Effects of Low Water Availability on Root Placement and Shoot Development in Landraces and Modern Barley Cultivars

Early vigor has been proposed as a favorable trait for cereals grown in drought-prone environments.This research aimed at characterizing early stage shoot and root growth of three Spanish barley landraces compared with three modern cultivars.Genotypes were grown in an automated phenotyping platform, GrowScreen-Rhizo, under well-watered and drought

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Angry Old Men in Post-Crisis European Cinema

The paper explores the representation of ageing white men in 21st-century European art cinema in the socio-cultural context of the series of crises that Security Monitors European societies had to face in the first decades of the new millennium.In Europe ageing is a growing concern, which already influences economic productivity and further endange

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Demonstration and Characterization of a Persistent Pheromone Lure for the Navel Orangeworm, Amyelois transitella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)

The lack of an effective pheromone lure has made it difficult to monitor and manage the navel Electronic Speed Controllers orangeworm, Amyelois transitella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae), in the economically important crops in which it is the primary insect pest.A series of experiments was conducted to demonstrate and characterize a practical synthetic p

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