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Lasiodiplodia species isolated from Theobroma cacao in the Philippines and their pathogenicity
Theobroma cacao is primarily cultivated for its seeds. In the Philippines, where cacao yields are decreased by pod rots and vascular streak dieback (VSD)-like symptoms, the fungus Lasiodiplodia theobromae (Botryo...
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Pathogenicity of Colletotrichum species isolated from rotten fruit and asymptomatic flowers of loquat in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan and characterization of C. nagasakiense Takata & Kyoko Watan. sp. nov
Species of Colletotrichum are common pathogens that cause loquat fruit rot in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. For clarifying the site of infection and the Colletotrichum species responsible for anthracnose in loquat ...
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Phase transition and melting in zircon by nanosecond shock loading
In this study, we use laser-driven shock compression coupled with in situ X-ray diffraction to interrogate the phase transition dynamics of shock-compressed zircon (ZrSiO4) for the first time. A phase transition ...
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Author Correction: Map** the emergence of molecular vibrations mediating bond formation
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Idolatry and Mediumship: Topologies of Affect in Japanese Media Culture
Through an analysis of Japanese media culture, this chapter develops idolatry and mediumship as theoretical concepts for rethinking affect as a question of nested relationality. In order to better understand s...
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Map** the emergence of molecular vibrations mediating bond formation
Fundamental studies of chemical reactions often consider the molecular dynamics along a reaction coordinate using a calculated or suggested potential energy surface1–5. But fully map** such dynamics experimenta...
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First report of leaf blight caused by Pestalotiopsis chamaeropis and Neopestalotiopsis sp. in Japanese andromeda
Leaf blight was observed in Japanese andromeda [Pieris japonicasubsp. japonica (Thunb.) D.Don ex G.Don] in Machida, Tokyo, Japan. Typical symptoms included expanding brown spots with reddish borders from the cent...
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Open AccessFast and stable vapochromic response induced through nanocrystal formation of a luminescent platinum(II) complex on periodic mesoporous organosilica
A hybrid vapoluminescent system exhibiting fast and repeatable response was constructed using periodic mesoporous organosilica with bipyridine moieties (BPy-PMO) and a Pt(II) complex bearing a potentially lumi...
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Open AccessTracking multiple components of a nuclear wavepacket in photoexcited Cu(I)-phenanthroline complex using ultrafast X-ray spectroscopy
Disentangling the strong interplay between electronic and nuclear degrees of freedom is essential to achieve a full understanding of excited state processes during ultrafast nonadiabatic chemical reactions. Ho...
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Open AccessMicrostructural deformation process of shock-compressed polycrystalline aluminum
Plastic deformation of polycrystalline materials under shock wave loading is a critical characteristic in material science and engineering. However, owing to the nanosecond time scale of the shock-induced defo...
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Biosynthesis of riccionidins and marchantins is regulated by R2R3-MYB transcription factors in Marchantia polymorpha
R2R3-MYB transcription factors constitute the largest gene family among plant transcription factor families. They became largely divergent during the evolution of land plants and regulate various biological pr...
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Pseudopestalotiopsis dawaina sp. nov. and Ps. kawthaungina sp. nov.: two new species from Myanmar
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Single-shot time-resolved X-ray scattering measurements of polycrystalline and amorphous materials under shock wave loading
Single-shot time-resolved X-ray scattering capabilities have been developed using X-ray multilayer optics at the beamline NW14A, Photon Factory Advanced Ring, KEK. For investigating structural dynamics of poly...
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Open AccessVisualizing the non-equilibrium dynamics of photoinduced intramolecular electron transfer with femtosecond X-ray pulses
Ultrafast photoinduced electron transfer preceding energy equilibration still poses many experimental and conceptual challenges to the optimization of photoconversion since an atomic-scale description has so f...
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Direct observation of bond formation in solution with femtosecond X-ray scattering
Time-resolved X-ray solution scattering is used to visualize and probe the dynamics of the individual steps in the formation of a gold trimer complex, including covalent bond formation, with a time resolution ...
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Discourses of the Coming: Ignorance, Forgetting, and Prolepsis in Japanese Life-Historiography
This chapter explores a genre of autobiographical historiography known in contemporary Japan as jibunshi, or “personal history” (literally, “I-history”).1 The genre specifically refers to “ordinary people’s” hist...
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Transient photoinduced ‘hidden’ phase in a manganite
The control over phase transitions in complex oxides offers the possibility to control their electronic and structural properties. The discovery of a new route to ultrafast photoswitching of manganites via hig...
