The effect of fluridone on leaf anatomy and plastid ultrastructure was studied in barley plants grown under light and dark conditions. The appearance of defective mesophyll cells and chloroplasts with a destroyed thylakoid membrane system was found in fluridone-treated plants grown at a photosynthetic photon flux (PPF) of 600 μmol.m–2.s–1. Treatment of barley plants with fluridone in the absenc...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS Soil water deficit is a major abiotic stress with severe consequences for the development, productivity and quality of crops. However, it is considered a positive factor in grapevine management (Vitis vinifera), as it has been shown to increase grape quality. The effects of soil water deficit on organogenesis, morphogenesis and gas exchange in the shoot were investigated. ...

Relationships between net plant CO(2) exchange rate (CER) and canopy development were examined in ;jubilee' tomato over the initial 4 weeks of vegetative growth. A comparison was made between two plant groups that were alternatively exposed to 200 or 800 microeinsteins per square meter per second midday irradiation to establish a differential in net CER. Plants exposed to higher irradiation dem...

Optimal allocation of leaf nitrogen maximizes daily CO(2) assimilation for a given leaf nitrogen concentration. According to the hypothesis of optimization, this condition occurs when the partial derivative of assimilation rate with respect to leaf nitrogen concentration is constant. This hypothesis predicts a linear increase of assimilation rate with leaf nitrogen concentration under constant ...

Bean plants, trimmed to a simplified "double source, double sink" translocation system (the paired primary leaves serving as the double source and the paired lateral leaflets of the immature first trifoliate leaf as the double sink) were used to study the magnitude and short-term time course of change in the allocation ratio (partition ratio) of assimilates translocated from the labeled primary...

Background and Importance. Subependymoma occurs very rarely in the spinal cord. We report another case of spinal subependymoma along with a review of the literature and discussion of a radiological finding that is useful for preoperative diagnosis of this tumor. Clinical Presentation. A 51-year-old man presented with a 2-year history of progressive muscle weakness in the right lower extremity. ...