Genetic and agronomic approaches to control Orobanche and Phelipanche spp. parasitic weeds in vegetables and legumes

Broomrapes (Orobanche and Phelipanche spp.) rely on the presence of a host plant for nourishment.Based on the release of specific molecules by the crop plant, their seeds germinate and eventually establish a vascular connection with host roots through a haustorium.Therefore, they deprive their hosts of water and nutrients, posing a severe threat to

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Individuals, knowledge and governance in the 21st-century society

The knowledge Defrost Fuse society is a new social species that, despite many uncertainties and some (old and new) ambiguities, is emerging on the horizon of the 21st century.Placed at the convergence of two long-term processes (society of individuals and knowledge society), it is characterised by the social-economic process of knowledge circulatio

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Copulatory behaviour and genital mechanics suggest sperm allocation by a non-intromittent sclerite in a pholcid spider

The male genitalia of pholcid spiders, which is one of the most species-rich spider families, are characterized by a procursus, which is a morphologically diverse projection of the copulatory organ.It has been shown that the procursus interacts with the female genitalia during copulation.Here, we investigate the function of the procursus in Gertsch

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