Adapting legume crops to climate change using genomic approaches

Our agricultural system and hence food security is threatened by combination of events, such as increasing population, the impacts of climate change, and the need to a more sustainable development. Evolutionary adaptation may help some species to overcome environmental changes through new selection pressures driven by climate change. However, success of evolutionary adaptation is dependent on various factors, one of which is the extent of genetic variation available within species. Genomic approaches provide an exceptional opportunity to identify genetic variation that can be employed in crop improvement programs. In this review, we illustrate some of the routinely used genomics‐based methods as well as recent breakthroughs, which facilitate assessment of genetic variation and discovery of adaptive genes in legumes. Although additional information is needed, the current utility of selection tools indicate a robust ability to utilize existing variation among legumes to address the challenges of climate uncertainty

Первый опыт успешного вынашивания беременности после симультанной трансплантации печени и почки с рено-портальной транспозицией

The article is dedicated to the problem of pregnancy management and delivery after simultaneous liver-kidney transplantation (SLKT). The article contains general historic and statistic information, and presents the first real world clinical case of favorable pregnancy outcome in patient after simultaneous liver-kidney transplantation with reno-portal transposition.Статья посвящена вопросу ведения беременности и родоразрешения после симультанной трансплантации печени и почки (СТПП). Приведены общие исторические и статистические сведения, и представлен первый в мировой практике клинический случай благоприятного исхода беременности у пациентки после СТПП с рено-портальной транспозицией

Neogeodynamika i współczesna geodynamika północnej części złoża soli potasowej Pietrykov, Białoruś

The results of studies of neogeodynamics and recent geodynamics at northern prospect area of Petrikov potash deposit in Belarus are discussed. The models of intensity of neogeodynamic and recent geodynamic processes over the period from the end of Middle Pleistocene to Holocene have been calculated using lineament and structural-geomorphological analysis in ArcGIS 10 on the basis of digital topographic maps of the scale 1 : 5 000, digital orthophotomaps of the scale 1 : 5 000, and free multi-zone satellite images.W pracy omówiono wyniki badań neogeodynamiki i współczesnej geodynamiki północnej części Pietrykowskiego złoża soli potasowej na Białorusi. Modele przebiegu intensywności procesów neogeodynamicznych i współczesnych geodynamicznych, obejmujące okres od końca środkowego plejstocenu do holocenu, zostały przedstawione w oparciu o analizę strukturalno-geomorfologiczną z wykorzystaniem programu ArcGIS 10. Materiałem bazowym były cyfrowe mapy topograficznych w skali 1:5000, cyfrowe ortofotomapy w skali 1:5000 oraz wielospektralne obrazy satelitarne

Environmental impact assessment of the designed Petrikov potash mining and processing complex, Belarus: approaches and results

Petrikov deposit of potash salt is situated in Gomel oblast of Belarus in the south-east of Pripyat Trough, and consists of Northern and Southern prospects. Underground mining of potash salt will start at the Northern prospect with the area of 166 km2. It is expected that mining will last for about 50-80 years. Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) was carried out at the stage of designing of Petrikov mining and processing plant. Standard EIA procedure included a set of investigations, including assessment of surface subsidence, assessment of changes in groundwater level, assessment of changes in productivity of forest phytocenoses and crops, and assessment of groundwater pollution due to production of potash fertilizers. Maximum values of possible surface subsidence (up to 2.3 m) will occur within the area, where the surface will be effected by mining of potash layers 1, 2, and 3 of the productive horizon IV-p, using long-pillar mining system. Surface subsidence will influence surface topography, surface and groundwater, landscape structure and land resources. The result of surface subsidence will lead to inundation and swamping of land, as well as to increase in the areas affected by annual floods in the valleys of Pripyat and Bobrik rivers. Surface subsidence will affect the whole area of the prospect within the limits of planned mining fields, except the areas above safety pillars. In the result of raise in groundwater level the area with groundwater depth of more than 2 m will decrease from 69.1% to 17.8%, and the areas with groundwater depth from 3 to 5 m will disappear. The area with groundwater depth less than 1 m will increase from 0.1 % to 34.0 %. Within 19.5% of the area the groundwater level will raise above the surface level (the area of inundation). Surface subsidence and change in groundwater level will cause certain decrease in yields of timber and crops, besides this 25.64 km2 of forest, 0.68 km2 of arable land and 3.24 km2 of meadows will be inundated. In order to prevent inundation within certain areas the protective engineering facilities have been designed, and arrangement of groundwater monitoring wells has been proposed. The protective facilities at solid and liquid sludge dumps are designed to prevent the environment from pollution. Nevertheless, the patterns of possible migration of pollutants in groundwater were assessed in case of accidental discharge of waste