Modeling the Impact of Agricultural Mitigation Measures on the Spread of Sharka Disease in Sweet Cherry Orchards [PDF]
Plants, 2023 Sharka is a disease affecting stone fruit trees. It is caused by the Plum pox virus (PPV), with Myzus persicae being one of the most efficient aphid species in transmitting it within and among Prunus orchards. Other agricultural management strategies are
Juan Pablo Gutiérrez-Jara +5 more
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Trans-grafting plum pox virus resistance from transgenic plum rootstocks to apricot scions [PDF]
Frontiers in Plant Science, 2023 IntroductionTrans-grafting could be a strategy to transfer virus resistance from a transgenic rootstock to a wild type scion. However contradictory results have been obtained in herbaceous and woody plants.
Nuria Alburquerque +4 more
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Psychometric properties of the Arabic version of the perceived prosthodontic treatment need scale: Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses. [PDF]
PLoS ONEBackgroundIt is crucial to take into account the concerns of dental patients about their prosthodontic needs when planning the course of treatment.
Rayan Sharka
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Pomological Characteristics and Ploidy Levels of Japanese Plum (Prunus salicina Lindl.) Cultivars Preserved in Poland [PDF]
Plants, 2021 Research on the resistance to frost, susceptibility to sharka, flowering biology, fruit setting, yield, and ploidy levels of 36 Japanese plum cultivars (mostly hybrids of Prunus salicina with Prunus cerasifera) were carried out in 2015–2020 at the ...
Agnieszka Głowacka +3 more
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Development of Dot-ELISA and Colloidal Gold Immunochromatographic Strip for Rapid and Super-Sensitive Detection of Plum Pox Virus in Apricot Trees [PDF]
Viruses, 2023 Plum pox virus (PPV) is a causal agent of the stone fruit tree sharka disease that often causes enormous economic losses. Due to its worldwide distribution and economic importance, rapid and reliable diagnostic technologies are becoming increasingly ...
Mengmeng Guo +7 more
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Development and Validation of One-Step Reverse Transcription-Droplet Digital PCR for Plum Pox Virus Detection and Quantification from Plant Purified RNA and Crude Extract [PDF]
PlantsPlum pox virus (PPV) is the etiological agent of sharka, the most important viral disease of stone fruit worldwide. In this study, a one-step reverse transcription real-time PCR test (RT-qPCR) was modified and translated as a one-step RT-droplet digital ...
Giorgia Bertinelli +4 more
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Developing and validating a scale to measure perceived barriers to prosthodontics treatments among partially edentulous patients [PDF]
Frontiers in Oral HealthBackgroundPeople experiencing tooth loss need dental prostheses to preserve the integrity of their oral structures and replace the missing teeth. Patient-related outcome measures (PROMs) for perceived barriers to prosthodontics treatment are scarce in ...
Rayan Sharka +3 more
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Can Undergraduate Dental Education be Online and Virtual During the COVID-19 Era? Clinical Training as a Crucial Element of Practical Competencies [PDF]
MedEdPublish, 2020 The COVID-19 pandemic has brought ample challenges to clinical dental education all over the world. Dental schools had to adopt diverse strategies as a result of the exceptional circumstances, to provide a safe environment for their students, faculties ...
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Measuring the impact of dental service quality on revisit intention using an extended SERVQUAL model [PDF]
Frontiers in Oral HealthBackgroundThe pursuit of quality services can lead to both service enhancement and increased motivation to visit dental centers for oral health treatment.AimsThe purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of dental center service quality factors ...
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Using sensitivity analysis to identify key factors for the propagation of a plant epidemic [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2018 Identifying the key factors underlying the spread of a disease is an essential but challenging prerequisite to design management strategies. To tackle this issue, we propose an approach based on sensitivity analyses of a spatiotemporal stochastic model ...
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