In vitro and in vivo efficacy of lasalocid for treatment of experimental cryptosporidiosis

In vitro viability of purified Cryptosporidium parvum oocysts, exposed for 30, 60, 90 and 120 min to 0.27 mg/ml lasalocid suspension was evaluated by inclusion or exclusion of two fluorogenic vital dyes and an excystation technique. Continuously, preventive and curative efficacies at different doses (9, 6.75, 5.625 and 4.5 mg/kg body weight) and regimens of lasalocid against cryptosporidial infection were evaluated on an experimental neonatal mice model. In vitro assays demonstrated a decrease in the oocyst viability related to an increase in exposure time for exposure to the lasalocid suspension. The infection was eradicated when the suspension was administered with a dose of ≥6.75 mg/kg body weight. No apparent toxic effects were observed.     

Yield loss in chickpeas in relation to development of fusarium wilt epidemics

ABSTRACT Development of 108 epidemics of Fusarium wilt of chickpea caused by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. ciceris were studied on cvs. P-2245 and PV-61 in field microplots artificially infested with races 0 and 5 of F. oxysporum f. sp. ciceris in 1986 to 1989. Disease progression data were fitted to the Richards model using nonlinear regression. The shape parameter was influenced primarily by date of sowing and, to a lesser extent, by chick-pea cultivars and races of F. oxysporum f. sp. ciceris. Fusarium wilt reduced chickpea yield by decreasing both seed yield and seed weight. These effects were related to sowing date, chickpea cultivar, and virulence of the prevalent F. oxysporum f. sp. ciceris race. Regression models were developed to relate chickpea yield to Fusarium wilt disease intensity with the following independent variables: time to initial symptoms (t(is)), time to inflection point (t(ip)) of the disease intensity index (DII) progress curve, final DII (DII(final)), standardized area under DII progress curve (SAUDPC), and the Richards weighted mean absolute rate of disease progression (rho). Irrespective of the chickpea cultivar x pathogen race combination, the absolute and relative seed yields decreased primarily by delayed sowing. The relative seed yield increased with the delay in t(is) and t(ip) and decreased with increasing DII(final), SAUDPC, and rho. A response surface as developed in which seed yield loss decreased in a linear relationship with the delay in t(is) and increased exponentially with the increase of rho.     

饲料中沙丁胺醇快速检测技术研究

本实验在现有的克伦特罗检测系统上建立了沙丁胺醇的酶联免疫吸附检测体系。结果表明,该方法在饲料中沙丁胺醇的检测中完全可行。     

Interactions of Pratylenchus thornei and Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. ciceris on Chickpea

ABSTRACT Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. ciceris and the root-lesion nematode Pratylenchus thornei coinfect chickpeas in southern Spain. The influence of root infection by P. thornei on the reaction of Fusarium wilt-susceptible (CPS 1 and PV 61) and wilt-resistant (UC 27) chickpea cultivars to F. oxysporum f. sp. ciceris race 5 was investigated under controlled and field conditions. Severity of Fusarium wilt was not modified by coinfection of chickpeas by P. thornei and F. oxysporum f. sp. ciceris, in simultaneous or sequential inoculations with the pathogens. Root infection with five nematodes per cm(3) of soil and 5,000 chlamydospores per g of soil of the fungus resulted in significantly higher numbers of propagules of F. oxysporum f. sp. ciceris with the wilt-susceptible cultivar CPS 1, but not with the wilt-resistant one. However, infection with 10 nematodes per cm(3) of soil significantly increased root infection by F. oxysporum f. sp. ciceris in both cultivars, irrespective of fungal inoculum densities (250 to 2,000 chlamydospores per g of soil). Plant growth was significantly reduced by P. thornei infection on wilt-susceptible and wilt-resistant chickpeas in controlled and field conditions, except when shorter periods of incubation (45 days after inoculation) were used under controlled conditions. Severity of root necrosis was greater in wilt-susceptible and wilt-resistant cultivars when nematodes were present in the root, irrespective of length of incubation time (45 to 90 days), densities of nematodes (5 and 10 nematodes per cm(3) of soil), fungal inocula, and experimental conditions. Nematode reproduction on the wilt-susceptible cultivars, but not on the wilt-resistant one, was significantly increased by F. oxysporum f. sp. ciceris infections under controlled and field conditions.     

高CO2/低O2气调贮藏对2个甜樱桃品种采后香气组分的影响

采用项空固相微萃取和气相色谱质谱联用技术分析了2个甜樱桃品种‘Kordia’和‘Vanda’在不同气调贮藏条件下果实香气成分的差异.结果表明,醇类、酯类、萜类和醛类是Kordia和Vanda的主要香气组分,其中15种醇类(主要成分有乙醇、2E-己烯醇和戊醇)占芳香物质总量的39％,8种酯类(主要成分有2E-己烯醇乙酸酯和戊酸丁酯)占测定芳香物质总量的39％,4种萜类(主要成分有柠檬烯和α--芳樟醇)占测定芳香物质总量的15％,10种醛类(主要成分有2E-己烯醛和2E-辛烯醛α--芳樟醇)占测定芳香物质总量的7％.其中戊醇、2E-己烯醛、2E-辛烯醛、戊酸丁酯、2E-己烯乙酸酯和柠檬烯等6种成分总含量占测定芳香物质总量的80％以上,3种气调贮藏条件下54 d后,樱桃果梗仍然为绿色,有10％的樱桃果梗逐渐变干,常规气调贮藏条件下樱桃果梗变为褐色.两者存在显著差异.     

Analysis of Original Causes of Reed Fires in Zhalong Nature Wetland Reserve in Heilongjiang Province

Zhalong Nature Reserve is located in the border areaof Qiqihaer City, Fuyu County, Lindian County andTailai County of Heilongjiang Province. The area ofthe reserve is 210 000 ha. The reserve is the firstnature reserve for protecting wetland and crane inChina. There were more than 300 red-crownedcranes here at the very most. Zhalong Nature Reserveis situated at the Songnen Plain, the lower stream ofthe Wuyuer River. It is the biggest nature reserve inChina that takes crane and wetland …     

Daily time course of whole-shoot gas exchange rates in two drought-exposed Mediterranean shrubs

Effects of drought on water relations, whole-shoot gas-exchange characteristics, and pigment and zeatin concentrations were investigated in the Mediterranean shrubs rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis L.) and lavender (Lavandula stoechas L.). Two-year-old, greenhouse-grown plants were placed in a whole-shoot gas-exchange measurement system and subjected to 10 days of drought, resulting in severe water stress, and then re-watered for 5 days in order to study their recovery. Water stress resulted in a significant decline in maximum whole-shoot net CO2 assimilation rates (An) for both species that was associated with reductions in leaf area and stomatal conductance. Because shoot dark respiration rate (Rd) was less sensitive to water stress than An, shoot Rd/An ratio increased from about 15 to 95% during water stress. No major changes in chlorophyll and carotenoid concentrations of rosemary leaves were observed during the experiments, but chlorophyll and carotenoid concentrations fell significantly in water-stressed lavender leaves. Zeatin concentrations were higher in rosemary leaves than in lavender leaves during water stress. After re-watering, whole-shoot An and Rd rapidly recovered to their pre-drought rates.     

匈牙利刺槐(Robinia pseudoacacia L.)改良的繁殖方法(英文)

在匈牙利,匈牙利刺槐(Robinia pseudoacacia L.)是重要的成林树种之一,且该树种的重要性在世界其它国家也日益增加。该树种的生产通常有两种方法:种子和根插条。组织培养对该种来说是一种相对较新的方法。对于在各种环境条件下大规模地生产苗木来说,种子栽培是相对简单的方法,机械化方法比较容易且生产成本相对较低。根插条和组织培养对于优势个体或品种繁殖是有价值的。利用这些方法,所选出的树木的优势品质可以在无性系得以保存。近期实验表明,微繁殖树木可以成功地移植到土壤中,在野外生长。     

Organogenic responses of Pinus pinea cotyledons to hormonal treatments: BA metabolism and cytokinin content

Isolated cotyledons from mature Pinus pinea L. embryos were cultured in vitro in a factorial combination of 4.4, 10 and 44.4 microM N6-benzyladenine (BA) for 2, 4, 8, 16 and 35 days to optimize shoot regeneration. Incubation of explants in 44.4 microM BA for 4 days, in place of the standard incubation in 4.4 microM BA for 35 days, reduced the entire culture period to 4 weeks. Shortening the culture period had no significant effect on the caulogenic response or the number of buds formed per cotyledon. To establish the relationship between key moments in the caulogenic process induced by 4.4 microM BA and the endogenous concentrations of the active forms of BA and other isoprenoid-type cytokinins (CKs), we examined uptake, metabolism and amount of BA, as well as the amounts of zeatin, dihydrozeatin and their ribosides in P. pinea cotyledons after 1, 2, 6, 12 and 24 h, and 2, 4, 8, 16 and 35 days of exposure to 8-[14C]BA. Uptake and release of BA were associated with water movement between explants and the medium during the first 8 days of culture. The interconvertible forms of BA were the main metabolites formed in the tissues. Inactivation of BA as a result of conjugation or oxidation was insignificant. The endogenous concentration of BA + N6-benzyladenosine was 20-fold higher than the exogenously applied BA during the competence acquisition phase (Days 0-3). The concentration of isoprenoid-type CKs also increased 16-fold and then decreased during this time. Induction of shoot buds (Days 4-8) was characterized by a second peak of BA uptake by explants that triggered the synthesis of N6-benzyladenosine-5 -monophosphate and by the maintenance of isoprenoid-type CKs. Reestablishment of CK homeostasis marked the shift from the induction phase to the shoot development phase in this organogenic process (Days 8-12).