Efficient crop use of nitrogen (N) fertilizer is critical from economic and environmental viewpoints, especially under irrigated conditions. Cotton yield parameters, fiber quality, water‐ and N‐use efficiency responses to N, and irrigation methods in northern Syria were evaluated. Field trials were conducted for two growing seasons on a Chromoxerertic Rhodoxeralf. Treatments consisted of drip fertigation, furrow irrigation, and five different rates of N fertilizer (50, 100, 150, 200, and 250 kg N /ha). Cotton was irrigated when soil moisture in the specified active root depth was 80% of the field capacity as indicated by the neutron probe. Seed cotton yield was higher than the national average (3,928 kg/ha) by at least 12% as compared to all treatments. Lint properties were not negatively affected by the irrigation method or N rates. Water savings under drip fertigation ranged between 25 and 50% of irrigation water relative to furrow irrigation. Crop water‐use efficiencies of the drip‐fertigated treatments were in most cases 100% higher than those of the corresponding furrow‐irrigated treatments. The highest water demand was during the fruit‐setting growth stage. It was also concluded that under drip fertigation, 100–150 N kg/ha was adequate and comparable with the highest N rates tested under furrow irrigation regarding lint yield, N uptake, and recovery. Based on cotton seed yield and weight of stems, the overall amount of N removed from the field for the drip‐fertigated treatments ranged between 101 and 118kg and 116 and 188 N/ha for 2001 and 2002, respectively. The N removal ranged between 94 and 113 and 111 and 144 kg N/ha for the furrow‐irrigated treatments for 2001 and 2002, respectively. 相似文献
Subpopulations of T-cells, B-cells, macrophages and ellipsoid-associated reticular cells (EARC) could be demonstrated by immunohistochemical staining early in the development of chicken spleen. However, the typical structures of the spleen, such as the peri-arteriolar lymphoid sheath (PALS) and the ellipsoids with their surrounding ring of macrophages, were only formed around embryonic day (ED) 20. These structures and especially the B-cell compartment, i.e., the peri-ellipsoid lymphoid sheath (PELS) gradually matured during the first week posthatch.
Therefore, we analysed at what age broiler chickens could generate a humoral response against the thymus-dependent antigen bovine serum albumin (BSA). Chickens were immunised in ovo (ED16 and ED18) and at 1, 7 and 12 days of age and subsequent BSA-specific immunoglobulin (Ig) M and IgG responses were measured up to 10 days postimmunisation (DPI). No major differences were observed in the relative growth rates, while hatchability was only slightly reduced. Only in chicks immunised on 12 days of age, IgM and IgG responses were high with a normal kinetic pattern. In chicks immunised on 7 days of age, responses were just detectable, but they were absent in chicks immunised in ovo and on the day of hatching (Day 1).
In a subsequent experiment, 1-, 7- and 12-day-old chicks were BSA-immunised and Ig responses were measured for a longer period up to the age of 28 days. The IgG response of chicks immunised at 1 day of age was lower and occurred later (from 28 DPI) than the response of chicks immunised at 7 and 14 days of age (from 14 DPI). It was not increased by a booster immunisation on 29 days of age, in contrast to the response of chicks immunised at 7 and 14 days of age. These findings indicate that vaccination at 1 day of age does not activate the B-cell response resulting in antibody production and support the idea that the immune function of the late embryonic and neonatal chickens is not entirely developed due to the incomplete structural organisation of their secondary immune organs. 相似文献
AIM:To investigate the effects of serine/threonine kinase 15 (STK15) overexpression on the growth of human esophageal squamous-cell carcinoma (ESCC) cell line KYSE150. METHODS:Recombinant pEGFP-C1-STK15 expression vector was transfected into KYSE150 cells using LipofectamineTM 2000 and the expression of STK15 was detected by fluorescence microscopy and Western blotting. The proliferation of the cells in vitro was measured by MTT assay. The cell cycle distribution and apoptosis were detected by flow cytometry. The proliferation of the cells in vivo was measured by tumorigenicity experiment in nude mice. RESULTS:After recombinant pEGFP-C1-STK15 expression vector was stably transfected into KYSE150 cells, GFP-STK15 fusion protein localized to centrosome and spindle. The STK15-overexpressing colonies were further confirmed by Western blotting. MTT assay showed that the proliferation of the cells in STK15 overexpression group was increased compared with control group (P<0.01). Flow cytometry analysis showed that the percentage of the cells in G0/G1 phase and the cell apoptosis in STK15 overexpression group were decreased compared with control group (P<0.01). The tumorigenicity experiment in nude mice showed that the proliferation of the cells in STK15 overexpression group was increased compared with control group (P<0.01). CONCLUSION: Overexpression of STK15 in human ESCC KYSE150 cells promotes the cell growth in vitro and in vivo, indicating that STK15 may serve as a novel therapeutic target for esophageal carcinoma. 相似文献
