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Following close on the heels of the breakthrough face transplantation performed in France, this issue examines the state of the art of a variety of replant and transplant procedures. World-renowned experts review topics such as composite tissue allografts, immunobiology and hand transplantation, research leading to facial transplantation, tissue transplantation, replantation outcomes, tissue engineering, spare parts in replantation surgery, cellular therapies for prolongation of composte tissue allograft transplantation, solutions to challenging digital replantations, great toe to thumb transplantation, functional outcome of single digit replants, and digital replantation in ring avulsion injuries..
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This digital document is a journal article from Soil Biology and Biochemistry, published by Elsevier in . The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Peach tree replant disease, though reported on in the literature for more than two centuries, has yet to have its causes clearly defined. Decline in peach productivity has been attributed to toxic agents, insects, nutritional disturbances, spray residues, fungi and nematodes. Bacteria has also been indicated as a contributing factor. Peach replant disease was reproduced by using two successive cultures on the same soil. Bacterial communities were isolated and characterized from healthy and diseased peach trees. The potential role of cyanide production by rhizobacteria in the replant problem of peaches was studied. Culture-dependent (evaluation of the number of culturable bacteria, metabolic activities, Biolog^(R) GN2) and independent (ribosomal intergenic spacer analysis, RISA) methods were used, in order to compare bacterial community structure and diversity in healthy and sick soils and to evaluate the possible role of cyanide. Bacterial densities were significantly increased in sick soils. Metabolic activities (Biolog^(R) GN2) and genetic structure, observed through RISA, were also significantly modified in sick soils. Changes in the composition of individual microbial groups in the rhizosphere of peach trees excavated from healthy or sick soil indicated the involvement of rhizobacteria in the etiology of the replant sickness of peach soil. More than 60% of the strains isolated from healthy soils corresponded to Pseudomonas sp. and 58% of the isolates from sick soils were Bacillus sp. This study determined that Bacillus were able to produce in vitro HCN. It also appeared that in sick soil, there was a shift in the structure of bacterial communities with an increase noted in phytotoxic microorganisms capable of producing HCN compounds. .
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This manual is designed for anyone whose garden is in disarray, and who wants to salvage it. It begins by taking a look at a variety of garden situations - how to quantify what you already have and how to decide how you would like to see your garden transformed. A number of quick solutions that will give an almost instant new look are then offered, such as how to upgrade your lawn, or tidy up your flower beds. There follows a section on working with the garden's permanent features. Some of the problems that the book addresses are dealing with a garden that is too big or too small, whether to lift existing paving stones, reshape the lawn, or to get rid of large trees and hedges. If professionals are required to do the job, it advises on how to get the best value for money from them..
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