This study was conducted to unravel a mechanism for the gravitropic curvature response in oat (Avena sativa) shoot pulvini. For this purpose, we examined the downward movement of starch-filled chloroplast gravisensors, differential changes in inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (IP(3)) levels, transport of indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) and gravitropic curvature. Upon gravistimulation, the ratio for IAA l...

A multivariate statistical analysis was performed on morphological characters of sixty-one populations of Avena eriantha Dur. A. clauda Dur., A. barbata Pott ex Link., A. wiestii Steud., A. fatua L., A. sterilis ssp. ludoviciana L. and A. sativa L. Factor analysis revealed that intraspecific morphological variations are due to quantitative characters. Interspecific as well as intersectional rel...

Bilipeptides, C-Phycocyanin, High Resolution NMR Spectra, Photoisomerization, Phytochrome Chromopeptides were prepared by pepsin digestion of C-phycocyanin isolated from the cyano­ bacterium Spirulina m axim a and of phytochrome isolated from seedlings of Avena sativa L. The chromopeptides were characterized by amino acid analysis. The Z Z Z configurated chromophore of the phycocyanin peptide w...

Diseases caused by crown rust (Puccinia coronata f. sp. avenae) and powdery mildew (Blumeria graminis f. sp. avenae) are among the most important constraints for the oat crop. Breeding for resistance is one of the most effective, economical, and environmentally friendly means to control these diseases. The purpose of this work was to identify elite alleles for rust and powdery mildew resistance...

Chloroplasts isolated from oats eliminated the electron spin resonance (ESR) signals from spin labels in white light and partially restored them in far-red light. Only the white light-mediated reaction was blocked by 3-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)-1,1-dimethylurea (DCMU). In contrast, oat (Avena sativa L. cv. Garry and Park) leaf mesophyll protoplasts oxidized the spin labels in both white and far-red ...

The effect of a thermotolerant 6-phytase produced by Trichoderma reesei on performance and apparent total tract digestibility (ATTD) of P and Ca was evaluated in 192 weaned piglets (randomized block design; 16 replicates; 2 piglets each). Diets based on wheat (Triticum aestivum), barley (Hordeum vulgare), oat (Avena sativa), soybean (Glycine max) meal, and whey protein with adequate [positive c...

Although various animal tissues are used for bioassay of aflatoxins (B1, B2, G1, G2), a rapid bioassay dependent upon a plant part's response does not exist. Both pollen germination (G) and tube elongation (TE) were enhanced in a 3.0 mM KH2PO4 (K)-containing but AFB1-lacking, modified Dickinson's medium. The B1 did not affect G when K was withheld but K supplementation impaired G above 15 micro...