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    Qualite et vitesse de decomposition des litieres des principaux arbustes natifs de la savane humide au centre de la Cote d’Ivoire

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    Cette Ă©tude a Ă©tĂ© conduite en zone de savane humide de CĂ´te d’Ivoire pour Ă©valuer la qualitĂ© et la vitesse de dĂ©composition des litières de feuilles de trois espèces d’arbustes dominantes: Crossopteryx febrifuga, Terminalia schimperiana et Piliostigma thonningii et la contribution des termites dans ce processus. La vitesse de dĂ©composition a Ă©tĂ© suivie pendant six mois dans des sachets (Litterbags) puis le coefficient de dĂ©composition k a Ă©tĂ© dĂ©terminĂ©. La contribution des termites a Ă©tĂ© estimĂ©e Ă  travers la quantitĂ© de sol « termitique » dĂ©posĂ©e sur les sachets. Les rĂ©sultats montrent que les teneurs des litières en C, N, K et Mg Ă©taient plus Ă©levĂ©s avec C. febrifuga qu’avec P. thonningii et T. schimperiana respectivement. Le rapport N/P suivait exactement la mĂŞme tendance. La teneur en P n’a pas variĂ© significativement avec les espèces. Les rapports C/N et C/P n’ont pas non plus variĂ© significativement. La concentration de Ca des litières Ă©tait plus Ă©levĂ©e avec P. thonningii. La densitĂ© surfacique des litières (caractĂ©ristique physique) Ă©tait plus Ă©levĂ©e avec P. thonningii qu’avec les autres espèces. La dĂ©composition des litières de T. schimperiana (0,64 mois-1) Ă©tait plus rapide que celles de C. febribuga (0,52 mois-1) et de P. thonningii (0,39 mois-1). L’activitĂ© des termites Ă©tait plus importante sous les litières les plus denses (P. thonningii). L’espèce C. febrifuga est apparue comme ayant le meilleur potentiel d’amĂ©lioration de la fertilitĂ© du sol.   English title: Quality and decomposition rate of native shrub species’ leaf litters in a wet savanna in central CĂ´te d’Ivoire This study was conducted in Central CĂ´te d’Ivoire, aimed to assess the quality and rate of decomposition of the dominant native shrub species’ leaf litters, namely Crossopteryx febrifuga, Terminalia schimperiana and Piliostigma thonningii and the termite’s contribution in this process. Investigations took place in the Lamto Natural Reserve, including five replicate trees per species. Leaf litters were left to decompose in litterbags for six months and then, the decomposition coefficient (k) was determined. The termites’ contribution to decomposition was estimated by the amount of soil they deposited on the litterbags. Results showed that higher leaf litter C, N, K and Mg concentrations were associated with C. febrifuga compared to P. thonningii and T. schimperiana, respectively. The N/P ratio followed the same order. Litter P, C/N and C/P ratios did not varied across species. Higher litter Ca was observed with P. thonningii. Litter surface area was higher with P. thonningii compared to the other two species while decomposition was faster with T. schimperiana (k = 0.64 month-1) followed by C. febribuga (k = 0.52 month-1) and P. thonningii (0.39 months-1). The contribution of the termites to decomposition were found to be greater on high surface area-leaf litters, supposedly more ligneous (P. thonningii). These results suggest that C. febrifuga holds a greater ability to improve soil fertility

    Production of New Cotton Interspecific Hybrids with Enhanced Fiber Fineness

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    To improve cotton fiber fineness, the (Gossypium hirsutum L. × Gossypium longicalyx Hutch. & Lee)² allohexaploid and the [(Gossypium hirsutum L. × Gossypium thurberi To d . ) ² × G. longicalyx] allotetraploid were backcrossed to G. hirsutum to produce introgressed genetic stocks. The ribbon width (RW) of 600 swelled fibers produced by the hybrids, their parents, and their backcross progeny were analyzed for each compared genotype using an optical microscope. The RWs varied between 6.41±2.15 µm for G. longicalyx to 17.45±2.98 µm for the G. hirsutum parent cultivar C2. Fibers produced by the trispecific hybrids and their progeny were finer than the bispecific hybrid material. For the introgressed stocks, the lowest RWs were observed for the trispecific hybrid (10.79±2.14 µm) and certain backcross progenies (between 11.98±1.27 µm to 12.71±1.61 µm). The allohexaploid RW was 13.58±1.41 µm. One of its tetraploid progeny produced approximately the same value (13.94±2.48 µm). These results show that G. longicalyx is a potential genetic stock for cotton fiber fineness improvement. The genetic stocks produced are valuable materials for improve the fineness of cotton fiber

    Potential Antiulcer Agents From Plants: A Comprehensive Review

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