Ustilago hordei (Pers.) Lagerh. causes covered smut of barley and oats. Sporidial mating and the infection process on compatible barley plants, cv. Hannchen, were investigated using light microscopy and scanning and transmission electron microscopy. Within 2 h after mixing of sporidia of opposite mating types on water agar, polar conjugation tubes emerged that subsequently fused, producing infe...

Wheat carboxypeptidase II has been isolated from wheat bran by affinity chromatography and its enzymatic properties and amino acid sequence has been determined. The enzyme is a dimer of molecular weight around 110,000 with each monomer composed of two peptide chains, an A-chain and a B-chain, linked by disulfide bridges. The A-chain exists in two forms, one, the A'-chain, being three amino acid...

In this study, the allelochemical-induced effects of leaf water extract hemp (Cannabis sativa) on seed germination and seedling growth were investigated in durum wheat (Triticum durum) cv. Mongibello barley (Hordeum vulgare) Alamo. The seeds imbibed 25%, 50%, 75%, or 100% solution concentrations, obtained from a 2% extract, they germinated at 20 10 °C. stock (i.e., concentration) was by extract...