Genomic DNA was isolated from leaves of three species of Jatropha, namely J. glandulifera, J. gossypifolia and J. curcas. The objective of our study was to use alcohol as a fixing solution, making liquid nitrogen unnecessary for isolation of genomic DNA from Jatropha species. The spectral quality of genomic DNA isolated using this method as measured by the A260/A280 absorbance ratio ranged from...

The niche theory predicts that environmental heterogeneity and species diversity are positively correlated in tropical forests, whereas the neutral theory suggests that stochastic processes are more important in determining species diversity. This study sought to investigate the effects of soil nutrient (nitrogen and phosphorus) heterogeneity on tree species diversity in the Xishuangbanna tropi...

The response of seed production to CO(2) concentration ([CO(2)]) is known to vary considerably among C(3) annual species. Here we analyse the interspecific variation in CO(2) responses of seed production per plant with particular attention to nitrogen use. Provided that seed production is limited by nitrogen availability, an increase in seed mass per plant results from increase in seed nitrogen...

We examined the potential effects of spatial heterogeneity and its development on the distribution, abundance, and functioning of nitrogen fixing and non-fixing components of a model ecosystem. CAECO, a spatially explicit individual based model approach, simulated the interactions between nitrogen fluxes and plant species community dynamics. Self-organized spatial patterns of nitrogen concentra...

Asymbiotic nitrogenase activity was investigated in rhizobia strains isolated from stem and root nodules of several Aeschynomene species. All isolates from stem-nodulating species were able to develop nitrogenase activity ex planta in the presence or in the absence of combined nitrogen, whereas root isolates from Aeschynomene species related to the cowpea group of plants showed little or no act...

Hedrick, L. R. (Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago), and C. J. Feren. Effect of cations upon hydrophobicity of yeasts grown in amino acid media. J. Bacteriol. 86:1288-1294. 1963.-Cells of four species of Hansenula, namely, H. holstii Y2154, H. subpelliculosa Y1683 and Y1542, and H. anomala Y365, were cultured for 3 days in a glucose-salts medium with one amino acid or (NH(4))(2)SO(4) as ...