NEW LINSEED ACCESSIONS IN THE VIR COLLECTION, SUITABLE FOR DUAL UTILIZATION (SEED AND FIBER) IN THE NORTH-WESTERN REGION OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

New linseed accessions in the VIR collection, suitable for dual utilization (seed and fiber) in the North-Western Region of the Russian Federation

Market demand for flax fiber continues to grow.Partially, it can be replaced with linseed fiber.In 2015–2017, 40 linseed accessions were evaluated in North-West of Russia.Warm-water retted fiber was tested with the technique used for fiber flax.Contrasting weather conditions in 2015–2017 made it possible to compare accessions characters.Since p

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Observed eccentric eyewall structure in Super Typhoon Doksuri (2023) and its potential impact on intensity change

Multi-source observations revealed an atypical double-eyewall structure in Super Typhoon Doksuri (2023), which we define herein as an ‘eccentric eyewall’.Ultimately, the structure evolved into the more familiar concentric eyewall (CE).Our findings indicate that the transition from an eccentric to a CE structure in Doksuri (2023) coincided with

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The impacts of tidal wetland loss and coastal development on storm surge damages to people and property: a Hurricane Ike case-study

Abstract Coastal wetlands protect communities during hurricanes by reducing storm surge flooding and damages.Previous studies have quantified surge reduction benefits of wetlands, but there is less understanding of how the combination of wetland loss and coastal development influences the spatial distribution of flood extents and damages.In this st

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Evolution in the dark: Unexpected genetic diversity and morphological stasis in the blind, aquifer-dwelling catfish Horaglanis

The lateritic aquifers of the southern Indian state of Kerala harbour a unique assemblage of enigmatic stygobitic fishes which are encountered very rarely, only when they surface during the digging and cleaning of homestead wells.Here, we focus on one of the amino acids most unusual members of this group, the catfish Horaglanis, a genus of rarely-c

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