Leaf vein disease in Nelumbo nucifera caused by Nigrospora pyriformis infection in China.

Nelumbo nucifera (Nymphaeaceae) has both ornamental and nutritional uses in China. In July 2021, a novel disease was observed on plants in the White Lotus Science and Technology Expo Park in Guangchang county, Fuzhou city, Jiangxi province (26.79° N, 116.

First Report of Lotus Seedpod Withering Caused by Fusarium proliferatum on Nelumbo nucifera Plants in China.

Nelumbo nucifera (Nymphaeaceae family) is a well-known plant in China and with the increasing value of this crop, the planting area of lotus is expanding. In May 2019, an unknown withering lotus seedpod was obtained in Guangchang County of Jiangxi Province (26.79°N, 116.

Total Knee Arthroplasty in Patients with Unsuspected Tuberculosis of the Joint: A Report of Four Cases and a Systematic Review of the Literature.

Objectives: To provide a case series and systematic review that explores the clinical manifestations, treatments, and methods for defining tuberculosis diagnoses in patients who have undergone total knee arthroplasty (TKA).

Methods: Four patients (three women, one man; average age, 59.5 ± 8.

Comprehensive metabolomic, proteomic and physiological analyses of grain yield reduction in rice under abrupt drought-flood alternation stress.

Abrupt drought-flood alternation (T1) is a meteorological disaster that frequently occurs during summer in southern China and the Yangtze river basin, often causing a significant loss of rice production. In this study, the response mechanism of yield decline under abrupt drought-flood alternation stress at the panicle differentiation stage was analyzed by looking at the metabolome, proteome as well as yield and physiological and biochemical indexes. The results showed that drought and flood stress caused a decrease in the yield of rice at the panicle differentiation stage, and abrupt drought-flood alternation stress created a synergistic effect for the reduction of yield.

Comparative study of callus progression in limb lengthening with or without intramedullary nail with reference to the pixel value ratio and the Ru Li's classification.

Introduction: Callus progression is a great concern during limb lengthening. In this study, we investigated the difference in callus progression between tibial lengthenings with and without intramedullary nail.

Method: Seventy tibiae in 38 patients with an average age of 24 years were lengthened with Ilizarov external fixator and nail; 56 tibiae in 40 patients with an average age of 28.

Comparison of bone age delay and recovery in Meyer dysplasia and Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease: a pilot study.

Background: Meyer dysplasia (MD) is a rare disease but readily mistaken for Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease (LCPD). Although most published studies on MD have characterized and differentiated it from LCPD radiologically and clinically, differences with regard to bone age delay and recovery have not been sought. We deemed it necessary to distinguish bone age delay and recovery patterns between the two entities for better differentiation, prognostication, and parental advice.

Injury and regeneration of intramuscular connective tissue subjected to various regimes of distraction.

Objective: To investigate the effect on intramuscular connective tissue and passive range of joint motion by the stress produced in limb lengthening.

Methods: An animal model of limb lengthening was established in the tibia of rabbits. Distraction was initiated at a rate of 1 mm/d and 2 mm/d in two steps respectively, and both proceeded until 10% and 20% of the tibia length was achieved.

[A clinical follow-up study on treatment of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis with brace].

Objective: To evaluate clinical outcomes of bracing and analyze related factors that influence curative effects in adolescents with idiopathic scoliosis, and to investigate indications of bracing.

Methods: Seventy-nine patients with AIS who had no history of prior therapy were treated with a brace. Several parameters were consecutive measured and documented during the period of follow-up including Cobb's angles, curve patterns, menarche status, sitting heights, standing heights, Risser sign, apical vertebral rotation, and so on.

Compositional variation of fibrous callus and joint cartilage in different internal environments.

Objective: To evaluate the compositional variation of fibrous callus in the fracture site and the joint cavity and joint cartilage after being transplanted in the muscle pouch.

Methods: Thirty 2 month old New Zealand white rabbits (weighing 1-1.5 kg) were randomly divided into two groups: a callus transplantation group (Group A, n=15) and a cartilage transplantation group (Group B, n=15).

[Capacity evaluation of different media for isolating bacteria populations from the rhizosphere of tomato plants with DGGE].

Bacteria from the rhizosphere of tomato plants were cultured on nutrient broth, YG, soil extract and root exudate media. The capabilities of these 4 media for recovering the bacterium communities were evaluated with denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) technique. Results showed that there were certain differences in the obtained bacterial communities when different media and culture tempitures were applied.