DOWN-REGULATION OF FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM ENDOGENOUS GENES BY HOST-DELIVERED RNA INTERFERENCE ENHANCES DISEASE RESISTANCE

Down-regulation of Fusarium oxysporum endogenous genes by Host-Delivered RNA interference enhances disease resistance

Fusarium oxysporum is a devastating pathogen causing extensive yield losses in a variety of crops and development of sustainable, environmentally friendly methods to improve crop resistance is crucial.We have used Host-Derived RNA interference (HD-RNAi) technology to partially silence three different genes (FOW2, FRP1 and OPR) in the hemi-biotrophi

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Study on the effect of CeO2 NP on combustion, emission and performance in Gunt CT110 diesel engine running with castor biodiesel blend

Abstract This study investigates the utilization of biodiesel derived from castor seeds and enhanced with 2% of diethyl ether and CeO2 NPs to improve engine performance and reduce emissions.Various fuel blends, including biodiesel-diesel mixtures with and without nanoparticles, were tested under fixed load conditions.Results indicate that adding Ce

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URBAN MOBILITY IN POST-COVID CITY: Assessing the Conflict between Safe and Sustainable Urban Mobility in Four Types of Neighbourhoods in GCR Egypt.

Covid19 pandemic gives social distance great concerns in contemporary cities especially the one related to safe urban mobility.People were asked to choose travel modes that maintain safe rumchata proof social distance to minimize the chance of infection while traveling safely from place to another.Accordingly, urban mobility witnessed a paradigm sh

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The Borax Method of Gold Extraction for Small-Scale Miners

Background.More than ten million small-scale miners (SSM) worldwide use mercury to extract gold, releasing large amounts of the toxic element into the environment.Alternatives to mercury have been suggested over the years to little avail.A group of miners in the Philippines has demonstrated that borax, when used as a flux for smelting gold out of h

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