Morphological Characteristics, Productivity and Quality of Three Napier Grass (Pennisetum Purpureum Schum) Cultivars Harvested at Different Age

The research was conducted to determine the morphological characteristics, productivity andquality of Napier grass cultivars Taiwan, King and Mott harvested at 8 and 13 after planting. Effect ofcultivar and harvest arranged in a nested design (3x2). The variables were observed consisting ofmorphological characteristics, dry matter production and forage quality. The results showed that themorphological characteristics, leaf stem ratio, fiber content, crude protein content and in vitro dry matterdigestibility of Napier grass Taiwan and King cultivar were not different, but both morphologicalcharacteristics, fiber content was higher (P <0.05) compared to Mott cultivar, whereas leaf stem ratio,crude protein content and in vitro dry matter digestibility Mott cultivar was higher (P <0.05) comparedto Taiwan and King cultivars. In general, an increase in plant height and fiber content at the age of 13weeks, whereas crude protein content and in vitro dry matter digestibility decreased. It was concludedthat the highest dry matter production found in Taiwan and the King cultivars, whereas highest qualityfound in Mott cultivar. Dry matter production was highest harvested at 13 weeks, whereas the highestquality harvested at 8 weeks after planting for all cultivars tested

Morphological Characteristics of Silver Barb Fish Population Barbonymus Gonionotus (Bleeker, 1849) From Different Water Locations in Central Java Province

Populasi ikan tawes (Barbonymus gonionotus ) terdapat di Sungai Bengawan Solo, Sungai Dengkeng, Sungai Opak, dan Waduk Gajah Mungkur. Aliran Sungai Bengawan Solo bertemu dengan aliran Sungai Dengkeng sedangkan aliran Sungai Opak terpisah dari keduanya. Hal ini menjadikan sebuah fenomena keterpisahan populasi yang menarik untuk diteliti keragaman dan pengelompokan antar populasi melalui penanda morfologis. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis keragaman ikan tawes di Sungai Bengawan Solo, Sungai Dengkeng, Sungai Opak, dan Waduk Gajah Mungkur berdasarkan karakter morfologis. Pengukuran karakter morfologis dengan metode morfometrik dengan 14 karakter morfologis yang diukur. Pengukuran faktor fisika kimia air meliputi suhu, kuat arus, kedalaman, pH, oksigen terlarut, dan substrat. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan karakter morfologis pembeda keempat populasi tersebut yang dominan pada ikan tawes adalah tinggi sirip dorsal, panjang moncong, dan tinggi batang ekor. Analisis kelompok menunjukkan populasi ikan tawes Sungai Bengawan Solo memiliki karakter morfologis lebih mirip dengan Sungai Dengkeng daripada Sungai Opak dan Waduk Gajah Mungkur karena kemiripan habitat dan kedekatan lokasi. Faktor lingkungan yang paling berpengaruh adalah perbedaan kuat arus perairan

Which morphological characteristics are most influenced by the host matrix in downy mildews? : A case study in Pseudoperonospora cubensis

Before the advent of molecular phylogenetics, species concepts in the downy mildews, an economically important group of obligate biotrophic oomycete pathogens, have mostly been based upon host range and morphology. While molecular phylogenetic studies have confirmed a narrow host range for many downy mildew species, others, like Pseudoperonospora cubensis affect even different genera. Although often morphological differences were found for new, phylogenetically distinct species, uncertainty prevails regarding their host ranges, especially regarding related plants that have been reported as downy mildew hosts, but were not included in the phylogenetic studies. In these cases, the basis for deciding if the divergence in some morphological characters can be deemed sufficient for designation as separate species is uncertain, as observed morphological divergence could be due to different host matrices colonised. The broad host range of P. cubensis (ca. 60 host species) renders this pathogen an ideal model organism for the investigation of morphological variations in relation to the host matrix and to evaluate which characteristics are best indicators for conspecificity or distinctiveness. On the basis of twelve morphological characterisitcs and a set of twelve cucurbits from five different Cucurbitaceae tribes, including the two species, Cyclanthera pedata and Thladiantha dubia, hitherto not reported as hosts of P. cubensis, a significant influence of the host matrix on pathogen morphology was found. Given the high intraspecific variation of some characteristics, also their plasticity has to be taken into account. The implications for morphological species determination and the confidence limits of morphological characteristics are discussed. For species delimitations in Pseudoperonospora it is shown that the ratio of the height of the first ramification to the sporangiophore length, ratio of the longer to the shorter ultimate branchlet, and especially the length and width of sporangia, as well as, with some reservations, their ratio, are the most suitable characteristics for species delimitation

Kimpul (Xanthosoma spp.) characterization based on morphological characteristic and isozymic analysis

Nurmiyati, Sugiyarto, Sajidan. 2009. Kimpul (Xanthosoma spp.) characterization based on morphological characteristic and isozymic analysis. Nusantara Bioscience 1: 138-145. This research is aimed: (i) to know the variety of kimpul (Xanthosoma spp.) based on morphological characteristics and isozymes analysis; (ii) to know the correlation between its genetic space based on morphological characteristics and its genetic resemblance based on isozymes-banding pattern. This research results were analyzed and described by descriptive qualitative methods. Morphological observation was carried out in sub-District of Galur, Lendah and Girimulyo, Kulonprogo District, Yogyakarta. Morphological data of the kimpul plant was explored descriptively and then made dendogram. Data of isozymic banding pattern were analyzed quantitatively based on the appearance of the band on the gel, and qualitatively based on the thickness of the band formed, and then made dendogram. The correlation, between its genetic distance based on morphological characteristics and its genetic resemblance based on isozymes-banding pattern, were then analyzed grounded on coefficient correlation between product- moment and goodness of it criteria based on correlation. The results pointed out that morphologically, on eight observed samples which were consist of four different types (species), each Xanthosoma from different locations did not indicate obvious differences. Esterase was formed four different banding-patterns, Glutamate Oxaloacetate Transaminase indicated eight different banding-patterns, and Peroxidase indicated seven different banding-patterns. Correlation between morphological data and data from EST and GOT isozymic banding pattern were very good (0.967918 and 0.937113), While, the correlations between morphological data and POD isozymes were good (0.892721). Key words: kimpul, Xanthosoma, morphological characteristic, isozyme

Quantification of the morphological characteristics of hESC colonies

The maintenance of the undifferentiated state in human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) is critical for further application in regenerative medicine, drug testing and studies of fundamental biology. Currently, the selection of the best quality cells and colonies for propagation is typically performed by eye, in terms of the displayed morphological features, such as prominent/abundant nucleoli and a colony with a tightly packed appearance and a well-defined edge. Using image analysis and computational tools, we precisely quantify these properties using phase-contrast images of hESC colonies of different sizes (0.1–1.1 mm2) during days 2, 3 and 4 after plating. Our analyses reveal noticeable differences in their structure influenced directly by the colony area A. Large colonies (A > 0.6 mm2) have cells with smaller nuclei and a short intercellular distance when compared with small colonies (A  0.6 mm2) due to the proliferation of the cells in the bulk. This increases the colony density and the number of nearest neighbours. We also detect the self-organisation of cells in the colonies where newly divided (smallest) cells cluster together in patches, separated from larger cells at the final stages of the cell cycle. This might influence directly cell-to-cell interactions and the community effects within the colonies since the segregation induced by size differences allows the interchange of neighbours as the cells proliferate and the colony grows. Our findings are relevant to efforts to determine the quality of hESC colonies and establish colony characteristics database

SKOPE: A connectionist/symbolic architecture of spoken Korean processing

Spoken language processing requires speech and natural language integration. Moreover, spoken Korean calls for unique processing methodology due to its linguistic characteristics. This paper presents SKOPE, a connectionist/symbolic spoken Korean processing engine, which emphasizes that: 1) connectionist and symbolic techniques must be selectively applied according to their relative strength and weakness, and 2) the linguistic characteristics of Korean must be fully considered for phoneme recognition, speech and language integration, and morphological/syntactic processing. The design and implementation of SKOPE demonstrates how connectionist/symbolic hybrid architectures can be constructed for spoken agglutinative language processing. Also SKOPE presents many novel ideas for speech and language processing. The phoneme recognition, morphological analysis, and syntactic analysis experiments show that SKOPE is a viable approach for the spoken Korean processing.Comment: 8 pages, latex, use aaai.sty & aaai.bst, bibfile: nlpsp.bib, to be presented at IJCAI95 workshops on new approaches to learning for natural language processin

Frictional and morphological characteristics of ion plated soft, metallic films

Ion plated metallic films in contrast to films applied by other deposition techniques offer a lower friction coefficient, longer endurance lives and exhibit a gradual increase in friction coefficient after the film has been worn off. The friction coefficients of metallic films are affected by the degree of adherence, thickness and nucleation and growth characteristics during ion plating lead to a fine, continuous crystalline structure, which contributes to a lower friction coefficient

W(h)ither Fossils? Studying Morphological Character Evolution in the Age of Molecular Sequences

A major challenge in the post-genomics era will be to integrate molecular sequence data from extant organisms with morphological data from fossil and extant taxa into a single, coherent picture of phylogenetic relationships; only then will these phylogenetic hypotheses be effectively applied to the study of morphological character evolution. At least two analytical approaches to solving this problem have been utilized: (1) simultaneous analysis of molecular sequence and morphological data with fossil taxa included as terminals in the analysis, and (2) the molecular scaffold approach, in which morphological data are analyzed over a molecular backbone (with constraints that force extant taxa into positions suggested by sequence data). The perceived obstacles to including fossil taxa directly in simultaneous analyses of morphological and molecular sequence data with extant taxa include: (1) that fossil taxa are missing the molecular sequence portion of the character data; (2) that morphological characters might be misleading due to convergence; and (3) character weighting, specifically how and whether to weight characters in the morphological partition relative to characters in the molecular sequence data partition. The molecular scaffold has been put forward as a potential solution to at least some of these problems. Using examples of simultaneous analyses from the literature, as well as new analyses of previously published morphological and molecular sequence data matrices for extant and fossil Chiroptera (bats), we argue that the simultaneous analysis approach is superior to the molecular scaffold approach, specifically addressing the problems to which the molecular scaffold has been suggested as a solution. Finally, the application of phylogenetic hypotheses including fossil taxa (whatever their derivation) to the study of morphological character evolution is discussed, with special emphasis on scenarios in which fossil taxa are likely to be most enlightening: (1) in determining the sequence of character evolution; (2) in determining the timing of character evolution; and (3) in making inferences about the presence or absence of characteristics in fossil taxa that may not be directly observable in the fossil record. Published By: Missouri Botanical Garde

Quantification of the morphological characteristics of hESC colonies

The maintenance of the pluripotent state in human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) is critical for further application in regenerative medicine, drug testing and studies of fundamental biology. Currently, the selection of the best quality cells and colonies for propagation is typically performed by eye, in terms of the displayed morphological features, such as prominent/abundant nucleoli and a colony with a tightly packed appearance and a well-defined edge. Using image analysis and computational tools, we precisely quantify these properties using phase-contrast images of hESC colonies of different sizes (0.1 -- 1.1$\, \text{mm}^2$) during days 2, 3 and 4 after plating. Our analyses reveal noticeable differences in their structure influenced directly by the colony area $A$. Large colonies ($A > 0.6 \, \text{mm}^2$) have cells with smaller nuclei and a short intercellular distance when compared with small colonies ($A < 0.2 \, \text{mm}^2$). The gaps between the cells, which are present in small and medium sized colonies with $A \le 0.6 \, \text{mm}^2$, disappear in large colonies ($A > 0.6 \, \text{mm}^2$) due to the proliferation of the cells in the bulk. This increases the colony density and the number of nearest neighbours. We also detect the self-organisation of cells in the colonies where newly divided (smallest) cells cluster together in patches, separated from larger cells at the final stages of the cell cycle. This might influence directly cell-to-cell interactions and the community effects within the colonies since the segregation induced by size differences allows the interchange of neighbours as the cells proliferate and the colony grows. Our findings are relevant to efforts to determine the quality of hESC colonies and establish colony characteristics database

Morphological Characteristics Of Anopheles Aconitus Donitz From Different Geographical Areas

Penelitian morfologi untuk melihat kemungkinan adanya sibling species vektor malaria Anopheles aconitus di daerah Kabupaten Cilacap, Banjarnegara, Semarang Karanganyar dan Jepara Jawa Tengah, telah dilakukan pada tahun 1982-1984. Pemeriksaan terhadap 1.418 spesimen ditemukan 4 tipe An.aconitus berdasarkan perbedaan morfologi sayap, yaitu tipe A (90%) kosta ada 4 daerah pucat (sektor, subkostal, preapikal, dan apikal). Tipe B (4.6%) kosta ada 5 daerah pucat (presektor, sektor, subapical, dan apikal). Tipe C (2.1%) kosta ada 3 daerah pucat (subkostal, preapikal dan apikal). Tipe D (2.4%) kosta ada 3 daerah pucat (sektor, preapikal dan apikal). Pemeriksaan spesimen dari pemeliharaan progeni menunjukkan bahwa 4 tipe sayap yang ditemukan ternyata hanya merupakan variasi morfologi dari pada spesies An.aconitus