Metal Interrelationships in Plant Nutrition: I. EFFECTS OF SOME METAL TOXICITIES ON SUGAR BEET, TOMATO, OAT, POTATO, AND MARROWSTEM KALE GROWN IN SAND CULTURE

1.Sugar beet, tomato, potato, oat, and kale were grown in sandcultures with additions of several ‘heavy’ metalsincluding Cr, Mn, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Pb, Cd, V, Mo in equivalentconcentrations. 2.In sugar beet Cu++, Co++, Cd++ were usually highly activein causing chlorosis mainly suggestive of iron deficiency. Theeffect of Cr depended on valency and was greater as CrO₄––.Zn++, VO₃––, Cr+++, Mn++, and Pb++ were less activein order. 3.The visual responses to Co++ and Ni++ varied greatly withthe crop tested. Cu++, however, always induced typical irondeficiency. Crop susceptibility also varied greatly. For example,Cu++ readily caused chlorosis in beet and also in tomato, andpotato, but not in oat and kale. 4. Ni++ induced symptoms resembling manganese deficiency inpotato and tomato and unusual oblique white and green bandingleaves of oat. Zn++ induced apparent manganese deficiency insugar beet and Co++ toxicity in tomato initially resembled manganesedeficiency. Ni++ and Co++ were the most toxic of the metalstested.     

NITROGEN FIXATION RATE AND CHLOROPHYLL CONTENT OF THE LICHEN PELTIGERA CANINA EXPOSED TO SULFUR DIOXIDE

In general, the rate of nitrogen fixation decreased when the lichen Peltigera canina (L.) Willd. was exposed to sulfur dioxide gas at levels from 0.1 to 500 ppm; at 30 ppm, however, nitrogen fixation was stimulated. Chlorophyll content decreased as level of sulfur dioxide increased.     

INTRA- AND INTERSPECIFIC VARIATIONS IN CALCIUM CONTENT OF FRESHWATER MOLLUSCA IN RELATION TO CALCIUM CONTENT OF THE WATER

Analyses of calcium content of molluscs collected from 53 freshwaterhabitats on a naturally occurring calcium gradient between theCanadian Shield and limestone formations in southern Ontarioshowed both intraspecific and interspecific variations in relationto pH, total alkalinity, total hardness and calcium hardnessof the water. The calcium content of individuals is relatedto the calcium concentration of the water for only about halfof the species analysed. Two species (Sphaerium rhomboideumand Sphaerium simile) showed negative correlations, while six(Cincinnatia cincinnatiensis, Pisidium casertanum, Pisidiumcompressum, Sphaerium striatinum, Anodonta grandis grandis,and Elliptio complanata showed positive correlations beteencalcium content of individuals and environmental calcium content.In general, species associated with the sediments (e.g. bivalves)showed better calcium concentrations than did species associatedwith macrophytes (e.g. gastropods). (Received 12 July 1982;     

真菌和氮素在食物链中与胃癌病因关系的探讨

作者等根据假设,即真菌与氮素通过食物链过程进入人体,由于真菌毒素或其代谢产物与胃内亚硝酸盐、胍类、胺类等合成致癌性亚硝基化合物,并在慢性胃炎的基础上逐渐发展为胃癌,在我国胃癌高,低发区进行了综合考察。本文报告考察结果,发现胃液内杂色曲霉(Aspergillus versicolor)检出率最高,高低发区对比差异显著(p<0.001)。此菌与胃液的pH值、酸度、NO_2~-含量、胃粘膜活检结果关系密切。已知杂色曲霉产的杂色曲霉素(sterigmatocystin)可诱发大鼠的腺胃癌,因此考虑此菌与人胃癌的发生可能有关,但是否为因果关系,尚需进一步实验研究。     

THE EFFECT OF VARIATIONS IN CALCIUM SUPPLY, PH VALUE AND NITROGEN CONTENT OF NUTRIENT SOLUTIONS ON THE RESPONSE OF LETTUCE AND RED CLOVER TO MOLYBDENUM

Lettuce and red clover were grown in nutrient solutions with varied calcium supply, pH value, and nitrogen content, and the response to molybdenum compared under each set of conditions.
The calcium requirement was greater in solutions at pH 4-4 than at 6-3, but the quantity of calcium supplied did not affect the response of the plant to molybdenum. Growth was best in the more acid of a range of solutions from pH 4-2 to 8-2 in spite of a rapid levelling up to a pH between 6 and 7, but with the possible exception of the solution at pH 8-3, the need for molybdenum was unaffected by the reaction of the medium. When the calcium supply and/or the initial pH value of the solution was varied, the effect of molybdenum was most pronounced in the largest plants.
When the nitrogen supply was deficient, lettuce showed a slower response to molybdenum than when it was plentiful. With both inoculated or uninoculated clover the reverse was true. This difference in behaviour is explained on the assumption that lettuce has a smaller requirement for molybdenum than clover.
In both lettuce and clover the percentage nitrate-nitrogen in the dry matter of the shoot was higher when molybdenum was not supplied, but the total nitrogen content was increased in the case of lettuce only. At any level of nitrogen supplied, 5 or 10 p.p.m. molybdenum was of no more benefit than o-i p.p.m. though the liability to damage from toxicity was possibly greater when nitrogen was plentiful.     

COMPARATIVE STUDIES ON RESPIRATION : X. TOXIC AND ANTAGONISTIC EFFECTS OF MAGNESIUM IN RELATION TO THE RESPIRATION OF BACILLUS SUBTILIS.

1. Concentrations of MgCl₂ up to 0.01 M have little effect upon the rate or respiration of Bacillus subtilis; at 0.03 M there is an increase in the rate, while in the higher concentrations there is a gradual decrease. 2. There is a well marked antagonism between MgCl₂ and NaCl, and a very slight antagonism between MgCl₂ and CaCl₂.     

香菇菌丝深层培养的碳、氮源和生长因子

本文分别设计了生长刺激因子、碳、氮源试验基本培养基。结果表明在深层培养时,废糖蜜、粗制蔗糖、玉米浆、酵母粉、麸皮浸汁中含有刺激香菇菌丝生长的物质。而各种维生素(包括 B_1)、氨基酸、有机酸、植物生长激素等均无明显的作用。在上述生长因子的促进下,香菇菌丝可利用无机或有机氮源。无机氮源以 NH_4NO_3,最好,其次为(NH_3)H_2PO_4、NH)4Cl 等。有机氮源以玉米浆、酵母粉最好。碳源以玉米淀粉最好。本文并介绍了一种廉价的、良好的香菇菌丝液体培养配方,可以稳定地培养出细小均匀的菌丝球、生长丰满稠密的液体菌种。