Studies on the flight activity of the Viburnum whitefly, a reluctant flyer

Dispersal of adult Viburnum whitefly,Aleurotrachelus jelinekii (Frauenf.) was assessed over a period of 6 years, both in the field and in the laboratory. Flight activity did not appear to be strongly affected by normal variation in either temperature or windspeed. The aerial density of flying adults decreased rapidly with distance from the host plant. Movement up to 5 m from the host plant was found to be density dependent, although there is no suggestion that longer flights become more frequent at higher population densities. More males were caught at the beginning of the season and the number of males flying increased as the population density rose. Insects were flight mature after about 3 h, but flew readily only after 2 days. Longer flights were observed from younger females at a time when they would move from old to young leaves. Landing site preference was not recorded, which contrasts with the behaviour of the cabbage whitefly. Flight in the Viburnum whitefly appears to redistribute the population within the immediate habitat, but migration did not appear to be a significant demographic factor in the isolated populations studied.

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Etude de l'activité de vold d'Aleurotrachelus jelinekii peu enclin au vol

Résumé La dispersion des adultes d'Aleurotrachelus jelinekii Frauenf, tant dans la nature qu'au laboratoire, a été estimée sur une période de 6 ans. L'activité de vol n'a pas paru être fortement modifiée par les variations de la température et de la vitesse du vent. Le nombre d'adultes en vol a diminué rapidement jusqu'à 5 m de la plante hôte, et il était density-dependent, bien que rien ne prouve que les vols les plus longs deviennent plus fréquents à des densités de population plus élevées. Plus de mâles ont été capturés au début de la saison et le nombre de mâles en vol s'est accru avec la densité de la population. Les insectes étaient aptes au vol 3 heures après la mue imaginale, mais ne volaient normalement que 2 jours après. Les vols les plus longs ont été observés chez les plus jeunes femelles au moment où elles devaient migrer de feuilles âgées à des feuilles jeunes. Les lieux d'atterrissage préférés n'ont pas été décelés. Le vol chezA. jelinekii semble redistribuer la population dans l'habitat immédiat et la migration n'apparaît pas être un paramètre démographique significantif dans les populations isolées étudiées.

     

Synthesis of carbamyl and ether analogs of phosphatidylcholines

A complete synthesis of 1-O-hexadecyl-2-O-N-(heptadec-8-cis-enyl)carbamyl-sn-glycero-3-Phosphocholine, a novel analog of phosphatidylcholine, has been described. Each step is simple to perform and gives the desired products in high yield. Also, some of the intermediates formed during the synthesis have been efficiently utilized to prepare 1-O-hexadecyl-2-O-oleyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine, 1-O-hexadecyl-2-oleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphochloine and 3-O-hexadecyl-2-oeloyl-sn-glycero-1-phosphocholine. These phosphatidylcholine (PC) analogs are useful for studying the possible role of phospholipases in the capture and lyses of liposomes in vivo.     

Deuterium magnetic resonance study of the interaction between chondroitin sulfate and human plasma low density lipoproteins

[²H]Chondroitin sulfate was prepared by partial $\text{N}$-deacetylation of chondroitin sulfate ($\text{via}$ hydrazinolysis) followed by treatment with [²H₆]acetic anhydride. ²H NMR spectra of [²H]chondroitin sulfate in the presence of human plasma low density lipoprotein provide evidence for a soluble complex stoichiometry of 3 (and possibly 2) lipoproteins per polysaccharide molecule, and allow a rough estimation of the dissociation constant K_d.     

Perception of residential crowding,classroom experiences,and student health

The present research is based on a typology of crowding experiences incorporating two main dimensions: neutral-personal thwartings and primary-secondary environments. The thwarting dimension concerns the degree to which crowding experiences are associated with spatial inconveniences, alone, or with spatial as well as social constraints. The environmental dimension relates to the type of setting in which crowding experiences occur. A major assumption of this typology is that crowding experiences involving social conflict will be more intense and disruptive to the individual than those in which interpersonal conflict is minimal. The reported study examined the relationship between college students' evaluations of the physical amenity, social climate, and crowdedness of their residential environments, on the one hand, and their sensitivity to crowding in a classroom situation, their academic performance, and the frequency of their visits to the campus health center, on the other. Results indicated that perceived residential crowding and negative perceptions of residential social climate were strongly associated with increased sensitivity to crowding in a classroom situation, impaired course performance, and visits to the student health center. The implications of these correlational findings for future field-experimental research are discussed.     

Molecular and cytological characteristics of nuclear DNA and chromatin for angiosperm systematics: DNA diversification in the evolution of four orchids

The species- and genus-specific DNA content, average base composition of nuclear DNA, presence or absence of satellite DNA, the percentage of heterochromatin and other characteristics of nuclear DNA and nuclear structure allow to deduce the molecular changes which accompanied, or more probably caused, cladogenesis in the orchids studied. It is suggested that saltatory replication (generative amplification) of certain DNA sequenes, diversification of reiterated DNA sequences, and loss of DNA play an important role in the evolution of orchids.—The relationship between changes of genome composition and of nuclear structure and ultrastructure is discussed on the basis of cot curves, heterochromatin staining with Giemsa (C banding), electron microscopy of nuclei, and molecular hybridization in situ.Some aspects of this paper have been presented at the Helsinki Chromosome Conference, August 1977 (Nagl & Capesius 1977).     

Neonatal rat hepatocytes in primary tissue culture free from density-dependent regulation of growth

Summary Studies employing [³H]thymidine and radioautography as well as colchicine and Feulgen staining of DNA showed that up to 19-fold increases in the degree of cell crowding in vitro, i.e. from 1.45 to 27.55×10⁴ cells per specimen, did not change the rates of entry into DNA synthesis and mitosis of cultivated primary neonatal rat hepatocytes.     

Sensitivity of Escherichia coli acrA mutants to psoralen plus near-ultraviolet radiation

The sensitivity to psoralen plus near-ultraviolet radiation (PUVA) was compared in a pair of E. coli strains differing at the acrA locus. Survival was determined for both bacteria and phage lambda. AcrA mutant cells were 40 times more sensitive than wild type to the lethal effect of PUVA. Free lambda phage exposed to PUVA survived as well when plated on acrA mutants as on wild type. In contrast, prophage lambda CI857 ind carried in lysogenic acrA strains was hypersensitive to PUVA. The enhanced sensitivity of bacterial and lambda DNA, when inside acrA cells, was paralleled by an increased photobinding of radiolabelled psoralens in the mutant. Binding was increased specifically to DNA rather than to nucleic acids in general. The difference in psoralen-binding ability determined by the acrA gene persisted after permeabilizing treatment of the cells. The results suggest that the acrA mutation causes an alteration specifically in the environment of the cellular DNA so as to allow increased intercalation and photobinding of psoralens.