Litter decomposition in southern Appalachian black locust and pine-hardwood stands: litter quality and nitrogen dynamics. Can. J. For. Res. 18: 54-63. To compare litter decomposition and nitrogen (N) dynamics in 16-year-old black locust and pine-hardwood forest stands, weight loss, N concentration, and litter quality of the dominant species in each stand were monitored for 863 days, using litte...

the goal of this study was to survey the natural vegetation on waste landfills and suggest arestoration plan. in the study, i identified 63 families, 275 species, and 34 varieties of aboveground vascular flora. robinia pseudo-acacia was the dominant tree, with a basal area density of 1.51¡3/ha, followed in decreasing order by salix koreensis and populus sieboldii. twinspan resulted in the class...

To check for the presence of Em-like proteins in seeds of the leguminous tree Robinia pseudoacacia L. (black locust), a cDNA library constructed from mRNA isolated from developing seeds was screened using radiolabeled cDNA encoding the Em protein from Vigna radiata as a probe. Sequence analysis of the identified cDNA clones revealed two classes of Em proteins in Robinia. The nucleotide sequence...

Transgenic Robinia pseudoacacia plants were obtained by Agrobacterium tumefaciens mediated gene transfer. Agrobacterium strain LBA4404 harbouring a binary vector that contained the chimeric neomycin phosphotransferase II (NPTII) and beta-glucuronidase (GUS) genes was co-cultivated with hypocotyl segments of in vitro raised seedlings of Robinia. Parameters important for high efficiency regenerat...