A collection of 55 Fusarium graminearum (Gibberella zeae) strains isolated between 1969 and 2009 in Belgium, Canada, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, or the USA belonging to the three
known chemotypes (3-acetylated deoxynivalenol, 15-acetylated deoxynivalenol and nivalenol) were screened for their sensitivity
towards the fungicide trifloxystrobin using a liquid culture assay. None of the isolates was completely inhibited by trifloxystrobin
concentrations up to 3 mM. For comparison, prothioconazole completely inhibited fungal growth of a standard isolate at concentrations
as low as 0.007 mM. The maximum level of inhibition, which could be obtained by trifloxystrobin, ranged from 14 to 65% among
the strains tested and was not significantly affected by the country of origin or by the chemotype. The absence of significant
differences in resistance levels between the countries of origin and chemotypes as well as the fact that strains isolated
before the market introduction of strobilurins in 1996 also showed a high level of resistance is evidence that this is largely
a case of natural resistance and not primarily related to strobilurin use in agriculture. 相似文献
Influence of mineral nutrition on the predisposition of Phaseolus vulgaris against Colletotrichum lindemuthianum (Sacc. et Magn.) Br. et Cav. II. Organic and anorganic components in relation to predisposition with varying N-, K- and Ca supply
1 The predisposition of Phaseolus vulgaris vs. Colletotrichum lindemuthianum was increased with higher N- and K-concentrations in the nutrient solution.
2 No correlation between these changes of susceptibility and organic plant constituents, the content of which was also influenced by the nutrition (total carbohydrates, chlorophyll, total N, precipitable N, total protein, individual amino acids).
3 Analysis of inorganic plant constituents (K, Ca, Mg, Fe, at increased N- and K-nutrition showed a negative correlation between the predisposition and the content of Ca and, to a lesser extent of Mg.
4 The influence of N-nutrition on the susceptibility was only related to the ammonium-ion. The nitrate concentration in the nutrient solution had no effect.
5 The predisposition was also influenced by Ca-nutrition: low Ca-concentration in the nutrient solution, low Ca-content and high susceptibility, on the other hand high Ca-concentration, high Ca-content and low susceptibility. At a certain level of Ca no further reduction of the disease level could be achieved (35 and 25mg Cdg dry matter for primary leaves and the third leaf, respectively).
6 The relation between N- and K-nutrition and Ca-content is presumably caused by the ion uptake antagonism between K′, NH4′ and Ca2+.
The extent and persistence of the effect of soil compaction in a system with annual ploughing were investigated in 21 long-term field experiments in Sweden with a total of 259 location-years. Crop yield, soil physical properties and plant establishment were determined. All experiments had two common treatments: control (no extra traffic) and compacted (350 Mg km ha−1 of experimental traffic in the autumn prior to ploughing), using a tractor and trailer with traditional wheel equipment and an axle load restricted to 4 Mg. During the rest of the year, both treatments were conventionally and equally tilled. The compaction was repeated each autumn for at least 7 years, and the yield was determined each year until 5 years after the termination of the compaction treatment.
Compaction decreased the porosity and the proportion of large pores and increased the tensile strength of dry aggregates. On clay and loam soils, it decreased the proportion of fine aggregates in the seedbed and the gravimetric soil water content in the seedbed.
The yield in the compacted treatment declined compared with the control during the first 4 years, after which it reached steady state. During this steady state, the compaction treatment caused a yield loss of 11.4%, averaged over 107 location-years. Within 4–5 years after the termination of the compaction treatment, the yield returned to the control level. The average yield loss at individual sites increased with increasing clay content.
Results from additional treatments indicated that yield loss was linearly correlated with the amount of traffic up to 300–400 Mg km ha−1. With greater ground contact pressure or a greater soil water content at time of traffic, there was a greater yield loss.
Soil compaction effects on yield were similar for all spring-sown crops, and the percentage yield loss seemed to be independent of the yield. In a few location-years with winter wheat there was on average no yield decrease.
There were 5.1% less plants in the compacted treatment than in the control. The yield decrease was significantly correlated with the number of plants.
Between years results were highly variable, and no consistent correlations between yield loss and soil water content at the time of traffic or the weather conditions during the growing period were found. Soil compaction affected yield during years with good as well as poor conditions for crop growth. 相似文献
Runoff events were analysed in separated sewer systems in the town of Luxembourg. The relationships between Event Mean Concentrations of different pollutants and runoff patterns were evaluated. In addition, the inter-storm and intra-storm variability of the material transport were determined. Primarily, the variations in pollutant concentrations and loads are determined by the antecedent weather conditions. The presence of illicit sanitary inputs in one of the sewers produced a significant first flush effect as well as higher Event Mean Concentrations for pollutants. Furthermore, near the town of Trier 40 storms were analyzed in a small natural basin mainly influenced by runoff from a separated sewer system. Natural and artificial storm events were investigated in order to estimate the relationship between the pollutant sources in the channel and from the separated sewer system. Just like in the canalization of Luxembourg City the pollutant dynamics during natural storms are strongly influenced by pre-event hydrological conditions. The artificial storms behave differently. Despite little pre-rain, the maximum concentrations of toxic substances are comparatively low. A resuspension of sediment only occurs in the natural channel system, without the introduction of fines from the sewer system. 相似文献
In aqueous bulbi of experimentally against Brucella abortus immunized guinea pigs and rabbits specific antibodies could be detected by ELISA-tests. This first demonstration of brucella antibodies in the aqueous shows that aqueous can be used for serological examinations. For practical use more investigations in experimental animals are necessary, e.g. on kinetics of orbital antibodies absence of interfering factors and biomechanics of proteins in aqueous. 相似文献
The soluble nitrogen (N) components in sugar beet seriously impair sugar recovery. The only N component determined routinely in the sugar factory is amino N (the sum of amino acids in the beet), which is assumed to reflect all the other N components. Amino N is affected by N supply and variety, but only little is known about the other N components such as total soluble N, betaine and nitrate. This study aimed at investigating the effect of N supply on the N composition of sugar beet varieties with special emphasis on N supply by variety interactions. In 2001 and 2002, field trials with four varieties and four N treatments were carried out at six sites in Germany. Storage root yield and the concentrations of sucrose, sodium, amino N, betaine, nitrate and total soluble N in the beet were determined. With increasing N supply, the concentration of amino N increased considerably and that of nitrate slightly, whereas that of betaine remained rather constant. Thus, the N composition of sugar beet changed with increasing N supply and the percentage of amino N of total soluble N increased. Although amino N has the closest correlation with total soluble N, for quality assessment it may overestimate the effect of N supply on other N components. Varieties clearly differed in root yield and quality as well as in all N components. The variety with the lowest amino N had the highest betaine concentration. However, as related to the concentration of total soluble N in the beet, for all varieties amino N as well as betaine showed the same response pattern. This indicates that the N composition of sugar beet is determined by the level of total soluble N, irrespective of variety or N supply. All varieties required the same N supply for obtaining maximum yield or quality. N supply did not affect the ranking of the varieties for all parameters studied, consequently it need not be considered for variety choice. 相似文献
An attempt is made on the basis of extensive studies on the energy metabolism of growing broilers to describe as a model the efficiency of the energetic utilization of the feed. The following parameters are components of the model: metabolizable energy, energy maintenance requirement, thermoneutral temperature, thermoregulatory heat production, heat production from the partial utilization of metabolizable energy for body energy retention, heat production (total), energy retention, utilization of metabolizable energy (total), live weight, environmental temperature. At environmental temperatures of 35, 30, 25, 20 and 15 degrees C resp. the model statement for the total utilization of metabolizable energy amounts to 32.4, 39.4, 39.6, 37.3 and 36.2% resp. 相似文献
Autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA) was detected in pigs affected by spontaneous eperythrozoonosis. Autoantibodies against red cells were found by hemagglutination and hemolysin tests and direct and indirect antiglobulin tests using immunofluorescence. According to these findings and morphological results, the process in porcine eperythrozoonosis is to be classified as acquired autoimmune hemolytic anemia due to “cold” antibodies. 相似文献
The effects of whole-body potassium depletion induced by food deprivation on plasma, erythrocyte, and middle gluteal muscle K concentrations was quantified in 16 healthy, adult horses before, during, and at the end of a 7-day period of food deprivation during which water and sodium chloride were available ad libitum. Potassium concentrations were determined by atomic absorption spectroscopy. Plasma K concentration remained constant (3.49 +/- 0.09 mM K/L of plasma; mean +/- SEM) throughout the study. Erythrocyte potassium concentration decreased from 93.10 +/- 1.94 mM K/L of erythrocytes on day 0 to 88.63 +/- 2.39 mM K/L of erythrocytes on day 2 (decrease of 4.8%; P less than 0.05) and thereafter did not change. The K concentration of the middle gluteal muscle decreased from 91.06 +/- 2.96 microM K/g of muscle (wet weight) to 79.61 +/- 2.09 microM K/g of muscle (decrease of 12.6%; P less than 0.05) on day 4 and decreased further on day 7 to 73.62 +/- 1.85 microM K/g of muscle (decrease of 19.2%; P less than 0.05). There was no correlation between the plasma and erythrocyte K concentrations (r = -0.066), the erythrocyte and middle gluteal muscle K concentrations (r = 0.167), or the plasma and middle gluteal muscle potassium concentrations (r = -0.018). The water content of the middle gluteal muscle remained constant (73.23 +/- 0.36%) throughout the study. Erythrocyte membrane potential did not change (-99.26 +/- 0.87 mV) during the study, whereas the magnitude of the membrane potential of the middle gluteal muscle decreased from -105.84 +/- 1.67 mV on day 0 to -100.93 +/- 2.10 mV on day 7 (P less than 0.05). 相似文献
Dogs received either 4 mg/kg of prednisone or sterile saline daily for 32 days. Serum samples were assayed every 4 days for total alkaline phosphatase (ALP) and corticosteroid-induced ALP isoenzyme (CIALP) activity. The initial and major increase of serum ALP was attributed to the liver isoenzyme of ALP (LALP), however, CIALP began to increase by day 8 and was significantly increased by day 24. Prior to treatment and on day 32, sections of liver from control and prednisone-treated dogs were stained for ALP activity after blocking the staining activity of LALP with levamisole. The staining activity of CIALP was compared to the staining activity of LALP in liver sections from control dogs and from dogs in which the bile duct was ligated. It was determined that CIALP was located in that area of the hepatocyte membranes which comprise the bile canaliculi. 相似文献