Interference of three weed extracts on uptake of nutrient in three different varieties of paddy through radio tracer techniques

Interference of three dominant weed extracts viz., Ageratum conyzoides L., Melilotus indica All. and Parthenium hysterophorus L. were examined on seed germination, seedling growth, and nutrient uptake (32P and 65Zn) in three different varieties (PD-10, PD-12 and PB) of paddy (Oryza sativa L.). Among the three different varieties irrespective of weed extracts, PD-10 and PD-12 were resistant and PB was susceptible in terms of seed germination, radicle length and plumule dry weight; and PD-12 and PB were resistant and susceptible, respectively, in terms of plumule length and total seedling dry weight. A. conyzoides caused maximum reduction in seed germination and M. indica in seedling growth in different varieties of paddy. The weed extracts interfered in uptake of both 32P and 65Zn and there was a gradual decrease in uptake of both nutrients with increasing concentration of extracts in both root and shoot. The uptake of 32P and 65Zn was more inhibitory with the extracts of A. conyzoides and M. indica, respectively in different varieties. The inhibition in seed germination, seedling growth and nutrient uptake may be due to the presence of phenolics and other secondary metabolities. The phenolics such as gallic, vanillic, protocatechuic and p-hydroxybenzoic acids were identified from these weed extracts.     

湖南耐寒桉树优良单株组培研究

本研究以湖南省林业技术推广总站在湖南选育的17个耐寒桉树优良单株为试验材料,进行组培繁殖,有14个优良单株成功地诱导出了愈伤组织或芽。结果表明,以一年生扦插苗的当年生嫩枝作为外植体来源,污染率低且愈伤组织和芽的诱导率高;0.25％氯化汞消毒15—20分钟,可将污染率控制在70％以下,且对外植体的损害最小;按树最佳的诱导培养基为:1/2MS+BA_(1.0)+IBA_(0.25),最佳的继代培基为:MS+BA_(1.0)+KT_(1.0)+VB2_(10)。     

酸阻滞技术的研究与应用

本文提出酸阻滞法从废液中分离，回收重金属和酸的新技术工艺，从十多种国产树脂中成功地筛选出两种可作为酸阻滞剂，有较好的分离效果。但洗脱时酸脱尾严重，当选择穿透比在０．６左右时，可以解决酸脱尾现象，使脱尾酸损失由３０％降到７％，而酸的回收率由６０％提高到９０％，采用该工艺对几种废液进行处理，重金属回收液中酸去除率大于９５％，而回用酸中金属去除率大于７０％，该工艺既可回收重金属，同时也可回收酸。     

Acid azo dye degradation by free and immobilized horseradish peroxidase (HRP) catalyzed process

Acid azo (Acid Black 10 BX) dye removal by plant based peroxidase catalyzed reaction was investigated. Horseradish peroxidase (HRP) was extracted from horseradish roots and its performance was evaluated in both free and immobilized form. HRP showed its ability to degrade the dye in aqueous phase. Studies are further carried out to understand the process parameters such as aqueous phase pH, H2O2 dose, dye and enzyme concentrations during enzyme-mediated dye degradation process. Experimental data revealed that dye (substrate) concentration, aqueous phase pH, enzyme and H2O2 dose play a significant role on the overall enzyme-mediated reaction. Acrylamide gel immobilized HRP showed effective performance compared to free HRP and alginate entrapped HRP. Alginate entrapped HRP showed inferior performance over the free enzyme due to the consequence of non-availability of the enzyme to the dye molecule due to polymeric immobilization. Standard plating studies performed with Pseudomonas putida showed enhanced degradation of HRP catalyzed dye compared to control.