Implementation of a small-scale irrigation project in southern Mauritania is analyzed in
this report. The main objective is to demonstrate that small-scale irrigation farming is
the best suited solution for Mauritania's agriculture. To reach this objective different
steps are taken in this study. The first step highlights the different aspects...
A mix-culture of methanogenic and sulfate-reducing bacteria was capable of degrading trichloroethylene (TCE) to dichloroethylene (DCE). The culture was incubated under anaerobic conditions within a soil sample taken from Gilbert-Mosley site, Wichita, Kansas. To stimulate the growth of indigenous bacteria, a carbon and energy source was added in this microcosm...
Identification of factors that affect water and sugar transport in strawberry could aid
in attempts to influence fruit size and quality. Apoplastic water potential (Ψaw) gradients
within the strawberry plant, that could influence water and assimilate transport, were
identified. Fruit expansion was very sensitive to water stress and occurred when...
Decomposing logs in Douglas-fir - western hemlock forests in the Pacific Northwest are systems in which many organisms interact. Fungi in these systems include both mycorrhizal fungi associated with hemlock seedlings and many species of saprotrophic wood decomposer fungi. It is very likely that these two groups of fungi interact...