38 research outputs found
Utilisation d'une souche indigène de Trichoderma harzianum contre cinq agents pathogènes chez le concombre et la tomate de serre au Québec
Le potentiel antagoniste du biofongicide à base de Trichoderma harzianum MAUL-20, isolé au Québec, a été testé contre cinq agents telluriques phytopathogènes(Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. radicis-lycopersici (FORL), Pythium ultimum, Rhizoctonia solani, Sclerotinia sclerotiorum et Verticillium dahliae) du concombre et de la tomate de serre. Le biofongicide a démontré une efficacité contre P. ultimum et R. solani chez le concombre et la tomate et contre FORL chez la tomate. De plus, T. harzianum MAUL-20 a eu un effet stimulant sur le développement des plants de concombre lorsque cultivés, sans agents pathogènes, dans un substrat organique alimenté du biofongicide. L'efficacité de T. harzianum MAUL-20 a été comparée à celle du biofongicide américain Rootshield™ (Trichoderma harzianum KRL-AG2) et le premier a démontré une activité antagoniste égale ou supérieure à celle de Rootshield™.Trichoderma harzianum MAUL-20, a strain isolated from a soil in the province of Québec, was evaluated for its antagonistic potential against five plant pathogens (Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. radicis-lycopersici (FORL), Pythium ultimum, Rhizoctonia solani, Sclerotinia sclerotiorum, and Verticillium dahliae) on greenhouse cucumber and tomato. It reduced disease incidence significantly against P. ultimum and R. solani on both cucumber and tomato and against FORL on tomato. In addition, T. harzianum MAUL-20 stimulated plant growth of cucumber plants when amended to a substrate without plant pathogens. Its efficacy was compared to that of Rootshield™, a biofungicide based on Trichoderma harzianum KRL-AG2 registered in the USA. Its biocontrol potential was equivalent or superior to Rootshield™
Constraining the MSSM with universal gaugino masses and implication for searches at the LHC
Using a Markov chain Monte Carlo approach, we find the allowed parameter
space of a MSSM model with seven free parameters. In this model universality
conditions at the GUT scale are imposed on the gaugino sector. We require in
particular that the relic density of dark matter saturates the value extracted
from cosmological measurements assuming a standard cosmological scenario. We
characterize the parameter space of the model that satisfies experimental
constraints and illustrate the complementarity of the LHC searches, B-physics
observables and direct dark matter searches for further probing the parameter
space of the model. We also explore the different decay chains expected for the
coloured particles that would be produced at LHC.Comment: 29 pages, 11 figure
Supersymmetry Without Prejudice
We begin an exploration of the physics associated with the general
CP-conserving MSSM with Minimal Flavor Violation, the pMSSM. The 19 soft SUSY
breaking parameters in this scenario are chosen so as to satisfy all existing
experimental and theoretical constraints assuming that the WIMP is a
conventional thermal relic, ie, the lightest neutralino. We scan this parameter
space twice using both flat and log priors for the soft SUSY breaking mass
parameters and compare the results which yield similar conclusions. Detailed
constraints from both LEP and the Tevatron searches play a particularly
important role in obtaining our final model samples. We find that the pMSSM
leads to a much broader set of predictions for the properties of the SUSY
partners as well as for a number of experimental observables than those found
in any of the conventional SUSY breaking scenarios such as mSUGRA. This set of
models can easily lead to atypical expectations for SUSY signals at the LHC.Comment: 61 pages, 24 figs. Refs., figs, and text added, typos fixed; This
version has reduced/bitmapped figs. For a version with better figs please go
to http://www.slac.stanford.edu/~rizz
The e+e- -> Z gamma gamma -> q q gamma gamma Reaction at LEP and Constraints on Anomalous Quartic Gauge Boson Couplings
The cross section of the process e^+ e^- -> Z \gamma\gamma -> qq \gamma
\gamma is measured with 215 pb^-1 of data collected with the L3 detector during
the final LEP run at centre-of-mass energies around 205 GeV and 207 GeV. No
deviation from the Standard Model expectation is observed. The full data sample
of 713 pb^-1, collected above the Z resonance, is used to constrain the
coefficients of anomalous quartic gauge boson couplings to:
-0.02 GeV^-2 < a_0/\Lambda^2 < 0.03 GeV^-2 and -0.07 GeV^-2 < a_c/\Lambda^2 <
0.05 GeV^-2, at 95% confidence level
Study of the e+e- -> Z gamma gamma -> q q~ gamma gamma Process at LEP
The process e^+e^- -> Z gamma gamma -> q q~ gamma gamma is studied in 0.5
fb-1 of data collected with the L3 detector at centre-of-mass energies between
130.1 GeV and 201.7 GeV. Cross sections are measured and found to be consistent
with the Standard Model expectations. The study of the least energetic photon
constrains the quartic gauge boson couplings to -0.008 GeV-2 < a_0/\Lambda^2 <
0.005 GeV-2 and -0.007 GeV-2 < a_c/\Lambda^2 < 0.011 GeV-2, at 95% confidence
level
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Study of the W+W-gamma Process and Limits on Anomalous Quartic Gauge Boson Couplings at LEP
The process e+e- -> W+ W- gamma is studied using the data collected by the L3
detector at LEP. New results, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of
427.4 pb-1 at centre-of-mass energies from 192 GeV to 207 GeV, are presented.
The W+W- gamma cross sections are measured to be in agreement with Standard
Model expectations. No hints of anomalous quartic gauge boson couplings are
observed. Limits at 95% confidence level are derived using also the process
e+e- --> nu nubar gamma gamma