Effects of thermopriming and bacteria-mediated heat-stress acclimation strategies on seed yield and quality criteria in Brassica napus cv Aviso and Camelina sativa cv Calena.

The effects of intense heat during the reproductive phase of two Brassica species-B. napus and C. sativa-could be alleviated by a prior gradual increase exposure and/or PGPR inoculation.

Impact of PGPR inoculation on root morphological traits and root exudation in rapeseed and camelina: interactions with heat stress.

Root exudation is involved in the recruitment of beneficial microorganisms by trophic relationships and/or signalling pathways. Among beneficial microorganisms, Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria (PGPR) are known to improve plant growth and stress resistance. These interactions are of particular importance for species that do not interact with mycorrhizal fungi, such as rapeseed (Brassica napus L.

Pesticide Exposure in Fruit-Growers: Comparing Levels and Determinants Assessed under Usual Conditions of Work (CANEPA Study) with Those Predicted by Registration Process (Agricultural Operator Exposure Model).

Knowledge of pesticide exposure levels in farmers is necessary for epidemiological studies and regulatory purposes. In the European pesticide registration process, operators' exposure is predicted using the Agricultural Operator Exposure Model (AOEM), created in 2014 by the European Food Safety Authority based on studies conducted by the pesticide industry. We compared operators' exposures during treatment days in the apple-growing industry under non-controlled working conditions and AOEM-predicted values.

N-[F]-FluoropropylJDTic for κ-opioid receptor PET imaging: Radiosynthesis, pre-clinical evaluation, and metabolic investigation in comparison with parent JDTic.

Introduction: To image kappa opioid receptor (KOR) for preclinical studies, N-fluoropropylJDTic 9 derived from the best-established KOR antagonist JDTic, was labeled with fluorine-18.

Methods: Radiosynthesis of [F]9 was achieved according to an automated two-step procedure from [F]-fluoride. Peripheral and cerebral distributions were determined by ex vivo experiments and by PET imaging in mouse.

In Vivo Evaluation of Radiofluorinated Caspase-3/7 Inhibitors as Radiotracers for Apoptosis Imaging and Comparison with [18F]ML-10 in a Stroke Model in the Rat.

Purpose: The first biological evaluation of two potent fluorine-18 radiolabelled inhibitors of caspase-3/7 was achieved in a cerebral stroke rat model to visualize apoptosis.

Procedures: In vivo characteristics of isatins [(18)F]-2 and [(18)F]-3 were studied and compared by μPET to previously described 1-[4-(2-[(18)F]fluoroethyl)benzyl]-5-(2-methoxymethylpyrrolidin-1-ylsulfonyl)isatin ([(18)F]-1) and to 2-(5-[(18)F]fluoropentyl)-2-methyl-malonic acid ([(18)F]ML-10) used as a reference radiotracer in a rat stroke model.

Results: [(18)F]-2 and [(18)F]-3 were radiolabelled with high radiochemical purity and high specific radioactivity.