TENACITY OF ATTACHMENT IN TWO SPECIES OF LITTORINID, LITTORINA LITTOREA (L.) AND LITTORINA OBTUSATA (L.)

Here we present data concerning the ability of two littorinidsto remain attached to a slate substratum as a dislodging forceis applied vertically. Specimens of Littorina littorea (L.)and L. obtusata (L.) were attached to a simple pulley and sandflowsystem which applied force to the animals at a constantly increasingrate until the animals released from the substratum. Three aspectsof tenacity were measured: force required to remove the winklesfrom the substratum; time taken for removal; and final displacementat removal. For L. littorea the mean force required (1.09 N),the mean displacement (8.9 mm) and the mean time taken (185s) were all found to be significantly greater than those recordedfor L. obtusata (means = 0.60 N, 7.5 mm and 102 s, respectively).However, when animal size was taken into account there was nosignificant difference in either force or time required forremoval, although L. obtusata showed a greater displacementthan did L. littorea. Animal dry flesh weight was not a usefulpredictor of any of the tenacity variables. Rugosity of theslate substrata was shown to have a significant effect on alltenacity variables, greater forces being required to removeboth species of winkle from smooth substrata than from roughsubstrata. This also generally held true when animal size wasaccounted for. The results of these experiments, although insufficientto identify the mechanism(s) of attachment, do discount themechanism of ‘muscular grip’, since greater tenacitywould be expected on rough substrata. Whether winkles were immersedor emersed had no significant effect on any of the tenacityvariables. Recorded tenacities suggest that many L. littoreaand L. obtusata would be dislodged by the direct forces createdby breaking waves. (Received 5 August 1996; accepted 18 November 1996)     

从烟草与龙葵细胞杂交获得杂种植株(简报)

烟草与龙葵是茄科不同属的植物,经原生质体融合可能将龙葵某些性状转入烟草。本文简要报道这一组合细胞杂交的结果。实验通过对诱导融合后再生植株的选择和鉴定,确定了两个株系(TS-28,TS-33)为烟草与龙葵的细胞杂种。材料为烟草(Nicotiana tabacum L.)品种革新一号,龙葵(Solanum nigrum L.)野生种。均取全展幼叶,用酶法制备原生质体。诱导融合方法按PEG和高pH高Ca~(++)法。培养基为原生质体培养用Du培养基(NAA0.186 mg/1,ZT 0.11 mg/1,2,4-D 0.5mg/1,KT 0.125 mg/1)。愈伤组织用MS 1 D(2,4-D 1 mg/1)。芽分化用MS_2(IAA l mg/1,KT2 mg/1)。根分化用MS0(无激素)。     

LOOSE SMUT (USTILAGO TRITICI (PERS.) ROSTR.) OF WHEAT: PHYSIOLOGIC SPECIALIZATION AND REACTION OF VARIETIES IN ENGLAND

Three physiologic races of loose smut (named Ci, C2 and C3), found in wheat varieties grown at Cambridge, differ from those identified in Holland. The resistance or susceptibility of fifty-seven wheat varieties to races Ci, C2 and C3 has been determined. Experiments have shown that infection of an ear can take place over a period of several days. There is a close relationship between the percentage of plants attacked and the severity of attack in a single plant.     

鲢、鳙肌肉生化成分的分析

同一季节收集的不同体长组的鲢、鳙肌肉的生化成分,随着鱼体的增长水分含量逐渐下降,而脂肪含量则逐渐增加,蛋白质、无氮浸出物及灰分变幅不大,且与体长变化无明显的从属关系;同一体长组的鳙肌肉水分高于鲢,而脂肪含量则低于鲢,蛋白质、灰分、无氮浸出物含量差异不大。同年收集的1+及2+龄鲢、鳙的肌肉生化成分随着季节的延续,水分含量逐步下降,蛋白质及脂肪含量逐步上升,无氮浸出物及灰分含量变化不大;1+龄鱼水分含量比2+龄鱼高,蛋白质及脂肪含量则比2+龄鱼低,其余成分含量差别不显著。       

A STUDY OF A FIELD POPULATION OF THE BLOWFLIES LU CILIA CAESAR (L.) AND L. SERICATA (MG.)

Attempts to measure the dispersion, population density and longevity of blowflies are described. The experiments were made at Aber, Caernarvonshire, in 1943 on a narrow strip of coastal farm land (if x f ml.). Two liberations of laboratory-bred Lucilia sericata (Mg.) were made. On the second occasion 286 flies of each sex were marked, and nine males and nineteen females were captured, the last capture occurring 15 days after liberation. The population density of this species was estimated to be approximately seven males and sixteen females per acre for the 840-acre strip on the day of the second liberation.
On 24 days during the period 20 August–20 September 1943, field-caught L. caesar (L.) females were marked, and trapping both by meat and chemical baits was continued for a further 3 weeks. 3600 females were marked, 847 being recaptured at least once, and sixteen on at least four occasions. In the later part of the blowfly season, a life of 5–6 weeks is apparently not unusual for L. caesar females. The population drawn upon by the traps at the liberation centre fluctuated between 700 and 30,000 during the 4-week period. This may have represented a very localized concentration equivalent to 6–238 females per acre. Dispersion of marked L. caesar was low. On the assumption of a maximum spread of 5 miles, some 63 % of the marked flies remained within 4 mile of the liberation centre.     

水稻原生质体产生细胞团的冰冻保存和冻后再生植株形成

水稻(Oryza sativa L.)原生质体产生的细胞团加上10-20％的二甲亚枫(DMSO)和10-20％的蔗糖,置于液氮中保存。冻后细胞生存率达到对照的40-50％。存活的细胞在附加2×10~(-5)mol/l 2,4-D 的Linsmier-Skoog(Ls)固体培养基上再生长,然后将形成的愈伤组织块转到附加10~(-6)mol/l NAA,4×10~(-6)mol/l 激动素和10~(-6)mol/l 2 IP 及8％的蔗糖的 LS培养基上分化出芽并形成植株。     

香栓菌多糖的研究

由香栓菌Trametes Suareclens(L.)Fr提取水溶性多糖,经甲醇分级与DEAE——纤维素柱层析,获香栓菌葡聚糖,平均分子量为50000。该葡聚糖经酶试验、高碘酸氧化、红外光谱、Smith降解、乙酰化产物质谱分析,证明为多枝结构。主链由β(1→3)-D-葡萄糖组成,侧链由β(1→6)键连接。