Occurrence of Pospiviroid in potato, tomato and some ornamental plants in Turkey

In order to investigate the Pospiviroid in potato, tomato and some ornamental plants in Turkey, a survey study was carried out from 2006 to 2009. During this survey study, a total of 1766 samples (1047potato samples, 258 tomato leaves and 461 ornamental plants) were tested by reverse transcriptionpolymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and, the samples found to be positive in RT-PCR were also checked in return polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (R-PAGE). Of these samples, potato tubers were collected from markets, leaf samples from potato fields (Erzurum), tomato samples from field (Tokat, Amasya, Balýkesir and Bursa) and greenhouses (Antalya and Mula), leaves and vines of ornamental plants from greenhouses (Yalova) and florists (Erzurum) and recreation areas (Ankara, zmir and Trabzon). In the result of RT-PCR test, PSTVd was detected in 6 out of 891 potato tubers and CSVd in 2out of 154 chrysanthemums. On the other side, tomato, citrus and most ornamental plants belonging to different families were found to be free from pospiviroid. This is the first report of CSVd in Turkey

Towards a maritime domain extension to coalition battle management language: Initial findings and way forward

This paper describes initial findings of a multi-national research effort within the NATO Modeling and Simulation Group Technical Activity 085 (MSG-085) Standardization for C2-Simulation Inter operation, to investigate the use of Coalition Battle Management Language (C-BML) in the maritime domain. The purpose of the effort is to develop a Maritime extension to C-BML that will be used for expressing and exchanging plans, orders and reports specific to the Maritime domain. The current research and experimentation described in this paper cover the exchange of selected parts of two naval operational messages: Operational General Matters (OPGEN) and Operational Tasking of Anti-Surface Warfare (OPTASK ASUW). A set of information exchange requirements has been developed based on an operational scenario including a Naval Coalition Task Force (CTF) conducting naval operations. Initial findings and lessons learned presented in this paper will be used to create a more comprehensive Maritime C-BML extension to be tested during the final experimentation event of MSG-085