Field studies were conducted in 1982 and 1983 at Southern Illinois University to evaluate soybean oil as a carrier for preemergence
and postemergence herbicides and as an enhancing agent for postemergence herbicides. Preemergence and postemergence herbicides
applied with rotary nozzles in a soybean oil carrier volume as low as 5 L/ha afforded weed control equal to that achieved
when the herbicides were applied in 187 L/ha water with flat fan nozzles. Soybean oil as an enhancing agent for four postemergence
soybean herbicides was equal to petroleum crop oil concentrate with three of the herbicides but distinctly less effective
with the fourth herbicide. 相似文献
Molecular weights and molecular weight distributions are compared by gel permeation chromatography for rubbers from 33 north temperate zone plants, guayule, and Hevea. Rubbers isolated from all the northern plants had much lower weight-average molecular weight (Mw) values (9.72 × 104–4.95 × 105) than milled Hevea (1.31 × 106) or guayule (1.28 × 106) rubber. Pycnanthemum incanum, Lamiastrum galeobdolon, Monarda fistulosa, and Vernonia fasciculata produced potentially useful natural rubbers having Mw values above 4 × 105 and polydispersity factors of 3.1–4.5. 相似文献
Guayule, a perennial desert plant, is being developed for domestic production of natural rubber, a strategic commodity for
which the United States presently depends totally on foreign sources. At present, rubber alone is not sufficient to make guayule
a commercial crop, and additional revenues are being sought from by-products. Because guayule flowers profusely during several
years of growth before it is harvested for rubber, seed may also contribute to the economics of guayule production. Seed from
120 plants, including 20 genotypes with 36, 37, 54 and 72 chromosomes, were analyzed for oil content and fatty acid composition.
Oil content ranged from 17.1 to 30.5%. On average, seed from diploid and aneuploid plants (with 36 and 37 chromosomes) contained
40.4% more oil than the seed from polyploid plants. The oil consisted of four fatty acids—palmitic (8.7–11.5%), stearic (3.7–6.2%),
oleic (6.5–13.9%) and linoleic (69.1–80.2%)—at all ploidy levels. Guayule seed oil was similar to the seed oil from high-linoleic
safflower varieties. The use of genetic variation to increase seed yield and seed oil will depend on the absence of negative
correlation between oil and rubber production. 相似文献
WhileLesquerella fendleri has good potential of becoming a domestic, water-efficient source of hydroxy fatty acids in the United States, little research
has been done outside of Arizona to determine its environmental response and cultural requirements. This study examined the
effects of planting date, irrigation rate and fertilizer on growth and yield in Oregon, and it also evaluated tolerance to
existing herbicides as a first step in developing cost-effective weed control programs. An October planting failed, while
a March planting generally out-yielded a May planting. Seed yield was maximized at irrigation plus precipitation in the range
of 959 to 1111 mm. Fertilizer response was indefinite, although response to phosphorus sometimes occurred. Herbicides with
excellent potential include trifluralin and benefin pre-plant incorporated, and fluazifop post-emergent. Potential herbicides
also include pendimethalin preemergent, and oxyfluorfen, dicamba and clopyralid postemergent. In addition to further studies
on herbicide, irrigation, fertilizer and planting date effects, studies to optimize other cultural practices (e.g., row width, plant density, seed source, varietal development) that increase oil yield and quality while reducing input cost
are required if lesquerella production is to occur in Oregon. 相似文献
Examination of the optical and EPR properties of the ferric form of the iron containing superoxide dismutase from E. coli B, at pH values ranging from 4.5 to 10.9, has revealed two reversible structural transitions affecting the Fe3+ ion. The apparent pKa. values of these transitions are 5.1±0.3 and 9.0±0.3. The binding of azide has been studied over the pH range 4.5 to 10.7; the affinity of the Fe3+ for N3− is independent of pH from 4.5 to ∼ 7.5, after which the dissociation constant decreased by a factor of 10 per unit increase in pH. The apparent pKa. which affects N3− binding to the iron is 8.6±0.2. The association of N3− with the iron has been examined using the temperature-jump method at pH 7.4 and 9.3. The kinetics of ligand association were shown to conform to the minimal mechanism: K1 was found to be essentially unaffected by pH whereas K2 was much lower at pH 9.3 than at 7.4. The value of K1 at pH 7.4 (100 M−1) corresponds very closely to that obtained for the inhibition constant of azide, 10 mM.12 A scheme is presented in which N3− inhibits the iron containing dismutase by competing with O2− for an anion binding site near, but not on the Fe3+. 相似文献
Field trials were conducted during three years (1996–1998) to follow the fate of N fertiliser applied to spinach (Spinacea oleracea L.) grown over winter (May–September) in New Zealand. Urea labeled with 15N was applied to the spinach at different rates (0, 200 or 400 kg N/ha), times (as two or three split applications) and placement methods (broadcast or banded). The results showed that the typical fertiliser practice of applying 350 kg N/ha near planting time followed by 50 kg N/ha 4 weeks later, resulted in leaching losses of 119–292 kg N/ha depending on the rainfall. Plants recovered only a small proportion of the fertiliser N (3–18% of the 15N). Better utilization of the fertiliser and lower leaching losses occurred when the fertiliser was applied strategically in split applications with only a small amount (10%) applied near sowing and the majority applied to match crop demand. For example, in 1998 applying 200 kg N/ha (20 kg N/ha initially+100 kg N/ha after 4 weeks and 80 kg N/ha after 8 weeks) resulted in twice the spinach yield (25 t/ha compared with 13 t/ha) and less than half the leaching loss (108 kg N/ha leached compared with 246 kg N/ha) compared with the typical fertiliser practice. 相似文献