Determination of inheritance of some important agronomical and technological properties in the diallel crosses of some varieties belong to different cotton species

Nazilli Pamuk Arastırma Enstitüsünde yürütülen bu çalısmanın materyalini Gossypium hirsutum L. türünden Carmen, Nazilli 84 S, Gürelbey ve farklı türlerin [(G. hirsutum x G. barbadense F1) x (G. arboreum x G.thurberi x G. hirsutum)] melezlenmesinden elde edilmis olan Delcerro çesitleri ile bunların yarım diallel melezleri olusturmaktadır. Bu çalısmada, olusturulan populasyonda uygun anaç ve melezlerin belirlenmesi ve üzerinde durulan dokuz özellik bakımından genel ve özel uyusma yetenekleri, heterosis ve heterobeltiosis degerleri, kalıtım dereceleri ve diger genetik parametrelerin belirlenmesi hedeflenmistir. Genel uyusma yetenegi tüm özelliklerde, özel uyusma yetenegi ise bitki kütlü pamuk verimi, koza kütlü pamuk agırlıgı ve çırçır randımanında önemli bulunmustur. Bitki kütlü pamuk verimi ve koza kütlü pamuk agırlıgında olumlu, koza sayısında olumsuz heterosis ve heterobeltiosis, diger özelliklerde ise olumlu heterosis fakat olumsuz heterobeltiosis degerleri hesaplanmıstır. Elde edilen genetik parametrelere göre bitki kütlü pamuk verimi ve koza kütlü pamuk agırlıgı özelliklerinin en az bir gen çifti tarafından idare edildigi tahminlenmistir. Çırçır randımanı ve 100 tohum agırlıgında yüksek, diger özelliklerde düsük kalıtım derecesi elde edilmistir. Bitki kütlü pamuk verimi ve koza kütlü pamuk agırlıgı için dominant, çırçır randımanı, erkencilik oranı, 100 tohum agırlıgı, lif uzunlugu ve lif kopma dayanıklılıgı için eklemeli, bitkide koza sayısı ve lif inceligi için ise hem dominant hem de eklemeli gen etkilerinin önemli oldugu saptanmıstır.Materials of this study, which was carried on in Nazilli Cotton Research Institute, were Carmen, Nazilli 84 S, Gürelbey (Gossypium hirsutum L.) and Delcerro obtained from different species crosses [(G. hirsutum x G. barbadense F1) x (G. arboreum x G.thurberi x G. hirsutum)] and their half diallel crosses. In this study, it is aimed to determine suitable parent and crosses in getting population and to estimate general and specific combining ability values, heritability values and other genetic parameters in examined nine characters. General combining ability was found significant in all characters but specific combining ability was found significant for seed cotton yield per plant, boll seed cotton yield and gin turnout. Heterosis and heterobeltiosis values were determined to be positive for seed cotton yield per plant and boll seed cotton yield but negative for boll number. In other properties positive heterosis but negative heterobeltiosis have been determined. According to obtained genetic parameters, it is estimated that seed cotton yield per plant and boll seed cotton yield were controlled by at least one pair of gene. It was obtained high heritability value in ginning turnout and 100 seed weight but that was obtained low heritability in the other characters. For seed cotton yield per plant and boll seed cotton yield dominance gene effects, for ginning turnout earliness, 100 seed weight, fiber length and fiber strongth additive gene effects and for boll number and fiber fineness both dominance and additive gene were detected as significant

Ranibizumab or Aflibercept Monotherapies in Treatment-Naive Eyes with Diabetic Macular Edema: A Head-to-Head Comparison in Real-Life Experience

Objectives:To compare the functional and anatomical outcomes of ranibizumab and aflibercept monotherapies given according to a pro re nata (PRN) protocol in treatment-naive eyes with diabetic macular edema (DME) in a real-life clinical setting.Materials and Methods:The medical charts of treatment-naive patients with center-involved DME retrieved from our institutional database were reviewed in this retrospective cohort study. A total of 512 treatment-naive eyes with DME underwent either ranibizumab (Group I; 308 eyes) or aflibercept (Group II; 204 eyes) monotherapy and 462 patients were included. The primary outcome was visual gain over 12 months.Results:The mean number of intravitreal injections within the first year was 4.34±1.83 and 4.39±2.12 in Group I and II, respectively (p=0.260). The mean best corrected visual acuity (BCVA) improvement at 12 months was +5.7 and +6.5 ETDRS letters in Group I and II, respectively (p=0.321). However, among eyes with a BCVA score less than 69 ETDRS letters (54% of the study population), visual gain was more prominent in Group II (+15.2 vs. +12.1 ETDRS letters; p<0.001). Statistically significant decreases in central foveal thickness were observed with both ranibizumab and aflibercept monotherapy (p<0.001), with no significant difference between the groups. (p=0.148).Conclusions:No statistically significant difference was found in visual outcomes at 12-month follow-up between ranibizumab and aflibercept monotherapies using a PRN protocol, although there was a tendency toward slightly better functional and anatomic prognosis in the aflibercept arm

Multicenter study of pars plana vitrectomy for optic disc pit maculopathy: MACPIT study

Purpose To evaluate surgical intervention with pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) for correction of optic disc pit maculopathy (ODP-M). Patients and methods Retrospective chart review from 13 centres of 51 eyes of 50 patients with ODP-M who underwent PPV between 2002-2014. Anatomic and final best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) outcomes were evaluated for all cases with different adjuvant techniques. Results There were 23 males and 27 females with median age 25.5 (6-68) years. Preoperative median foveal thickness was 694.5 (331-1384) mu m and improved to 252.5 (153-1405) mu m. Median BCVA improved from 20/200 (20/20000 to 20/40) to 20/40 (20/2000 to 20/20) with 20/40 or better in 31 eyes. Complete retinal reattachment was achieved in 44 eyes (86.3%) at 7.1 (5.9) months. The good surgical outcomes were achieved in different adjuvant groups. Median follow-up was 24 (6 to 120) months. Conclusions These results confirm the long-term effectiveness of PPV for ODP-M. Prospective studies are needed to determine the effectiveness of any adjuvant technique in improving the success of PPV for ODP-M

Measurement of the top quark forward-backward production asymmetry and the anomalous chromoelectric and chromomagnetic moments in pp collisions at √s = 13 TeV

Abstract The parton-level top quark (t) forward-backward asymmetry and the anomalous chromoelectric (d̂ t) and chromomagnetic (μ̂ t) moments have been measured using LHC pp collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV, collected in the CMS detector in a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 35.9 fb−1. The linearized variable AFB(1) is used to approximate the asymmetry. Candidate t t ¯ events decaying to a muon or electron and jets in final states with low and high Lorentz boosts are selected and reconstructed using a fit of the kinematic distributions of the decay products to those expected for t t ¯ final states. The values found for the parameters are AFB(1)=0.048−0.087+0.095(stat)−0.029+0.020(syst),μ̂t=−0.024−0.009+0.013(stat)−0.011+0.016(syst), and a limit is placed on the magnitude of | d̂ t| &lt; 0.03 at 95% confidence level. [Figure not available: see fulltext.

MUSiC : a model-unspecific search for new physics in proton-proton collisions at root s=13TeV

Results of the Model Unspecific Search in CMS (MUSiC), using proton-proton collision data recorded at the LHC at a centre-of-mass energy of 13 TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 35.9 fb(-1), are presented. The MUSiC analysis searches for anomalies that could be signatures of physics beyond the standard model. The analysis is based on the comparison of observed data with the standard model prediction, as determined from simulation, in several hundred final states and multiple kinematic distributions. Events containing at least one electron or muon are classified based on their final state topology, and an automated search algorithm surveys the observed data for deviations from the prediction. The sensitivity of the search is validated using multiple methods. No significant deviations from the predictions have been observed. For a wide range of final state topologies, agreement is found between the data and the standard model simulation. This analysis complements dedicated search analyses by significantly expanding the range of final states covered using a model independent approach with the largest data set to date to probe phase space regions beyond the reach of previous general searches.Peer reviewe

Measurement of prompt open-charm production cross sections in proton-proton collisions at root s=13 TeV

The production cross sections for prompt open-charm mesons in proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 13TeV are reported. The measurement is performed using a data sample collected by the CMS experiment corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 29 nb(-1). The differential production cross sections of the D*(+/-), D-+/-, and D-0 ((D) over bar (0)) mesons are presented in ranges of transverse momentum and pseudorapidity 4 < p(T) < 100 GeV and vertical bar eta vertical bar < 2.1, respectively. The results are compared to several theoretical calculations and to previous measurements.Peer reviewe

Search for Physics beyond the Standard Model in Events with Overlapping Photons and Jets

Results are reported from a search for new particles that decay into a photon and two gluons, in events with jets. Novel jet substructure techniques are developed that allow photons to be identified in an environment densely populated with hadrons. The analyzed proton-proton collision data were collected by the CMS experiment at the LHC, in 2016 at root s = 13 TeV, and correspond to an integrated luminosity of 35.9 fb(-1). The spectra of total transverse hadronic energy of candidate events are examined for deviations from the standard model predictions. No statistically significant excess is observed over the expected background. The first cross section limits on new physics processes resulting in such events are set. The results are interpreted as upper limits on the rate of gluino pair production, utilizing a simplified stealth supersymmetry model. The excluded gluino masses extend up to 1.7 TeV, for a neutralino mass of 200 GeV and exceed previous mass constraints set by analyses targeting events with isolated photons.Peer reviewe

Measurement of b jet shapes in proton-proton collisions at root s=5.02 TeV

We present the first study of charged-hadron production associated with jets originating from b quarks in proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 5.02 TeV. The data sample used in this study was collected with the CMS detector at the CERN LHC and corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 27.4 pb(-1). To characterize the jet substructure, the differential jet shapes, defined as the normalized transverse momentum distribution of charged hadrons as a function of angular distance from the jet axis, are measured for b jets. In addition to the jet shapes, the per-jet yields of charged particles associated with b jets are also quantified, again as a function of the angular distance with respect to the jet axis. Extracted jet shape and particle yield distributions for b jets are compared with results for inclusive jets, as well as with the predictions from the pythia and herwig++ event generators.Peer reviewe

Calibration of the CMS hadron calorimeters using proton-proton collision data at root s=13 TeV

Methods are presented for calibrating the hadron calorimeter system of theCMSetector at the LHC. The hadron calorimeters of the CMS experiment are sampling calorimeters of brass and scintillator, and are in the form of one central detector and two endcaps. These calorimeters cover pseudorapidities vertical bar eta vertical bar ee data. The energy scale of the outer calorimeters has been determined with test beam data and is confirmed through data with high transverse momentum jets. In this paper, we present the details of the calibration methods and accuracy.Peer reviewe

Measurement of B-c(2S)(+) and B-c*(2S)(+) cross section ratios in proton-proton collisions at root s=13 TeV

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