Sentences with phrase «japonica in»

«Species within this genus have previously been divided into «shallow» and «deep» subgroups, and our results place X. japonica in the «shallow» subgroup,» lead author Hiroaki Nakano says.

Not exact matches

Tropical japonica rice is mainly grown in East Asia and accounts for only about 10 % of global rice production.

IRRI breeders had earlier observed traits related to higher yield potential — such as large panicles, large leaves, a vigorous root system, and thick stems — in several Indonesian tropical japonica rice varieties.

Bean has found that Japanese quail, Coturnix japonica, also show similar temporary behavioral effects in response to neonicotinoids.

The researchers, centered at the University of Tsukuba, described two specimens of X. japonica dredged from the seafloor of the western Pacific: a female about 5 cm in length, and a juvenile about 1 cm in length.

Traders carried domesticated japonica from China to India, where it was bred with the cultivated rice species O. nivara to produce domesticated aus about 4,000 years ago, Fuller, Purugganan and colleagues reported in January in Molecular Biology and Evolution.

The Japanese Beetle (Popillia japonica) is a beetle about 1.5 cm (0.6 inches) long and 1 cm (0.4 inches) wide (smaller in Canada), with shiny copper - colored elytra and a shiny green top of the thorax and head.

Scientists used to think modern rice, Oryza sativa, was domesticated twice: sticky, short - grained japonica rice was domesticated in China, and in India, rice was domesticated into long - grained varieties indica and aus.

An example of a problematic non-native species in many parts of the world is Fallopia japonica, the Japanese knotweed that negatively affects river ecosystems.

In K. japonica, the anthers of adjacent stamens are connected, but in samples collected on Okinawa, Taiwan and other parts of the Ryukyu Islands, they discovered individuals without connections between the anthers of adjacent stamenIn K. japonica, the anthers of adjacent stamens are connected, but in samples collected on Okinawa, Taiwan and other parts of the Ryukyu Islands, they discovered individuals without connections between the anthers of adjacent stamenin samples collected on Okinawa, Taiwan and other parts of the Ryukyu Islands, they discovered individuals without connections between the anthers of adjacent stamens.

K. japonica is also known as the kadsura vine or kadsura, and in the past its resin has been used for hair styling.

To do this he filled experimental wicker nests with Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica) eggs and placed them in forest locations ranging from the midcanopy to the understory, to reflect native birds» nesting habits.

In more than 18 person - years of maintaining a colony of D. japonica that involves more than 15,000 control worms in just the last five years alone, the Tufts researchers have never observed a spontaneous occurrence of double - headednesIn more than 18 person - years of maintaining a colony of D. japonica that involves more than 15,000 control worms in just the last five years alone, the Tufts researchers have never observed a spontaneous occurrence of double - headednesin just the last five years alone, the Tufts researchers have never observed a spontaneous occurrence of double - headedness.

This plant was first discovered in 1917 in Taiwan, when it was provisionally identified as Kadsura japonica.

Most of the rice grown in the U.S. is japonica rice, Olsen says, which is genetically pretty different from indica rice, the rice grown in a lot of the tropics.

There are 16 known species of this genus, and until now K. japonica was the only species reported in Japan.

The sticky variety, favoured in Japan, belongs to the japonica group, which the team traced back to the middle of the Yangtze Valley in southern China.

They concluded that this rearrangement must have originally occurred in the tropical japonica subspecies of rice and that the black rice trait was then transferred into other varieties (including those found today) by crossbreeding.

Although the grains of the multi-nutrient rice lines have more beta - carotene than the original japonica rice variety, depending on the lines the beta - carotene content can be ten-fold lower than in Golden Rice 2, the improved variant of Golden Rice.

In northern parts of East Asia, consisting of Japan, Korea, and northern part of China, current rice production and consumption are japonica with very little exceptional use of indica.

The popular consensus is that japonica, the shorter stickier grain perfect for sushi, has been exclusively cultivated exclusively in northern part of East Asia.

The research team has now found, for the first time, the presence of both japonica - and indica - type varieties in the Yayoi period and the middle ages of Japan and the middle part of Korea Peninsula 2000 years ago.

Results are shown for tests involving japonica, indicaIR64, ausDJ123, O. nivara, and O. rufipogon (table 1) but results from the full combination of comparisons are listed in the supplementary table S3, Supplementary Material online.

Japanese honeybees (Apis cerana japonica) maintained at the apiary in Tamagawa University (Tokyo, Japan) and giant hornets (Vespa mandarinia japonica) caught near the apiary were used for all experiments.

The varieties grown in this area are typically the semi-glutinous japonica and are considered to be of high quality than rice grown in other areas.

Near Poyang Lake, researchers found japonica pytoliths, radiocarbon dated to 10,000 - 9,000 B.C., in sediment deposits of Diaotonghuan Cave.

Adkins - Regan, E. (1998) Role of the archistriatal nucleus taeniae in the sexual behavior of male Japanese quail, (Coturnix japonica): a comparison of function with the medial nucleus of the amygdala in mammals.

Thompson, RR, Adkins - Regan, E. (1994) Photoperiod affects the morphology of a sexually dimorphic nucleus in the preoptic area of Japanese quail, Coturnix japonica.

Below pictured is the Runway from H&M, whose japonica prints were highly visible in both white and red dresses.

In my garden, the blooms of the regal Chinese witch hazel (H. mollis, Zones 5 — 9) and the more delicate Japanese witch hazel (H. japonica, Zones 5 — 9) follow soon thereafter.

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The grayanotoxin produced in the pieris japonica has turpentine - like chemical properties which can cause painful burning in the mouth when it is chewed.

Aucuba japonica, commonly called spotted laurel, [2] Japanese laurel, [2] Japanese aucuba [2] or gold dust plant (U.S.), is a shrub (1 — 5 m, 3.28 - 16.40 ft) native to rich forest soils of moist valleys, thickets, by streams and near shaded moist rocks in China, Korea, and Japan.

Aucuba japonica was introduced into England in 1783 by Philip Miller's pupil John Graeffer, at first as a plant for a heated greenhouse.

Aucuba japonica, commonly called spotted laurel, [1] Japanese laurel, [1] Japanese aucuba [1] or gold dust plant (USA), is a shrub (1 - 5m) native to rich forest soils of moist valleys, thickets, by streams and near shaded moist rocks in China and Japan.