The Irish province are in their first Heineken Cup and the severity of the competition has contributed to a run of 14 defeats on the bounce.
The model encompassed: (i) severity of crop weed competition as affected by a rust pathogen, (ii) velocity of spread of the rust pathogen, and (iii) density of infected plants introduced in the weed population as starting points (inoculum sources) for an epidemic.
In addition to the basic structure reported above, we included red throat index as a covariate because throat colour varied with both male density and time of season (see Results), and influences the direction and severity of male competition [ 54– 54].
Water management has long been recognized as an effective cultural weed control practice in lowland rice (Rao et al. 2007), as flooding the soil could affect the density, vigour and uniformity of rice stands, as well as the severity of weed competition and the effectiveness of herbicides (Kim et al. 2001).
In particular D//DI population, the SD region extended further, spreading almost to the distal end of chromosome 5 as also observed in I//ID map (S05032, S05036, S05045, S05064, and S05077A) indicating the severity of the pollen competition effect (Additional file 4: Figure S2).
That's a real possibility given the severity of state budget cuts and stiffer competition for admissions from students who would otherwise attend higher-cost private schools.
The severity of today's financial crisis is blamed by some on the pressure of competition on banks.
Lloyds said: "The board believes that [leaving the APS] will significantly reduce the severity of the final terms of the restructuring plan required by the EC to limit distortions of competition resulted from the aid received by the group".
Still, injury prevention can aim to continue reducing the incidence and severity of injury, particularly those sustained in competitions and to the lower extremity.
