Die durch Blattdüngung mit Humusstoffen hervorgerufenen anatomischen und physiologischen Veränderungen der Zuckerrübe

V p?edlo?ené práci je sledován ú?inek humusových látek aplikovaných na listy cukrovky post?ikem. Sou?asně je ově?ována vhodnost kombinace humusových látek s minerálními ?ivinami. Ukazuje se, ?e post?ik humusovými látkami zvlá?tě v kombinaci s minerálními ?ivinami p?íznivě ovlivňuje r?st cukrovky, zvy?uje váhu list? i ko?ene a celkové mno?ství cukru v ko?eni. Ú?inok post?iku humusovými látkami je vět?í u rostlin pěstovaných ve vodní kultu?e a st?íkaných ?ivným roztokem s kompletněj?ím zastoupením minerálních prvk?. Humusové látky p?i aplikaci na list vyvolávají podobné změny v anatomické stavbě pletiv a orgán?, jako p?i jejich aplikaci do ?ivného roztoku ke ko?en?m. Humusové látky zvlá?tě v kombinaci s minerálním roztokem zvy?ují v listech cukrovky mno?ství chlorofylu a zvy?ují intezitu fotosyntézy. Post?ik humusovými látkami zvy?uje sou?asně transpiraci cukrovky.     

Biomass partitioning in twoCalamagrostis villosa stands on deforested sites

Calamagrostis villosa stands occurring in areas deforested by air-pollution impact in the Moravian-Silesian Beskydy Mountains were characterized by a high dry mass of total underground biomass (3 300 g. m^?2—the slope site, 2 850 g. m^?2—the flat site). The percentage of living roots and rhizomes in total underground biomass was very high (about 70%). The total aboveground biomass was respectively, 321 g.m^?2 (the slope site) and 726 g. m^?2 (the flat site). In unstabilized habitats on steep slope, the higher plant biomass produced was allocated to a more developed root system.     

The biology of Butomus umbellatus in shallow waters with fluctuating water level

Butomus umbellatus L. is a plant species typical of littoral communities of river and stream shores. It can form continuous stands in shallow reservoirs with fluctuating water level. Their expansion is promoted by: (a) intensive vegetative reproduction of plants, (b) crowded sprouting from rhizome fragments on emerged pond bottom, (c) shallow water layer in the year following summer drainage. Expansion of B. umbellatus depends on ploidy level: two cytotypes were found in the Czech and Slovak Republics, differing in their reproductive ability. Seed production of triploids is strongly limited (they are self-incompatible within clones), while diploids can be fully fertile. Nevertheless, even in diploids, the efficiency of seed reproduction under natural conditions is low. Triploids spread by intensive vegetative reproduction, which is decisive for clonal growth of populations and their regeneration after scraping of bottom surface. During seasonal development, maximum of aboveground biomass is produced in early summer, while underground biomass increases till autumn. Growth of the plants is limited by cutting before maximum underground biomass is attained, or by duck grazing.     

Partial auxin deprivation affects endogenous cytokinins in an auxin-dependent,cytokinin-independent tobacco cell strain

The dynamics of individual endogenous cytokinins within the growth cycle (subculture interval) of an auxin-dependent and cytokinin-independent cell suspension culture ofNicotiana tabacum L. (strain VBI-0) were determined using high performance liquid chromatography and radioimmunoassay. In cells grown at an optimum auxin concentration the transient maxima of N⁶-(²-isopentenyl)adenine and N⁶-(²-isopentenyl)-adenosine correlated with the onset of cell division. Cultivation of the cells in a partially auxin-deprived medium resulted in ca. tenfold increase of all endogenous cytokinins. A very distinct maximum of N⁶-(²-sopentenyl) adenine appeared at the beginning of subculture. This indicates that a lack of auxin induced an accumulation of cytokinins predominantly in the form of the free bases, which are physiologically more active than the corresponding ribosides.Abbreviations iP N⁶-(²-isopentenyl)adenine - [9R]iP N⁶-(²-isopentenyl)adenosine - t-Z trans-zeatin - t-[9R]Z trans-zeatin riboside - IAA indole-3-acetic acid - NAA 1-naphthaleneacetic acid - 2,4-D 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid - f.w. fresh weight - SBI subculture interval - C complete medium - PAD partially auxin-deprived medium - RP-HPLC reverse phase high performance liquid chromatography - RIA radioimmunoassay - PAL L-phenylalanine ammonia lyase     

Influence of 2,4-d and lactose on pollen embryogenesis in anther culture of potato

Anthers of diploid genotypes of Solanum tuberosum capable of androgenesis were cultured on different media to examine the effect on induction of pollen embryogenesis of 2,4-d and lactose. Anthers cultured in callogenic medium with 2,4-d and sucrose produced pollen derived embryoids only exceptionally. When sucrose was replaced by lactose the frequency of embryogenesis was as high or higher than in embryogenic auxin-free medium. Substitution of lactose for sucrose in the embryogenic medium had no effect. Supplementing the embryogenic medium with 2,4-d strongly reduced the frequency of pollen embryoids in the presence of sucrose but not with lactose.Abbreviations 2,4-d 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid     

Effect of the new fluorescent brightener Rylux BSU on morphology and biosynthesis of cell walls in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Rylux BSU, a new fluorescent brightener from the family of 4,4-diaminostilbene-2,2disulfonic acid derivatives, inhibited growth and cytokinesis of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. In the presence of 0.1–1 mg/ml Rylux BSU the cells grew in clumps, had irregular shape and were larger than controls. They formed apparently normal primary septa but their secondary septa and lateral cell walls, especially those in older cells, were abnormally thick with large deposits of amorphous wall material in the periplasmic spaces all over the cell surface. Chitin content in the cell walls of cells grown in the presence of Rylux BSU was increased 2 to 5 times in comparison to that of the controls and glucan content was reduced by up to 30%. In the in vitro assays with particulate membrane fractions, Rylux BSU acted as a non-competitive inhibitor of -1,3-glucan synthase with inhibitory constant K _i=1.75 mg/ml whereas the chitin synthase was inhibited to a much lesser extent. From the difference of the effects of Rylux BSU on the synthesis of chitin in vivo and in vitro it is concluded that the brightener interacts with chitin synthase only indirectly, possibly by influencing the properties of integral plasma membrane.Abbreviations RBSU Rylux BSU, 1,4-benzenedisulfonic acid-2,2-[ethyleneidy]bis[(3-sulpho-4,1-phenylene)imino[6-bis(2-hydroxyethyl)amino]-1,3,5-triazine-4,2-diylamino]]bis-, hexasodium salt - FB fluorescent brightener