The new member of the subterranean family Niphargidae (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Senticaudata) is discovered and described from the Maronia Cave, near Maronia town, Rhodopi district, NE Greece, Niphargus beroni, spec.nov., and its relation to some other members of genus Niphargus from adjacent regions of Balkan is discussed.
Periurban agriculture is a form of agriculture practiced around urban areas, where it retains both urban and rural characteristics, and which has multiple roles.It has been gaining an increased attention from researchers, practitioners and decision makers, for the potential contribution it can make in the face of current societal challenges.This paper explores the roles of periurban agriculture in Montenegrin context.Through two surveys carried out in the city of Nikšić as a pilot area, economic, social and environmental roles of periurban agriculture have been assessed.The conclusions indicate that periurban agriculture has a significant social role in the target area, unrealised economic potential and an environmental impact that should be better managed.The results are used to argue that periurban agriculture should be mainstreamed into Montenegrin agricultural policy, for its potential to contribute to the quality of life and environmental protection in periurban areas, as well as to food security on the local and national level.
and Telestes montenegrinus (Vuković, 1963) from River Morača, Montenegro.Also, the paper provides the first comprehensive data of LWRs for endemic species for Telestes montenegrinus for which no LWR information was available in Fish Base.Values of b parameter ranged from 2.613 to 3.343, while values of a parameter ranged from 0.004-0.038.The results of this study could provide some additional insight into the ecology of the species and useful information for fisheries management in the studied river.
The studies on the growth and development characteristics were carried out, as well on the peculiarities of phenophases and photosynthetic activity, yield features, its structure and grain quality of twenty bread winter wheat varieties, of which 11 genotypes represented the entire ecological and geographical diversity of the genetic material for all zones and all leading research institutions of Ukraine, one variety of CIS breeding, 8 varieties bred in various parts of the European Union.The varieties with a stable high yield have been identified, model features that have direct effect on its formation have been shown.The effect of photosynthetic activity on the yielding capacity formation has been revealed, its features have been shown.Grain quality indicators such as protein and gluten content, availability of reserve protein components have been studied.Varieties with high and satisfactory combinations of grain yielding capacity and quality have been identified, promising donors improving these features have been listed, key problems in the current compositions of components of reserve proteins in wheat grain have been described.It is planned to conduct studies in terms of the availability of individual useful micronutrient elements in these varieties.
