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Rhizopus soft rot is a plant disease disease of the sweet potato . It is one of the most common to affect the sweet potato, happening during packing and shipping. The disease causes a watery soft rot of the internal portion of the storage root. Strategies to manage the disease include the development of resistant varieties, curing through the use of heat and humidity, and application of decay control products. Background Sweet potatoes are susceptible to a number of diseases during the postharvest storage period and during shipping. ref Harter, L.L., Weimer, J.L, and Adams, J.M.R. 1918. Sweet potato storage rots. Journal of Agricultural Research 15 337 368. ref ref name Clark, C.A 1988 Clark, C.A. and Moyer, J.W. 1988. Compendium of sweet potato diseases. APS Press, St. Paul, MN. 74pp. ref The most common are Rhizopus soft rot Rhizopus stolonifer , bacterial soft rot Erwinia chrysanthemii , Fusarium root rot Fusarium solani , Fusarium surface rot Fusarium oxysporum , and black rot Ceratocystis fimbriata . R. stolonifer is a problematic pathogen as it infects fresh wounds occurring during packing and shipping. There is limited data on the exact losses attributed to Rhizopus soft rot. A study conducted in the New York City retail market found that the majority of culls due to disease were caused by Rhizopus soft rot approximately 2 decay in survey . ref Ceponis, M.J. and Butterfield, J.E. 1974. Retail and consumer losses in sweet potatoes marketed in metropolitan New York. HortScience 9 393 394. ref Anecdotal reports suggest that Rhizopus soft rot is unpredictably sporadic and generally results in heavy losses to entire shipments when it does occur. R. stolonifer has a wide host range and can affect over 300 plant species including fruits, vegetables, and ornamentals. ref Farr, D.F., Rossman, A.Y., Palm, M.E., & McCray, E.B. n.d. . Fungal Databases, Systematic Botany & Mycology Laboratory, ARS, USDA. Retrieved May 3, 2007, from http nt.ars grin.gov fungaldatabases . r ... more details
Infobox comic strip Part of Wikipedia WikiProject Webcomics title Finder image caption author Carla Speed McNeil url http www.lightspeedpress.com rss http www.lightspeedpress.com latest.php atom status first last syndicate publisher genre Science fiction rating preceded by followed by Finder is a science fiction comic book series written, drawn, and published since 1996 by Carla Speed McNeil , and currently appearing free online at McNeil s website http www.lightspeedpress.com for later collection into trade paperback comics trade paperback editions. McNeil describes Finder as aboriginal science fiction and her storylines throw together characters from recognizable Indigenous peoples aboriginal and Cities modern urban societies in a far future Earth. Finder is the recipient of numerous awards and award nominations. Setting The series is set in a vastly depopulated far future Earth where numerous hunter gatherer cultures, some human and some not, surround densely overpopulated domed city states of recognizably modern urbanites functioning at a high technological level. Our own civilization and its considerably more advanced successors are lost to prehistory save for a few twentieth century pop cultural artifacts conveniently recovered by well paid psychics. The cities, particularly the city state of Anvard, are dominated by wealthy and exclusive clan s which self select their members for physical and psychological homogeneity and head up a hierarchy of half clan culls, clanless half citizens, slaves, visiting nomads some non human , and genetic constructs with animal features. Large corporation s and a decentralized infotrader mass media media network both wield considerable and at times quite nefarious influence. Office workers routinely jack in to virtual reality environments while walking the city as zombies. The societies outside the domes endure less overt injustice but much more privation and danger. These include, but are not limited to, several aboriginal hum ... more details
Teleonomy is the quality of apparent purposefulness and of goal directedness of structures and functions in living organisms that derive from their evolutionary history, adaptation for reproductive success, or generally, due to the operation of a program. Teleonomy is related to programmatic or computational aspects of purpose. The term was coined to stand in contrast with teleology , which applies to ends that are planned by an agent which can internally model imagine various alternative futures and, enables intention , purpose and foresight . A teleonomic process, such as evolution , produces complex products without the benefit of a guiding foresight. Evolution largely hoards hindsight , as variations unwittingly make predictions about structures and functions which could successfully cope with the future, and participate in an audition which culls the Wikt also ran also ran s, leaving winners for the next generation. Information accumulates about functions and structures that are successful, exploiting feedback from the environment via the selection of fitter coalitions of structures and functions. These features also have been described by Robert Rosen theoretical biologist Robert Rosen as an anticipatory system which builds an internal model based on past and possible futures states. Richard Dawkins described the properties of archeo purpose by natural selection and neo purpose by evolved adaptation, in his talk on the Purpose of Purpose. As an evolutionary feature, the brain s flexibility in adapting or subverting goals was attributed to making neo purpose goals on an overarching evolutionary archeo purpose. Language allows groups to share neo purposes and cultural evolution, occurring much faster than natural evolution, can lead to conflict or collaborations. ref http richarddawkins.net article,3956,The Purpose of Purpose,Richard Dawkins ref In the later part of his working with a theory of social evolution and a related theory of world history, Talcott Pars ... more details
Taxobox virus group iv familia Luteoviridae genus Polerovirus Potato leafroll virus PLRV is a member of the genus Polerovirus and Family biology family Luteoviridae . The phloem limited positive sense RNA virus ref Eid, S., Durrin, J.S., Nikolaeva, O.V. Karasev, A. 2011 A non structural, p17 protein of Potato leafroll virus co localizes in plant phloem tissue with virus capsid protein Phytopathology 101 6 p. S47. ref infects potato es and other members of the family Solanaceae. PLRV was first described by Quanjer et al. in 1916. ref Loebenstein, G., Berger, P. H., Brunt, A. A., Lawson, R. H. 2001 Virus and Virus like Diseases of Potatoes and Production of Seed Potatoes. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Netherlands, p. 69 72. ref PLRV is transmitted by aphids, primarily the green peach aphid, Myzus persicae . PLRV is one of the most important potato viruses worldwide but particularly devastating in countries with limited resources and management. It can be responsible for individual plant yield losses of over 50 . One estimate suggests that PLRV is responsible for an annual global yield loss of 20 million tons. ref Wales, S., Platt, H.W., Cattlin, N. 2008 Diseases, Pests and Disorders of Potatoes. Manson Publishing Ltd, London, p. 75 76. ref Symptoms include chlorosis , necrosis and leaf curling. Hosts and Symptoms PLRV infects members of the Solanaceae family. The most economically important host is the Potato, Solanum tuberosum spp. In potato, symptoms of primary infection, infection in the growing season, occurs in the youngest leaves. Leaf margins become necrotic, turning brown and purplish and curl inwards towards the center of the leaf. Secondary infection, which starts from infected potato culls, produces more severe symptoms. Leaf rolling is more apparent and the entire leaf can become chlorotic and sometimes also has a purple discoloration. ref Wales, S., Platt, H.W., Cattlin, N. 2008 Diseases, Pests and Disorders of Potatoes. Manson Publishing Ltd, London, p. 75 ... more details
Phenoptosis pheno showing or demonstrating, ptosis programmed death , designated by V.P. Skulachev in 1999, signifies the phenomenon of programmed death of an organism , i.e. that an organism s genes include features that under certain circumstances will cause the organism to rapidly degenerate and die off. Recently this has been referred to as fast phenoptosis as aging is being explored as slow phenoptosis. ref cite journal last Skulachev first V.P. title Organism s Aging is a Special Biological Function Rather than a Result of Breakdown of a Complex Biological System Biochemical Support of Weismann s Hypothesis journal Biokhimiya year 1997 month November volume 62 issue 12 pages 1191 1195 pmid 9467841 ref Phenoptosis is a common feature of living species , whose ramifications for humans is still being explored. Evolutionary Significance Inside of our bodies, worn out, ineffective cells are dismantled and recycled for the greater good of the whole organism. This is a process called apoptosis . It is believed that phenoptosis is an evolution evolutionary mechanism that culls out the damaged, aged, infectious, or those in direct competition with their own offspring ref name weissman cite book last Weismann first A title Essays upon Heredity and Kindred Bio year 1889 publisher Oxford Clarendon Press isbn 1172574987 pages 23 ref for the good of the species. The elimination of parts detrimental to the organism or individuals detrimental to the species has been deemed The samurai law of biology it is better to die than to be wrong. ref name Skulachev 2002 cite journal last Skulachev first VP title Programmed death phenomena from organelle to organism. journal Ann N Y Acad Sci year 2002 month Apr issue 959 pages 214 237 pmid 11976198 ref Stress induced, acute, or fast phenoptosis is the rapid deterioration of an organism induced by a life event such as breeding. Elimination of the parent provides space for fitter offspring. As a species this has been advantageous particul ... more details
Studbook selection is a process used in certain breeds of horse s to select breeding stock. It allows a breed registry to direct the evolution of the breed towards the ideal by eliminating unhealthy or undesirable animals from the population. The removal of individuals from a population is called culling , and does not suggest killing the animal in question. Typically, culls are Castration castrated or they and their offspring are unable to be registered. Registries which implement studbook selection differ from registries which require only two parents of the proper Pedigree chart pedigree or registration status. For example, a horse foal with two Thoroughbred parents is almost certainly a Thoroughbred, but a foal with two Oldenburg horse Oldenburg parents may not be accepted through studbook selection to be an Oldenburg. The pattern of studbook selection varies from nation to nation and registry to registry, but among horse registries, particularly warmblood registries, the general outline includes an inspection of foal s before formal registration, evaluation of Equine conformation conformation and Horse gait movement of Mare horse broodmares , and evaluation of the conformation, movement, health, and performance ability of Stallion horse stallions . Decisions about which mares and stallions are suitable breeding stock are made by elected breed judges, who strive for objectivity and transparency. Foal inspection image Oldenburger Brandzeichen.JPG right thumb Oldenburg brand showing the last 2 digits of the UELN Foals are usually presented at a local mare and foal show by their dam s side. If the foal s sire and dam are in the studbook, and he generally fits into the breeding goal, he receives his papers and a Livestock branding brand on the left thigh. The brand identifies his registry. Although foals are not usually scored, some registries award Premium status to high quality foals, and colts may be deemed stallion prospects by the judge s . Foal inspections are ... more details
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