Microplastic (MP; plastic particles < 5 mm) pollution is pervasive in the marine environment, generating interest in their prevalence, fate, and associated environmental threats. The diversity of MPs poses complex analytical challenges in isolating these particles from their sample medium for data analysis. Here, we present an efficient methodology for isolating suspected MPs in sea ice at high sample volumes (liters) with res...

Contamination of ergot ( Claviceps purpurea ) in grains continues to be a problem in outcrossing plants like rye, especially in years of favorable infection (cold, rainy) conditions. The problem is not the yield loss, but the contamination of the grains by toxic alkaloids leading to strict critical values within the European Union. This study was conducted to (1) partition the variation of genotype, inoculation treatments and...