The use of air‐coolers in broiler houses under subtropical conditions in Iraq

1. Under summer conditions in north Iraq, 2 000 chicks were reared for 56 d in two broiler houses. One house was provided with two air‐coolers. The birds were housed at densities of eight to 16 birds/m².

2. Differences in weight gain between birds in cooled and uncooled houses ranged from 101.5 g at eight birds/m² to 385 g at 16 birds/m². Food consumption increased gradually with increasing bird density. Food conversion efficiency, meat yield and carcass conformation were much better in the cooled house than under conventional conditions.

3. The financial return/m² ranged from 2.30 to 4.51 ID¹ in the cooled house, compared with 2.01 to 2.77 ID in the uncooled house at different floor densities.     

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.     

保护地番茄新品种苏粉8号的选育

苏粉8号系以GB9736为母本,TM9761为父本配制而成的适合保护地栽培的中熟番茄一代杂种.属无限生长型.果实高圆形,粉红色,果面光滑,果皮厚,耐贮运,品质佳,可溶性固形物含量5.0%,酸甜适中,单果质量200～250 g,产量6 000kg·(667 m2)-1以上.高抗ToMV-0,1株系、叶霉病,抗枯萎病,中抗CMV.已在江苏、山东、四川、浙江等地示范推广逾266.7 hm2.     

结球莴苣“烧边”成因及其调控措施的研究进展

结球莴苣烧边病是生理性病害，严重影响其品质，制约生产。国内外多数研究者认为钙缺乏导致结球莴苣烧边病的发生，但是现在许多研究表明其他因素也能导致烧边病的出现，例如环境因素、生长速率、内源激素等，所以研究烧边病发生的机制及其与环境因素的关系是防御结球莴苣烧边病发生的关键。     

果树病毒检测方法研究进展

综述了苹果、樱桃、李等果树病毒检测的新进展，同时对各种病毒检测方法的优缺点进行了比较。     

特早熟桃新品种‘秦捷’

 ‘秦捷’系‘大久保’ ב春蕾’育成的特早熟桃新品种, 树势强健, 树姿半开张, 平均单果质量135 g, 最大200 g, 果面着玫瑰色晕, 肉白, 脆硬, 溶质, 甜酸适中, 微香, 较耐贮运, 果实6月上旬成熟, 丰产, 盛果期产量可达32.355 t/hm²。     

黑穗醋栗新品种‘甜蜜’

 ‘甜蜜’是从波兰引进的黑穗醋栗试材中筛选出来的晚熟品种, 生长势强, 果穗长, 单果质量1.47 g, 可溶性固形物14% , 维生素C 1.6 g/kg FM。果实出汁率70%。风味酸甜, 鲜食口味佳。丰产性好。在长春地区7月中下旬成熟。     

酵母蛋白饲料培养条件的研究

对啤酒酵母进行发酵试验,结果表明:该酵母最优的培养条件是麦芽汁培养基稀释倍数2.5,培养时间20h,蔗糖添加量10Brix,尿素添加量0.02%,且酵母菌耐酸耐铜的性能好。     

重庆市江北区城乡交错带土地利用规划探讨

特殊的经济地理位置使得城乡交错带成为土地利用规划和土地利用管理的重点和难点区域。本文以重庆市江北区为例，分析了城乡交错带土地利用的基本特性，并根据现状和未来15年国民经济和社会发展的预测。提出了土地利用总体规划的重点。     

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.