EVALUATION OF STRATEGIES TO SEPARATE ROOT-ASSOCIATED MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES: A CRUCIAL CHOICE IN RHIZOBIOME RESEARCH

Evaluation of strategies to separate root-associated microbial communities: A crucial choice in rhizobiome research

Plants shape distinct, species-specific microbiomes in their rhizospheres.A main premise for evaluating microbial communities associated with root-soil compartments is their successful separation into the rhizosphere (soil-root interface), the rhizoplane (root surface), and the endosphere (inside roots).We evaluated different approaches (washing, s

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Animacy, Motion, Emotion and Empathy in Visual Music: Enhancing appreciation of abstracted animation through wordless song

This paper will discuss the exploration of key musical and visual parameters with the aim of enhancing the appreciation of Dryer Vent Abstracted Animation [1] with varying degrees of animacy.A series of animations were created in response to multiple, wordless, sung, close variations of a song.Carefully delineated, visual parameters and a mapping o

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Potential menace posed by invasive grass and water quality deterioration on macroinvertebrates structural distribution in a dam in North-Western Nigeria

Water bodies in the world have been studied for varied reasons based on their biota composition, diversity, and influence of environmental variables.A study was carried out to ascertain the probable menace posed by Typha grass and some selected environmental variables on the composition and diversity of benthic macroinvertebrates of Kalgwai Dam, Ji

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Is the Indian Child Welfare Act Losing Steam?: Non-Custodial Parental Rights After Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl

In 2013, the United States Supreme Court handed down a decision in Adoptive Couple v.Baby Girl, a decision that will have long-term effects on the use of the Indian Child Welfare Act by non-custodial Native parents.Congress passed the Indian Child Welfare Act in 1978 in response to the high volume of Native children that had been removed from COCK

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