The steel of Damascus blades, which were first encountered by the Crusaders when
fighting against Muslims, had features not found in European steels — a characteristic wavy …

The integrated study addressing biodegradation of microbial linear polyesters of hydroxyalkanoic
acids (polyhydroxyalkanoates, PHAs) in tropical conditions by microbial communities …

… Alexander Levin … Alexander Levin … I wish to thank Professor Alexander V. Mikhalev,
who introduced me into the subject, and my colleagues P. Cassidy, R. …

Vitis vinifera L. cultivars have been previously classified as isohydric, near-isohydric,
anisohydric or isohydrodynamic, depending on the study. To test the hypothesis that V. vinifera …

Despite the fact that the pressure chamber has been used as a tool to assess vine water
status and assist in scheduling vineyard irrigation for more than 30 years, there remains some …

Seasonal grapevine crop coefficients (K c ) were estimated from the shaded area (SA) beneath
grapevine canopies at solar noon in vineyards with different trellises and row spacings. …

Application of dynamic light scattering (DLS) for sizing of non-spherical nanoparticles using
copolarized and cross-polarized components of the scattered light is limited by the difficulties …

Highlights Artificial neural network modeling was used to predict crop water stress index
lower reference canopy temperature. Root mean square error of predicted lower reference …

Grapevine red blotch disease (GRBD) is an emerging disease caused by grapevine red
blotch virus (GRBV). It is widespread in most United States winegrape production regions and …

Accurate information regarding crop reproductive development and yield formation in
response to water deficits is needed for informed vineyard irrigation management decisions, …