Alien Registration- Ogol, Charles E. (Howland, Penobscot County)

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Alien Registration- Ogol, Charles E. (Howland, Penobscot County)

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Analysis of the agroindustrial enterprise competitive strategy tools

The article presents an analysis of the agrarian enterprise competitive strategy. Considered ways to reduce costs. One of the most important tasks of enterprises is being solved - reducing costs. Several options have been identified for implementing this strategy, as well as difficulties in achieving this goal, and ways have been found to solve them. In addition, the main types of losses that occur in modern enterprises are highlighted and the essence of these losses is determined. The author gives a definition of cost and reveals the value of this indicator in the enterprise management system, determines the goals of cost reduction, and highlights the factors and methods of reducing the cost of production in the enterprise. He gives advice on how to start saving, how to reduce the cost of production and how to produce better products, while reducing the number of defects. Today, innovation has become a crucial tool for competing in global markets. To improve the skills in the field of innovation, it is necessary to ensure consistently high results by constantly introducing innovations and get high returns on them. The article reveals the peculiarity of introducing total innovations, their influence for organizations and the most important tools for introducing innovations, and considers five "puzzle pieces"

Host plant diversity of Sesamia calamistis : cytochrome b gene sequences reveal local genetic differentiation

Sesamia calamistis Hampson (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) is one of the indigenous stem borer pests associated with maize (Zea mays L.) and sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] (both Poaceae) in Africa. Its pest status varies across the continent and this has been attributed to variation in diet breadth and ecological preferences among populations. Its larvae were found on 12 plant species during a study initiated at four sites (Muhaka, Mtito Andei, Kakamega, and Suam) in Kenya to estimate its diet breadth and genetic population structure. Ten of the infested plant species belonged to the family Poaceae [Echinochloa haploclada (Stapf) Stapf, Eleusine corocana L., Eleusine jaegeri Pilg., Panicum deustum Thunb, Panicum maximum Jacquin, Pennisetum purpureum Schumacher, Setaria verticillata (L.) P. Beauv., Sorghum arundinaceum (Desvaux) Stapf, S. bicolor, and Z. mays]; the other two were Cyperaceae: Cyperus distans L. and Cyperus dives Delile. Combined with collections from other African countries (Uganda, South Africa, Benin, Ghana, Nigeria, and Togo), comparisons of partial cytochrome b sequences revealed the presence of 68 haplotypes that differentiated into clades I and II. In Kenya, the two clades colonized different regions, except in Mtito Andei where they co-existed. Individuals from Mtito Andei could be separated based on their host plants: clade I with 14 haplotypes was found mainly on maize (78.6%), whereas clade II with 10 haplotypes was found mainly among wild host plants (63.6%). Detection of divergence among these clades with cytochrome b suggests that their evolutionary separation may have taken place about one million years ago. This article discusses the potential implication of this differentiation for the management of S. calamistis as a pest of maize and sorghum in Africa