Biological role of marigold (Tagetes erecta L.) in habitat manipulation and sustenance of natural enemy populations in upland rice

The re-designing of agricultural systems in integrated pest management (IPM) has been aimed at reducing the use of synthetic pesticides to manage pests.In conservation biological control, the cropping habitat is manipulated to provide vital resources that are required by natural enemies to suppress pest populations.Habitat manipulation is an exampl

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Inflammation in Right Ventricular Failure: Does It Matter?

Right ventricular (RV) failure is a common consequence of acute and chronic RV overload of pressure, such as after pulmonary embolism and pulmonary hypertension.It has been recently realized that symptomatology and survival of patients with pulmonary hypertension are essentially determined by RV function adaptation to increased afterload.Therefore,

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