Plant pathologists address next steps in combating soybean rust
...on the overwintering and movement of soybean rust, sentinel plot monitoring results, and the latest information on host plant resistance and chemical control will be addressed during the Responses to Soybean Rust in the U.S. symposium at the APS Annual Meeting. Symposium speakers will share their knowledge an...Two new retrovirusestransmitted from animalsidentified
...us into the general population, the development of sentinel systems for forecasting disease emergence--such as long-term surveillance of hunters--should be seen as a human health imperative," said Dr. Wolfe....DOE JGI announces 2006 Community Sequencing Program portfolio
...californianus, the edible pacific mussel that is a sentinel species for environmental pollution; Triphysaria versicolor, a parasitic plant that releases chemicals into the soil that affect the growth and development of nearby plants, a phenomenon known as allelopathy, which could be used to control unwanted......e external environment. DCs function as a kind of sentinel for the immune system, constantly sampling their surroundings for potentially harmful pathogens. Once they encounter a bacteria or virus, the DCs mature and migrate from the periphery to lymphoid tissues where they activate T cells, critical immune ...