Response of strawberry plants to the application of brassinosteroid under field conditions = Respuesta de plantas de frutilla a la aplicación de brasinoesteroides bajo condiciones de campo

Brassinosteroids are steroidal compounds which are required to plant growth and development and they are, also, implied in plant response to abiotic stress. Recently, important advances in the knowledge of brassinosteroids metabolism and signalling were made, both in model plants and in economically important crops. The aim of this study was to evaluate the agronomic response of strawberry plants to the application of Brassinosteroid as a biotechnological alternative for increased strawberry fruit yield at field conditions. Plants of strawberry cv. ‘Florida Festival’, were used in two annual production cycle (2014-2015) in Tucumán, Argentina. Brassinosteroid treatments increased strawberry fruit yield between 9% and 34%, mainly of marketable type fruits. No statistical difference in non- marketable fruit yield among treatments was observed.Los brasinoesteroides son compuestos esteroidales que se requieren para el crecimiento y desarrollo normal de las plantas, pero que además están implicados en la respuesta de las plantas a estrés abióticos. Recientemente fueron realizados importantes avances en el conocimiento del metabolismo y señalización de los brasinoesteroides, tanto en plantas modelos como en cultivos de importancia económica. El objetivo de este estudio fue evaluar la respuesta agronómica de plantas de frutilla a la aplicación de brasinoesteroides como una alternativa biotecnológica para aumentar el rendimiento de la fruta bajo condiciones de campo. Fueron utilizadas plantas de frutilla cv. ‘Florida Festival’, en dos ciclos anuales de producción (2014-2015) en la provincia de Tucumán, Argentina. Los tratamientos con brasinoesteroides aumentaron el rendimiento de la fruta entre 9 % y 34 %, principalmente de tipo comercial. No se observó diferencias estadísticas en frutos descarte (no comerciales) entre tratamientos.EEA FamailláFil: Salazar, Sergio Miguel. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Famaillá; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Tucumán. Facultad de Agronomía y Zootecnia; ArgentinaFil: Coll, Y. Universidad La Habana. Facultad de Química. Centro de Estudios de Productos Naturales; CubaFil: Viejobueno, Josefina. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Famaillá; ArgentinaFil: Coll, F. Universidad La Habana. Facultad de Química. Centro de Estudios de Productos Naturales; Cub

Towards a global model of the martian atmosphere

In an effort to continuously improve the capabilities of the Martian atmospheric predictions at LMD, the GCM has been extended into thermospheric heights thus creating the first model to self-consistently couple the lower and upper regions of the Martian atmosphere. The behaviour of the Martian thermosphere is strongly influenced by lower atmospheric processes and has complex dynamics. Such a fully coupled model will certainly aid in the preparation of future missions and on the analysis of future high altitude data, as well as serve as a base for the simulation of ionospheric processes, escape, etc

On the degrees of freedom of a semi-Riemannian metric

A semi-Riemannian metric in a n-manifold has n(n-1)/2 degrees of freedom, i.e. as many as the number of components of a differential 2-form. We prove that any semi-Riemannian metric can be obtained as a deformation of a constant curvature metric, this deformation being parametrized by a 2-for

Modeling of the general circulation with the LMD-AOPP-IAA GCM: Update on model design and comparison with observations

The LMD-AOPP GCM is developed conjointly by LMD in Paris and AOPP in Oxford, with the collaboration of IAA in Granada for the physical processes specific to the upper atmosphere. The collaboration between the two teams is based on the use of two different dynamical core (gridpoint at LMD, spectral at AOPP), which allow us to estimate the likely uncertainty arising from certain types of modeling errors. Similarly, we use different schemes to compute tracer transport, etc. The work has benefited from support from ESA (since 1995) and CNES (since 2000). Within that context, the GCMs are used to produce a Martian climate 'database' which is used by more than 30 teams around the world for mission design and scientific studies (see Bingham et al., this issue and Lewis et al., 1999). The baseline version of the GCM is described in detail in Forget et al. (1999). Here we describe the recent improvement and design changes since this publication. Compared to this previous version, the new GCM covers a wider range of altitude, from 0 to 120km in the vertical, it uses improved topography and thermal inertia surface maps from Mars Global Surveyor (MGS), and includes a new 'dust scenario' to describe the distribution of airborne dust in the atmosphere

Neutrino physics at accelerators

Present and future neutrino experiments at accelerators are mainly concerned with understanding the neutrino oscillation phenomenon and its implications. Here a brief account of neutrino oscillations is given together with a description of the supporting data. Some current and planned accelerator neutrino experiments are also explained.Comment: 23 pages, 24 figures. Talk given at the Corfu Summer Institute on Elementary Particle Physics 200

The Mars Climate Database

The Mars Climate Database (MCD) [1] is a database of statistics describing the climate and environment of the Martian atmosphere. It was constructed directly on the basis of output from mulitannual integrations of two general circulation models (GCMs)developed by Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique du CNRS, France, the University of Oxford, UK, and Instituto de Astrofisica de Andalucia, Spain, with support from the European Space Agency (ESA) and Centre National d–Etudes Spatiales (CNES). A description of the MCD is given along with a comparison between spacecraft observations of Mars and results predicted at similar locations and times in the MCD. The MCD can be used as a tool for mission planning and has been applied to prepare for several missions in Europe and the USA. It also provides information for mission design specialists on the mean state and variability of the Martian environment from the surface to above 120km. The GCMs on which the database is founded, include a set of physical parameterizations (radiative transfer in the visible and thermal infrared ranges, turbulent mixing, condensation-sublimation of CO2, thermal conduction in the soil and representation of gravity waves) and two different codes for the representation of large scale dynamics: a spectral code for the AOPP version and a grid-point code for the LMD version. The GCMs correctly reproduce the main meteorological features of Mars, as observed by the Mariner 9 and Viking orbiters, the Viking landers, and Mars Global Surveyor (MGS). As well as the standard statistical measures for mission design studies, the MCD includes a novel representation of large-scale variability, using empirical eigenfunctions derived from an analysis of the full simulations, and small-scale variability based on parameterizations of processes such as gravity wave propagation. The database allows the user to choose from 5 dust storm scenarios including a best guess, default scenario, deduced from recent MGS observations, an upper boundary for an atmosphere without dust storms, as observed by Viking the landers, and a clear, cold, lower boundary scenario, as observed by Phobos 2 and from Earth. The full version of the MCD is available on CDROM (for UNIX systems and PCs) and is also accessible through an interactive WWW interface at http://www-mars.lmd.jussieu.fr/

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Assessment of Electromagnetic Tracking Accuracy for Endoscopic Ultrasound

Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) is a minimally-invasive imaging technique that can be technically difficult to perform due to the small field of view and uncertainty in the endoscope position. Electromagnetic (EM) tracking is emerging as an important technology in guiding endoscopic interventions and for training in endotherapy by providing information on endoscope location by fusion with pre-operative images. However, the accuracy of EM tracking could be compromised by the endoscopic ultrasound transducer. In this work, we quantify the precision and accuracy of EM tracking sensors inserted into the working channel of a flexible endoscope, with the ultrasound transducer turned on and off. The EUS device was found to have little (no significant) effect on static tracking accuracy although jitter increased significantly. A significant change in the measured distance between sensors arranged in a fixed geometry was found during a dynamic acquisition. In conclusion, EM tracking accuracy was not found to be significantly affected by the flexible endoscope