Phytophthora lateralis is the causal agent of cedar root rot, a fatal forest pathogen whose principal host is Chamaecyparis lawsoniana (Port-Orford-cedar), a predominantly riparian-restricted endemic tree species of ecological, economical, and cultural importance to coastal Oregon and California. Local scale distribution of P. lateralis is thought to be associated with...
Solid-state based lighting offers a number of advantages such as long life, high efficiency
and compactness compared to a conventional halogen tube based lighting.
Due to these advantages they are being increasingly used in a variety of lighting
applications including portable devices, home, and automotive lighting. Consequently,
there has been...