... lead to an impairment of amino acid synthesis, protein metabolism, the dark reaction of photosynthesis or respiration and can cause the breakdown ofthe osmotic system ofthe cell (Larcher 2001; ... concentration gradient between the outside air and the intercellular spaces ofthe leaves, so that the diffusion of CO2 into the leaves 16 and the pCO2/pO2 ratio at the sites of photoreduction is increased ... 1.2) The insertion of serine and glycine can be taken as an indicator for the close relationship ofthe photorespiration (peroxisomes) to the synthesis of GB Besides this, recently a biosynthetic...
... 15–28 The most striking feature of mangroves is their ability to tolerate NaCl to seawater level (500 mM) From the physiological aspects, the effects of salinity on the photosynthesis of mangroves ... photosynthesis, PN , equals the residuum of gross photosynthesis, PG , once the respiration, R, is subtracted Therefore, when only net photosynthesis or its corroboratory growth is measured, there ... oscillations were dampened In the plant in the 250 mM NaCl solution, the dampening ofthe oscillations began after the first cycle, and following two Table The effect of salt concentration on plant...
... differences between provenances in the production of hairs on the collar of germinating seedlings (Fig 1which bind the III to the soil and assist early uptake Shoot growth of Petford seedlings was best ... allocated more dry matter into leaves at the expense of roots, whereas the reverse situation prevailed in seedlings from the other provenances The proportion of dry matter distributed to stems was ... seedlings established, those 1971) ofthe ratios ofthe width of a leaf to length at several positions along its length shows that Tennant Creek seedlings assumed the most linear leaf shape (most...
... ofthe variance was explained by the ®rst factor, and Cronbach's alpha ofthe scale was 0.847 A subsequent analysis showed that the omission ofthe items 3, and 9, which primarily loaded on the ... evidence on the factor structure ofthe scale, responses to items were examined using factor analysis Third, further evidence on the validity ofthe scale was provided by having subjects rate their ... produced by the covariates but the signi®cant main eect ofthe FNG and the signi®cant interaction FNG by familiarity, obtained in the two-way analyses of variance, remained unchanged Thus, the demographic...
... contributes to the risk of floods and landslides For example, increased deforestation during the last fifty years in Vietnam in the upper-streams ofthe Red River basin is one ofthe main causes of a series ... of flood risk reduction institutions at all stages Equally important is theproblemof mobilization of existing financial resources There are a lot of debates on the issue, and IFA supports the ... general, their impacts have grown in spite of our improved ability to monitor and describe them For the past thirty years the number of flood disasters has increased compared to other forms of disaster...
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... parameters of plant sizeThe total number of flowers produced was counted for each ofthe species in yr Within a 0.5 m buffer from the plot edge, the total number of individuals of each species and the ... cast by the heaters cover less than approx 0.5% ofthe plot area for less than onethird ofthe daytime The heaters give off no UV radiation and the flux in the near-red is equal to 10−6 of solar ... flowering, while, in the second year, flowering increased in the warming plots These results were the same irrespective of whether the total number of flowers per plot or the proportion of stems flowering...
... suggests the occurrence of potential differences in the catabolism of ethanol between the two species 4.5 Starch accumulation in leaves is not an efficient indicator ofthe degree of tolerance ofthe ... modifications ofthe sucrose degradation and ofthe fermentative metabolism pathways [20, 38] These modifications contribute to the maintenance of energetic status and redox potential of cells in the reductive ... strengthening the hypothesis that they play a significant role in water absorption Lenticels could also play a major role in the oxygenation of shoots via import of O2 into xylem sap, and then in the...
... meter (Trimelog, Germany) The value for one pot was the average of three measurements made over a depth of 18 cm (the length ofthe guides ofthe TDR’ probes) Values of VWC (water vol/soil vol ... Acknowledgements: We thank the staff ofthe Instituto de Botánica ofthe Universidad Austral de Chile for their logistic support and maintenance ofthe experiment, E Gianoli for use of his IRGA and The Nature ... conditions Pots were then re-watered to check for survival of wilted seedlings, and returned to the same watering regime as the controls until the end ofthe experiment Measurements on the controls,...
... could therefore increase the chances of this species to compete with the other treeline species for the colonisation ofthe alpine areas rendered suitable to seedling establishment in the case of ... estimated because ofthe uncertainty in defining the number of active tree rings and the contribution of each of them to the total water transport 2.4 Hydraulic resistance The sapwood-specific ... their maxima at the beginning of August The main aim ofthe research was to assess the extent of osmoregulation in L decidua and the compared responses to water availability of two co-occurring...
... aspects ofthe ecology of southern bottomland hardwoods In: North America’s Forests: Gateway To Opportunity Proceedings ofthe 1978 Joint Convention ofthe Society of American Foresters and the Canadian ... leaves developed during the recovery period, seedlings once again received hypoxic nutrient solution for the remainder ofthe experiment On each of days near the end ofthe 54 day leaf gas exchange ... floodplains ofthe southern United States Q lyrata, a member ofthe subgenus Leucobalanus, grows on temporal sloughs or low flats in the floodplain (Hodges and Switzer, 1979; Tanner, 1986) These sites...
... parity ; number of fertile matings, measured as the number of females having the litter within 15 days of birth ofthe first - - - Details ofthe breeding procedures as well as results obtained ... generations 1-15 of lines W’, C and W- are depicted in the values used for the graphs being the average of male and female means Standard errors ofthe means are also depicted for the selected lines ... for the 1st, 2nd and 3rd litter size, respectively The means ofthe first litter sizes in W and W- deviated from the control line are + for generations 1-15 in figure Changes in 1st litter size...
... statistical analyses The slices were selected from the mid-point ofthe thigh and Page of 11 the mid-point ofthe arm (just distal to the deltoid insertion) To ensure that the slices analyzed ... a warm-up consisting of two sets of 20 repetitions with 50% ofthe load used for the first exercise ofthe session Souza-Junior et al Journal ofthe International Society of Sports Nutrition ... consuming 20 g of CR plus 20 g maltodextrin per day divided into four equal dosages of 10 g (5 g of CR + g of maltodextrin) After the loading phase and until the end ofthe study (35 days), the supplement...
... Similarly, the survivors were also better able to clear this overproduction of lactate The response to catecholamine can therefore be studied at the heart level using β1 stimulation, at the vessel ... to catecholamines in defining the concept of physiological reserve rather than in terms of preload or cardiac reserve Competing interests The authors declare that they have no competing interests ... or due to the tissue’s inability to produce the physiological answer, or both To conclude, according to the ubiquitous character of catecholamine sensitivity, we should think in terms of cellular...
... to the use of different species, models of sepsis, experimental settings and supportive treatment Hence, the next fundamental step to understand the pathophysiology of septic AKI is the use of ... unambiguously determine neither the most affected part ofthe nephron nor the fate of intrarenal distribution of blood flow in deeper cortex layers and medulla in our model Nevertheless, recent long-term ... and 75th quartiles Conclusion Within the boundaries ofthe limitations, the results of our study support the recent evidence arguing against the concept of renal vasoconstriction and ATN as physiological...
... variability in the patient's compliance and/or differences in the antiviral efficacy ofthe added drug against the resistant strain The explanation ofthe sustained response to the second dual therapy ... the low level of rt204 mutant observed with the ARMS assay at the beginning ofthe dual therapy did not prevent the biochemical and virological response The different percentages of mutated strains ... with the ARMS assay argue in favor of this hypothesis, but the significance of these low percentages is questionable Thus, only clonal sequencing analysis could confirm the presence of these...
... reflect the views ofthe Executive Directors ofThe World Bank or the governments they represent The World Bank does not guarantee the accuracy ofthe data included in this work The boundaries, ... by the Map Design Unit ofThe World Bank The boundaries, colors, denominations and any other information shown on this map not imply, on the part ofThe World Bank Group, any judgment on the ... find interested readers in the region and beyond, as it is one ofthe first systematic accounts ofthe consequences ofthe current macroeconomic crisis on the welfare of people Philippe H Le Houérou...
... of immunity induced by BCG (Young,2007) The persistence of the Envspeciesin the hostand the relatedness between the priming Env strain and BCG have been suggested as factors influencing these ... vaccae,indicatingarole of the relatedness of the Envspeciesindetermining the strength of responses elicited (Black, 2001a) These findings suggest that differentspecies of Envelicitdifferentimmuneresponses,usuallyasaresult of ... Purifiedproteinderivative of Mtb(PPD)containsMtb proteinantigens,many of whichareconservedwithin the Mycobacteriumgenus The Mantoux method of skin‐testing requires reading the diameter of skin induration...
... suggested to be one ofthe contributing factors for increasing life span and thus support the free radical theory of ageing 1.2 Theories of ageing and biomarkers of ageing Throughout the 20th century, ... proposed that these changes are an important cause of ageing [15, 16] v) There are mechanisms to ensure the accuracy of synthesis of DNA, RNA and proteins, but if these breakdown, from any of several ... explain the cause The fact is that the information that has gradually accumulated about ageing shows that there is some validity to several major theories Taken together, these illustrate the central...
... were observed on the mock-inoculated plants The root fresh weight ofthe transgenic plants was much higher than that ofthe wild-type plants (Fig 3B) In addition, the expression ofthe viral coat ... levels of these genes in transgenic tobacco are indicated relative to the level of wild-type tobacco, taken as 1, referring to the transcripts of CAT1 in the same samples (C) The total activities of ... 8) Therefore, the excessive accumulation of ROS may induce the expression of GhMPK2 and lead to the direct or indirect upregulation of antioxidant genes, which will result in the scavenging of...