Background: Previous studies have used highly sophisticated devices for measuring the electromagnetic fields (EMFs) of plants and from the heart and brain of man. The purpose of this communication is to introduce a simplified method whereby EMFs generated by plant and animal tissues could be visualized with optical and video microscopy. Methods: A solution containing aliquots of fine iron parti...

In a recent publication (5), I reported that several substances are necessary for barley root tips to show a rapid photoreversible attachment to wet glass surfaces. These substances are: 3-indoleacetic acid (IAA), adenosine-5'-triphosphate l(ATP), L-ascorbic acid (AA), Mnn2+, Mg2+, and K+. Since mung bean root tips also show a tendency to adhere to wet glass surfaces, their requirement for thes...

The BY-2 tobacco cell line was used to study the size and structure of replicating mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA). Approximately 70 to 90% of the newly synthesized mtDNA did not migrate during pulsed-field gel electrophoresis. Moving pictures of the fluorescently labeled molecules showed that most of the immobile well-bound DNA was in structures larger than the size of the BY-2 mitochondrial genome ...

The particulate enzyme fraction from mung bean (Phaseolus aureus) seedlings catalyzes the incorporation of mannose from GDP-[(14)C]mannose into mannosyl-phosphoryl-dolichol and of N-acetylglucosamine from UDP-[(3)H]N-acetylglucosamine into N-acetylglucosamine-pyrophosphoryl-polyisoprenol. Bacitracin inhibits the transfer of both of these sugars into the lipid-linked saccharides with 50% inhibit...

Absorbent recycled paper products were tested and compared with a sodium polyacrylate gelling agent, Aquatain, for solidifying larval diets of the screwworm, Cochliomyia hominivorax (Coquerel). A recycled newsprint product, Terra-Mulch, when mixed with water and dietary ingredients produced a diet medium of homogeneous texture that supported larval growth and development comparable to the stand...

Pulses provide the required protein supplement to vegetarian people. Pulse is most important food crop in India and from all integral part of cropping system farmers over country. Greengram or mung bean (Vigna radiata L.) major pulse state Odisha covering total area 8.36 lakh ha with average productivity 434 kg per ha, which about 40 percent state. Present study was conducted for zero-till dril...

The existence and biochemical functions of flavin adenine dinucleotide (FAD) have been well recognized in plants as well as in other living cells. There are some informa tions concerning the biosynthesis of FAD from flavin mononucleotide (FMN) and ATP by a reversible reaction, catalzyed by FAD pyrophosphorylase in beans (1), yeast (2, 3) and animals (4, 5, 6). On the other hand, the FAD hydroly...

abstract this study was conducted to determine the impacts of plastic mulch, drip irrigation method and different amount of water and their interactions on yield, water use efficiency (wue) and quality characteristic of tomato (mobile cultivar). the study was conducted in torogh agricultural research station, razavi khorasan province. the study was done during 2007-2008. experimental design was...