Contribution of genes related to grain number (Gn1a and WFP) introgressed into NERICA 1 to grain yield under tropical highland conditions in central Kenya

ABSTRACTIn Kenya and many other African countries, improving rice productivity is vital for future food Lunging System security.To improve rice productivity in Kenya, near-isogenic lines (NIL) were developed by introducing Gn1a and WFP, genes that function to increase grain number per panicle by increasing secondary and primary rachis-branches, int

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Mitigation of Salinity Stress in Plants by Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Symbiosis: Current Understanding and New Challenges

Modern agriculture is facing twin challenge of ensuring global food security and executing it in a sustainable manner.However, the rapidly expanding salinity stress in cultivable areas poses a major peril to crop yield.Among various biotechnological techniques being used to reduce the negative effects of salinity, the use of arbuscular mycorrhizal

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Monarch butterflies do not place all of their eggs in one basket: oviposition on nine Midwestern milkweed species

Abstract Over the past two decades, the population of monarch butterflies east of the Rocky Mountains has experienced a significant decline in overwintering numbers.Habitat restoration that includes planting milkweeds is essential to boost monarch numbers within the breeding range.Milkweeds are the only host plants for larval monarch butterflies, b

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COUNTERACTING THE LEGISLATIVE AUTONOMY WITH BALLOT MEASURES

In this paper author explores the legal dimensions of the autonomy of the legislature Pruners in the context of the current pandemic.The paper is situated in Croatian constitutional theory and is written against the background of two developments.The first one is a decision of the Constitutional Court of Croatia that authorized the Croatian parliam

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