UNCONDITIONED AND CONDITIONED RESPONSES TO COLOUR IN THE PREDATORY COCCINELLID, HARMONIA AXYRIDIS (COLEOPTERA: COCCINELLIDAE)

Unconditioned and conditioned responses to colour in the predatory coccinellid, Harmonia axyridis (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae)

DRY HAIR SHAMPOO We determined if mature ladybirds use colour to initially find suitable host plants.We also determined whether ladybird beetles are capable of associating characteristics such as colour with the presence of prey.Here, we show that the multicoloured Asian ladybird beetle, Harmonia axyridis, has a differential response to yellow comp

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Urea-mediated synthesized carbon quantum dots to tune the electrochemical performance of polyaniline nanorods for supercapacitor device

A polyaniline (PANi)-carbon quantum dots (CQDs) nanocomposite material with CQDs made from a PEG (polyethylene glycol and NaOH) source was synthesized.This unique synthesis technique was developed to overcome the setbacks of the PEG method by using UG (urea and glycine).PANi was synthesized by chemical oxidation in the presence of CQDs, which were

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The soybean-Phytophthora resistance locus Rps1-k encompasses coiled coil-nucleotide binding-leucine rich repeat-like genes and repetitive sequences

Abstract Background A series of Rps (resistance to Pytophthora sojae) genes have been protecting soybean from the root and stem rot disease caused by the Oomycete pathogen, Phytophthora sojae.Five Rps genes were mapped to the Rps1 locus located near the 28 cM map position on molecular linkage group N of the composite genetic soybean map.Among these

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In vitro identification and Antifungal susceptibility of different Candida Species isolated from patients with or without Diabetes having Chronic Periodontitis

Background: Candida albicans is the commonly associated species with oral lesions, but other Candida spp., such as C.glabrata, C.tropicalis, C.parapsilosis, C.krusei, and C.dubliniensis have also been isolated from the human saliva, even irrespective to the oral candidiasis.Candidal colonization has also been documented from subgingival plaque of a

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