Influence of growing season and donor plant age on anther culture response of some pepper cultivars (Capsicum annuum L.)     

Nurgül Ercan  Funda A. SensoyA. Sırrı Sensoy 《Scientia Horticulturae》2006

The effects of growing season and donor plant age on anther culture in Capsicum were investigated. Pepper cultivars Kekova and Sera Demre 8 were grown under unheated greenhouse conditions in winter season and field conditions in summer season. Flower buds were collected and cultured in weekly intervals from November to May in winter and from April to December in summer. The results of this study indicated that anthers from these two pepper genotypes gave different embryogenic response to seasonal effects. Kekova cultivar gave the highest embryogenic yield in summer season while this was occurred in winter season for Sera Demre 8 cultivar. The results of the study revealed that the effect of donor plant age was also an important factor in anther culture of pepper. Since 4-month-old plants gave the highest embryo yield in both cultivars in each seasons, it is possible to say that anthers collected from old plants have sufficient embryogenic response when the optimum developmental stage is selected.  相似文献   

Identification of Landscape Elements Related to Local Declines of a Boreal Grey-sided Vole Population     

Frauke Ecke  Pernilla Christensen  Per Sandström  Birger Hörnfeldt 《Landscape Ecology》2006,21(4):485-497

Several studies indicate a long-term decline in numbers of different species of voles in northern Fennoscandia. In boreal Sweden, the long-term decline is most pronounced in the grey-sided vole (Clethrionomys rufocanus). Altered forest landscape structure has been suggested as a possible cause of the decline. However, habitat responses of grey-sided voles at the landscape scale have never been studied. We analyzed such responses of this species in lowland forests in Västerbotten, northern Sweden. Cumulated spring densities representing 22 local time series from 1980–1999 were obtained by a landscape sampling design and were related to the surrounding landscape structure of 2.5×2.5 km plots centred on each of the 22 1-ha trapping plots. In accordance with general knowledge on local habitat preferences of grey-sided voles, our study supported the importance of habitat variables such as boulder fields and old-growth pine forest at the landscape scale. Densities were negatively related to clear cuts. Habitat associations were primarily those of landscape structure related to habitat fragmentation, distance between habitat patches and patch interspersion rather than habitat patch type quantity. Local densities of the grey-sided vole were positively and exponentially correlated with spatial contiguity (measured with the fragmentation index) of old-growth pine forest, indicating critical forest fragmentation thresholds. Our results indicate that altered land use might be involved in the long-term decline of the grey-sided vole in managed forest areas of Fennoscandia. We propose two further approaches to reveal and test responses of this species to changes in landscape structure.  相似文献   

Effect of temperature on development,mortality, fecundity and reproduction of<Emphasis Type="Italic">Tuberolachnus salignus</Emphasis> on weeping willow (<Emphasis Type="Italic">Salix babylonica</Emphasis>) and corkscrew willow (<Emphasis Type="Italic">Salix matsudana</Emphasis>)     

N. Özder  Ö. Sağlam  A. Güven  V. Aydın 《Phytoparasitica》2007,35(4):386-391

The development time, survivorship and reproduction ofTuberolachnus salignus (Gmelin) (Hemiptera: Aphididae) [Lachninae, Lachnini] were studied onSalix babylonica (weeping willow) andSalix matsudana (corkscrew willow) at five constant temperatures (17.5, 20, 22.5, 25 and 27.5°C). The development time of immature stages ofT. salignus ranged from 14.56 days at 17.5°C to 12.50 days at 25°C onS. babylonica, and 16.47 days at 20°C to 12.28 days at 25°C onS. matsudana. The total survivorship of immature stages ofT. salignus varied from 28% to 85% at 22.5 and 17.5°C, respectively, onS. babylonica, and from 13% to 63%, respectively, at 17.5 and 25°C onS. matsudana. The greatest intrinsic rate of increase occurred at 25°C onS. babylonica (0.2691) and also onS. matsudana (0.2607). The mean generation time of the aphid population ranged from 14.15 days at 25°C to 16.24 days at 17.5°C onS. babylonica, and from 14.33°C days at 25°C to 19.86 days at 20°C onS. matsudana. The optimal temperature forS. babylonica growth, development time, reproduction and percent survival was 25°C.  相似文献   

Note: First record of the eucalyptus gall wasp<Emphasis Type="Italic">Ophelimus maskelli</Emphasis> and its parasitoid,<Emphasis Type="Italic">Closterocerus chamaeleon</Emphasis>, in Turkey     

M. Doğanlar  Z. Mendel 《Phytoparasitica》2007,35(4):333-335

The Eucalyptus gall waspOphelimus maskelli (Ashmead) (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Eulophidae: Ophelimini) and its introduced parasitoidClosterocerus chamaeleon (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Eulophidae: Entedoninae) are recorded for the first time in the Mediterranean and Aegean Regions of Turkey. Some morphological characters of adult and larva ofO. maskelli and larva ofC. chamaeleon are described and illustrated. Distributions of the two wasps collected in Turkey are given. Results indicate that the biological control agent,C. chamaeleon, has spread over 1,300 km in the 16 months since its initial release.  相似文献   

AFLP analysis of genetic diversity in low chill requiring walnut (Juglans regia L.) genotypes from Hatay,Turkey     

S. Bayazit  K. Kazan  S. Gülbitti  V. Çevik  H. Ayanoğlu  A. Ergül 《Scientia Horticulturae》2007

In this study, the genetic relatedness of 22 low chill requiring walnut genotypes adapted to the south east Mediterranean region of Turkey was analysed by amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) markers. Relatively low level of genetic variation was detected among the genotypes examined by five AFLP primer combinations, suggesting that these walnut genotypes selected predominantly for their low chill requirement have relatively narrow genetic base. In addition, the geographical proximity of the genotypes analysed was not correlated with their level of genetic relatedness. These results have implications for walnut breeding and conservation.  相似文献   

Conservation and enhancement of natural enemies in biological control     

Çetin Şengonca 《Phytoparasitica》1998,26(3):187-190

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Effects of varying nitrogen doses on yield,yield components and artemisinin content of Artemisia annua L.     

Menşure Özgüven  Bilge Şener  Ilkay Orhan  Nazım Şekeroğlu  Muzaffer Kirpik  Murat Kartal  Ipek Peşin  Zülküf Kaya 《Industrial Crops and Products》2008,27(1):60-64

Artemisia annua L. is an aromatic-antibacterial herb that destroys malarial parasites, lowers fevers and checks bleeding, and of which the secondary compound of interest is artemisinin. The objective of the present study was to determine yield, yield components and artemisinin content of A. annua L. grown under four nitrogen applications (0, 40, 80 and 120 kg ha⁻¹) in the Çukurova region of Turkey in 2004 and 2005. Field trials were conducted at Çukurova University, Agricultural Faculty Field Crops Department. In the study, plant height, number of branches, fresh herbage yield, dry herbage yield, fresh leaf yield, dry leaf yield, essential oil content and artemisinin content (by high performance liquid chromatography, HPLC) were examined. By analysis of variance, nitrogen doses had no any statistical effect on the traits investigated except for artemisinin content. Artemisinin content of the dried leaves were significantly affected by nitrogen applications, which varied from 6.32 to 27.50 mg 100 g⁻¹. Contents were from 120 and 80 kg ha⁻¹ nitrogen for the years of 2004 and 2005, respectively.  相似文献   

Low Mw-lignin fractions together with vegetable oils as available oligomers for novel paper-coating applications as hydrophobic barrier     

Stefan Antonsson  Gunnar Henriksson  Mats Johansson  Mikael E. Lindström 《Industrial Crops and Products》2008,27(1):98-103

Lignin residues are available in large amounts as kraft lignin from chemical pulping processes. This lignin is mainly incinerated in recovery boilers. The recovery boilers are often the bottle-necks in the overall pulping process when pulp production increases are desired. Through cross-flow nano-filtration of the black liquor from kraft pulping, a low-molecular weight lignin fraction can be removed thus decreasing the organic load on the recovery boilers. The low-molecular weight lignin fraction furthermore exhibit different characteristics compared to other commercial kraft lignins and represents a new raw material source in novel applications.The low-molecular weight lignin was used together with a vegetable oil to produce a new hydrophobic lignin derivative similar to suberin. The lignin and the lignin derivative was analysed with FT-IR, UV–vis and SEC. The ability of the product to make paper surfaces hydrophobic was also evaluated.The results demonstrate the possibility to make a suberin-like lignin derivative that is potentially of interest in paper-coating applications due to its capability to interact well with wood fibres and make paper hydrophobic.  相似文献   

鸭疫里默氏杆菌免疫原性研究Ⅱ.荚膜提取物免疫原性测定   总被引：4，自引：0，他引：4  

苏敬良  郭玉璞  吕艳丽 《中国兽医杂志》1998,(8)

本研究对Ⅰ型鸭疫里默氏杆菌的荚膜提取物的免疫原性进行了研究，结果表明，荚膜粗提物和经过苯酚抽提纯化后的荚膜提取物经２次免疫７日龄北京鸭后对同源细菌的攻毒保护率分别为９０％和７０％；采用ＥＬＩＳＡ检测荚膜提取物免疫后抗体产生规律显示，二者刺激机体产生的抗体水平有一定的差异，荚膜粗提物免疫组抗体水平高于纯化后的免疫组，前者抗体下降速度较后者慢。  相似文献   

Effects of proinflammatory mediators on canine neutrophil chemotaxis and aggregation     

H Str?m  M K Thomsen 《Veterinary immunology and immunopathology》1990,25(3):209-217

The present study investigated in vitro the qualitative and quantitative neutrophil function-activating properties of the most important non-cytokine participants in the acute inflammatory cell response. Apart from the results obtained with leukotriene (LT) D4, similar qualitative relationships were found for the several mediators tested regarding effects on neutrophil migration and aggregation. Thus, LTB4, PAF-acether and zymosan-activated serum all activated both functions, while f-Met-Leu-Phe had no effect. In all cases, the half-maximal eliciting concentration (EC50) for induction of chemotaxis was much lower than for aggregation, indicating that high and low receptor affinity responses were being studied, respectively. LTD4 induced modest aggregation, but was virtually without effect on migration. Using PAF-acether as stimulus, the mechanism of aggregation was studied in more detail. The results indicate that LTB4, PAF-acether, the complement-split products C5a/C5a desArg, and perhaps LTD4, may play a role as stimulants of neutrophil functions in inflammatory processes in vivo.  相似文献