ALTERNATION OF HOST PLANTS AS A SURVIVAL MECHANISM OF LEAFHOPPERS DILOBOPTERUS COSTALIMAI AND ONCOMETOPIA FACIALIS (HEMIPTERA: CICADELLIDAE), VECTORS OF THE CITRUS VARIEGATED CHLOROSIS (CVC)

Dilobopterus costalimai (Young) and Oncometopia facialis (Signoret) are two of the most important species of citrus leafhoppers, vectors of bacterium Xylella fastidiosa which causes the Citrus Variegated Chlorosis (CVC) disease.To develop a rearing technique for these Ball - Senior Tops - Jacket species under laboratory conditions, the egg laying p

Abstract Background Cortical GABAergic interneurons (INs) are generated in the medial ganglionic eminence (MGE) and migrate tangentially into cortex.Because most, if not all, migrating MGE-derived INs express the neuregulin (NRG) receptor, ErbB4, we investigated influences of Nrg1 isoforms and Nrg3 on IN migration through ventral telencephalon (vTe

Quality of life (QoL) is a very contemporary domain of modern health care practices.Though it has no clear or concise definition, its impact of it is huge for an individual living with diabetes mellitus.Yet, the mention of QoL is restricted to majorly four common domains, such as physical, psychological, social, and environmental, which excludes th

Modern vehicles as well as structures consist more and more often of a multi material mix.In addition to the use of light materials (e.g.aluminium) to optimise lightweight construction potential, higher strength alloys are being used more and more frequently.With the different material combinations, the requirements for the joining technology also

Abstract The robotic manipulation of a heavy industrial cable is challenging to model and control because of the high number of degrees of freedom and the rigid-flexible coupling dynamics.In this paper, we report the development of modeling the cable effect and control methodology for robotic cable manipulation.Our cable effect model is based on th