Winter peridermal conductance of apple trees: lammas shoots and spring shoots compared

Unfrozen Water in Apple Shoots as Related to Their Winter Hardiness.

Anthocyanin accumulation in apple and peach shoots during cold acclimation

Experiments were conducted to investigate the effects of low temperatures on anthocyanin accumulation in apple and peach shoots. The anthocyanin concentration in both the apple and peach shoots increased rapidly during cold acclimation reaching the peak value in early December. The anthocyanin might be accumulated in shoots as a result of leucoanthocyanidin conversion. When apple and peach shoo...

Green shoots

By the end of this year, when Germany crowns the 'word of the year', one of the strongest contenders to replace last year's 'Finanzkrise' (financial crisis) has to be the almost unpronounceable 'Abwrackprämie' or scrappage fee. Introduced with effect from 27 January under the original name of 'Umweltprämie' (environment reward) with a strictly limited budget, this scheme pays out 2,500 Euros to...

Gasification of potato shoots: An experimental and theoretical investigation

A thermodynamic equilibrium model was developed to predict the gasification process in a bench-scale fluidized bed gasifier. Potato shoot (leaves and stems) was used as the feedstock of the gasifier. The experiments were done in five different gasification zone temperatures (650, 700, 750, 800 and 850°C), with a feeding rate of 0.166 kg/hour, and two equivalence ratios (ER: 0.2 and 0.25). T...

Expression of arginine decarboxylase and ornithine decarboxylase genes in apple cells and stressed shoots.

Arginine decarboxylase (ADC) and ornithine decarboxylase (ODC) are two important enzymes responsible for putrescine biosynthesis. In this study, a full-length ADC cDNA (MdADC) was isolated from apple [Malus sylvestris (L.) Mill. var. domestica (Borkh.) Mansf.]. Meanwhile, a partial ODC (pMdODC) could be amplified only by a second RCR from the RT-PCR products, whereas a full-length ODC could not...