Rapeseed Meal and egg taint

1. Certain rapeseed meals in the diet of hens laying brown eggs result in the production, from some birds, of eggs which have a “ fishy ” or “ crabby ” odour because of the presence of trimethylamine.

2. Such susceptible birds have been used to demonstrate that the activity can be extracted from rapeseed meal with appropriate solvents.     

The role of histamine and fish meal in the incidence of gizzard erosion and pro‐ventricular abnormalities in the fowl

1. The role of certain fish meals in the production of localised gizzard erosion is confirmed.

2. Lesions typical of gizzard erosion could be produced by the addition of histamine to the diet.

3. The amount of histamine occurring naturally in fish meal depends on the species of fish and the extent and nature of bacterial spoilage.

4. These variables may explain why histamine has not been implicated previously and also why there have not been consistent associations between the condition and geographical source or common factors in bulk consignments of the meal.     

Chromosome and plasmid-encoded N-acyl homoserine lactones produced by Agrobacterium vitis wildtype and mutants that differ in their interactions with grape and tobacco

Agrobacterium vitis causes crown gall disease on grapevines. It also induces a specific necrosis on grape roots and a hypersensitive response (HR) on tobacco that are regulated by a complex quorum-sensing regulatory system. Strain F2/5 produces at least six N-acyl-homoserine lactones (AHLs) that function as signal molecules in quorum-sensing. The AHLs differ in acyl side chain length (8–16 carbons) as determined by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry and electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry. Mutant derivatives of F2/5 differ in ability to cause necrosis and the HR and show variable AHL profiles as determined by a thin-layer chromatography/biosensor assay. All wildtype A. vitis strains revealed the presence of long-chain AHLs regardless of tumorigenicity or ability to cause the HR. Whereas genes encoding long-chain AHLs are predicted to reside on the F2/5 chromosome, the determinants for short-chain AHLs were shown to be located on conjugal plasmids.     

花椰菜新品种———津品55

 ‘津品55’为秋中早熟花椰菜一代杂种, 成熟期约60 d, 内叶合抱护球, 花球较紧, 洁白,单球质量1.0 kg左右, 产量30000 kg/hm² 左右, 比对照品种‘丰花60’增产26.0% ～43.3% , 生长势强,抗病性好。     

秋水仙素对四季桔多倍体的诱导效应

以四季桔（Fortunella calamondin）种子为外植体，研究了秋水仙素对多倍体诱导的影响，结果表明：将种子用秋水仙素溶液漫渍比直接接种在含秋水仙素的培养基上，诱导多倍体的效果更好，用0．2％秋水仙素溶液浸渍种子12．75h，诱导率最高，达14．4％；在含0．2％秋水仙索的培养基上培养50d，诱导率为9．8％；变异植株叶片变大，茎变粗，有少量植株出现三出复叶突变；变异植株的气孔明显大于二倍体植株，气孔密度降低。     

蝴蝶花的组织培养和根状茎的诱导

蝴蝶花(IrisjaponicaThunb.)是鸢尾科鸢尾属的多年生常绿宿根草本植物,地下有横走的根状茎;耐荫,是良好的耐荫地被植物。试验于2003年10月至2004年5月进行。选择健康的蝴蝶花植株,取地下的根状茎,选带节的茎段作为外植体,用洗洁精溶液浸泡4～5min,采用75%乙醇60s结合0.1%HgCl212min进行灭菌。根状茎在培养基MS 6BA1.0mg·L-1 KT2.0mg·L-1 NAA0.1mg·L-1,25℃下黑暗培养,腋芽出芽率达65.4%。黑暗比光照更有利于腋芽的萌发,可能是由于蝴蝶花是阴性植物;在自然条件下其根状茎的生长和顶芽的萌发处于暗环境,离体条件下黑暗培养更符合其…     

优质丰产草莓新品种‘石莓3号’

 ‘石莓3号’为高产、大果、优质, 中早熟草莓新品种, 1990年以自育优系‘18322’为母本, ‘全明星’为父本杂交育成。该品种植株生长势强, 丰产性好, 果实大, 风味浓郁, 品质优良, 适宜于我国华北、东北地区栽培。     

从核心种质的研究入手开展农作物优异基因的挖掘利用

针对植物种质资源收集保存和研究利用中的热点问题,在综述植物核心种质研究进展的基础上,阐述了广泛开展核心种质研究的意义,提出了从核心种质研究入手开展优异基因挖掘的策略。同时,介绍了我国基于核心种质研究的优异基因挖掘利用的现状、问题及发展需求。     

Culture of Differentiated Adult Rabbit Auricular Chondrocytes

Chondrocytes dedifferentiate to a fibroblast‐like phenotype on plastic surfaces. Dedifferentiation is reversible if these cells are then cultured embedded in gels as alginate, agarose or collagen. Chondrocytes cultured in suspension on a non‐adherent surface are also known to form aggregates of differentiated cells. The knowledge of chondrocyte behavior in culture is relevant for tissue engineering purposes. In this report we describe a simple method to culture differentiated or redifferentiated rabbit auricular chondrocytes on plastic surfaces with a stable phenotype. When chondrocyte aggregates formed in suspension are next seeded on plastic surfaces, most of them attach to the plastic as round or polygonal cells, and this morphological differentiation, confirmed by the presence of type II collagen, is stable for long culture periods. We also report that the addition of aggregates to monolayer cultures of dedifferentiated chondrocytes results in their redifferentiation, as is shown by their morphological changes and the synthesis of type II collagen. Therefore, this simple method can be useful for the study of chondrocyte behavior on plastic surfaces and for redifferentiating previously proliferated chondrocytes in tissue engineering techniques. Furthermore, these results demonstrate that, in addition to culture conditions such as cell isolation method or cell‐density, chondrocyte behavior on plastic depends on the presence or absence of aggregates resulting from the dissociation process.     

Bt对小地考虑呼吸作用的影响

利用红外CO2分析仪测定小地老虎幼虫呼吸节律的变化结果显示：小地老虎幼虫呼吸节律属于不规则波动型，取食含Bt烟叶的幼虫呼出的CO2量显著低于对照组，且呼吸节律的波动性也明显增大，说明小地考虑幼虫取食Bt后，呼吸代谢受到一定干扰，出现呼吸水平降低及代谢紊乱现象。