giant/zea mays

The increasing demand for lignocellulosic biomass for the production of biofuels provides value to vegetative plant tissue and leads to a paradigm shift for optimizing plant architecture in bioenergy crops. Plant height (PHT) is among the most important biomass yield components and is the focus of

A previous in vitro study has indicated that four phthalate esters (PAEs) could damage hemocytes and decreases the cellular immunity of prawns [Sung, H.H., Kao, W.Y., Su, Y.J., 2003. Effects and toxicity of phthalate esters to hemocytes of giant freshwater prawn, Macrobranchium rosenbergii. Aquat.

Roots of 3.5-day-old seedlings of Zea mays L. var. Giant White Horsetooth contain an extractable auxin which has been identified unequivocally as IAA. A mass spectrometric technique has been used to determine quantitatively the levels of IAA in the cortical, stelar and apical regions of the roots.

Because it has a very large, very rapidly growing primary root, we evaluated giant maize (Zea mays var. Cuscoensis) as a model organism for root research. Granular inclusions are a common feature of cells in many organisms, but they are not common in root meristems. We here report the presence of

Roots of 3.5-day-old seedlings of Zea mays cv. Giant White Horsetooth contain an extractable auxin which has chromatographic properties and reactions to chromogenic sprays identical with those of indole-3-acetic acid (IAA). By separating stele from cortex (and root tips) before extraction it was

UNASSIGNED We previously showed enrichments of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) in broiler chicks fed defatted microalgae. UNASSIGNED The aims of this study were to determine 1) if the enrichments affected meat texture and were enhanced by manipulating dietary corn oil,

The onset and development of testicular lesions following tri-o-cresyl phosphate (TOCP) dosing have been documented through light and electron microscopic morphological studies. Male Fischer 344 rats (190-210 g body weight) were administered 150 mg TOCP/kg/day in corn oil for 1, 3, 5, 7, 10, 14, and

Rations containing 25% of either regular rapeseed oil (36% erucic acid), Oro rapeseed oil (1.9% erucic acid), soybean oil or a mixture of lard and corn oil were fed to chickens, ducks and turkeys. The regular rapeseed oil ration caused growth depression, increased feed conversion and anemia in all

The quantities of endogenous indol-3yl-acetic acid (IAA) in endosperms and scutella of 6-day-old maize seedlings (Zea mays L. cv Giant White Horsetooth) were determined by a fluorimetric method. Endosperms were found to contain 33.4 nanograms IAA per plant, and scutella 7.5 nanograms IAA per plant.

Ultrastructural studies were conducted on the myocardium of rats fed corn oil, Tower RSO (0 . 88 per cent EA), 1788 RSO (3 . 6 per cent EA) and Target RSO (38 . 9 per cent EA) supplemented diets for 18 weeks. Cardiac myocytes of Tower RSO-fed rats showed some loosening of myofibrils and a slight

Male rats of proven fertility were fed the following diets for 28 d either with or without 0.075% 5-thioglucose (5-THG): AIN-76 diet (A76): a diet with 13% casein, 2% glucose and the balance of the calories as free corn oil fatty acids from corn oil (2G); and a similar diet, isocaloric with 2G, with

3-Nitro-1,2,4-triazol-5-one (NTO) is currently being investigated in the development of insensitive munitions. Rats orally exposed to NTO have demonstrated testicular toxicity in both subacute and subchronic studies; however, toxicity has not been verified in mice. Also, previous studies have not

Exposure of rats to nitrobenzene produces a degeneration of the seminiferous epithelium of the testes. Sperm production was continuously monitored in rats surgically prepared by anastomosing the vas deferentia with the urinary bladder to evaluate the reversibility of nitrobenzene toxicity. Rates of

Light promotes the net acropetal movement of (14)C through 6-mm subapical segments of dark-grown roots of Zea mays supplied at their basal ends with 1 μM IAA-1-(14)C in agar blocks. This promotion occurs only when the segments are irradiated during the transport period, and both red and blue light

This study aimed to investigate the toxic impact prompted in the testes of adult mice exposed to 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzofuran (TCDF). Four groups of 12 mice each were used in the present study. Group 1 mice were kept as control and administered corn oil only. Group 2 animals were given