Despite Slow Growth From 2005 to 2015, Independent Grocery Stores Remain Important for Rural Communities

In 2015, rural counties not adjacent to an urban county had an average of 2.1 independent grocery stores—whose owners operate fewer than four stores—compared with 1.9 chain grocery stores

Host floral scent mimicry by <i>Monilinia vaccinii-corymbosi</i> (<i>Mvc</i>) shoot strikes.

<p>Non-metric multidimensional scaling (NMDS) plot of volatile profiles from <i>Vaccinium corymbosum</i> flowers (red points), uninfected leaves (black), and leaves infected with <i>Mvc</i> (green). Total area occupied by each sample type as represented in 2-dimensional space is shaded in gray. Stress = 0.134. VOC profiles differed significantly among the three tissues sampled (pMANOVA <i>F</i>_2,28 = 8.1, <i>P</i> = 0.009), with healthy leaves differing from flowers (<i>F</i>_1,19 = 9.8, <i>P</i> = 0.009) and infected leaves (<i>F</i>_1,18 = 9.3, <i>P</i> = 0.010), while flowers vs. infected leaves were marginally, but not significantly different (<i>F</i>_1,18 = 3.0, <i>P</i> = 0.083).</p

Concentrations of volatile compounds quantified from <i>Vaccinium corymbosum</i> flowers, healthy leaves, and leaves infected with <i>Monilinia vaccinii-corymbosi</i> (<i>Mvc</i>).

<p>Concentrations of volatile compounds quantified from <i>Vaccinium corymbosum</i> flowers, healthy leaves, and leaves infected with <i>Monilinia vaccinii-corymbosi</i> (<i>Mvc</i>).</p