Residues of polychlorinated biphenyls and DDT in water and sediment of the St. Lucie Estuary, Florida, 1977.

sigma DDT residues in the St. Lucie River bottom sediments increased after Lake Okeechobee water was discharged through the St. Lucie Canal into the area. sigma DDT levels were highest in sediment samples from the Palm City area, ranging from 1.8 ppb to 6.15 ppb. Sediment samples from the A1A Highway Bridge area contained 1.6-6.8 ppb Aroclor 1254. Levels of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and sigma DDT in sediment samples from the junction of the St. Lucie and Indian Rivers were not detectable. Surface water samples from the estuary did not show any detectable DDT or PCB residues.     

Tom-cat odour and other pheromones in feline reproduction

The function and suppression of urine spraying by cats is discussed as also is the source of tom-cat odour. It seems unlikely that tom-cat odour is derived from the lipid in the proximal convoluted tubule of the kidney, however its production by the anal glands has not yet been proven. Although male cats show a flehmen response when sniffing urine, smell seems to play a more important role in reproduction in the female than the male. The available data suggests that valeric acid may function as a female/female pheromone in cats by inducing or facilitating oestrus. Nepetalactone, the active ingredient of catnip, is probably not related to any naturally occurring pheromone in the cat but simply acts as an hallucinogenic drug.     

西藏的小麦白秆病

小麦白秆病是在青藏高原上为害小麦的一种新病害,在受害的叶、叶鞘及茎秆上产生草黄色条斑和椭圆形至长方形斑点两种症状。经鉴定病害由壳月孢属(Selenophoma)真菌引起。病菌在15℃黑暗条件下的马铃薯葡萄糖琼脂上培养,形成粘质状菌落,生长缓慢,不形成分生孢子器,而在菌丝上芽殖分生孢子;在15℃黑光灯照射下的燕麦琼脂等培养基上培养,形成分生孢子器。分生孢子器分生孢子新月形,无色,单胞,大小为17.9-26×2.6-3.6μ;而芽殖分生孢子的大小及形态变异较大。病菌的生长温度范围为0—20℃,以15℃为最适宜。其寄主有小麦、黑麦及冰草等。种子和幼苗经接种后,均产生系统性条斑症状。根据病菌的形态和寄主范围,小麦白秆病菌即Selenophoma donacis(pass)sprague efA.G.Johnson,由于S.donacis 只产生斑点症状,而小麦白秆病菌产生特有的系统性条斑症状,且发生温度偏低,所以认为小麦白秆病菌是在青藏高原特殊的生境条件下,形成的一个Selenophoma donacis(pass)sprague et A.G.Johnson的“白秆(albo-culmo)生态型。     

棉铃虫田间分布型及在实践中的应用——2.棉铃虫田间卵量调查及序贯抽样检定防治标准的方法

在调查分析了解棉铃虫卵在田间呈核心理论分布型的基础上,研究了卵量调查方法的改进,应用序贯抽样检定防治标准,及统计资料的代换方法。根据棉铃虫卵在田间呈核心分布型,为了提高田间调查准确度,改进我国已经应用的田间取样方式,提出田间卵量调查方法是:以200株为取样量,采用平行线式,40个样点,每点单行五株。因为这样增多了样点和卵分布核心相遇的机会,经与原采用的单对角线式,双对角线式,棋盘式,分行式取样比较,平行线式取样准确度最高,降低了样本平均数代表性误差。为了节省田间卵量检查时间,可采用调查着卵株率计算百株卵量的办法,或对不同卵量密度的田块区别对待,百株卵量10粒以上检查100株,10粒以下检查200株。以田间百株卵量15粒或着卵株率11.77%为达到防治标准;卵量10粒或着卵株率8.36%为未达到防治标准,制定了序贯抽样检定防治标准的方法。检查卵量序贯抽样确定防治标准的方程:d_o=0.1127n-8.5353d_1=0.1127n 8.5353检查着卵株序贯抽样确定防治标准的方程:d_o=0.0998n-6.4228d_1=0.0998n 6.4228为了使用方便,制定了每次检查五株为单位的序贯抽样确定防治标准的田间实用检定表。实例计算表明,对棉铃虫卵和田间调查资料,进行变量分析,用对数和平方根代换均可。根据卵呈核心或嵌纹分布的特点,对数代换更为合理些。     

小麦对条锈病的水平抗病性研究初报

将小麦品种采用随机区组的田间设计种于小种病圃中,以鉴定和测定其水平抗性。根据各个“品种——小种”组合的相对病情指数的方差分析的结果,有些品种,如农大311、西农6028和丰产3号,其品种——小种互作高度显著,被鉴定为具有垂直抗性,另外一些品种,对试验所用的小种并无专化性,并且在大田生产中已显出20多年的持久的中度抗性,初步推测为属水平抗性。在后一类中,有些品种,如平原50,表现为中等反应型,其余则属于呈典型感病的迟锈慢锈类型。在迟锈慢锈品种的病指的对数矫正值(logits)和病圃的锈病强度(以感病对照品种的病指表之)的对数矫正值之间发现了直线回归。     

DDT in northern pike (Esox lucius) from the Richelieu River, Québec, Canada, 1974-75

Concentrations of DDT, TDE, DDE, and sigma DDT were determined in homogenized whole fish samples of 129 northern pike (Esox lucius). These fish were netted between June 1974 and June 1975 in the first 10 km of the Richelieu River flowing in Canadian territory. Two years after the banning of DDT, sigma DDT levels ranged from 0.2 ppm fresh body weight in two-year-old specimens to 1.5 ppm in a six-year-old pike. Residues increased greatly with age, and significant seasonal variations in the sigma DDT levels were found in five- and six-year-old pike.     

苹毒蛾核多角体病毒观察初报

苹毒蛾病毒是典型的核型多角体病毒结构,对苹毒蛾幼虫有较强的致死能力,对于开展苹毒蛾的生物防治有一定意义;在病毒分类上根据形态鉴别,可能属于杆状病毒属(Baculovirus)亚组(A)的一个种。     

Crystalline ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase-oxygenase from spinach

Spinach fraction I protein (ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase-oxy genase, E.C. 4.1.1.39) was crystallized on both an analytical and a preparative scale by vapor diffusion with polyethylene glycol (molecular weight, 6000) used as the precipitant. The identity of the crystalline material with fraction I protein was shown by gel electrophoresis in the presence of sodium dodecyl sulfate and immunological properties. The carboxylase and oxygenase activities copurify during crystallization, and the crystalline enzyme lacks copper and iron.