Avocado and tomato production are key agricultural sectors for many economies including South Africa.The quality of avocadoes and tomatoes that reach consumers is directly dependent on the handling at the postharvest stage.The fruit undergoes an extensive journey, and subsequently stress, comprised of several steps, including harvesting, applicatio
In 1962 Professor F.Stockmans, of the Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, kindly sent me for study two insects from Upper Carboniferous deposits in Northern Spain.One of these (no.94.837), from the Mine de Poleiro, is part of a cockroach tegmen, which cannot be placed with certainty even to family level.The other specimen (no.97.587
Lead is a neurotoxin that has been documented to affect many forms of wildlife, and has been identified as a limiting factor in a population of California Condors in Northern Arizona.The Arizona Game and Fish Department provides vouchers for free nonlead ammunition to hunters selected to hunt within the distribution back roads clothing of Californi