Australian wheat production expected to decrease by the late 21st century.

Climate change threatens global wheat production and food security, including the wheat industry in Australia. Many studies have examined the impacts of changes in local climate on wheat yield per hectare, but there has been no assessment of changes in land area available for production due to changing climate. It is also unclear how total wheat production would change under future climate when autonomous adaptation options are adopted.

Climate and soil properties limit the positive effects of land use reversion on carbon storage in Eastern Australia.

Australia's "Direct Action" climate change policy relies on purchasing greenhouse gas abatement from projects undertaking approved abatement activities. Management of soil organic carbon (SOC) in agricultural soils is an approved activity, based on the expectation that land use change can deliver significant changes in SOC. However, there are concerns that climate, topography and soil texture will limit changes in SOC stocks.

Phytotoxic activity and chemical composition of aqueous volatile fractions from Eucalyptus species.

The essential oils from four Eucalyptus species (E. spathulata, E. salubris, E.

Investigating the effect of invasion characteristics on onion thrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) populations in onions with a temperature-driven process model.

A temperature-driven process model was developed to describe the seasonal patterns of populations of onion thrips, Thrips tabaci Lindeman, in onions. The model used daily cohorts (individuals of the same developmental stage and daily age) as the population unit. Stage transitions were modeled as a logistic function of accumulated degree-days to account for variability in development rate among individuals.

[In vitro study on proliferation and multi-lineage differentiation potential of adipose-derived cells].

Adipose were obtained from patients underwent liposuction treatment (total 19 female donors, 31.5 +/- 5.8 years old).

Implementation of card: curve-fitting allelochemical response data.

Bioassay techniques are essential methods used to study the effects of allelochemicals on plant processes. It is often observed that the biological processes are stimulated at low allelochemical concentrations and inhibited as the concentrations increase. Liu et al.

Mathematical Modelling of Allelopathy: IV. Assessment of Contributions of Competition and Allelopathy to Interference by Barley.

One of the main challenges to the research on allelopathy is technically the separation of allelopathic effect from competition, and quantitatively, the assessment of the contribution of each component to overall interference. A simple mathematical model is proposed to calculate the contribution of allelopathy and competition to interference. As an example of applying the quantitative model to interference by barley (Hordeum vulgare cv.

[Biological characterization of immortalized porcine chondrocytes by introduction of telomerase].

The aim of this project was to acquire a clonal immortalized porcine chondrocyte cell line and to determine its biological characterization. Porcine auricle chondrocytes were infected with a retroviral vector pBABE-hTERT followed by selection with 2 micrograms/ml puromycin. RT-PCR and PCR-ELISA performed on separated colonies showed a cell line (TL1) with high and stable ectopic expression of hTERT.

Mathematical Modeling of Allelopathy. III. A Model for Curve-Fitting Allelochemical Dose Responses.

Bioassay techniques are often used to study the effects of allelochemicals on plant processes, and it is generally observed that the processes are stimulated at low allelochemical concentrations and inhibited as the concentrations increase. A simple empirical model is presented to analyze this type of response. The stimulation-inhibition properties of allelochemical-dose responses can be described by the parameters in the model.