The swim-and-sink behaviour of copepods: a revisit to mechanical power requirement and a new hypothesis on function

Many copepods display a swim-and-sink behaviour, which is not energetically efficient but probably aids in perceiving and capturing diatom chains.Here, computational fluid dynamics was employed to calculate the mechanical power required by a negatively buoyant, self-propelled copepod in swim-and-sink versus hovering.The results show that upward swi

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Study of fusarium wilt (Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. ciceris) resistance in recombinant inbred line population of chickpea

Wilt caused by Fusarium oxysporum f.sp.ciceris is a devastating disease of chickpea in India.One hundred and 26 RecombinantInbred Lines (RILs) derived from a cross ICCV-2 x JG 62 along with six checks were evaluated for wilt resistance underunprotected natural infestation to identify the genetic sources for resistance.The genotypes were classified

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