Black-grass Resistance to Herbicides: Three Years of Monitoring in Belgium

in Communications in Agricultural and Applied Biological Sciences (2009, May 19)

Black-grass (Alopecurus myosuroides HUDS.) is a common weed of cereal crops widely spread in Northern Europe. Even if the first Belgian case of resistance was reported in 1996, until now, Belgium was ... [more ▼]

Black-grass (Alopecurus myosuroides HUDS.) is a common weed of cereal crops widely spread in Northern Europe. Even if the first Belgian case of resistance was reported in 1996, until now, Belgium was quite spared of this problem and only a few restricted areas were con-cerned: the Polders, the marshland of the Escaut River and the Fosses-la-Ville region. About 90 seed samples were collected trough the South part of Belgium and in the Polders during July 2006, 2007 and 2008. These populations were tested in greenhouse conditions by spraying plantlets with herbicides of three modes of action. The herbicides used were photo-synthesis inhibitor, ACCase inhibitors and ALS inhibitors. Susceptible and resistant standard populations (Rohtamsted and Peldon) were included in the test in order to validate it and to permit wild populations classification according to “R” rating system. Populations showed differences of susceptibility to photosynthesis inhibitor, ACCase inhibitors and ALS inhibitors. For each herbicide mode of action, it was possible to find at least one population in each resistance class of the “R” rating system. Furthermore, it appeared that resistance was not confined to restricted areas listed above anymore. [less ▲]

Blade Analysis and Design Using an Implicit Flow Solver

in 2nd European Conference on Turbomachinery - Fluid Dynamics and Thermodynamics - Proceedings of the conference (1997, March)

Blade Design for Compressible Flows

Master of advanced studies dissertation (1988)

Blanc Bleu culard : un bovin économiquement intéressant qui produit une viande savoureuse. Etude comparative sur l'engraissement et la qualité de la viande de taurillons Blanc Bleu Belge, Limousin et Aberdeen Angus.

Report (2004)

Le Blanc-Bleu Belge de type mixte à l'heure de la génomique

Article for general public (2010)

Le Blanc-bleu Belge, la génomique et moi...

Speech (2013)

Blanchiment de capitaux et crise financière

in Blais, Etienne; Perrin, Bertrand (Eds.) La lutte contre la criminalité économique: réponses interdisciplinaires à un défi global (in press)

Le blanchiment des coraux : implications microbiennes et nouvelle voie d'investigation

Master's dissertation (2006)

Blastocyst transfer after aseptic vitrification of zygotes: an approach to overcome an impaired uterine environment

in Reproductive Biomedicine Online (2012), 25

In some IVF cycles, no fresh embryo transfer in the stimulated cycle is advisable. The cryopreservation of zygotes and the transfer of blastocysts in a cryo-embryo transfer is an option to circumvent an ... [more ▼]

In some IVF cycles, no fresh embryo transfer in the stimulated cycle is advisable. The cryopreservation of zygotes and the transfer of blastocysts in a cryo-embryo transfer is an option to circumvent an inadequate uterine environment due to risk of ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome, inappropriate endometrium build up, endometrial polyps or uterine myomas. For this strategy, highly secure and safe cryopreservation protocols are advisable. This study describes a protocol for aseptic vitrification of zygotes that results in high survival rates and minimizes the potential risk of contamination in liquid nitrogen during cooling and long-term storage. In mouse zygotes, there was no difference in efficiency as compared with a conventional open vitrification system. In IVF patients, aseptically vitrified zygotes showed no difference in blastocyst formation rate as compared with sibling zygotes kept in fresh culture. A clinical study comprising 173 cryo-cycles with a transfer of blastocysts originating from vitrified zygotes showed an ongoing pregnancy rate of 40.9%. The live birth rate per patient was 36.8%. A combination of good clinical results and increased safety conditions due to aseptic vitrification encourages the use of cryo-embryo transfer for patients with a suboptimal uterine environment in a fresh cycle. [less ▲]

Les Blattmasken dans la mosaïque pariétale. Nymphées et bassins domestiques

in Actes du XIIe colloque de l’Association Internationale pour l’Etude de la Mosaïque Antique (AIEMA) (in press)

Blattmasken belong to vegetalized human figures used in parietal decoration of nymphaei and domestic ponds. Their use depends on the process of iconographic forms’ transmission already highlighted between ... [more ▼]

Blattmasken belong to vegetalized human figures used in parietal decoration of nymphaei and domestic ponds. Their use depends on the process of iconographic forms’ transmission already highlighted between the parietal mosaic, the italic mural painting of Ist century a.C. and the African ground mosaic. This transfer is discussed in the light of two cases : the House of Neptune and Amphitrite at Herculanum and the House of the Nymphs at Neapolis. The study is based on their iconographical environments and on their typology. It highlights two different symbolic conceptions of the motive. [less ▲]