简介:Thelengthsofmesocotylintheseedlingsof84lowlandricevarietiesand12uplandricevarietiesweremeasuredfollowingthetreatmentsofdaylightanddarknessduringgermination.Theelongationofmesocotylinthevarietiestestedwasinhibitedunderdaylightcondition,andthemesocotylofallthevarietieselongatedvariablyunderdarknesscondition.Theelongatedlengthsofthemesocotylinuplandrice,rangingfrom0.36cmto1.61cmwithanaverageof0.81cm,wasobviouslylongerthanthoseinlowlandrice,rangingfrom0.12cmto1.56cmwithanaverageof0.42cm.Among14ricevarietieswithover1cmofmesocotyllength,fivebelongedtouplandrice,andninetolowlandrice.Thepossibleutilizationoftheelongated-mesocotylricegermplasminvarietalimprovement,direct-seededplantingandseedpuritytestingwerediscussed.
简介:ABSTRACT AGISisproposedasatoolforthemanagingplanfortheAntarcticspeciallymanagedarea(ASMA)inAdmiraltyBay.TheASMAcomprisestheareaconsideredtobewithintheglacialdrainagebasinofthebay.Furthermore,itincludespartofSSSINo.8adjacenttotheareabutoutsideoftheglacialdrainagebasin.Threestationsandsixrefugesarelocatedinthearea.UsingaSPOTsatelliteimagemap,thelimitsoftheASMAaremarkedanditsareaisre_calculated.Itconsistsof362km2,including186km2islandicefieldandsmallcirqueglaciersand32km2ice_freefield.Therestcompriseswaterofthebayandasmalladjacentarea(8km2)oftheBransfieldStrait.TheASMA_GISwillconsistsof12datalayersrangingfromthephysiographicsettingstothebiologicalandadministrativefeatures.AlldatawillbeimplementedintoArc/InfoGISaccordingtothecartographicguidelinesoftheSCARWG_GGI.First,fiveplansofinformationwillberealisedusingatopographicdatabasecompiledfromvarioussourcesanddatafromtherevisedbathymetricchartpublishedbytheBrazilianNavyHydrographicSurveyandalsoincluding:1)LimitsoftheASMAandprotectedareas;2)Glaciologicalfeatures(e.g.drainagebasinlimits)and3)Humanpresence(e.g.stationsandhistoricalsites).ThesebasicGISlayerswillbeoperationalinearly2001.Then,additionaldataontheremaininglayers(e.g.hydrology,geologyandgeomorphology)willbeincludedfrompublishedsources.TheASMA_GISwillformanimportantdatabaseforenvironmentalmonitoringandstudiessurveyingtemporalchangesoffeaturessuchasglacierfrontpositionsorbirdbreadingsites.
简介:Caspasesfunctionasacomponentincellsignalingpathwayswhichareinvolvedineventssuchasapoptosis,cellgrowthanddifferentiation.Caspase-9(CASP9)isamemberoftheintrinsicapoptosispathway,whichisactivatedasaresultofmitochondrialdamageandcytochromecrelease.Onceactivated,CASP9cleavesandactivatestherelevantcaspases,suchascaspase-3,thattargetavarietyofcellularcomponentstodismantleacellandpresentthefragmentsforphagocytosis[1].