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Ethically minded consumer behavior, retailers’ commitment to sustainable development, and store equity in hypermarkets
2020
The present paper analyzed the influence of ethically minded consumer behavior on retailer&rsquo
Application of genome-wide association studies (GWAS) to identify host targets of viral adaptation
2021
Viruses are the most abundant entities on Earth and have a great capacity for evolution and adaptation. Some viruses are able to infect a wide range of hosts causing damage in a number of important plants while others infect one host species really well and cause severe detrimental symptoms in a short time span. With time viruses can adapt well to novel hosts and increase their infectivity, virulence and therefore provoke more damage to the host. Yet we still lack knowledge about how plants respond to viral infection with viruses that have different adaptation histories or host ranges, or how viruses that are differently adapted to the host respond to distinct environmental challenges. This…
The “Sicilian Plant Germplasm Repository” of the University of Palermo: 25 years of activity in biological conservation
2018
The “Sicilian Plant Germplasm Repository” was created in 1993 from the Department of Botanical Sciences of the University of Palermo (SGCR/PA) – today section of Botany and Plant Ecology of the Department “STEBICEF” - with the aim to preserve the genetic diversity of endemic or endangered native plants, species of economical relevance and wild progenitors of plant cultivars. The collections are mostly constituted by seeds, and were recently expanded with tissues and DNA accessions. The specific tasks of SPGR/PA include the short- and long-term ex situ conservation and exchange of seeds, the recovery of the phytogenetic heritage, the reintroduction of threatened or endangered species into th…
Taxonomy and conservation in Higher Plants and Bryophytes in the Mediterranean Area
2015
The Mediterranean Region is among the areas of the world richest in wild and cultivated taxa. Extinctions in the Mediterranean area are bound to have occurred in historical times but they are not documented. The probable and documented cases of plant extinction in specific areas within the Mediterranean are equivalent to 0.25% of total species-by-area records. Species with a large range are more prone to local population size fluctuations and eventual extinction than species with a reduced population. Small islands floras are more prone to extinction than those on large islands and on the mainland. Reliability of our data on Mediterranean plant extinctions is poor. New emphasis on floristic…
Gender-Typed Sport Practice, Physical Self-Perceptions, and Performance-Related Emotions in Adolescent Girls
2020
Youth sport experience provides opportunities for physical, personal, and social development in youngsters. Sport is a social system in which socially constructed gender differences and stereotypes are incorporated, and specific sport activities are often perceived as gender characterized. The objective of this study was to examine the relationship between some salient physical and emotional self-perceptions and the type of sport practiced. A sample of 261 female athletes, aged 14–21 years (Mage = 15.59, SD = 2.00), practicing different sports, categorized as feminine (e.g., artistic and rhythmic gymnastics), masculine (e.g., soccer and rugby), or neutral (e.g., track and field and tennis),…
CONSIDERATIONS OVER A BIOGAS PLANT COMPONENTS
2014
This paper starts from the conviction that one of the main environmental problems of today’s society is the continuously increasing production of organic wastes. In many countries, sustainable waste management have become major political priorities in order to reduce pollution and greenhouse gas emissions and to avoid, as much as possible, global climate changes. This problem becomes more and more present in our country too. Production of biogas through anaerobic digestion of animal manure and slurries as well as of a wide range of digestible organic wastes, converts these substrates into renewable energy and offers a natural fertiliser for agriculture. That is why we consider that biogas p…
Involvement of Lipoxygenase-dependent Production of Fatty Acid Hydroperoxides in the Development of the Hypersensitive Cell Death induced by Cryptoge…
1999
Lipid peroxidation was investigated in relation with the hypersensitive reaction in cryptogein-elicited tobacco leaves. A massive production of free polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) hydroperoxides dependent on a 9-lipoxygenase (LOX) activity was characterized during the development of leaf necrosis. The process occurred after a lag phase of 12 h, was accompanied by the concomitant increase of 9-LOX activity, and preceded by a transient accumulation of LOX transcripts. Free radical-mediated lipid peroxidation represented 10% of the process. Inhibition and activation of the LOX pathway was shown to inhibit or to activate cell death, and evidence was provided that fatty acid hydroperoxides ar…
Rumicetum palustris (TIMÁR 1950) W. FISCHER 1978, new plant community from Bidentetea tripartiti R. Tx., LOHM. ET Prsg 1950 class in SW Poland
2016
Natural water reservoirs are very valuable floristic sites in Poland. Among them, the most important for preservation of biodiversity of plant communities are lakes, rivers, oxbow lakes and fishponds. The long-term process of human pressure on habitats of this type caused disturbance to their biological balance. Changes in the water regime, industrial development and chemisation of agriculture, especially in the period of last two hundred years, led to systematic disappearance of localities of many plant communities. Rumicetum palustris (Timár 1950) W. Fischer 1978, of Bidentetea tripartiti R. Tx., Lohm. et Prsg 1950 class, has been described for the first time in Hungary and Germany. This …
Profundización en la caracterización funcional de las isoformas glicolíticas de la gliceraldehído-3-fosfato deshidrogenasa de Arabidopsis
2015
La glicólisis es una ruta metabólica que se encuentra, al menos en parte, en todos los organismos vivos, y es una de las primeras grandes rutas cuyas enzimas fueron identificadas y caracterizadas a nivel bioquímico. En los últimos años, se ha demostrado que las enzimas que participan en la glicólisis están también implicadas en otros procesos como por ejemplo en la señalización celular. En esta tesis doctoral, ha sido el objeto de nuestro estudio las isoformas glicolíticas de la gliceraldehído-3-fosfato deshidrogenasa (GAPDH) fosforilativa de Arabidopsis thaliana. Las distintas isoformas de esta enzima participan en el ciclo de Calvin en los cloroplastos, y en la glicólisis en el citosol y …
Funcional characterization pf p24d subfamily proteins in A.thaliana
2016
Las proteínas p24 constituyen una familia de pequeñas (~24kDa) proteínas transmembrana de tipo-1 que localizan en los compartimentos de la vía secretora temprana, incluyendo las vesículas recubiertas de proteínas COP (Coat protein) I y COPII, implicadas en el transporte bidireccional entre el retículo endoplasmático (“endoplasmic reticulum”, ER) y el aparato de Golgi. En función de la homología de sus secuencias, las proteínas p24 pueden ser clasificadas en cuatro subfamilias: p24α, p24β, p24γ y p24δ. A diferencia de animales y levaduras, en plantas solo hay miembros de las subfamilias p24β y p24δ. En particular, Arabidopsis contiene 9 miembros de la subfamilia p24δ, los cuales se pueden di…