Effects of herbicidal carbamates on mitochondria and chloroplasts

At concentrations near 2 × 10^?4M, barban, chlorpropham, and phenmedipham are inhibitors of the electron transfer in potato and mung bean mitochondria. The inhibition seems to be localized in the flavoprotein region. It affects preferentially the exogenous NADH dehydrogenation, in potato mitochondria (I₅₀, 10^?4M). Succinate dehydrogenation is less inhibited. At noninhibiting concentrations, the studied carbamates cannot uncouple the oxidative phosphorylations. Photosynthesis is completely inhibited by 2.10^?7M phenmedipham, 5 × 10^?5M barban, and 2 × 10^?4M chlorpropham. The inhibition takes place at the PS II level. Moreover, barban and chlorpropham are uncouplers of the photophosphorylations for concentrations between 5 × 10^?5 and 5 × 10^?4M. The effects observed on mitochondrial respiration can also be found on respiration of Acer cultured cells. The effects on isolated chloroplast photosynthesis are also observed for slightly higher concentrations on cultured Chlorella and on pea and oat leaf fragments.     

青海省海西地区马焦虫病的血清学诊断

用ELISA方法调查了青海省海西地区马焦虫病的流行情况。从海西地区的格尔木市和乌兰县的牧户中收集了199份马属动物的血清样品，用马巴贝斯原虫的重组抗原P蚰48（GST-BcSAGlt）蛋白作为ELISA诊断抗原。进行了马巴贝斯原虫的诊断检查。从199份血清样品检出61份马巴贝斯原虫阳性，阳性率为30，65％。结果显示马焦虫病已在该地区广泛传播，并已严重威胁该地区的马属动物。     

犬瘟热病毒Guizhou株血凝素基因的克隆及序列分析

参照已发表的文献合成1对引物，以犬瘟热病毒Guizhou分离株感染Vero细胞收获病毒提取的RNA为模板，RT-PCR扩增获得血凝素蛋白基因（H）901～1661位大小为761bp的片段，并将PCR扩增产物进行克隆和测序。将Guizhou株与GenBank数据库中的31株CDV及国内NanjingOP株的H基因序列进行同源性和系统发生树分析，发现Guizhou株的H基因部分序列与疫苗毒株Convac和Onderstpoort的同源性最低，只有90％；与日本野毒株Tanu96、KDK-1、Hmanatsu、Yanaka、UENO的同源性较高，为96％～98％；且与国内从大熊猫和小熊猫分离的野毒株GP和LP的同源性也较高，为98％和96％。系统发生树分析显示，Guizhou株与国内野毒株GP和LP，及日本的5个野毒株应属同一类，其中和GP株基因型最近，推测这些毒株间有更近的共同祖先。因此怀疑该病毒较适应于野生动物，且在我国某些地区的野生动物中可能存在自然疫源性传播。     

Inoculation of cucumber roots with zoospores of mycoparasitic and plant pathogenic Pythium species: Differential zoospore accumulation, colonization ability and plant growth response

Hydroponically grown cucumber (Cucumis sativus) seedlings were inoculated with zoospores of 1 mycoparasitic (Pythium oligandrum) and 2 pathogenic (Pythium aphanidermatum and Pythium group F) Pythium spp. During the first 2 days after inoculation, all the Pythium spp. caused reduction in the root length. However, roots treated with Pythium oligandrum quickly reached the length of the control and on the 8th day, and for the rest of the experimental period, stimulation of root elongation was noted. Pythium oligandrum was not pathogenic on cucumber and no differences in the fresh weights of control and Pythium oligandrum inoculated plants were observed in the course of the experiment. Pythium group F and Pythium aphanidermatum were pathogenic on cucumber seedlings, but their pathogenicities differed. Thus, while Pythium group F had a constant, negative influence on root length and plant growth, measured as fresh weight, Pythium aphanidermatum caused generalized necroses of the root system, inhibiting consistently root elongation and plant growth and finally causing plant death. Moreover, the zoospores of 2 mycoparasitic species, Pythium oligandrum and Pythium periplocum, were not attracted to roots of cucumber and accumulated on the roots in very low numbers compared to those of the pathogenic species, Pythium aphanidermatum, which were strongly attracted and accumulated in large numbers. Finally, it was also found that Pythium oligandrum colonized the roots very poorly, while Pythium group F and Pythium aphanidermatum were significantly better root colonizers. The significance of these findings is discussed in relation to the ecology of Pythium species and biocontrol.     

铅酸蓄电池复合脉冲活化原理及电路设计

分析铅酸蓄电池充、放电化学反应过程及其硫化现象、原因和危害,探讨解决硫化问题的途径和主要方法,研究铅酸蓄电池脉冲充电的活化原理,设计了一种复合脉冲循环充放电工作电路.为铅酸蓄电池活化与修复研究提出了新的观点和应用技术.     

贮藏期间板栗呼吸特性研究

对板栗贮藏期间呼吸速率及影响因素的研究发现：０－５℃贮藏能显著抑制板栗呼吸，能使板栗缓慢呼吸的稳定期延长至次年 ３月，但随贮期延长板栗组织愈加不耐受低 Ｏ２高 ＣＯ２环境；降低起始Ｏ２或提高起始 ＣＯ２浓度不能降低板栗的呼吸速率。     

Einfluss selektiver mechanischer Fruchtbehangsregulierung auf Ethylensynthese als Stressindikator sowie Ertrag und Fruchtqualität bei Kernobst

The overall objective of this work was to improve fruit quality, break alternate bearing and reduce hand thinning using fewer chemicals in fruit crops. A device was constructed for mechanical thinning, which consisted of three independent horizontal rotors with ropes and freely adjustable angles on a frame, mounted on a front three point hitch and powered by the tractor hydraulics. This can be adapted to any fruit tree trained as spindle, Solaxe, (tall) vertical axis or fruit wall (le mur fruitier) irrespective of rootstock employed. Rotor speed varied from 300 to 460?rpm at either 5 or 7.5?km/h tractor speed. Eight-year-old or twelve-old apple trees cvs. ‘Gala’ and ‘Golden Delicious’ were mechanically thinned in 2007 between pink bud and full bloom (flower bud stages 6–8 or F1–F2) near Bonn, Germany; non-thinned and hand-thinned apple trees of the same block and variety served as control. Mechanically thinned flowering branches showed a similar amount of ethylene efflux (0.4–0.6?ppm C₂H₄/branch) as non-thinned flower branches, preventing potentially unexpected subsequent fruit drop, except for those removed by the rotors. The impact of the horizontal rotors on the branches was from the upper side and removed excessive flowers right to the tree trunk viz. the centre of the tree canopy, where fruits of lesser quality are expected leaving 2–3 flowers per cluster. Leaf damage was less than??10%, even at the fast rotor speed of 420?rpm, which was associated with negligible wood injury. Mechanical thinning induced firmer and sweeter fruit, i.e. tastier apples with longer shelf life, relative to control fruit from non-thinned apple trees. The greatest efficacy in terms of final fruit quality in the grading/sorting was achieved by a rotor speed of 360?rpm at a tractor speed of 5?km/h: Fruit mass increased by up to 20?g and the proportion of fruit larger than 70–75?mm by 10–30% compared with the fruit from non-thinned trees. Mechanical thinning with this newly constructed device led to a 10–20% reduction in yield, but increased returns due to better fruit size and colouration in apple with the potential to overcome alternate bearing.     

叶用银杏半同胞家系苗期性状生长动态及苗期选择

对银杏2年生苗苗高、地径生长过程运用Logistic方程进行模拟，相关系数均在0．97以上，银杏高生长在萌芽展叶后直接进入速生期，地径生长速生期开始与结束均要晚于苗高生长速生期，不同家系苗高、地径生长速生期的停止期差异较大。银杏苗期叶片的叶长、叶宽、单叶干重、单叶鲜重、平均单叶面积等形态指标的年生长节律呈S型曲线、内含物的年变化规律呈双峰型曲线。研究表明：苗高与地径生长的速生期终点、成熟健康叶片的叶面积、9月初的叶片总内酯含量、9月底的叶片总黄酮含量等性状可作为叶用银杏家系苗期选择的重要指标。     

Synthesis of dihydroxyphenacyl glycosides for biological and medicinal study: β-oxoacteoside from Paulownia tomentosa

The protected structure of -oxoacteoside (tomentoside A), 2-oxo-2-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)ethyl 3-O-(2,3,4-tri-O-acetyl--l-rhamnopyranosyl)-4-O-caffeoyl--d-glucopyranoside 14 was synthesized in 14% overall yield in 11 steps, starting from d-glucose for biological and medicinal studies of phenylpropanoid glycosides. The first step was the preparation of a 3-O-rhamnopyranosyl disaccharide sugar core 2 from a suitably protected rhamnosyl trichloroacetimidate 10 and glucose derivative (diacetone-d-glucose 1) in 71% yield. To the glucose moiety of this sugar core, several protection/deprotection procedures were performed sequentially to obtain a fully acetylated sugar core 7 with a 4-OH group on the glucose moiety, in 57% yield in five steps. Thereafter, to the 4-OH group of the glucose moiety, selective 4-O-caffeoylation was achieved by proton-transfer esterification with 3,4-di-O-allylcaffeic acid 16 to give the caffeoyl disaccharide 11 in 97% yield. Then, it was converted to trichloroacetimidate 13 for a glycosylation donor in 90% in two steps. Finally, anomeric glycosylation was conducted with 2-oxo-2-(3,4-di-allyloxyphenyl)ethyl alcohol 19 with catalytic amounts of BF₃·Et₂O to give 2-oxo-2-(3,4-di-allyloxyphenyl)ethyl 2,6-di-O-acetyl-3-O-(2,3,4-tri-O-acetyl--l-rhamnopyranosyl)-4-O-(3,4-di-allyloxycaffeoyl)--d-glucopyranoside 14 in 60% yield. Deprotected intermediates of compounds 2, 11, 14, and 19 which were obtained in high yield would be useful for biological and medicinal studies of phenylpropanoid glycosides.Part of this study was presented at the 52nd Annual Meeting of the Japan Wood Research Society, Gifu, April, 2002     

Salt distribution in response to optical stratification porosity and relative windspeed in a coastal forest in Niigata, Japan

Wind velocity, vertical stand structure and seasalt distribution were measured at various heights inside a plantation of coastal pine forest, with thinning and unthinning, to assess whether any relationships exist between the wind profile, stand structure and seasalt distribution in the coastal pine forest. The vertical stand structure, i.e., optical stratification porosity (OSP), which is defined as vertical distribution of the proportion of sky hemisphere not obscured by tree elements inside a forest stand, was determined for each height by computer analysis of digital images taken with a hemispherical lens. The distribution of OSP in the coastal forest follows the Lambert-Beer's law with absorbency coefficient (). The relative windspeed within canopy can be described using the exponential form with the attenuation coefficient (). The sea-salt was collected using salt gauze (a surgical dressing of loosely woven cotton) both inside and outside the coastal forest, and the distribution of sea-salt within canopy was also in accordance with an exponential function. The relationships among windspeed, OSP and sea-salt indicate that the distributions of both sea-salt and windspeed within canopy were very closely correlated with the distribution of OSP. A linear relationship between OSP and sea-salt has been found. Additionally, linear regression between coefficients and has been obtained as well. Based on these relationships between OSP, wind and sea-salt in the coastal forest, the sea-salt distribution and wind profile within the canopy of the coastal forest can be predicted according to OSP. These results may therefore be useful in analyzing the effects of sea-salt on vegetation and evaluating the filter functions of coastal forests.This revised version was published online in November 2005 with corrections to the Cover Date.