208 research outputs found
Detection, seedborne nature, disease transmission and eradication of seedborne infection by rhizoctonia bataticola (Taub) butler in groundnut
A study was conducted to determine the seedborne nature, disease transmission and eradication of seedborne infection by Rhizoctonia bataticola in groundnut. In case of 10 groundnut accessions, infection percentage of R. bataticola, ranged between 13.3 to 73.3. Component-plating method indicated that the pathogen is located mainly on the seed coat and rarely in the endosperm and embryo. Infection in embryo and endosperm was always associated with seed coal infection. All accessions showed pre-emergence damping-off in the form of seed rot. Post- emergence damping-off was noticed in three accessions. The per cent infection ranged between 9.5 to 42.9 in case of pre-emergence damping-off. while it was 4.8 to 19.1 for post-emergence damping-off. The latent infection of R. bataticola from healthy seedlings was proved using Potato carrot agar medium. Infected seeds of 10 groundnut accessions were gi~own and no apparent symptoms were observed on the plants for one season, but seeds harvested from such plants resulted in seed infection of 6.1 - 33.3 % indicating the seed transmission nature of the pathogen from one generation to the next. Carbendazim + tin ram @ 2g a.i / kg seed can be used as a routine treatment in quarantine laboratories to eliminate R. bataticola from groundnut seed
Movement and activity pattern of a collared tigress in a human-dominated landscape in central India
Tigers (Panthera tigris) are wide-ranging species, and a permeable landscape matrix outside Protected Areas (PAs) is extremely important for their dispersal. A tigress which had fallen in a water duct in the Nagpur district was rescued by the Forest Department on 12th October, 2011 and released on 27th November, 2011 in a forest adjacent to the site of capture. A GPS-GSM collar that we fitted on her indicated that she remained in the same forest area until 25th December, 2011, and then moved eastwards into a human-dominated landscape where she was present until 25th March, 2012, after which the GPS battery ceased to function. She moved a minimum distance of 454.65 km from the time of her release up to 25th March, 2012, using a total area of 726 km² (95% MCP), but between 30th December, 2011 and 25th March, 2012, after moving into the human-dominated forest-agricultural landscape her home range was 431 km² (95% MCP). Her home range also encompassed villages, roads and croplands. Her activity was largely nocturnal and she rested in dense foliage inside forest patches during the day. About half of all the prey items that we identified during this period (n = 12) were wild pigs (Sus scrofa). Although, she was present very close to areas where humans were active in the day, no untoward incident occurred. She was photographed in April 2013, a year after the collar stopped functioning, in the same region about 40 km from the release site, indicating that she is still present in the human-dominated area. Very little is known about tiger ecology, and their temporal and spatial patterns of movement, outside PAs. These areas will be crucial in terms of dispersal between PAs as well as sensitive in terms of conflict
Differential cross sections and recoil polarizations for the reaction gamma p -> K+ Sigma0
High-statistics measurements of differential cross sections and recoil
polarizations for the reaction have been
obtained using the CLAS detector at Jefferson Lab. We cover center-of-mass
energies () from 1.69 to 2.84 GeV, with an extensive coverage in the
production angle. Independent measurements were made using the
() and () final-state topologies,
and were found to exhibit good agreement. Our differential cross sections show
good agreement with earlier CLAS, SAPHIR and LEPS results, while offering
better statistical precision and a 300-MeV increase in coverage.
Above GeV, - and -channel Regge scaling behavior
can be seen at forward- and backward-angles, respectively. Our recoil
polarization () measurements represent a substantial increase in
kinematic coverage and enhanced precision over previous world data. At forward
angles we find that is of the same magnitude but opposite sign as
, in agreement with the static SU(6) quark model prediction of
. This expectation is violated in some mid- and
backward-angle kinematic regimes, where and are of
similar magnitudes but also have the same signs. In conjunction with several
other meson photoproduction results recently published by CLAS, the present
data will help constrain the partial wave analyses being performed to search
for missing baryon resonances.Comment: 23 pages, 17 figure
Near-threshold Photoproduction of Phi Mesons from Deuterium
We report the first measurement of the differential cross section on
-meson photoproduction from deuterium near the production threshold for a
proton using the CLAS detector and a tagged-photon beam in Hall B at Jefferson
Lab. The measurement was carried out by a triple coincidence detection of a
proton, and near the theoretical production threshold of 1.57 GeV.
The extracted differential cross sections for the initial
photon energy from 1.65-1.75 GeV are consistent with predictions based on a
quasifree mechanism. This experiment establishes a baseline for a future
experimental search for an exotic -N bound state from heavier nuclear
targets utilizing subthreshold/near-threshold production of mesons
A comparison of forward and backward pp pair knockout in 3He(e,e'pp)n
Measuring nucleon-nucleon Short Range Correlations (SRC) has been a goal of
the nuclear physics community for many years. They are an important part of the
nuclear wavefunction, accounting for almost all of the high-momentum strength.
They are closely related to the EMC effect. While their overall probability has
been measured, measuring their momentum distributions is more difficult. In
order to determine the best configuration for studying SRC momentum
distributions, we measured the He reaction, looking at events
with high momentum protons ( GeV/c) and a low momentum neutron
( GeV/c). We examined two angular configurations: either both protons
emitted forward or one proton emitted forward and one backward (with respect to
the momentum transfer, ). The measured relative momentum distribution
of the events with one forward and one backward proton was much closer to the
calculated initial-state relative momentum distribution, indicating that
this is the preferred configuration for measuring SRC.Comment: 8 pages, 9 figures, submitted to Phys Rev C. Version 2 incorporates
minor corrections in response to referee comment
Comment on the narrow structure reported by Amaryan et al
The CLAS Collaboration provides a comment on the physics interpretation of
the results presented in a paper published by M. Amaryan et al. regarding the
possible observation of a narrow structure in the mass spectrum of a
photoproduction experiment.Comment: to be published in Physical Review
Absorption of the and Mesons in Nuclei
Due to their long lifetimes, the and mesons are the ideal
candidates for the study of possible modifications of the in-medium
meson-nucleon interaction through their absorption inside the nucleus. During
the E01-112 experiment at the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility,
the mesons were photoproduced from H, C, Ti, Fe, and Pb targets. This
paper reports the first measurement of the ratio of nuclear transparencies for
the channel. The ratios indicate larger in-medium widths compared
with what have been reported in other reaction channels.Comment: 6 pages, 4 figure
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