Cytoplasmic-genic male-sterility system has been extensively employed for the production of onion hybrids. Molecular marker assisted characterization of the cytotypes types and genotyping at the restorer-of male-fertility ( Ms) locus is important for accelerated breeding of onion hybrids. Indian...

Cotton textiles were the first good to achieve a truly global reach. For many centuries muslins and calicoes from the Indian subcontinent were demanded in the trading worlds of the Indian Ocean and the eastern Mediterranean. After 1500, new circuits of exchange were developed. Of these, the...

The authors look at the level of job losses that would be sustained if substantial cuts were made in federal spending on defense contracting in Massachusetts. They compares those impacts with potential cuts at a similar scale to education, healthcare, construction or clean-energy spending,...