Root growth of maize cultivars under field conditions as studied by the core and minirhizotron method and relationships to shoot growth     

Franz Wiesler  Walter J. Horst 《植物养料与土壤学杂志》1994,157(5):351-358

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Differences between wheat cultivars in acquisition and utilization of phosphorus     

Walter J. Horst  Mohamed Abdou  Franz Wiesler 《植物养料与土壤学杂志》1996,159(2):155-161

In an attempt to evaluate whether breeding and selection for high yielding capacity changed the P requirement of modem wheat cultivars. the response of two wheat cultivars to different levels of P supply was investigated. A traditional cultivar (‘Peragis’) and a modern spring-wheat cultivar (‘Cosir’) were cultivated in a C-loess low in available P and high in CaCO₃ in 120 cm high PVC tubes. In addition and for comparison, nutrient solution experiments were also conducted. Shoot growth, root growth. P uptake. P translocation and P distribution within the shoot at different developmental stages were compared. The grain yield of the modern cultivar ‘Cosir’ was higher at limiting and non-limiting P supply and. therefore, this cultivar can be considered as more P-efficient than the traditional cultivar. Grain yield reduction at low P supply was mainly due to an inhibition of tillering and thus lower number of ears per plant, whereas the number of grains per ear was hardly affected. Reduced tillering at low P supply could not be related to P concentrations in the shoot meristematic tissues which were generally much higher than in other plant tissues and kept at an elevated level even at limiting P supply. Root branching (1^st order laterals) was reduced at limiting P supply in ‘Cosir’ but not in ‘Peragis’ which, generally, had lower numbers of laterals at the beginning of tillering. From the results it can be concluded that the main factors contributing to the higher P efficiency of the modern cultivar ‘Cosir’ are (i) efficient use of assimilates for root-growth characteristics which enhance P acquisition: enhanced root branching and thus smaller mean root diameter and longer root hairs, (ii) an efficient P uptake system, (iii) efficient remobilization of P from vegetative plant organs to the grains, and most importantly (iv) lower P requirement for grain yield formation because of lower ear number per plant but higher grain number per ear.  相似文献   

Soil biochemical and chemical changes in relation to mature spruce (Picea abies) forest conversion and regeneration     

Zheke Zhong  Franz Makeschin 《植物养料与土壤学杂志》2003,166(3):291-299

To investigate soil changes from forest conversion and regeneration, soil net N mineralization, potential nitrification, microbial biomass N, L‐asparaginase, L‐glutaminase, and other chemical and biological properties were examined in three adjacent stands: mature pure and dense Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst) (110 yr) (stand I), mature Norway spruce mixed with young beech (Fagus sylvatica) (5 yr) (stand II), and young Norway spruce (16 yr) (stand III). The latter two stands were converted or regenerated from the mature Norway spruce stand as former. The studied soils were characterized as having a very low pH value (2.9 – 3.5 in 0.01 M CaCl₂), a high total N content (1.06 – 1.94 %), a high metabolic quotient (qCO₂) (6.7 – 16.9 g CO₂ kg^–1 h^–1), a low microbial biomass N (1.1 – 3.3 % of total N, except LOf₁ at stand III), and a relatively high net N mineralization (175 – 1213 mg N kg^–1 in LOf₁ and Of₂, 4 weeks incubation). In the converted forest (stand II), C : N ratio and qCO₂ values in the LOf₁ layer decreased significantly, and base saturation and exchangeable Ca showed a somewhat increment in mineral soil. In the regenerated forest (stand III), the total N storage in the surface layers decreased by 30 %. The surface organic layers (LOf₁, Of₂) possessed a very high net N mineralization (1.5 – 3 times higher than those in other two stands), high microbial biomass (C, N), and high basal respiration and qCO₂ values. Meanwhile, in the Oh layer, the base saturation and the exchangeable Ca decreased. All studied substrates showed little net nitrification after the first period of incubation (2 weeks). In the later period of incubation (7 – 11 weeks), a considerable amount of NO₃‐N accumulated (20 – 100 % of total cumulative mineral N) in the soils from the two pure spruce stands (I, III). In contrast, there was almost no net NO₃‐N accumulation in the soils from the converted mixed stand (II) indicating that there was a difference in microorganisms in the two types of forest ecosystems. Soil microbial biomass N, mineral N, net N mineralization, L‐asparaginase, and L‐glutaminase were correlated and associated with forest management.  相似文献   

Interventions to increase the participation of women in physics     

Dresselhaus MS  Franz JR  Clark BC 《Science (New York, N.Y.)》1994,263(5152):1392-1393

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Parallel patterns of evolution in the genomes and transcriptomes of humans and chimpanzees     

Khaitovich P  Hellmann I  Enard W  Nowick K  Leinweber M  Franz H  Weiss G  Lachmann M  Pääbo S 《Science (New York, N.Y.)》2005,309(5742):1850-1854

The determination of the chimpanzee genome sequence provides a means to study both structural and functional aspects of the evolution of the human genome. Here we compare humans and chimpanzees with respect to differences in expression levels and protein-coding sequences for genes active in brain, heart, liver, kidney, and testis. We find that the patterns of differences in gene expression and gene sequences are markedly similar. In particular, there is a gradation of selective constraints among the tissues so that the brain shows the least differences between the species whereas liver shows the most. Furthermore, expression levels as well as amino acid sequences of genes active in more tissues have diverged less between the species than have genes active in fewer tissues. In general, these patterns are consistent with a model of neutral evolution with negative selection. However, for X-chromosomal genes expressed in testis, patterns suggestive of positive selection on sequence changes as well as expression changes are seen. Furthermore, although genes expressed in the brain have changed less than have genes expressed in other tissues, in agreement with previous work we find that genes active in brain have accumulated more changes on the human than on the chimpanzee lineage.  相似文献   

THE INTERNATIONAL PSYCHOLOGICAL CONGRESS     

Franz SI 《Science (New York, N.Y.)》1896,4(96):640-647

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A NOISELESS ROOM FOR SOUND EXPERIMENTS     

Franz SI 《Science (New York, N.Y.)》1907,26(677):878-881

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Huntington's disease: two families with differing clinical features show linkage to the G8 probe   总被引：8，自引：0，他引：8  

S E Folstein  J A Phillips  D A Meyers  G A Chase  M H Abbott  M L Franz  P G Waber  H H Kazazian  P M Conneally  W Hobbs 《Science (New York, N.Y.)》1985,229(4715):776-779

To test the hypothesis that interfamily variability in Huntington's Disease (HD) is due to mutation at different loci, linkage analysis was undertaken in two large HD kindreds that differed in ethnicity, age-at-onset, and neurologic and psychiatric features. Both families showed linkage of the HD locus to the G8 probe. Several recombinants were documented in each family, and the best estimate of the recombination fraction for the two families was 6 percent with a 95 percent confidence interval of 0 to 12 percent. Although the data support the existence of a single HD locus, use of the G8 probe for presymptomatic testing in these kindreds would have resulted in a 12 percent error rate in genotype assignment at the HD locus.  相似文献   

Multimodal signals: enhancement and constraint of song motor patterns by visual display     

Cooper BG  Goller F 《Science (New York, N.Y.)》2004,303(5657):544-546

Many birds perform visual signals during their learned songs, but little is known about the interrelationship between visual and vocal displays. We show here that male brown-headed cowbirds (Molothrus ater) synchronize the most elaborate wing movements of their display with atypically long silent periods in their song, potentially avoiding adverse biomechanical effects on sound production. Furthermore, expiratory effort for song is significantly reduced when cowbirds perform their wing display. These results show a close integration between vocal and visual displays and suggest that constraints and synergistic interactions between the motor patterns of multimodal signals influence the evolution of birdsong.  相似文献   

Comment on "The influence of the proinflammatory cytokine,osteopontin, on autoimmune demyelinating disease"     

Blom T  Franzén A  Heinegård D  Holmdahl R 《Science (New York, N.Y.)》2003,299(5614):1845; author reply 1845

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