Investigations on vegetable seed treatment. I

Regularities in the glyceride structure of vegetable seed-fats.

Structural investigations on native collagen type I fibrils using AFM.

This study was carried out to determine the elastic properties of single collagen type I fibrils with the use of atomic force microscopy (AFM). Native collagen fibrils were formed by self-assembly in vitro characterized with the AFM. To confirm the inner assembly of the collagen fibrils, the AFM was used as a microdissection tool. Native collagen type I fibrils were dissected and the inner core...

Study of soil blue-green algae and their effect on seed germination and plant growth of vegetable crops

Nitrogen fixation blue-green algae make a major contribution to the fertility of soil. It has been suggested that blue-green algae (BGA) assist higher plant growth by supplying growth substances. There are numerous works about roles of blue-green algae in paddy soils and rice growth but little on other plants. In this research, 19 morphospecies belonging to three families of heterocystous and n...

Ninhydrin-based Forensic Investigations I. Fingerprints

Ninhydrin reagents are currently used for amino acid determination. However, ninhydrin reacts with amino groups of amino acids and other components of palmar sweat to develop Ruheman’s purple. Therefore, it was used on a large scale to fingerprint development. Another recent application of ninhydrin is related to trace cyanide detection and determination. However, this simple compound may have ...

Effect of Fusarium seed infection and fungicide seed treatment on wheat and barley establishment and yield

The effects of three fungicide seed treatments (triazole plus imidazole (tri+im), fuberidazole (fub) and carboxin plus thiram (car+thi)) on establishment and yield of a number of paired seed lines of wheat cultivars with different levels of Fusarium infection were examined. Without seed treatment, lines of four cultivars with an average of 48% of seeds infected with Fusarium had between 9% and ...