Bamboo timber is very vulnerable to mould fungi, a characteristic that is attributed to the rich sugar, starch, and protein present in bamboo. Solvents including cold water, hot water, benzene/ethanol, ethanol/ether, 1% NaOH, and 1% HCl can dissolve corresponding components from bamboo, which might be helpful to the resistance of bamboo against mould fungi. In order to study the relationship be...

A large number of genes control growth of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae at low temperatures (< 10 degrees ). Approximately 47 percent of the mutants selected for inability to grow at 4-5 degrees C show increased sensitivity to cycloheximide. In 3 of 4 cases tested, supersensitivity to cycloheximide and inability to grow at the low temperature segregate together and thus appear to be effect...

Balagurova, N., Institute of Biology, Carelian Research Centre RAN, Laboratory of Plant Stress Physiology, Pushkinskaya, 11, Petrozavodsk, 185610 Russia Drozdov, N., Institute of Biology, Carelian Research Centre RAN, Laboratory of Ecological Plant Physiology, Pushkinskaya, 11, Petrozavodsk, 185610 Russia Grabovik, N., Institute of Biology, Carelian Research Centre RAN, Laboratory of Mire Ecosy...