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Lee E, Vansia R, Phelan J, Lofano A, Smith A, Wang A, Bilodeau GJ, Pernal SF, Guarna MM, Rott M, Griffiths JS. Area Wide Monitoring of Plant and Honey Bee ( Apis mellifera) Viruses in Blueberry ( Vaccinium corymbosum) Agroecosystems Facilitated by Honey Bee Pollination. Viruses 2023; 15:v15051209. [PMID: 37243295 DOI: 10.3390/v15051209] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2023] [Revised: 05/11/2023] [Accepted: 05/17/2023] [Indexed: 05/28/2023] Open
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Healthy agroecosystems are dependent on a complex web of factors and inter-species interactions. Flowers are hubs for pathogen transmission, including the horizontal or vertical transmission of plant-viruses and the horizontal transmission of bee-viruses. Pollination by the European honey bee (Apis mellifera) is critical for industrial fruit production, but bees can also vector viruses and other pathogens between individuals. Here, we utilized commercial honey bee pollination services in blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum) farms for a metagenomics-based bee and plant virus monitoring system. Following RNA sequencing, viruses were identified by mapping reads to a reference sequence database through the bioinformatics portal Virtool. In total, 29 unique plant viral species were found at two blueberry farms in British Columbia (BC). Nine viruses were identified at one site in Ontario (ON), five of which were not identified in BC. Ilarviruses blueberry shock virus (BlShV) and prune dwarf virus (PDV) were the most frequently detected viruses in BC but absent in ON, while nepoviruses tomato ringspot virus and tobacco ringspot virus were common in ON but absent in BC. BlShV coat protein (CP) nucleotide sequences were nearly identical in all samples, while PDV CP sequences were more diverse, suggesting multiple strains of PDV circulating at this site. Ten bee-infecting viruses were identified, with black queen cell virus frequently detected in ON and BC. Area-wide bee-mediated pathogen monitoring can provide new insights into the diversity of viruses present in, and the health of, bee-pollination ecosystems. This approach can be limited by a short sampling season, biased towards pollen-transmitted viruses, and the plant material collected by bees can be very diverse. This can obscure the origin of some viruses, but bee-mediated virus monitoring can be an effective preliminary monitoring approach.
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- Eunseo Lee
- Department of Biology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada
- London Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 4902 Victoria Ave N, Vineland Station, ON L0R 2E0, Canada
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- London Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 4902 Victoria Ave N, Vineland Station, ON L0R 2E0, Canada
- Department of Biological Sciences, Brock University, St. Catharines, ON L2S 3A1, Canada
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- Sidney Laboratory, Centre for Plant Health, Canadian Food Inspection Agency, 8801 East Saanich Rd., North Saanich, BC V8L 1H3, Canada
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- London Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 4902 Victoria Ave N, Vineland Station, ON L0R 2E0, Canada
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- Sidney Laboratory, Centre for Plant Health, Canadian Food Inspection Agency, 8801 East Saanich Rd., North Saanich, BC V8L 1H3, Canada
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- London Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 1391 Sandford Street, London, ON N5V 4T3, Canada
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- Ottawa Plant Laboratory, Canadian Food Inspection Agency, 3851 Fallowfield Rd., Ottawa, ON K2J 4S1, Canada
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- Beaverlodge Research Farm, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, P.O. Box 29, Beaverlodge, AB T0H 0C0, Canada
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- Beaverlodge Research Farm, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, P.O. Box 29, Beaverlodge, AB T0H 0C0, Canada
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- Sidney Laboratory, Centre for Plant Health, Canadian Food Inspection Agency, 8801 East Saanich Rd., North Saanich, BC V8L 1H3, Canada
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- London Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 4902 Victoria Ave N, Vineland Station, ON L0R 2E0, Canada
- Department of Biological Sciences, Brock University, St. Catharines, ON L2S 3A1, Canada
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Martin MJ, Johnson A, Rott M, Kuchler A, Cole F, Ramzy A, Barbosa R, Long WB. Choosing wisely: A prospective study of direct to operating room trauma resuscitation including real-time trauma surgeon after-action review. J Trauma Acute Care Surg 2021; 91:S146-S153. [PMID: 33797495 DOI: 10.1097/ta.0000000000003176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Although several centers have direct to operating room (DOR) resuscitation programs, there are no published prospective studies on optimal patient selection, interventions, outcomes, or real-time surgeon assessments. METHODS Direct to operating room cases for 1 year were prospectively enrolled. Demographics, injury types/severity, triage criteria, interventions, and outcomes including Glasgow Outcome Scale score were collected. Detailed time-to-event and sequence data on initial lifesaving interventions (LSIs) or emergent surgeries were analyzed. A structured real-time attending surgeon assessment tool for each case was collected. Direct to operating room activation criteria were grouped into categories: mechanism, physiology, injury pattern, or emergency medical services (EMS) suspicion. RESULTS There were 104 DOR cases: male, 84%; penetrating, 80%; and severely injured (Injury Severity Score, >15), 39%. The majority (65%) required at least one LSI (median of 7 minutes from arrival), and 41% underwent immediate emergent surgery (median, 26 minutes). Blunt patients were more severely injured and more likely to undergo LSI (86% vs. 59%) but less likely to require emergent surgery (19% vs. 47%, all p < 0.05). Analysis of DOR criteria categories showed unique patterns in each group for interventions and outcomes, with EMS suspicion associated with the lowest need for DOR. Surgeon assessment tool results found that DOR was indicated in 84% and improved care in 63%, with a small subset identified (9%) where DOR had a negative impact. CONCLUSION Direct to operating room resuscitation facilitated timely emergent interventions in penetrating truncal trauma and a select subset of critically ill blunt patients. Unique intervention/outcome profiles were identified by activation criteria groups, with little utility among activations for EMS suspicion. Real-time surgeon assessment tool identified high- and low-yield DOR groups. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE Prospective observational study, level III.
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- Matthew J Martin
- From the Trauma and Emergency Surgery Service (M.J.M., A.J., M.R., A.K., F.C., A.R., R.B., W.B.L.), Legacy Emanuel Medical Center, Portland, Oregon; Trauma Research Program (M.J.M.), Scripps Mercy Hospital, San Diego, California; and Department of Surgery (M.J.M.), Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma, Washington
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Kupetz M, Rott M, Kleinlein K, Gastl M, Becker T. A new approach to assessing the crossflow membrane filtration of beer at laboratory scale. J Inst Brew 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/jib.529] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- M. Kupetz
- Lehrstuhl für Brau- und Getränketechnologie; Technische Universität München, Weihenstephan; Weihenstephaner Steig 20 85354 Freising Germany
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- Lehrstuhl für Brau- und Getränketechnologie; Technische Universität München, Weihenstephan; Weihenstephaner Steig 20 85354 Freising Germany
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- Lehrstuhl für Brau- und Getränketechnologie; Technische Universität München, Weihenstephan; Weihenstephaner Steig 20 85354 Freising Germany
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- Lehrstuhl für Brau- und Getränketechnologie; Technische Universität München, Weihenstephan; Weihenstephaner Steig 20 85354 Freising Germany
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- Lehrstuhl für Brau- und Getränketechnologie; Technische Universität München, Weihenstephan; Weihenstephaner Steig 20 85354 Freising Germany
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Poojari S, Boulé J, DeLury N, Lowery DT, Rott M, Schmidt AM, Úrbez-Torres JR. Epidemiology and Genetic Diversity of Grapevine Leafroll-Associated Viruses in British Columbia. Plant Dis 2017; 101:2088-2097. [PMID: 30677387 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-04-17-0497-re] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Grapevine leafroll disease (GLD) is a complex associated with one or more virus species belonging to the family Closteroviridae. The majority of viruses in this complex are vectored by one or more species of mealybugs (Pseudococcidae) and/or scale insects (Coccidae). Grape-growing regions of British Columbia (BC), including Okanagan, Similkameen, and Fraser valleys and Kamloops (BC central interior), Vancouver, and Gulf islands, were surveyed during the 2014 and 2015 growing seasons for the presence of four major grapevine leafroll-associated viruses, including Grapevine leafroll-associated virus 1 (GLRaV-1), GLRaV-2, GLRaV-3, and GLRaV-4. In total, 3,056 composite five-vine samples were collected from 153 Vitis vinifera and three interspecific hybrid vineyard blocks. The results showed GLRaV-3 to be the most widespread, occurring in 16.7% of the composite samples, followed by GLRaV-4 (3.9%), GLRaV-1 (3.8%), and GLRaV-2 (3.0%). Mixed infections of two or more GLRaVs were found in 4.1% of the total samples. The relative incidence of GLRaVs differed among regions and vineyard blocks of a different age. Characterization of partial CO1 region from a total of 241 insect specimens revealed the presence of Pseudococcus maritimus, Parthenolecanium corni, and other Pulvinaria sp. in BC vineyards. Spatial patterns of GLRaV-3 infected grapevines in three vineyard blocks from three different regions in the Okanagan Valley showed variable degrees of increase in disease spread ranging from 0 to 19.4% over three growing seasons. Regional differences in the relative incidence and spread of GLD underline the need for region-based management programs for BC vineyards.
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- S Poojari
- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Summerland Research and Development Centre, Summerland, BC, Canada V0H1Z0
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Summerland Research and Development Centre, Summerland, BC, Canada V0H1Z0
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Summerland Research and Development Centre, Summerland, BC, Canada V0H1Z0
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Summerland Research and Development Centre, Summerland, BC, Canada V0H1Z0
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- Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Centre for Plant Health, Sidney Laboratory, Sidney, BC, Canada V8L1H3
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- Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Centre for Plant Health, Sidney Laboratory, Sidney, BC, Canada V8L1H3
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Summerland Research and Development Centre, Summerland, BC, Canada V0H1Z0
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Arden N, Eixenberger H, Rott M, Schandrul M, Suttrop W, Teschke M. The DC-link of the inverter system BUSSARD for ASDEX Upgrade in vessel saddle coils. Fusion Engineering and Design 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2017.05.112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Teschke M, Arden N, Eixenberger H, Rott M, Schandrul M, Suttrop W. Optimizing BUSSARD: The new 16-phase inverter system of ASDEX upgrade. Fusion Engineering and Design 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2017.02.056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Rott M, Xiang Y, Boyes I, Belton M, Saeed H, Kesanakurti P, Hayes S, Lawrence T, Birch C, Bhagwat B, Rast H. Application of Next Generation Sequencing for Diagnostic Testing of Tree Fruit Viruses and Viroids. Plant Dis 2017; 101:1489-1499. [PMID: 30678581 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-03-17-0306-re] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Conventional detection of viruses and virus-like diseases of plants is accomplished using a combination of molecular, serological, and biological indexing. These are the primary tools used by plant virologists to monitor and ensure trees are free of known viral pathogens. The biological indexing assay, or bioassay, is considered to be the "gold standard" as it is the only method of the three that can detect new, uncharacterized, or poorly characterized viral disease agents. Unfortunately, this method is also the most labor intensive and can take up to three years to complete. Next generation sequencing (NGS) is a technology with rapidly expanding possibilities including potential applications for the detection of plant viruses. In this study, comparisons are made between tree fruit testing by conventional and NGS methods, to demonstrate the efficacy of NGS. A comparison of 178 infected trees, many infected with several viral pathogens, demonstrated that conventional and NGS were equally capable of detecting known viruses and viroids. Comparable results were obtained for 170 of 178 of the specimens. Of the remaining eight specimens, some discrepancies were observed between viruses detected by the two methods, representing less than 5% of the specimens. NGS was further demonstrated to be equal or superior for the detection of new or poorly characterized viruses when compared with a conventional bioassay. These results validated both the effectiveness of conventional virus testing methods and the use of NGS as an additional or alternative method for plant virus detection.
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- M Rott
- Centre for Plant Health, Sidney Laboratory, Canadian Food Inspection Agency, North Saanich, BC, V8L 1H3, Canada
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- Summerland Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Summerland, BC, V0H1Z0, Canada
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- Centre for Plant Health, Sidney Laboratory, Canadian Food Inspection Agency, North Saanich, BC, V8L 1H3, Canada
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- Centre for Plant Health, Sidney Laboratory, Canadian Food Inspection Agency, North Saanich, BC, V8L 1H3, Canada
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- Centre for Plant Health, Sidney Laboratory, Canadian Food Inspection Agency, North Saanich, BC, V8L 1H3, Canada
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- Centre for Plant Health, Sidney Laboratory, Canadian Food Inspection Agency, North Saanich, BC, V8L 1H3, Canada
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- Centre for Plant Health, Sidney Laboratory, Canadian Food Inspection Agency, North Saanich, BC, V8L 1H3, Canada
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- Centre for Plant Health, Sidney Laboratory, Canadian Food Inspection Agency, North Saanich, BC, V8L 1H3, Canada
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- Centre for Plant Health, Sidney Laboratory, Canadian Food Inspection Agency, North Saanich, BC, V8L 1H3, Canada
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- Summerland Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Summerland, BC, V0H1Z0, Canada
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- Centre for Plant Health, Sidney Laboratory, Canadian Food Inspection Agency, North Saanich, BC, V8L 1H3, Canada
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Eves-van den Akker S, Laetsch DR, Thorpe P, Lilley CJ, Danchin EGJ, Da Rocha M, Rancurel C, Holroyd NE, Cotton JA, Szitenberg A, Grenier E, Montarry J, Mimee B, Duceppe MO, Boyes I, Marvin JMC, Jones LM, Yusup HB, Lafond-Lapalme J, Esquibet M, Sabeh M, Rott M, Overmars H, Finkers-Tomczak A, Smant G, Koutsovoulos G, Blok V, Mantelin S, Cock PJA, Phillips W, Henrissat B, Urwin PE, Blaxter M, Jones JT. The genome of the yellow potato cyst nematode, Globodera rostochiensis, reveals insights into the basis of parasitism and virulence. Genome Biol 2016; 17:124. [PMID: 27286965 PMCID: PMC4901422 DOI: 10.1186/s13059-016-0985-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2016] [Accepted: 05/12/2016] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Background The yellow potato cyst nematode, Globodera rostochiensis, is a devastating plant pathogen of global economic importance. This biotrophic parasite secretes effectors from pharyngeal glands, some of which were acquired by horizontal gene transfer, to manipulate host processes and promote parasitism. G. rostochiensis is classified into pathotypes with different plant resistance-breaking phenotypes. Results We generate a high quality genome assembly for G. rostochiensis pathotype Ro1, identify putative effectors and horizontal gene transfer events, map gene expression through the life cycle focusing on key parasitic transitions and sequence the genomes of eight populations including four additional pathotypes to identify variation. Horizontal gene transfer contributes 3.5 % of the predicted genes, of which approximately 8.5 % are deployed as effectors. Over one-third of all effector genes are clustered in 21 putative ‘effector islands’ in the genome. We identify a dorsal gland promoter element motif (termed DOG Box) present upstream in representatives from 26 out of 28 dorsal gland effector families, and predict a putative effector superset associated with this motif. We validate gland cell expression in two novel genes by in situ hybridisation and catalogue dorsal gland promoter element-containing effectors from available cyst nematode genomes. Comparison of effector diversity between pathotypes highlights correlation with plant resistance-breaking. Conclusions These G. rostochiensis genome resources will facilitate major advances in understanding nematode plant-parasitism. Dorsal gland promoter element-containing effectors are at the front line of the evolutionary arms race between plant and parasite and the ability to predict gland cell expression a priori promises rapid advances in understanding their roles and mechanisms of action. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s13059-016-0985-1) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Institute of Evolutionary Biology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH9 3FL, UK
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- Cell and Molecular Sciences Group, Dundee Effector Consortium, James Hutton Institute, Dundee, DD2 5DA, UK
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- INRA, University Nice Sophia Antipolis, CNRS, UMR 1355-7254 Institut Sophia Agrobiotech, 06900, Sophia Antipolis, France
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- INRA, University Nice Sophia Antipolis, CNRS, UMR 1355-7254 Institut Sophia Agrobiotech, 06900, Sophia Antipolis, France
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- INRA, University Nice Sophia Antipolis, CNRS, UMR 1355-7254 Institut Sophia Agrobiotech, 06900, Sophia Antipolis, France
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- Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK
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- Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK
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- School of Biological, Biomedical and Environmental Sciences, University of Hull, Hull, HU6 7RX, UK
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- INRA, UMR1349 IGEPP (Institute for Genetics, Environment and Plant Protection), 35653, Le Rheu, France
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- INRA, UMR1349 IGEPP (Institute for Genetics, Environment and Plant Protection), 35653, Le Rheu, France
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- Agriculture and Agri-food Canada, Horticulture Research and Development Centre, 430 Bboul. Gouin, St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec, J3B 3E6, Canada
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- Agriculture and Agri-food Canada, Horticulture Research and Development Centre, 430 Bboul. Gouin, St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec, J3B 3E6, Canada
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- Sidney Laboratory, Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), 8801 East Saanich Rd, Sidney, BC, V8L 1H3, Canada
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- Centre for Plant Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK
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- Centre for Plant Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK
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- Agriculture and Agri-food Canada, Horticulture Research and Development Centre, 430 Bboul. Gouin, St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec, J3B 3E6, Canada
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- INRA, UMR1349 IGEPP (Institute for Genetics, Environment and Plant Protection), 35653, Le Rheu, France
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- Agriculture and Agri-food Canada, Horticulture Research and Development Centre, 430 Bboul. Gouin, St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec, J3B 3E6, Canada
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- Sidney Laboratory, Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), 8801 East Saanich Rd, Sidney, BC, V8L 1H3, Canada
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- Laboratory of Nematology, Department of Plant Sciences, Wageningen University, Droevendaalsesteeg 1, 6708, PB, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Nematology, Department of Plant Sciences, Wageningen University, Droevendaalsesteeg 1, 6708, PB, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Nematology, Department of Plant Sciences, Wageningen University, Droevendaalsesteeg 1, 6708, PB, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Cell and Molecular Sciences Group, Dundee Effector Consortium, James Hutton Institute, Dundee, DD2 5DA, UK
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- Cell and Molecular Sciences Group, Dundee Effector Consortium, James Hutton Institute, Dundee, DD2 5DA, UK
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- Information and Computational Sciences Group, James Hutton Institute, Dundee, UK
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- USDA-ARS Horticultural Crops Research Laboratory, Corvallis, OR, USA
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- CNRS UMR 7257, INRA, USC 1408, Aix-Marseille University, AFMB, 13288, Marseille, France.,Department of Biological Sciences, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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- Centre for Plant Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK
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- Institute of Evolutionary Biology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH9 3FL, UK
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- Cell and Molecular Sciences Group, Dundee Effector Consortium, James Hutton Institute, Dundee, DD2 5DA, UK.,School of Biology, University of St Andrews, North Haugh, St Andrews, KY16 9TZ, UK
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Teschke M, Arden N, Eixenberger H, Rott M, Suttrop W. Electrical design of the BUSSARD inverter system for ASDEX upgrade saddle coils. Fusion Engineering and Design 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2015.06.157] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Rott M, Arden N, Eixenberger H, Klädtke K, Teschke M, Suttrop W. Electrical and mechanical adaptation of commercially available power inverter modules for BUSSARD – The power supply of ASDEX Upgrade in vessel saddle coils. Fusion Engineering and Design 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2015.05.074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Walker M, Chisholm J, Wei T, Ghoshal B, Saeed H, Rott M, Sanfaçon H. Complete genome sequence of three tomato ringspot virus isolates: evidence for reassortment and recombination. Arch Virol 2014; 160:543-7. [PMID: 25267178 DOI: 10.1007/s00705-014-2240-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2014] [Accepted: 09/20/2014] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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The genome sequence of tomato ringspot virus (ToRSV, a subgroup C nepovirus) is currently available for one raspberry isolate. In this study, we describe the complete genome sequence of three additional isolates from raspberry (Rasp1-2014), grapevine (GYV-2014) and prunus (13C280). The degree of nucleotide sequence identity shared between RNA1 and RNA2 in the 5'-terminal 900 nucleotides and 3' untranslated region varied from 98-99 % (13C280, GYV-2014) to 80 % (Rasp1-2014). Phylogenetic studies revealed distinct origins for Rasp1-2014 RNA1 and RNA2, suggesting reassortment. Two recombination events were also identified in the 3' UTR and 5'-terminal region of RNA1.
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- Melanie Walker
- Pacific Agri-Food Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 4200 Highway 97, PO Box 5000, Summerland, BC, V0H 1Z0, Canada
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Suttrop W, Fuchs J, Fischer R, Giannone L, Herrmann A, McDermott R, Maraschek M, Mlynek A, Müller H, Lang P, Pütterich T, Rott M, Vierle T, Viezzer E, Wolfrum E. Mitigation of edge localised modes with magnetic perturbations in ASDEX Upgrade. Fusion Engineering and Design 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2013.01.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Zammuto I, Rott M, Streibl B, Suttrop W, Vierle T. Conceptual design of in vessel mid-plane saddle coils for fast AC operation in ASDEX Upgrade. Fusion Engineering and Design 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2011.01.075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Gaio E, Zamengo A, Toigo V, Zanotto L, Rott M, Suttrop W. Conceptual design of the power supply system for the in-vessel saddle coils for MHD control in ASDEX Upgrade. Fusion Engineering and Design 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2011.01.076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Suttrop W, Eich T, Fuchs JC, Günter S, Janzer A, Herrmann A, Kallenbach A, Lang PT, Lunt T, Maraschek M, McDermott RM, Mlynek A, Pütterich T, Rott M, Vierle T, Wolfrum E, Yu Q, Zammuto I, Zohm H. First observation of edge localized modes mitigation with resonant and nonresonant magnetic perturbations in ASDEX Upgrade. Phys Rev Lett 2011; 106:225004. [PMID: 21702608 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.106.225004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2011] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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First experiments with nonaxisymmetric magnetic perturbations, toroidal mode number n=2, produced by newly installed in-vessel saddle coils in the ASDEX Upgrade tokamak show significant reduction of plasma energy loss and peak divertor power load associated with type-I edge localized modes (ELMs) in high-confinement mode plasmas. ELM mitigation is observed above an edge density threshold and is obtained both with magnetic perturbations that are resonant and not resonant with the edge safety factor profile. Compared with unperturbed type-I ELMy reference plasmas, plasmas with mitigated ELMs show similar confinement, similar plasma density, and lower tungsten impurity concentration.
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- W Suttrop
- Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik, Assoziation IPP-EURATOM, Garching, Germany.
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Rott M, Lawrence T, Belton M, Sun F, Kyle D. Occurrence and Detection of Globodera rostochiensis on Vancouver Island, British Columbia: An Update. Plant Dis 2010; 94:1367-1371. [PMID: 30743644 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-03-10-0213] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The potato cyst nematode (PCN), Globodera rostochiensis, has been present in Central Saanich on Vancouver Island for at least 45 years. Eradication/control efforts have been ongoing, with regulations enacted in the early 1980s restricting the planting of host crops and movement of soil. Surveys monitoring for cyst populations have been minimal since the regulations have been in place with only one limited study in the early 1990s. In this report, a survey of eight fields was undertaken, chosen as the most likely sites that may still harbor viable PCN cysts. Conventional sampling/detection methods were considered inadequate for the detection of very low cyst populations, and an innovative bioassay was developed to improve detection while minimizing costs and labor. Viable cysts were recovered from two fields, both with past quarantine infractions. Fields with no known infractions were found free of viable cysts. Lack of viable cysts found in fields with no infractions suggests that the quarantine restrictions in place since the early 1980s have been effective in reducing or eliminating PCN from these fields. Further systematic and comprehensive retesting of all fields within the quarantine zone is now required, which could lead to the reduction or lifting of some quarantine restrictions.
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- Michael Rott
- Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), Sidney Laboratory, 8801 East Saanich Rd., Sidney, British Columbia (B.C.), V8L 1H3, Canada
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- Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), Sidney Laboratory, 8801 East Saanich Rd., Sidney, British Columbia (B.C.), V8L 1H3, Canada
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- Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), Sidney Laboratory, 8801 East Saanich Rd., Sidney, British Columbia (B.C.), V8L 1H3, Canada
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- CFIA, Ottawa Plant Laboratories, 3851 Fallowfield Rd., P.O. Box 11300, Ottawa Ontario, K2H 8P9, Canada
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- CFIA, Victoria District Office, 4475 Viewmont Ave., Victoria, B.C., L8Z 6L8, Canada
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Wirth C, Rott M, Beck C, Morbach H, Girschick H, Beer M. Relevante Diagnosekriterien der konventionelle Bildgebung zur Diagnostik bei infantiler und juveniler Hypophosphatasie. ROFO-FORTSCHR RONTG 2010. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1252743] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Olivier CY, Lowery DT, Stobbs LW, Vincent C, Galka B, Saguez J, Bittner L, Johnson R, Rott M, Masters C, Green M. First Report of Aster Yellow Phytoplasmas ('Candidatus Phytoplasma asteris') in Canadian Grapevines. Plant Dis 2009; 93:669. [PMID: 30764410 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-93-6-0669a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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In North America, elm yellows, aster yellows (AY), and X-disease phytoplasmas have been detected in American grapevines (1), and recently, Bois noir was detected in Canadian vineyards from British Columbia (BC) and Ontario (ON) (2). Typical symptoms of grapevine yellows (GY) include leaf rolling and chlorosis, uneven or total lack of lignification of canes, flower abortion or berry withering, and stunting. In 2006 and 2007, independent surveys were conducted by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) to detect phytoplasmas in Canadian vineyards containing different cultivars in BC, ON, Québec (QC), Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island. The CFIA collected and tested 651 fresh leaf samples from recently imported grapevines and older grapevines in the same or neighboring blocks displaying symptoms typical of those associated with disease caused by phytoplasmas. Many vineyards were surveyed only once. AAFC collected and tested 3,485 samples from symptomatic and asymptomatic grapevines from established vineyards in ON, BC, and QC. The same vineyards were sampled in ON and BC both years; QC vineyards were only sampled in 2007. AAFC-collected leaf samples were freeze dried and stored at -20°C before processing. CFIA samples were tested by a modified real-time PCR assay and TaqMan probe targeting the 16S ribosomal RNA gene that detects a wide range of known phytoplasmas (2). Positive samples were confirmed by conventional PCR using the phytoplasma-specific primers P1/P7 (3) and the resulting ~1,800-bp fragment was cloned and sequenced as previously described (2). DNA extracted by AAFC was amplified by nested PCR technology with universal phytoplasma specific primer pairs P1/P6 and R16R2/R16F2 (3) and the resulting 1,200-bp fragment was cloned and sequenced. Two plants, one located in ON in 2006 and the other in BC in 2007, were found to be infected with an AY-like phytoplasma by the CFIA. The phytoplasmas detected in both infected plants had a 99.9% nt sequence identity with AY phytoplasma sequences from GenBank (Accession Nos. AF222063 and AY665676, respectively), with the BC isolate also showing 100% identity to a strain of AY, ash witches'-broom phytoplasma (GenBank Accession No. AY566302). AAFC detected phytoplasma DNA in both years in a total of 17 symptomatic plants and 21 asymptomatic plants from different vine varieties in ON, BC, and QC. Positive samples were found to have a 99.0% nt sequence identity to AY subgroup 16SrI-A (GenBank Accession No. AY180956). Sequences were exchanged for confirmation of phytoplasma identity and were deposited in Genbank under Accession Nos. FJ659844 and FJ824597. Phytoplasma strains were identified for all plants in which phytoplasmas were detected. Results show that AY is present in vineyards in the provinces of ON, BC, and QC. To our knowledge, this is the first report of AY being detected in grapevines in Canada. References: (1) E. Boudon-Padieu. Bull. O I V, 79:299, 2003. (2) M. Rott et al. Plant Dis. 91:1682, 2007. (3) E. Tanne et al. Phytopathology 91:741, 2001.
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- C Y Olivier
- Agriculture and AgriFood Canada, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
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- Agriculture and AgriFood Canada, Summerland BC
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- Agriculture and AgriFood Canada, Vineland ON
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- Agriculture and Agroalimentaire Canada, St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, QC, Canada
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- Agriculture and AgriFood Canada, Saskatoon SK
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- Agriculture and Agroalimentaire Canada, St-Jean-sur-Richelieu QC
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- Agriculture and AgriFood Canada, Vineland ON
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- Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Centre for Plant Health, Sidney Laboratory, Sidney, BC, Canada
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- Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Centre for Plant Health, Sidney Laboratory, Sidney, BC, Canada
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- Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Centre for Plant Health, Sidney Laboratory, Sidney, BC, Canada
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- Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Centre for Plant Health, Sidney Laboratory, Sidney, BC, Canada
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Käsemann CP, van Lieshout L, Huart M, Rott M. 10MVA thyristor converters for the active damping of generator shaft oscillations at ASDEX Upgrade. Fusion Engineering and Design 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2008.12.043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Rott M, Seidel U, Streibl B, Suttrop W, Vierle T. Electro-magnetic modeling of the planned active in-vessel coils at ASDEX Upgrade. Fusion Engineering and Design 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2008.11.104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Vierle T, Streibl B, Rott M, Seidel U, Herrmann A, Neubauer O, Suttrop W. Design and stress analysis of in-vessel saddle coils for MHD control in ASDEX Upgrade. Fusion Engineering and Design 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2008.12.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Suttrop W, Gruber O, Günter S, Hahn D, Herrmann A, Rott M, Vierle T, Seidel U, Sempf M, Streibl B, Strumberger E, Yadikin D, Neubauer O, Unterberg B, Gaio E, Toigo V, Brunsell P. In-vessel saddle coils for MHD control in ASDEX Upgrade. Fusion Engineering and Design 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2008.12.044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Colombian datura virus (CDV) was first described in 1968 (3) and has since been reported in Europe (4), Japan (see 4 for additional references), and the United States (1,2). CDV is a member of the family Potyviridae with flexuous, filamentous nucleocapsids that can be transmitted by mechanical inoculation and grafting and is known to be vectored by the common aphid Myzus persicae. In the fall of 2007, five Brugmansia plants of unknown species from a Parks Board Collection in a Lower Mainland nursery, British Columbia, Canada, were found to be displaying symptoms typical of a viral infection: chlorotic flecking and mottling on leaves, leaf shrivel, and vein banding. Symptomatic leaves from these five plants were tested by ELISA (Immuno Strip Test, Agdia, Elkhart, IN) for several common viruses including Impatiens necrotic spot, Tobacco mosaic, Cucumber mosaic, and Tomato spotted wilt viruses and found to be negative for all. However, rub inoculations onto the herbaceous indicators Nicotiana occidentalis and N. benthamiana resulted in severe symptom formation including necrosis, wilting, shriveling, stunted growth, petiole and stem tip collapse, as well as collapse from the base of the plants, and plant death within 2 weeks after inoculation. A leaf dip assay of the original infected Brugmansia sample and infected N. benthamiana tissue revealed flexuous, potyvirus-like particles with the electron microscope (EM). On the basis of the Brugmansia leaf symptoms and the EM results, a possible infection with CDV was suspected. Primers CDV-3 and CDV-NIb5, specific to CDV (4), were used in a reverse transcription (RT)-PCR assay that amplified an approximate 1,600-bp fragment from the original Brugmansia sample and inoculated N. bentamiana and N. occidentalis plants. The amplified portion of the genome is the extreme 3' terminus and includes the 3' noncoding sequence, the viral coat protein gene, and part of the viral replicase gene. Fragments were cloned into pCR2.1-TOPO (Invitrogen, San Diego, CA) and two clones from each plant (total of six clones) were sequenced in both directions. Sequences of all clones were essentially identical, with only three nucleotide differences among the clones (GenBank Accession No. EU571230). BLASTn analysis revealed the highest match to several CDV isolates ranging from 98.7 to 99.5% nucleotide sequence identity. BLASTp analysis of the 451 amino acid viral polyprotein translation product gave a similarly high match with CDV isolates, with the highest match to a Hungarian isolate of CDV (GenBank Accession No. CAD26690) of 99.8% identity, or only one mismatch out of 451 amino acids. An additional group of 15 large symptomless Brugmansia plants, located approximately 6 m from the five symptomatic plants, were also tested by RT-PCR and found to be positive. These 15 plants were of a different but also unknown species of Brugmansia. In conclusion, analysis of symptomatic Brugmansia from a Canadian collection by transfer of disease to herbaceous indicators, EM, RT-PCR, and genomic sequence comparisons, are consistent with the detection and identification of the potyvirus Colombian datura virus. To our knowledge, this is the first report of this viral pathogen in Canada. References: (1) S. Adkins et al. Phytopathology (Abstr.) 95(suppl.):S2, 2005. (2) C. R. Fry et al. J. Phytopathol. 152:200, 2004. (3) R. P. Kahn and R. Bartels. Phytopathology 58:58, 1968. (4) J. Schubert et al. J. Phytopathol. 154:343, 2006.
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- M Rott
- Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Centre for Plant Health, Sidney Laboratory, Sidney, BC, Canada
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- Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Centre for Plant Health, Sidney Laboratory, Sidney, BC, Canada
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- Plant Diagnostic Laboratory, BC Ministry of Agriculture and Lands, Abbotsford, BC, Canada
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- Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Centre for Plant Health, Sidney Laboratory, Sidney, BC, Canada
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- Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Centre for Plant Health, Sidney Laboratory, Sidney, BC, Canada
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- Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Centre for Plant Health, Sidney Laboratory, Sidney, BC, Canada
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During the summer and fall of 2006, a survey was done to detect European phytoplasmas of quarantine significance in Canadian vineyards. This survey was developed as one of the 2006 import requirements for grapevine nursery stock from Europe. This addresses the increased concerns regarding inadvertent phytoplasma introductions. Grapevines imported in 2006 and established grapevines were observed for symptoms typical of those associated with diseases caused by phytoplasmas on grapevine. Samples were tested from 155 grapevines. One plant, located in the lower Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, tested positive by a modified real-time PCR assay and TaqMan probe targeting the 16S region of the ribosomal RNA gene (1), which detects a wide variety of known phytoplasmas. The sample was further analyzed and found to be positive by conventional PCR with the phytoplasma-specific primers, P1/P7 (3), and Stolbur specific primers, STOL11f2/r1 (2). Additional PCR tests with primers specific to flavescence doree (FD9f/r) (2) and western X disease (P1/W INT) (3) were negative. These phytoplasmas are also known to infect grapevine. The approximate 1,800-bp fragment obtained with P1/P7 was sequenced (GenBank Accession No. EU086529) and found to have 99.7% nucleotide sequence identity to the Stolbur STOL #11 isolate (GenBank Accession No. AF248959) originally isolated from eastern Europe. This was the highest match to any available phytoplasma sequence obtained and indicates that the phytoplasma in the British Columbian sample is an isolate of bois noir, a pest of quarantine significance to Canada. Additional phylogenetic analysis using CLUSTAL W (Lasergene; DNASTAR, Madison, WI) confirmed this result. The presence and identity of the phytoplasma was confirmed from a second tissue sample that was analyzed by PCR and sequenced using the same test procedures as for the first sample, with identical results. The bois noir phytoplasma belongs to the stolbur group (16SrVII) with the principal vector being a cixiid planthopper. Stolbur phytoplasmas cause diseases in other crops, but bois noir disease is caused by a specific member of that group and is the only stolbur phytoplasma known to infect grapevines in Europe. The infected grapevine was from a lot of 1,965 plants of Grenache clone 70 on rootstock 3309 clone 143 that was imported from Europe in 2006. All plants in this importation have been destroyed. This phytoplasma has not been detected in any other grapevines in Canada. Additional import conditions requiring hot water treatment of European vines have been implemented for 2007. Further survey work for phytoplasma in grapevine will continue. References: (1) N. M. Christensen et al. Mol. Plant-Microbe Interact. 17:1175, 2004. (2) X. D. Daire et al. Eur. J. Plant Pathol. 103:507, 1997. (3) C. D. Smart et al. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 62:2988, 1996.
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- M Rott
- Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Centre for Plant Health, Sidney Laboratory, 8801 East Saanich Rd, Sidney, BC, Canada, V8L 1H3
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- Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Centre for Plant Health, Sidney Laboratory, 8801 East Saanich Rd, Sidney, BC, Canada, V8L 1H3
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- Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Centre for Plant Health, Sidney Laboratory, 8801 East Saanich Rd, Sidney, BC, Canada, V8L 1H3
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- Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Centre for Plant Health, Sidney Laboratory, 8801 East Saanich Rd, Sidney, BC, Canada, V8L 1H3
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Green M, Rott M, Leal I, Humble L, Allen E. Application of a real-time PCR method for the detection of pine wood nematode, Bursaphelenchus xylophilus, in wood samples from lodgepole pine. NEMATOLOGY 2007. [DOI: 10.1163/156854107781352098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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AbstractA real-time PCR polymerase chain reaction (real-time PCR) method was developed to detect and differentiate Bursaphelenchus xylophilus (pine wood nematode, PWN) from other wood-inhabiting nematode species. A primer set and a specific Taqman® fluorescent probe were designed to amplify target B. xylophilus heat shock protein 70 sequences. After optimization, this real-time PCR assay was shown to be highly specific and sensitive, detecting at least 0.005 ng of B. xylophilus genomic DNA, as well as DNA extracted from single nematodes. The practical application of this real-time PCR diagnostic method for the detection of B. xylophilus from actual wood samples of lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta, Dougl. var. latifolia) trees containing a heterogeneous population of nematodes, rather than pure cultures or individual nematodes, is demonstrated. This method works well in the presence of potential inhibitors associated with wood after Baermann extraction and thus eliminates the need to produce pure nematode samples through further culturing and/or isolation of nematodes with a high-power microscope.
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- Margaret Green
- 1Centre for Plant Health, Canadian Food and Inspection Agency, Sidney, British Columbia, Canada, V8L 1H3
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- 2Centre for Plant Health, Canadian Food and Inspection Agency, Sidney, British Columbia, Canada, V8L 1H3
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- 3Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, V8Z 1M5
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- 4Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, V8Z 1M5
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- 5Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, V8Z 1M5
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Rott M, Humble L, Allen E, Green M, Leal I. An effective PCR-based diagnostic method for the detection of Bursaphelenchus xylophilus (Nematoda: Aphelenchoididae) in wood samples from lodgepole pine. NEMATOLOGY 2005. [DOI: 10.1163/156854105776186398] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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AbstractA molecular diagnostic method has been designed for the detection and identification of Bursaphelenchus xylophilus. Heat shock protein 70 gene sequences from B. xylophilus and the closely related B. mucronatus were compared and used to design primers Bx701F and Bx701R which amplify a 171 base pair fragment from B. xylophilus by PCR. As a control, primers Bm701F and Bm701R were designed which specifically amplify a 168 base pair fragment from B. mucronatus. After optimisation, B. xylophilus primers were shown to be highly sensitive and could easily detect 23 target copies, or less than one nematode. Species-specific detection of B. xylophilus was carried out directly from concentrated Baermann funnel extracts using wood samples from lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta var. latifolia) trees from British Columbia, Canada, containing an unknown nematode population, thus bypassing the need for culturing or recovering the nematode before analysis.
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Berges R, Rott M, Seemüller E. Range of phytoplasma concentrations in various plant hosts as determined by competitive polymerase chain reaction. Phytopathology 2000; 90:1145-52. [PMID: 18944479 DOI: 10.1094/phyto.2000.90.10.1145] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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ABSTRACT For competitive polymerase chain reaction (PCR), an internal standard DNA template was developed that consisted of a highly conserved, internally deleted 16S rDNA fragment of an aster yellows phytoplasma. The internal standard was calibrated using a quantified culture of Acholeplasma laidlawii. Serial dilutions of the internal standard and fixed amounts of target templates from infected plants were coamplified with the same primers, and the products obtained were quantified using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay procedure. Analysis of the data revealed that the phytoplasma concentration in the plants examined differed by a factor of about 4 x 10(6). Phytoplasma concentrations of 2.2 x 10(8) to 1.5 x 10(9) cells per g of tissue were identified in periwinkles infected with various phytoplasmas. High to moderate concentrations were detected in Malus domestica (apple) genotypes infected with the apple proliferation phytoplasma, Alnus glutinosa (alder) genotypes infected with the alder yellows phytoplasma, and most aster yellows-infected Populus (poplar) genotypes examined. Very low phytoplasma concentrations, ranging from 370 to 34,000 cells per g of tissue, were identified in proliferation-diseased apple trees on resistant rootstocks 4551 and 4608, yellows-diseased Quercus robur (oak) trees, and Carpinus betulus (hornbeam) trees. Such low concentrations, which corresponded to about 4 to 340 cells in the reaction mixture, could only be detected and quantified by nested PCR.
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Blum J, Wurm G, Kempf S, Poppe T, Klahr H, Kozasa T, Rott M, Henning T, Dorschner J, Schräpler R, Keller HU, Markiewicz WJ, Mann I, Gustafson BA, Giovane F, Neuhaus D, Fechtig H, Grün E, Feuerbacher B, Kochan H, Ratke L, El Goresy A, Morfill G, Weidenschilling SJ, Schwehm G, Metzler K, Ip WH. Growth and form of planetary seedlings: results from a microgravity aggregation experiment. Phys Rev Lett 2000; 85:2426-2429. [PMID: 10978073 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.85.2426] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2000] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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The outcome of the first stage of planetary formation, which is characterized by ballistic agglomeration of preplanetary dust grains due to Brownian motion in the free molecular flow regime of the solar nebula, is still somewhat speculative. We performed a microgravity experiment flown onboard the space shuttle in which we simulated, for the first time, the onset of free preplanetary dust accumulation and revealed the structures and growth rates of the first dust agglomerates in the young solar system. We find that a thermally aggregating swarm of dust particles evolves very rapidly and forms unexpected open-structured agglomerates.
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- J Blum
- Astrophysical Institute and University Observatory, University of Jena, Schillergässchen 2-3, 07745 Jena, Germany.
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Kern B, Depner KR, Letz W, Rott M, Thalheim S, Nitschke B, Plagemann R, Liess B. Incidence of classical swine fever (CSF) in wild boar in a densely populated area indicating CSF virus persistence as a mechanism for virus perpetuation. Zentralbl Veterinarmed B 1999; 46:63-7. [PMID: 10085775 DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0450.1999.00214.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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A virological survey was carried out to establish the distribution of classical swine fever (CSF) virus among wild boar in the Federal State of Brandenburg, Germany. Organ materials and blood samples were collected from 11,670 wild boar shot or found dead during the period March 1995 to December 1997. In total 211 (1.8%) wild boar were positive for CSF virus or antigen. The incidence of CSF-positive animals decreased continuously from 4.6% at the beginning of the epidemic in 1995 to 0.7% in 1997. The highest incidence of positive animals (22%) was found in wild-boar piglets younger than 3 months of age in 1995. The findings were indicative for the decisive role which young wild boar play in the epidemiology of CSF. Following intrauterine transfer some of the wild-boar piglets were probably persistently infected with CSF virus as experienced experimentally. Such piglets can be held responsible for CSF virus perpetuation within the wild-boar population. No CSF virus was isolated from adult wild boar weighing more than 75 kg. During 3 years of monitoring a sufficient number of susceptible wild boar, in particular young animals, was available to maintain the infection chain in that area. It was concluded that persistently infected piglets and the high population density of wild boar in the Brandenburg region offered optimal conditions for the establishment of an CSF epidemic.
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- B Kern
- State Institute of Veterinary Diagnostic and Food Science, Potsdam, Germany
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Rott M. [When triplets have a bath]. Krankenpfl J 1996; 34:566. [PMID: 9025472] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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The hemolytic activity of live isolates and clones of Trichomonas vaginalis and Tritrichomonas foetus was investigated. The isolates were tested against human erythrocytes. No hemolytic activity was detected by the isolates of T. foetus. Whereas the isolates of T. vaginalis lysed erythrocytes from all human blood groups. No hemolysin released by the parasites could be detected. Our preliminary results suggest that hemolysis depend on the susceptibility of red cell membranes to destabilization and the intervention of cell surface receptors as a mechanism of the hemolytic activity. The mechanism could be subject to strain-species-genera specific variation of trichomonads. The hemolytic activity of T. vaginalis is not due to a hemolysin or to a product of its metabolism. Pretreatment of trichomonads with concanavalin A reduced levels of hemolysis by 40%.
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- G A De Carli
- Departamento de Análises, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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De Carli GA, da Silva AC, Wendorff A, Rott M. Lysis of erythrocytes by Trichomonas gallinae. Avian Dis 1996; 40:228-30. [PMID: 8713039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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The hemolytic activity of five live isolates of Trichomonas gallinae was investigated. The isolates were subsequently tested against the erythrocytes of seven adult animal species. Each of the five isolates tested lysed all human blood groups, as well as rabbit, rat, chicken, horse, bovine, and sheep erythrocytes. No hemolysin released by the parasite could be detected. Our preliminary results suggest that the hemolytic activity is not due to the hemolysin release by T. gallinae or to a product of its metabolism. Pretreatment of live trichomonads with concanavalin A reduced levels of hemolysis by 40%.
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- G A De Carli
- Departamento de Análises, Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brasil
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De Carli G, Brasseur P, Rott M, da Silva A, Wendorff A. [Hemolytic activity of various strains and clones of Trichomonas vaginalis and Tritrichomonas suis]. Rev Latinoam Microbiol 1994; 36:207-11. [PMID: 7709097] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Hemolytic activity of 7 isolates and 2 clones of Trichomonas vaginalis and 1 isolate and 2 clones of Tritrichomonas suis was determined using incubation with erythrocytes. T. vaginalis hemolyzed all human blood groups, and no correlation between pathogenicity and hemolytic activity was observed and no hemolysin released by the parasite could be detected. No hemolytic activity was observed with strains and clones of T. suis against erythrocytes from all blood groups and with swine erythrocytes.
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- G De Carli
- Laboratório de Protozoologia, Faculdade de Farmácia, UFRGS, Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil
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Rott M, Nichelmann M, Rohling H, Lyhs L. [Body temperature of the rabbit. I. Rectal temperature]. Arch Exp Veterinarmed 1973; 27:769-74. [PMID: 4785711] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Nichelmann M, Rohling H, Rott M, Lyhs L. [Effect of environmental temperature on the insulation degree of the integument in 42-day-old rabbits]. Arch Exp Veterinarmed 1973; 27:747-55. [PMID: 4785709] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Nichelmann M, Lyhs L, Rohling H, Rott M. [Body temperatures of the rabbit. II. Skin temperatures]. Arch Exp Veterinarmed 1973; 27:775-82. [PMID: 4785712] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Nichelmann M, Rott M, Rohling H, Lyhs L. [Insulating properties of the integument of newborn rabbits]. Arch Exp Veterinarmed 1973; 27:741-6. [PMID: 4785708] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Nichelmann M, Rott M, Rohling H. [Peculiarities of chemical temperature regulation in the rabbitt]. Monatsh Veterinarmed 1972; 27:943-8. [PMID: 4654926] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Nichelmann M, Zanow J, Rott M, Rohling H, Rönnecke U. [Influence of the time of day on the duration of brevinarcon anesthesia in the pig]. Monatsh Veterinarmed 1971; 26:100-3. [PMID: 5556563] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Nichelmann M, Rott M, Rohling H. [Circulatory regulation in the pig during extradural anesthesia under extreme temperature conditions]. Monatsh Veterinarmed 1970; 25:504-9. [PMID: 5512017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Breustedt A, Rott M. [Raw material problems of Al2O3-reinforced dental ceramic materials]. Osterr Z Stomatol 1970; 67:42-7. [PMID: 5264241] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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