Use of Haun''s scale for monitoring development of wheat from flag leaf emergence to end of stem elongation

Haun's scale of foliar stages allows a continuous numerical expression of plant development until the complete emergence of the flag leaf. Our objective was to test in a contrasting set of cultivars (common and spelt wheats), locations (Belgium and Argentina), and water status the adequacy of an extension of Haun's scale to stages beyond flag leaf emergence based on observation on the flag sheath and peduncle. The four main post-foliar stages were identified as: 0, corresponding to flag sheath elongation; 1, to flag sheath increase in diameter (booting); 2, to ear emergence; and 3, to the extrusion of the peduncle above the flag leaf ligular zone. The extended scale allowed the monitoring of development during the 3–4 weeks following flag leaf emergence and was sensitive enough to reveal differences at daily intervals. Plots of post-foliar stages versus thermal time were roughly linear, little affected by treatments (cultivar, water status, location) or by discontinuities due to the initial and final value of the decimal part of the numerical codes in the intervals between mean stages.     

Disseminated Rhodococcus equi in an Anglo‐Nubian goat

Disseminated Rhodococcus equi infection was diagnosed in an Anglo‐Nubian goat presenting for non‐weight bearing lameness of the right pelvic limb. Radiographs showed a moth‐eaten osteolytic lesion in the proximal tibia suggestive of an aggressive bone lesion. Two pulmonary nodules were also present on thoracic radiographs. Initial antemortem cytology of the tibial lesion was suggestive of Rhodococcosis and the goat was sent to necropsy. Necropsy and bacterial culture confirmed the diagnosis of disseminated R. equi infection in the right tibia, lungs, and liver.     

梯田堰边老龄低产花椒树更新改造研究

以梯田堰边老龄低产花椒为试材,采用随机区组设计进行不同修剪试验。发现刻芽、中截、重截、疏枝修剪处理均能促进新梢生长,提高叶绿素含量,显著提高花椒单株产量、穗重,增加花椒出皮率。以疏枝处理对花椒新梢生长、果实产量品质影响最显著。平茬更新处理的花椒树的叶色浓绿、叶片肥厚、生长壮旺,果实产量和枝量明显高于对照树,复壮效果明显。     

Effects of Potassium Lactate and Acetate on Listeria monocytogenes Inhibition,Physicochemical and Sensory Properties of Smoked Catfish Fillets

The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of liquid and wood smoking with a potassium lactate (PL) and acetate (PA) combination on the quality and inhibition of L. monocytogenes growth in ready-to-eat (RTE) smoked catfish fillets. Catfish fillets were tumbled with PL and PA, and treated with no smoke (NS), wood smoke (WS), liquid smoke 1 (LS1), and liquid smoke 2 (LS2). Wood smoke with antimicrobials (WSWA) showed greater inhibition (p < 0.05) of L. monocytogenes growth than other treatments with the exception of the LS1 treatment with antimicrobials. Consumers preferred (p < 0.05) smoked catfish fillets treated with WS to LS1 with respect to appearance, odor, flavor, texture, and overall acceptability. In conclusion, the use of PL and PA did not have a negative impact on the quality and sensory properties of smoked catfish fillets but had a synergistic effect with wood smoke constituents that inhibited the growth of L. monocytogenes.     

Habitat use of globally threatened juvenile Chinese horseshoe crab,Tachypleus tridentatus under the influence of simulated intertidal oyster culture structures in Hong Kong

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