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Open AccessWhole-genome sequence and mass spectrometry study of the snow blight fungus Phacidium infestans (Karsten) DSM 5139 growing at freezing temperatures
Phacidium infestans (synonym Gremmenia infestans) is a significant pathogen that impacts Pinus species across the northern regions of Europe and Asia. This study introduces the genome sequence of P. infestans Kar...
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An OpenFOAM-based evaluation of various wall treatment strategies in simulating separated flows past bluff bodies with heat transfer
The effect of wall treatment on the performance of k-ε model in incompressible, turbulent, separated flows with and without heat transfer has been evaluated in this study. We have simulated two benchmark cases: (...
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Systematic assessment of f-MWCNT transport in aqueous medium: the effect of shear and non-shear forces
Functionalized Multiwall carbon nanotubes (f-MWCNT) is gaining attention because of the range of their applicability in biological sectors. However, it may harm aquatic life and human health. The present work ...
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Open AccessSnowmass white paper: beyond the standard model effects on neutrino flavor
Neutrinos are one of the most promising messengers for signals of new physics Beyond the Standard Model (BSM). On the theoretical side, their elusive nature, combined with their unknown mass mechanism, seems t...
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Impact of ZnO nanoparticles on electrical characteristics of herbal dye-based organic Schottky diode
The electrical parameters like barrier height (ϕ), series resistance (Rs), threshold voltage (Vth) and trap energy (Ec) of a herbal dye-based organic Schottky diode were investigated. Improvement in the outcome o...
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Complex Powers of L-functions and Integers Without Small Prime Factors
The Selberg type divisor problem (Selberg in J Indian Math Soc 18:83–87, 1954, Serre in A course in arithmetic, Springer, Berlin–Heidelberg, 1973), pertains to the study on the coefficients of the complex powe...
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Interpretation of trap-assisted conduction with estimation of electrical parameters of thin indigo film-based semiconducting device
Trap-assisted charge conduction mechanism of indigo dye-based organic Schottky diode has been reported in present investigation. Signature of trap** probability has been encountered by G(I–V) vs. V characterist...
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On the Diophantine Equation \(cx^2+p^{2m}=4y^n\)
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Asymptotic behaviour of a Lambert series à la Zagier: Maass case
Hafner and Stopple proved a conjecture of Zagier on the asymptotic expansion of a Lambert series involving Ramanujan’s tau function with the main term involving the nontrivial zeros of the Riemann zeta functio...
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Seed Priming Alleviates Stress Tolerance in Rice (Oryza sativa L.)
Seed priming is an age-old practice in agriculture. Seed germination and seedling growth can be improved through seed priming (seed hydration–dehydration–rehydration techniques) and seed coating with different...
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Photosynthetic efficiency among Indian peanut cultivars and influence of seasonal variation and zinc
Sixty high yielding Indian peanut cultivars were studied for net photosynthesis (PN), transpiration (E), stomatal conductance (gs), water use efficiency (WUE), radiation use efficiency (RUE), SPAD chlorophyll met...
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Growth, Physiology and Biochemical Responses of Two Different Brassica Species to Elevated CO2
In an open top chamber study, two contrasting Brassica cultivars from two different species were grown under two distinct levels of CO2 concentration, 550 µmol mol−1 (elevated) and 390 µmol mol−1 (ambient). CO2 e...
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SCMR: A More Pertinent Trait than SLA in Peanut Genotypes Under Transient Water Deficit Stress During Summer
Peanut cultivation is habitually threatened by drought which affects the plant at all stages of development. The transient water deficit stress was imposed during 30–60 days after sowing (DAS) and 60–85 DAS i...
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Soil Quality and Plant-Microbe Interactions in the Rhizosphere
The rhizosphere is a microenvironment contrastingly different from non-rhizosphere soil. The high microbial activity in the rhizosphere leads to better cycling and availability of nutrients and improves chemic...
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Physiological efficiencies in mini-core peanut germplasm accessions during summer season
In the present study, the physiological efficiencies of 181 mini-core peanut accessions (genotypes) were evaluated according to variability in their physiological performance in the field during summer (2012)....
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Differential Response of Plant and Soil Processes Under Climate Change: A Mini-review on Recent Understandings
Climate change is now the single gravest threat in the current century. Its impact is being intensely felt by the countries which largely depend on agriculture, and India being recognized among the worst-hit c...
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In a field experiment during summer season, the chlorophyll fluorescence and net photosynthetic rate were studied in six Spanish groundnut cultivars under water deficit (WD) condition between beginning bloom t...
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A pot study was carried out using six groundnut cultivars viz. JL 286, TPG 41, HNG 10, GG 20, CSMG 84-1 and GG 11 during Kharif 2011 to find out the influence of moisture deficit stress on yield, seed and oil qua...
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The objective of the present study was to assess the role of salinity-induced expression of pyrrolline 5-carboxylate synthetase (P5CS), P5CS activity, and proline accumulation on salinity tolerance in Brassica ge...
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Galactic rotation curves inspired by a noncommutative-geometry background
This paper discusses the observed flat rotation curves of galaxies in the context of noncommutative geometry. The energy density of such a geometry is diffused throughout a region due to the uncertainty encode...
