scholarly journals The effect of excess nitrogen and of insect defoliation on the frost hardiness of bark tissue of adult oaks

1996 ◽  
Vol 53 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 395-406 ◽  
Author(s):  
FM Thomas ◽  
R Blank
Keyword(s):  
Frost Hardiness ◽  
Excess Nitrogen ◽  
Insect Defoliation ◽  
Bark Tissue

Excess nitrogen accumulation in activated sludge in sequencing batch reactor with a single-stage oxic process

2009 ◽  
Vol 59 (3) ◽  
pp. 573-582 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiao-ming Li ◽  
Dong-bo Wang ◽  
Qi Yang ◽  
Wei Zheng ◽  
Jian-bin Cao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Activated Sludge ◽  
Nitrogen Removal ◽  
Sequencing Batch Reactor ◽  
Ph Value ◽  
Batch Reactor ◽  
Nitrogen Loss ◽  
Single Stage ◽  
Synthetic Wastewater ◽  
Nitrogen Accumulation ◽  
Excess Nitrogen

It was occasionally found that a significant nitrogen loss in solution under neutral pH value in a sequencing batch reactor with a single-stage oxic process using synthetic wastewater, and then further studies were to verify the phenomenon of nitrogen loss and to investigate the pathway of nitrogen removal. The result showed that good performance of nitrogen removal was obtained in system. 0–7.28 mg L−1 ammonia, 0.08–0.38 mg L−1 nitrite and 0.94–2.12 mg L−1 nitrate were determined in effluent, respectively, when 29.85–35.65 mg L−1 ammonia was feeding as the sole nitrogen source in influent. Furthermore, a substantial nitrogen loss in solution (95% of nitrogen influent) coupled with a little gaseous nitrogen increase in off-gas (7% of nitrogen influent) was determined during a typical aerobic phase. In addition, about 322 mg nitrogen accumulation (84% of nitrogen influent) was detected in activated sludge. Based on nitrogen mass balance calculation, the unaccounted nitrogen fraction and the ratio of nitrogen accumulation in sludge/nitrogen loss in solution were 14.6 mg (3.7% of nitrogen influent) and 0.89, respectively. The facts indicated that the essential pathway of nitrogen loss in solution in this study was excess nitrogen accumulation in activated sludge.

scholarly journals Rapid and Sensitive Detection of Apple stem pitting virus in Apple Trees Through RNA Amplification and Probing with Fluorescent Molecular Beacons

2001 ◽  
Vol 91 (11) ◽  
pp. 1085-1091 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. M. Klerks ◽  
G. Leone ◽  
J. L. Lindner ◽  
C. D. Schoen ◽  
J. F. J. M. van den Heuvel
Keyword(s):  
Field Testing ◽  
Molecular Beacons ◽  
Fluorescent Detection ◽  
Rna Amplification ◽  
Apple Trees ◽  
Apple Stem ◽  
Bark Tissue ◽  
Specific Amplification ◽  
Apple Stem Pitting Virus ◽  
Stem Pitting

Currently, detection of Apple stem pitting virus (ASPV; genus Foveavirus) in apple trees for certification purposes occurs by woody indexing. This method requires a minimum of 12 to 24 weeks in greenhouse testing to up to 2 years in field testing. In this paper, the development of a single tube AmpliDet RNA system for the rapid gel-free detection of ASPV in apple tree tissues is described. The system relies on the specific amplification of the viral RNA by nucleic acid sequence-based amplification and the simultaneous fluorescent detection of the amplification product through molecular beacons. A sensitivity of a minimum of 100 molecules of transcript RNA was obtained by the ASPV-specific AmpliDet RNA. All biologically characterized ASPV isolates from a field trial and 12 of 14 isolates from a plant virus collection were readily detected with this AmpliDet RNA system. In addition, the efficiency of this method for detecting ASPV in ‘Golden Delicious’ and ‘Gravenstein’ apple trees was compared throughout the year with mechanical inoculation onto Nicotiana occidentalis 37B, a candidate indicator for ASPV. This revealed that only AmpliDet RNA consistently detected the virus in bark tissue, irrespective of the season. Season-specific tissues such as buds, petals, and fruits, but not leaves, also were reliable sources for detection of ASPV by the AmpliDet RNA system.

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