Z. Naturforsch. 44c, 55 — 58 (1989); received August 1, 1988 Abutilon theophrasti, Lycopersicon esculentum, S-Adenosylmethionine Decarboxylase, Arginine Decarboxylase. Ornithine Decarboxylase, Spermidine Synthase Inhibitors of enzymes involved in polyamine biosynthesis which stop the growth of bacteria, fungi and animal cell systems were analyzed for their potential to interfere with plant cell...

Choice tests were conducted to determine feeding preferences of European corn borer, Ostrinia nubilalis (Hübner) (Lepidoptera: Crambidae), neonates for 15 species of plants. Percentage of neonates accepting (found on) each leaf disc after 24 h was measured using choice tests. Initially, nine species of plants were evaluated. The following year, 10 plant species were evaluated during O. nubilali...

Seeds from natural populations of fierce thornapple and velvetleaf collected in a corn-growing area in central Spain were incubated at a range of constant temperatures and water potentials to model the progress of germination on the basis of the accumulation of hydrothermal time. Previous to the germination tests, the seeds were treated in two different ways: (1) dark storage under dry conditio...