Initial verification of the resistance management strategy for Frankliniella occidentalis (Pergande) (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) in Australia

Shortly after the initial detection of western flower thrips (WFT), Frankiniella occidentalis (Pergande), in Australia during 1993 a resistance management strategy based on the alternation of chemical groups was implemented. This study aimed to verify this strategy by field testing α-cypermethrin against WFT with and without chemical alternation. Up to 114 times α-cypermethrin resistance (at LC50) was detected and resistance increased with and without chemical alternation; however, chemical alternation did significantly reduce numbers of thrips compared with a nonalternation strategy. Resistance has the potential to undermine the sustainable use of those chemicals to which there is no current detectable resistance. Consequently, chemicals with a high frequency and level of resistance against WFT need to be identified through monitoring and quickly eliminated from WFT chemical control recommendations.     

Fibers count in the anterior portion of the cord of the crayfish Astacus leptodactylis]

The number of fibers was analysed on cross section electron micrographs (x 1.000 and 4.500). About 300 axons of motoneurons leave the Ist thoracic ganglion. Approximately 180.000 sensory fibers enter the ganglion by lateral nerves. More than 90% of these fibers terminate on the ganglion neurons. The ganglion has descending connections with more caudally lying portions of the cord. The suboesophageal ganglion is closely associated with the 1st thoracic and other ganglia, and presumably contains a large vegetative center. The brain receives considerable information from the body via primary as well as secondary fibers, and controls the activity of the nerve cord through the system of various descending connective fibers.     

Obtaining and Characterization of Suspension Cell Culture of Alhagi persarum Boiss. et Buhse: a Producer of Isoflavonoids

Russian Journal of Plant Physiology - Suspension cell culture of camel’s thorn Alhagi persarum Boiss. et Buhse was produced for the first time and its characteristics were determined under...     

Ribonuclease in the experimental therapy of pancreatitis

The influence of ribonuclease on the morphogenesis of experimental pancreatitis in the albino rats has been studied. The drug injected during edematous stage of pancreatitis caused some decrease of pancreatic enzymes level in the blood at hemorrhagic stage and its normalization at necrotic stage of pancreatitis. The development of hemorrhagic and necrotic stages of pancreatitis did not change under the influence of ribonuclease. The maturation of connective tissue of pseudocyst capsule was delayed and inflammatory infiltration of necrotic tissues and their elimination were increased under the influence of the drug. There were extensive tubular transformations of acini and early fibrosis and lipomatosis in the frontier zone. In the viable parts of pancreas moderate hypertrophy of exocrine pancreatocytes developed and chronic pancreatitis features appeared with use of ribonuclease.     

Possibilities of enteral correction of posthemorrhagic disorders depending on the absorption function of the small intestine

Physiologic and morphologic research on animals in chronic experiment shows that depression of small intestine absorption function takes place during the first hour after hemorrhage of 30-40 ml/kg for 30-50% of animals and after hemorrhage of 50 ml/kg for 100% animals. This excludes except the possibility of efficient post-hemorrhage hypovolemia enteral correction without additional treatment. Enteral correction appears to be sufficient to preserve animal's life, being applied in 30 minutes after the hemorrhage of 30-40 ml/kg or in 90 minutes after the hemorrhage of 20 ml/kg.     

Soybean lectin as a component of a composite biopreparation involving Bradyrhizobium japonicum 634b

The effects of the composite biopreparation Bralec (involving the soybean-specific root nodule bacterium Bradyrhizobium japonicum strain 634b and soybean lectin at concentrations of 500, 50, and 5 microg/ml as major components) on the development and functional activity of soybean-rhizobium symbiosis (development phases of one leaf, four true leaves, and budding) was studied. It was demonstrated that pretreatment of seed with this preparation stimulated the development of both the macro- and microsymbionts. The experimental plants displayed an active accumulation of biomass (by 4-42% higher compared with the variant with inoculation), development of root nodules (the number increased by 11-110% and the weight, by 27-157%). and elevated nitrogen-fixing activity (by 45-204%). The soybean yield increased by 8-10% upon treatment with Bralec 500 and Bralec 5 as compared with the traditional seed bacterization with root nodule bacteria.     

Growth of a Molecular Base for Feeding: The Mind Body Dualism

It is often difficult to identify the ‘who, when, and where’ of advances in medicine and surgery because it's a rare advance indeed (such as the use of digitalis by William Withering) that can be clearly related to the astuteness of one person at one time and place.     

Role of pectins in the complex treatment in patients in neurointensive care units]

Clinical and laboratory estimation of the efficacy of pectins in complex treatment of patients with intracranial hematoma was performed. It was shown that in the group of the patients treated with pectins vs the control group development of pyo-inflammatory infections was less frequent, the indices of the immunity status improved and a more rapid decrease of the intoxication and a more rapid normalization of the composition of various biotopes in the patients were observed.