Abstract: The invention provides a Tomato Leaf Curl New Delhi Virus (ToLCNDV) tolerance or resistant QTL in cucurbit plants and plants comprising the QTL. The invention also provides molecular markers linked to QTL. The invention further provides methods of breeding to produce plants that are resistant to ToLCNDV, and the resistant plants produced by such methods.

Abstract: The invention provides a Tomato Leaf Curl New Dehli Virus (ToLCNDV) tolerance or resistant QTL in cucurbit plants and plants comprising the QTL. The invention also provides molecular markers linked to QTL. The invention further provides methods of breeding to produce plants that are resistant to ToLCNDV, and the resistant plants produced by such methods.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an inverter topology with a DC/DC voltage boost converter, which is also scalable. The arrangement of converters and power lines used in this topology makes it possible to maximize the efficiency of the energy conversion that takes place in photovoltaic plants or in any other system based on power transmission that use DC power lines, reducing the values of current used for a given power level. The inverter includes two DC/DC converters connected in parallel to one another and two DC/AC converters connected in parallel to one another. The two DC/DC converters are connected in series with the two DC/AC converters by means of two buses consisting of three DC power lines where one of the DC power lines is common to the two buses.

Abstract: The present invention refers to a method of intrinsically biasing a dual DC/DC converter by means of an active pre-charging of the internal side of the converter prior to its connection with the batteries and a soft biasing of the batteries after the connection of the converter with the batteries. This has the advantage of having a dual DC/DC converter capable of charging isolated batteries in photovoltaic installations in a pole to ground configuration, eliminating the biasing transient that occurs when connecting the battery by means of passive resistive soft charging to the internal capacitor bus of the DC/DC converter, and also eliminating the biasing transient that occurs when starting the DC/DC converter for its normal operation.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a photovoltaic solar inverter with an AC grid filter without inductance connectable to the AC grid. The inverter comprises: a power module for converting a DC input voltage into a three-phase AC output voltage; a three-phase AC/AC transformer for adapting the three-phase AC output voltage of the power module to the three-phase AC voltage of the AC grid, which has an inductance “L2”. The three-phase AC/AC transformer comprises a winding on the grid side with an equivalent inductance “L1”; a capacitor “C”, connected to the winding of the grid side of the three-phase AC/AC transformer. The equivalent inductance “L1” of the AC/AC transformer, the capacitor “C” and the inductance “L2” of the AC grid form a high frequency “LCL” filter, eliminating the inductances provided only for forming the LCL filter. The disclosure also provides an AC grid filter without inductance with an “LLCL” typology.

Abstract: The invention provides a Tomato Leaf Curl New Dehli Virus (ToLCNDV) tolerance or resistant QTL in cucurbit plants and plants comprising the QTL. The invention also provides molecular markers linked to QTL. The invention further provides methods of breeding to produce plants that are resistant to ToLCNDV, and the resistant plants produced by such methods.

Abstract: The invention provides a Tomato Leaf Curl New Dehli Virus (ToLCNDV) tolerance or resistant QTL in cucurbit plants and plants comprising the QTL. The invention also provides molecular markers linked to QTL. The invention further provides methods of breeding to produce plants that are resistant to ToLCNDV, and the resistant plants produced by such methods.

Abstract: The invention provides a Tomato Leaf Curl New Dehli Virus (ToLCNDV) tolerance or resistant QTL in cucurbit plants and plants comprising the QTL. The invention also provides molecular markers linked to QTL. The invention further provides methods of breeding to produce plants that are resistant to ToLCNDV, and the resistant plants produced by such methods.

Abstract: A collapsible pickup bed rack apparatus includes a frame having a first side member, a second side member and an end member attached to first ends of the first and second end members. A perimeter flange attached to an upper edge of the frame is positionable on an upper edge of a pickup bed's perimeter wall. Brackets are attached to the first and second side members adjacent to the end member. A rear support includes a pair of vertical posts each having a bottom end and a top end. A horizontal post is attached to the vertical posts. A front support includes a pair of vertical rods each having a lower end and an upper end. A horizontal rod is attached to the vertical rods. A plurality of couplers releasably couples the front support to the brackets and rear supports to the frame adjacent to the second ends.

Abstract: In accordance with the present invention, a stable aqueous detergent composition is provided which comprises a homogeneous mixture of:a) pine oil;b) surfactant;c) at least one aliphatic alcohol containing 1 to 5 carbon atoms;d) at least one water soluble glycol mono C.sub.1 -.sub.4 alkyl ether solvent having a solubility in water at 25.degree. C. in excess of 10 g/100 g. water; ande) water;the relative proportions of said alcohol and said glycol being in the weight ratio of about 1:2 to 2:1 and the combined amount of said alcohol and said glycol present in said composition being in the range of from about 1 to less than about 7 wt. %.In the more preferred embodiment of the invention, the composition further contains an insect repelling amount of at least one insect repellent selected from the group consisting of alkyl or alkaryl amides having from about 5 to 16 carbon atoms.The compositions of the invention provide clear, stable pine oil dispersions at pine oil concentrations of up to about 25 wt.

Abstract: In accordance with the present invention, a stable aqueous detergent composition is provided which comprises a homogeneous mixture of:a) pine oil;b) surfactant;c) at least one aliphatic alcohol containing 1 to 5 carbon atoms;d) at least one water soluble glycol mono C.sub.1-4 alkyl ether solvent having a solubility in water at 25.degree. C. in excess of 10 g/100 g. water; ande) water;the relative proportions of said alcohol and said glycol being in the weight ratio of about 1:2 to 2:1 and the combined amount of said alcohol and said glycol present in said composition being in the range of from about 1 to less than about 7 wt. %.In the more preferred embodiment of the invention, the composition further contains an insect repelling amount of at least one insect repellent selected from the group consisting of alkyl or alkaryl amides having from about 5 to 16 carbon atoms.The compositions of the invention provide clear, stable pine oil dispersions at pine oil concentrations of up to about 25 wt.