Search results for " life science"

Estimation of the pollen and seed production of common ragweed in Europe

2007

International audience; Common ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia L.) is an invasive weed of fieldcrops and human-disturbed habitats in Europe. As well as in its natural range (NorthAmerica), common ragweed is a threat to human health due to its abundant allergenicpollen release. Most studies have been focused on airborne pollen monitoring, but todate, no data have been available on precise individual plant pollen and seed productionrelated to plant traits growing in natural environment and on their corresponding sourceof variation. The aim of this study was to evaluate pollen and seed production of commonragweed plants in several populations in France. Seasonal pollen production per plantran…

Physical and chemical interactions involved in several flavour compounds/food matrix systems

2002

National audience; Food-matrix components, such as proteins, polysaccharides, and lipids interact with flavour compounds in different ways. Proteins bind flavour compounds mostly by hydrophobic interactions and possible hydrogen bonding, as illustrated by molecular visualisation. Addition of fat induces a great retention of hydrophobic compounds, which depend on the nature of fat, degree of unsaturation, hydrophobic chain length of fatty acids. Addition of hydrocolloids modifies the release of hydrophobic aroma compounds, due to a lower diffusion in the matrix. In jellified systems, gel structure not only affects partition coefficients but also mass transfer coefficients of flavour compound…

Flamingo studies: a general introduction.

2017

28 pages; International audience; Flamingos are among the most amazing birds in the world. The first part of this chapter provides a general introduction to the various extant species of flamingos, including their physical descriptions, unique characteristics, numbers in the wild, and geographical distributions. The second part depicts a brief history of the discovery and scientific study of flamingos, from the earlier accounts dating from the 16th century to the development of the first long-term studies of banded populations in the second half of the 20th century. The third and final part of this chapter offers some perspectives for future research.

Effets du mode de travail du sol sur les microorganismes à l'échelle du profil cultural

2009

Soil tillage modifies the location of crop residues and soil structure and affects microbial populations and activities such as mineralization of soil organic matter. The aim of this work was to compare the effect of two tillage systems (traditional mouldboard ploughing, LT, and reduced tillage, TR) on crop residues distribution and soil structure as well as their consequences on soil microbial biomass (BM), the potential activity of C mineralization (Cmin) and soil bacterial community structure (through T-RFLP). In order to study simultaneously the effects of soil structure modifications and crop residues distribution on these microbial parameters we used a stratified sampling scheme based…

Précarisation alimentaire et durabilité : Interroger les représentations sociales et stimuler le pouvoir d'agir pour lutter contre l'insécurité alime…

2022

Flore du blé d’hiver, les facteurs qui influencent sa composition et sa diversité

2014

EA SPE EcolDur EJ2 CT3; National audience; Contexte - Cet article fait suite à une description, dans Phytoma n° 678, de l'évolution de la flore adventice du blé d hiver en France depuis quarante ans, basée sur le travail de Barralis & al. dans les années 1970 et celui du réseau Biovigilance Flore de 2002 à 2010. Il cherche à expliquer ces évolutions. Évolution de la flore - Ce travail a permis de confirmer et évaluer l'influence, sur la flore globale et sa diversité, de la zone géographique, des facteurs pédo-climatiques, du type d'agriculture et des pratiques culturales : notamment IFT herbicide (mesure de l'IC, indice de contrôle) et travail du sol. Analyse par espèce - Une analyse statis…

Stress induced premature liver senecence in adulthood after transient postnatal overfeeding in mice

2017

IF 2.043; International audience

Influence of microbial diversity on soil organic carbon dynamics highlighted by a 13C-labelling technique

2012

Soil organic matter (SOM) represents the main pool of carbon within the biosphere, estimated at roughly twice that in atmospheric CO2. In agrosystems, organic amendments are common to maintain soil C stocks. However, recent studies have revealed that these practices can lead to a priming effect, corresponding to enhanced release of CO2 into the atmosphere, due to over-mineralisation of soil organic carbon. Therefore, appropriate decisions regarding organic input management require better understanding of the biogeochemical cycles related to SOM dynamics. As soil microorganisms are major actors in SOM turnover, their diversity is likely to influence SOM dynamics. In this context, the relatio…

Soil microbial networks: what is the relationship with plants?

2020

International audience; Since a long time, the interactions between soil microbes and plant roots are intensively investigated to decipher the role of microorganisms in the growth and the maintenance of plants in a multitude of environmental conditions as climatic stress, agricultural practices or pathogenic/parasitic invasions. Beyond their intimate relationships, the soil microbial communities influence and are influenced by the aboveground vegetation. The interaction/co-occurrence networks are a relatively new look on the soil microbial communities. This look integrates the most comprehensively the community complexity, provides a more complete information on the community and seems to b…

The Clock'N Test as a Possible Measure of Emotions: Normative Data Collected on a Non-clinical Population.

2016

International audience; Objective: At present emotional experience and implicit emotion regulation (IER) abilities are mainly assessed though self -reports, which are subjected to several biases. The aim of the present studies was to validate the Clock'N test, a recently developed time estimation task employing emotional priming to assess implicitly emotional reactivity and IER. Methods: In Study 1, the Clock' N test was administered to 150 healthy participants with different age, laterality and gender, in order to ascertain whether these factors affected the test results. In phase 1 participant were asked to judge the duration of seven sounds. In phase 2, before judging the duration of the…