While many celebrate apple blossoms as a sign of spring, they are also welcoming entry gates for pathogens.
Full of nutrients to lure pollinators and promote pollen germination, flowers also attract bacteria like Erwinia amylavora, a pathogen that causes a damaging disease called fire blight. However, recent work by scientists at the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station suggests that these flowery infection sites might also be perfect targets for applying microbial fire blight biocontrol measures.
In a paper published in Phytobiomes Journal, researchers found that treating apple flowers with a probiotic spray reduced incidence of fire blight. They sprayed blooming trees with different strains of bacteria isolated from apple flowers and then exposed the same blooms to the fire blight pathogen. After this inoculation, they sampled the floral microbiomes and observed the development of fire blight symptoms.
A proposed new building for the healing facility was denied because it would be built on farmland.
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. SHARES Premier John Horgan and Agriculture Minister Lana Popham both say they support the proposed new First Nations healing centre after the province’s land commission rejected its construction.
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The B.C. government is working with Carrier Sekani Family Services to find a path forward for a proposed treatment and healing facility for people with substance use issues after a decision by the Agricultural Land Commission set back the project.
Explainer | Getting a coronavirus vaccination in Hong Kong? Here’s what you need to know about the expanded scheme
Guidelines have been issued on who should not get inoculated, following the death of seven chronically ill people after receiving the Sinovac jab
But no link between the deaths and the vaccine has been found, and expert David Hui says general side effects such as muscle and joint aches are normal
As mentioned in previous columns, the federal government does not lack revenue; it lacks self-control when it comes to spending. Some Democrats are even talking about the return of earmarks, those add-ons to legislation that Republicans voted to ban when they had a House majority. Democrats think they can revive them to tempt GOP members into going along with their spending plans.
Unrestrained by a Republican majority in either house of Congress, or a Republican president, Democrats have the votes to push legislation through, at least until the 2022 election, showing little concern for voter anger. It doesnât matter to them that the Trump tax cuts produced tremendous economic results for businesses that then create jobs and hire workers. Democrats cling to the false notion that more spending and higher taxes solve everything. If it did, would it not have by now?
Updated: 2:46 PM EST Feb 5, 2021 WXII12.com Web Staff The American Heart Association s signature women s platform designed to increase awareness for women s heart health, Go Red for Women, has become more personal to the WXII 12 community in the past year.In June, WXII 12 News morning anchor Kimberly Van Scoy was diagnosed with congestive heart failure. It s a fight she will wage for the rest of her life. Heart disease is the No. 1 cause of both death and disability in women, with one in-every three succumbing to the condition. Click the video player below to hear from Kimberly Van Scoy as she shares an update and adviceThe news came as a big shock to Kimberly, but she has reassured everyone that she is feeling better and has the best of doctors who are taking care of her.In a message to viewers after her diagnosis, Kimberly said she has a lot of faith in her medical team doing exactly what they are telling her to do. I want to get well, so, I am going t