breeding programs. these genomics reso ... | 2016 | 27069399 |
| season-long volatile emissions from peach and pear trees in situ, overlapping profiles, and olfactory attraction of an oligophagous fruit moth in the laboratory. | insect herbivores that have more than one generation per year and reproduce on different host plants are confronted with substantial seasonal variation in the volatile blends emitted by their hosts. one way to deal with such variation is to respond to a specific set of compounds common to all host plants. the oriental fruit moth cydia (=grapholita) molesta is a highly damaging invasive pest. the stone fruit peach (prunus persica) is its primary host, whereas pome fruits such as pear (pyrus commu ... | 2013 | 23440443 |
| modulation of antioxidant compounds in organic vs conventional fruit (peach, prunus persica l., and pear, pyrus communis l.). | despite the increasing interest in organic products, knowledge about how different levels of fertilization affect nutritionally relevant components is still limited. the concentration of polyphenols and the activity of polyphenoloxidase (ppo), together with the content in ascorbic acid, citric acid, and alpha- and gamma-tocopherol, were assayed in conventional and organic peach (prunus persica l., cv. regina bianca) and pear (pyrus communis l., cv. williams). 2-thiobarbituric acid reactive subst ... | 2002 | 12207491 |
| gorham-stout disease of the temporal bone involving the temporomandibular joint. | gorham-stout disease of the skull is a very rare entity. it presents with gradual bone resorption, and proliferation of lymphoid and vascular channels within the bony matrix. this is often a diagnosis of exclusion confirmed with serial imaging and based on radiological evidence. | 2018 | 29363434 |
| gorham disease. | gorham disease, a rare condition of unknown etiology, presents as skeletal lucency on radiographs, prompting the classic eponym of vanishing bone disease. initial clinical presentation varies considerably but typically involves prolonged soreness in the affected region and, rarely, acute pathologic fracture. the nonspecific nature of complaints, lack of markers of systemic illness, and rarity of the disease contribute to delayed diagnosis. several imaging studies (eg, plain radiographs, computed ... | 2018 | 29309464 |
| diagnosis and treatment of gorham-stout disease in maxillofacial regions. | this study was aimed to investigate the clinical features, imaging examination, and treatment of the patients with gorham-stout disease (gsd) in maxillofacial region, so as to improve the understanding of gsd. | 2018 | 29309350 |
| gorham-stout disease management during pregnancy. | gorham-stout disease (gsd) is a rare lymphatic disorder affecting children or young adults with no predilection of sex. it is generally associated with vanishing bone osteolytic lesions, thoracic and abdominal involvement, and diffuse pulmonary lymphangiomatosis. chylous effusions and chylothorax, consequent to the abnormal proliferation of lymphatic vessels, may induce respiratory failure with a high mortality risk. extrapulmonary alterations may include chylous ascites, lymphopenia, and destru ... | 2017 | 29263942 |
| two cases of gorham-stout disease with good response to zoledronic acid treatment. | gorham-stout disease - also called vanishing bone syndrome - is a rare bone disease characterized by a progressive intra-osseous proliferation of non-neoplastic vascular tissue resulting in massive osteolysis. here, we report two clinical cases of gorham-stout disease. case 1: a 56-year-old woman with 20 years of history of pain and swell in elbows, ankles and wrist. then she was diagnosed as systemic lupus erythematosus (sle) with glomerulonephritis type iii. after other pathologies were ruled ... | 2017 | 29263745 |
| systematics of the east palaearctic pear psyllids (hemiptera: psylloidea) with particular focus on the japanese and korean fauna. | the confused taxonomy of the east palaearctic pear psyllids, serious pests on cultivated pear, is reviewed. fifty-six nominal species have been reported from pyrus, 25 of which we consider valid and ten as not being associated with pyrus. our taxonomic revision suggests that, in korea, four cacopsylla species develop on pear: the univoltine c. burckhardti luo et al. previously misidentified as c. pyrisuga (foerster), the polyvoltine, seasonally dimorphic c. jukyungi (kwon) (winter form 'cinereos ... | 2017 | 29245444 |
| improvement of post-harvest quality of pear fruit with optimized composite edible coating formulations. | application of edible coatings is a suitable method to maintain the quality and reduce post-harvest losses in fresh vegetables and fruits. pear fruits being climacteric have a short shelf life, and coating is considered as one of the most popular techniques to prolong its shelf life.the present study evaluates the effect of optimized edible coatings containing soy protein isolate (spi) in combination with additives like hydroxypropyl methylcellulose (hpmc) and olive oil on 'babughosha' pears (py ... | 2017 | 29085134 |
| mandibular gorham-stout disease: a case report and literature review. | gorham-stout disease (gsd) is characterized by aggressive bone resorption, proliferation of vascular or lymphatic vessels, and soft-tissue swelling. bones that initially appear normal start to resorb, partially or completely. however, the etiology of gsd is unknown. | 2017 | 29049202 |
| vanishing act: gorham-stout disease leading to dynamic cerebrospinal fluid abnormalities. | | 2017 | 29016411 |
| biology and epidemiology of venturia species affecting fruit crops: a review. | the fungal genus venturia sacc. (anamorph fusicladium bonord.) includes plant pathogens that cause substantial economic damage to fruit crops worldwide. although venturia inaequalis is considered a model species in plant pathology, other venturia spp. also cause scab on other fruit trees. relative to the substantial research that has been conducted on v. inaequalis and apple scab, little research has been conducted on venturia spp. affecting other fruit trees. in this review, the main characteri ... | 2017 | 28974954 |
| langerhans cell histiocytosis involving both jaws in an adult. | langerhans cell histiocytosis (lch) is the latest terminology for a disorder of reticulo-endothelial system, previously known as histiocytosis x, and marked by aberrant proliferation of bone marrow derived langerhans cells with variable inflammatory infiltrate including neutrophils, lymphocytes, plasma cells, eosinophils, and multinucleated giant cells. although rare, the disorder frequently inflicts children with peak incidence recorded in 2-4 years age group. lch is rare in adults. a22-year ad ... | 2017 | 28969735 |
| grafting on resistant interstocks reduces scion susceptibility to pear psylla, cacopsylla bidens. | pear psylla is a major obstacle to efficient integrated pest management in pear orchards in israel and around the world. we used two accessions with natural resistance to pear psylla cacopsylla bidens (šulc) - py.760-261 (760) and py.701-202 (701), both apparently of pyrus communis l. origin - as interstock grafts to confer psylla resistance to the commercially important 'spadona estiva' (pyrus communis) scion (spadona) cultivar. the interaction of the interstocks with quince (cydonia oblong mil ... | 2017 | 28967187 |
| gorham-stout disease: hand involvement in an 8-year-old child. | | 2017 | 28964427 |
| identification of candidate genes involved in the sugar metabolism and accumulation during pear fruit post-harvest ripening of 'red clapp's favorite' (pyrus communis l.) by transcriptome analysis. | pear (pyrus spp.) is a popular fruit that is commercially cultivated in most temperate regions. in fruits, sugar metabolism and accumulation are important factors for fruit organoleptic quality. post-harvest ripening is a special feature of 'red clapp's favorite'. | 2018 | 28943832 |
| generation of an infectious clone of amdv and identification of capsid residues essential for infectivity in cell culture. | pathogenic strains of aleutian mink disease virus (amdv) such as utah-1 do not replicate in cell culture (e.g., crandell rees feline kidney cells) while the in vitro-adapted amdv strain adv-gorham (adv-g) is not pathogenic. here, we constructed a full-length infectious clone (padv-g). alignment of the vp2 gene of adv-g with that of other amdv strains revealed many amino acid (a.a.) residues conserved among pathogenic isolates that differed in adv-g. four virulence-associated, conserved residues ... | 2017 | 28923508 |
| population growth of dysaphis pyri (hemiptera: aphididae) on different pear cultivars with discussion on curve fitting in life table studies. | population growth parameters of the dysaphis pyri (boyer de fonscolombe) (hemiptera: aphididae) were evaluated on four different cultivars (coscia, ankara, williams, and santa-maria) of pear (pyrus communis l.) under field conditions in the van region of turkey. aphids were kept on leaves of 10-yr-old pear trees in plexiglas clip-cells (20 mm in diameter and 10 mm in height, with the upper side covered with muslin). for the description of the stage differentiation during population growth, we an ... | 2017 | 28854662 |
| gorham-stout disease presenting as acute unilateral proptosis. | gorham-stout disease (gsd) is a rare angiomatous disorder characterized by osteolysis. we report the case of a 66-year-old woman who developed sudden left eye proptosis and facial pain. neuroimaging demonstrated a destructive mass involving the roof and lateral wall of the left orbit with adjacent abnormal orbital soft tissue. an initial biopsy of the soft tissue was nondiagnostic; however, transcranial biopsy of the orbital roof revealed an intraosseous cavernous angioma, with infiltration of o ... | 2017 | 28837441 |
| gorham-stout disease affecting the mandible: bone scintigraphy and computed tomography findings. | we present images of a 13-year-old boy with gorham-stout disease affecting the mandible. initial bone scintigraphy showed poor visualization of tc-methylene diphosphonate (tc-mdp) uptake in the mandible body. however, abnormally increased tc-mdp uptake was noted in the bilateral mandibular rami. in the follow-up examination a year later, bone scintigraphy indicated that the disease had progressed to the bilateral mandibular rami with no uptake. in addition, massive osteolysis of the mandible was ... | 2017 | 28806245 |
| mr imaging findings of vertebral involvement in gorham-stout disease, generalized lymphatic anomaly, and kaposiform lymphangiomatosis. | to assess the mr imaging findings of vertebral involvement in gorham-stout disease (gsd), generalized lymphatic anomaly (gla), and kaposiform lymphangiomatosis (kla). | 2017 | 28795277 |
| systematics of the ceracis furcifer species-group (coleoptera: ciidae): the specialized consumers of the blood-red bracket fungus pycnoporus sanguineus. | the ceracis furcifer species-group (coleoptera: ciidae) originally comprised nine species names: ceracis cornifer (mellié, 1849); c. cylindricus (brèthes, 1922); c. furcifer mellié, 1849; c. hastifer (mellié, 1849); c. monocerus lawrence, 1967; c. ruficornis pic, 1916; c. simplicicornis (pic, 1916); c. semipallidus pic, 1922 and c. unicornis gorham, 1898. ceracis semipallidus was synonymised with c. furcifer and then no further changes were made to the composition of the group. here, we provide ... | 2017 | 28714939 |
| a rare case of chylothorax. gorham-stout syndrome. | | 2017 | 28705386 |
| a practical examination of rna isolation methods for european pear (pyrus communis). | with the goal of identifying fast, reliable, and broadly applicable rna isolation methods in european pear fruit for downstream transcriptome analysis, we evaluated several commercially available kit-based rna isolation methods, plus our modified version of a published cetyl trimethyl ammonium bromide (ctab)-based method. | 2017 | 28662720 |
| 'bartlett' pear fruit (pyrus communis l.) ripening regulation by low temperatures involves genes associated with jasmonic acid, cold response, and transcription factors. | low temperature (lt) treatments enhance ethylene production and ripening rate in the european pear (pyrus communis l.). however, the underlying molecular mechanisms are not well understood. this study aims to identify genes responsible for ripening enhancement by lt. to this end, the transcriptome of 'bartlett' pears treated with lt (0°c or 10°c for up to 14 d), which results in faster ripening, and control pears without conditioning treatment was analyzed. lt conditioned pears reached eating fi ... | 2017 | 28554478 |
| multicentric disappearing bone disease treated with arthroplasty. | multicentric disappearing bone disease, or gorham disease, is a rare entity. a middle age woman, presented to us with left sided antalgic gait and severe bony deformity of her left knee. radiograph revealed massive bone defect of the medial condyle of the left tibia with subluxation of the knee joint. she was scheduled for knee replacement in six months. however, she developed another lesion over the right hip that typically mimicked the disease progression of disappearing bone disease. the righ ... | 2016 | 28553448 |
| [management of postoperative complications in cases of gorham's disease with cervical spine involvement: a case report]. | gorham's disease is a rare osteolytic bone disease, caused by pathological vascular tissue, which may spread to adjacent organs. it is a disease of unknown etiology, primarily involving the axial skeleton and whose treatment is not codified. cervical spine involvement is unusual. stabilization of the cervical spine is a real surgical challenge. we report the case of a young adult treated in our neurosurgery department for a cervical spine localization of gorham's disease. | 2017 | 28502565 |
| expert's comment concerning grand rounds case entitled "thoracic osteotomy for gorham-stout disease of the spine: a case report and literature review" by c. maillot et al., eur spine j: doi 10.1007/s00586-014-3613-3. | | 2017 | 28500360 |
| acoustic dissipation in wooden pipes of different species used in wind instrument making: an experimental study. | in this study, the acoustic dissipation is investigated experimentally in wooden pipes of different species commonly used in woodwind instrument making: maple (acer pseudoplatanus), pear wood (pyrus communis l.), boxwood (buxus sempervirens), and african blackwood (dalbergia melanoxylon). the pipes are parallel to the grain, except one which forms an angle of 60° with the fiber direction. an experimental method, involving input impedance measurements with several lengths of air column, is introd ... | 2017 | 28464673 |
| genotyping-by-sequencing of pear (pyrus spp.) accessions unravels novel patterns of genetic diversity and selection footprints. | understanding of genetic diversity and marker-trait relationships in pears (pyrus spp.) forms an important part of gene conservation and cultivar breeding. accessions of asian and european pear species, and interspecific hybrids were planted in a common garden experiment. genotyping-by-sequencing (gbs) was used to genotype 214 accessions, which were also phenotyped for fruit quality traits. a combination of selection scans and association analyses were used to identify signatures of selection. p ... | 2017 | 28451438 |
| a chylothorax of gorham disease treated by lymphatic embolization. | | 2017 | 28431649 |
| transcriptome analysis reveals candidate genes related to color fading of 'red bartlett' (pyrus communis l.). | the red color of fruit is an attractive plant trait for consumers. plants with color-faded fruit have a lower commercial value, such as 'red bartlett' pears (pyrus communis l.) that have dark-red fruit in the early stages of fruit development that subsequently fade to red-green at maturity. to identify the reason for color fading, we first analyzed the anthocyanin content of peel from 'red bartlett,' which displays the color fading phenomenon, and 'starkrimson,' which has no color fading. result ... | 2017 | 28408914 |
| characterization and quantification of fruit phenolic compounds of european and tunisian pear cultivars. | the flesh and peel of 19 pear cultivars (8 tunisian dessert cultivars, 8 european dessert cultivars and 3 french perry pear cultivars) were studied for their phenolic composition. phenolic compounds were identified by hplc/esi-ms2 and individually quantified by hplc-dad. five classes of polyphenols were present: flavan-3-ols, phenolic acids, flavonols, anthocyanins and simple phenolics (hydroquinones). the total phenolic content ranged between 0.1g/kg fresh weight (fw) ('conference' cultivar) an ... | 2017 | 28395820 |
| from tooth extraction to gorham-stout disease: a case report. | gorham-stout disease (gsd), or vanishing bone disease, is a very rare condition of unknown aetiology. it is characterised by progressive osteolysis and angiomatosis. | 2017 | 28384557 |
| successful management of gorham-stout disease in the cervical spine by combined conservative and surgical treatments: a case report. | gorham-stout disease (gsd) is a rare condition characterized by intraosseous proliferation of endothelial-lined vessels and progressive osteolysis. the precise etiology and pathophysiology of the disease remain poorly understood. current therapeutic options for gsd include chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and surgical resection, but the surgical treatment of gsd is difficult, especially in the spinal lesion. the indication of wide-margined resection was limited because of anatomical features. herein, ... | 2017 | 28367856 |