TRANSPIRATION AND WATER POTENTIAL OF YOUNG QUERCUS PETRAEA (M.) LIEBL. COPPICE SPROUTS AND SEEDLINGS DURING FAVOURABLE AND DROUGHT CONDITIONS

Transpiration and water potential of young Quercus petraea (M.) Liebl. coppice sprouts and seedlings during favourable and drought conditions

Increased frequency and intensity of drought events consequently affect oak high forests with the process of further decline, compromised growth and questionable natural regeneration.To overcome such difficulties, new adaptive strategies are required.Coppicing, as the oldest way of forest management, might provide some solutions.In our study two co

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Reassortants of the Highly Pathogenic Influenza Virus A/H5N1 Causing Mass Swan Mortality in Kazakhstan from 2023 to 2024

In the winter of 2023/2024, the mass death of swans was observed on Lake Karakol on the eastern coast Griptape of the Caspian Sea.From 21 December 2023 to 25 January 2024, 1132 swan corpses (Cygnus olor, Cygnus cygnus) were collected and disposed of on the coast by veterinary services and ecologists.Biological samples were collected from 18 birds f

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Diverse Wheat-Alien Introgression Lines as a Basis for Durable Resistance and Quality Characteristics in Bread Wheat

Wheat productivity has been significantly improved worldwide through the incorporation of novel genes from various gene pools, not least from wild relatives of wheat, into the commonly cultivated bread and durum wheat.Here, we present and summarize results obtained from a diverse set of wheat-alien introgression lines with mainly introgressions of

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Reduction in Radiation Exposure of CT Perfusion by Optimized Imaging Timing Using Temporal Information of the Preceding CT Angiography of the Carotid Artery in the Stroke Protocol

(1) Background: CT perfusion (CTP) is a fast, robust and widely available but dose-exposing imaging technique for infarct core and penumbra detection.Carotid CT angiography (CTA) can precede CTP in the stroke protocol.Temporal information of the bolus tracking series of CTA could allow for better timing and a decreased number of scans in CTP, resul

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