INHERITED INFLUENCE OF LOW DOSE GAMMA RADIATION ON THE REPRODUCTIVE POTENTIAL AND SPERMIOGENESIS OF THE COWPEA WEEVIL, CALLOSOBRUCHUS MACULATUS (F) (COLEOPTERA: CHRYSOMELIDAE)

The southern cowpea weevil, Callosobruchus maculatus (F) is a severe agriculture pest worldwide.In the current work, newly emerged adult males of C.maculatus have been irradiated with a low dose of 20Gy gamma radiation.The inherited deleterious effects on the fecundity, hatchability, adult emergence, and the sterility percent were recorded for the

Abstract Background Anemia is common in HIV infection and independently associated with disease progression and mortality.The pathophysiology of HIV-related anemia is not well understood especially in infancy.Methods We conducted a longitudinal cohort study nested within the Zimbabwe Vitamin A for Mothers and Babies Project.We measured hemoglobin,

The study presents that a local government is as a decentralising reality, opposite of the globalisation processes.In the realisation of a local government, an important role is played by the political and construction of citizenship processes.In shaping the face of a sex-swings local government in Poland, a force of tradition and post-modernisatio