EFFECT OF CERTAIN CHLORONITROBENZENES ON GERMINATION, GROWTH AND SPORULATION OF SOME FUNGI

When grown in an atmosphere saturated with tetrachloronitrobenzene (TCNB) vapour, Botrytis cinerea showed retarded germination and colony growth and its sporulation was completely suppressed. Retardation of growth was greater on dilute or acidified media and at lower temperatures.
Similar effects were shown by Bhizoctonia solani, Phytophthora parasitica, Mucor hiemalis and Trichoderma viride but none of these was as sensitive as Botrytis cinerea , especially as regards linear growth. Of two strains of Fusarium caeruleum , one was much more sensitive than the other, both in linear growth and sporulation. Pythium deBaryanum was unaffected in its growth rate.
TCNB, as a growth repressant, is fungistatic without being fungicidal.
With fungi which are sensitive, tetrachloronitrobenzene was more effective than the penta-derivative, except for Trichoderma viride where the converse applied.     

乳茹属真菌的化学成分和活性研究概况

本文从化学结构类型、提取分离方法、结构鉴定和生物活性等方面综述了乳菇属真菌的研究概况。     

真菌在兰科植物种子萌发生长中的作用及相互关系

本文从真菌在兰科种子萌发中的应用、真菌侵染的过程、种子和根系消化真菌的途径及共生真菌的分布等方面,综述了真菌与兰科植物种子萌发及菌根关系的研究进展,讨论了该研究的有关问题及真菌在兰科种子萌发中应用的前景。     

THE ELECTRICAL IMPEDANCE OF MUSCLE DURING THE ACTION OF NARCOTICS AND OTHER AGENTS

1. The effect of certain inorganic cations upon the electrical impedance of the sartorius muscle of the frog was investigated. While Na, K, and Mg have little effect upon the resistance of muscle, Ba and Ca cause it to fall. The use of physiologically "unbalanced" salt solution does not in itself seem to affect muscle impedance. 2. The time course of the effect upon muscle impedance of the penetration of substances into the intercellular spaces was studied by treating the muscle with sugar solutions. Half of the effect is over in three-quarters of a minute when the sugar solution is permitted to circulate past both sides of the muscle. This sets an upper limit for the time necessary for inorganic cations and organic narcotics to reach the cell surfaces. The action of inorganic cations and organic narcotics upon muscle is slow compared to the time necessary for them to reach the scene of action. The penetration of the sugar solutions into the intercellular spaces of muscle was found to follow the well known diffusion law, the amount diffusing in being proportional to the square root of the time. Average values of 77.7 per cent for ρ, the volume concentration of fibers; 231 ohms specific resistance for r ₂, the resistance of the interior of the fibers; and 71.0° for θ, the phase angle of the impedance locus, were obtained for the muscle in Ringer''s solution. How these values change when the muscle is placed in various concentrations of sugar was also studied. 3. The action of a number of organic narcotics upon muscle was studied. All decrease 1000 cycle resistance if the concentration is sufficiently high. A detailed analysis of the action of the narcotic, iso-amyl carbamate, was made, and it was noted that low concentrations increase resistance while higher concentrations decrease it. By investigating the effect of narcotics upon muscle impedance over a wide frequency range, it was found that during narcosis the resistance of the fiber membranes first increases and then decreases, and, if the drug is present in sufficiently great concentration, membrane resistance may completely disappear. Membrane capacity is only very slightly affected.