Despite the integral role of ice nucleators (IN) in atmospheric processes leading to precipitation,
their sources and distributions have not been well established. We examined IN in …

For the past 200 years, the field of aerobiology has explored the abundance, diversity,
survival and transport of micro-organisms in the atmosphere. Micro-organisms have been …

Forest-driven water and energy cycles are poorly integrated into regional, national, continental
and global decision-making on climate change adaptation, mitigation, land use and water …

Pseudomonas syringae is a plant pathogen well known for its capacity to grow epiphytically
on diverse plants and for its ice-nucleation activity. The ensemble of its known biology and …

… Figure 2.1) sets out a nonlinear, 3 × 3 matrix identifying different dimensions of the grief
process and the functioning of the survivors’ relational world in the aftermath of the death (Sands …

… predation and subsequently the lowest yield (DC Sands, unpublished field observations). In
… on the plants with the added amino acids (DC Sands, unpublished data). Thus, we are led to …

Landscapes influence precipitation via the water vapor and energy fluxes they generate.
Biologically active landscapes also generate aerosols containing microorganisms, some being …

An improved solid agar medium (MP medium) has been developed which allows detection
of pectolytic activity in bacteria. Organisms tested exhibited a variety of regulatory controls …

Treating planting materials with heat is a one-century-old method of disease control that has
proved to be efficient against various pathogenic microorganisms. Thermotherapy, simple in …

The Pseudomonas syringae complex is composed of numerous genetic lineages of strains
from both agricultural and environmental habitats including habitats closely linked to the …