Effect of two photosynthetic inhibitor herbicides, atrazine (both purified and formulated) and [3-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)-1,1-dimethyl urea] (DCMU), on the growth, macromolecular contents, heterocyst frequency, photosynthetic O2 evolution and dark O2 uptake of wild type and multiple herbicide resistant (MHR) strain of diazotrophic cyanobacterium A. variabilis was studied. Cyanobacterial strains sh...

The changes in PSII photochemistry in Spirulina platensis cells exposed to salinity stress (0-0.8 M NaCl) for 12 h were studied. Salinity stress induced a decrease in oxygen evolution activity, which correlated with the decrease in the quantum yield of PSII electron transport (PhiPSII). Phycocyanin content decreased significantly while chlorophyll content remained unchanged in salt-stressed cel...

Photosynthesis, Inhibitors, Herbicides, Dibromothymoquinone, Nitrophenols, Chloroplast Alkyl substituted derivatives of halogenated p-benzoquinones, of halogenated /7-nitrophenols, and of 2,4-dinitrophenols were tested in the inhibition of photosynthetic electron flow in chloro­ plasts. The effect of the compounds on photoreductions by photosystem I or II, on a TMPD bypass in NADPH formation an...

Blue light (BL) induces stomatal opening through the activation of H+-ATPases with subsequent ion accumulation in guard cells. In most plant species, red light (RL) enhances BL-dependent stomatal opening. This RL effect is attributable to the chloroplasts of guard cell, the only cells in the epidermis possessing this organelle. To clarify the role of chloroplasts in stomatal regulation, we inve...

Pure cultures of the symbiotic cyanobacterium-bryophyte association with Anthoceros punctatus were reconstituted by using Nostoc sp. strain UCD 7801 or its 3-(3,4-dichlorophenol)-1,1-dimethylurea (DCMU)-resistant mutant strain, UCD 218. The cultures were grown under high light intensity with CO2 as the sole carbon source and then incubated in the dark to deplete endogenous reductant pools befor...

The transfer of Marchantia paleacea var. diptera cells to darkness caused a reversible repression in the accumulation of transcript for a gene, por, encoding the NADPH: protochlorophyllide oxidoreductase (EC 1.3.1.33). The photosynthetic inhibitor DCMU and DBMIB repressed the accumulation in light. In the presence of transcription inhibitor cordycepin, not only incubation in the dark but also a...

DCMU-sensitive synthesis of ATP can be shown to continue in KCNtreated chloroplasts after cessation of 02 evolution. The catalyst for this reaction, k-phenylenediamine , also stimulates synthesis of ATP in NH OH-treated chloroplasts, but at much higher rates. This ATP synthesis can be o served 2 in the presence of the quinone antagonist dibromothymoquinone, and under the appropriate conditions ...

Abstract Communication connectivity is desirable for the safe and efficient operation of multi-robot systems. While decentralized algorithms maintenance have been explored in recent literature, majority these works do not account robot motion sensing uncertainties. These uncertainties are inherent practical robots result deviating from their desired positions which could potentially a ...