LC-DAD/ESI-MS/MS study of phenolic compounds in ash (Fraxinus excelsior L. and F. americana L.) heartwood. Effect of toasting intensity at cooperage

The phenolic composition of heartwood extracts from Fraxinus excelsior L. and F. americana L., both before and after toasting in cooperage, was studied using LC-DAD/ESI-MS/MS. Low-molecular weight (LMW) phenolic compounds, secoiridoids, phenylethanoid glycosides, dilignols and oligolignols compounds were detected, and 48 were identified, or tentatively characterized, on the basis of their retention time, UV/Vis and MS spectra, and MS fragmentation patterns. Some LMW phenolic compounds like protocatechuic acid and aldehyde, hydroxytyrosol and tyrosol, were unlike to those for oak wood, while ellagic and gallic acid were not found. The toasting of wood resulted in a progressive increase in lignin degradation products with regard to toasting intensity. The levels of some of these compounds in medium-toasted ash woods were much higher than those normally detected in toasted oak, highlighting vanillin levels, thus a more pronounced vanilla character can be expected when using toasted ash wood in the aging wines. Moreover, in seasoned wood, we found a great variety of phenolic compounds which had not been found in oak wood, especially oleuropein, ligstroside and olivil, along with verbascoside and isoverbascoside in F. excelsior, and oleoside in F. americana. Toasting mainly provoked their degradation, thus in medium-toasted wood, only four of them were detected. This resulted in a minor differentiation between toasted ash and oak woods. The absence of tannins in ash wood, which are very important in oak wood, is another peculiar characteristic that should be taken into account when considering its use in cooperage. Copyright (C) 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Sireenit, floksit ja iirikset- Puu-Käpylän koristekasvit

Puu-Käpylä (“Wooden Käpylä”), a neighbourhood of Helsinki, is the earliest example of the Garden City Movement in Finland. The suburb of valuable wooden architecture was built between 1920 and 1925, with the aim to provide a healthy housing area for working-class families with many children. The houses were erected by a co-operative (Käpylän kansanasunnot, “People?s Dwellings”) and they are protected by the city plan since 1960?s. However, the historical value of the sheltered courtyards has not been investigated. The aim of this study was to survey the garden flora of Puu-Käpylä and to evaluate the authenticity of the courtyard gardens. The survey covered the area of one residential quarter (1.2 ha) with twelve 2-storey semi-detached timber houses arranged around a common yard, which was originally appointed for the tenants? vegetable gardens. The houses are still rented, and each flat is allowed a small lot of the courtyard for cultivation. A complete list was made of all perennial, ornamental plant taxa present in the quarter. Spring bulbs were missed due to the timing of the survey. Generally, the plants were recorded on species level, with the exception of common lilacs, shrub roses, irises and peonies that were thoroughly studied for cultivar identification. It was assumed that plants initially grown in the courtyard could be distinguished by studying Finnish garden magazines, books and nursery catalogues published in the 1920?s and by comparing the present vegetation to surviving documents from the quarter. The total number of ornamental plant taxa identified was 172, of which 17 were trees, 47 shrubs, 7 climbers and 101 herbaceous perennials. The results indicated that a major part of the shrubs, climbers and perennials presumably originated from the 1970?s or later, whereas ca. 70 % of the tree specimens were deemed as original. The survey disclosed a heritage variety of common lilac, resembling cultivar „Prince Notger?, a specific peony taxon, Paeonia humilis Retz., cultivated in Nordic countries since long ago, and a few historic iris varieties. Well-preserved design elements included front gardens on one side of the quarter, a maple alley on another side as well as trees at the garden gates. Old garden books and magazines did not shed much light on the Finnish garden flora commonly used in the period when Puu-Käpylä was built. However, they gave a valuable picture of contemporary planting design. Nursery catalogues offered insight into the assortment of ornamental plants traded in the 1920?s. Conclusions on the authenticity of the current flora were mainly drawn on the basis of old photographs and a vegetation survey map drawn in the 1970?s. This study revealed a need for standardization of syrvey methods applied when investigating garden floras. Uniform survey techniques would make the results comparable and enable a future compilation of data from e.g. historic gardens.

Respuesta al déficit hídrico en el crecimiento de forestales del bosque urbano de Mendoza : análisis comparativo en árboles jóvenes

El objetivo del trabajo fue evaluar la respuesta de plantas jóvenes de cuatro especies forestales urbanas a diferentes niveles de déficit hídrico. El ensayo se realizó en vivero, durante tres ciclos vegetativos, con plantas de Platanus x hispanica cv. acerifolia (plátano), Morus alba (morera), Fraxinus americana (fresno americano) y Acacia visco (visco). Los tratamientos de riego fueron: control (reposición del 100% transpirado); riego deficitario moderado (reposición del 66% transpirado) y riego deficitario severo (reposición del 33% transpirado). Las variables de respuesta evaluadas fueron altura, diámetro de tallos, área foliar y ancho de anillos de crecimiento. Las plantas bajo riego deficitario severo presentaron disminuciones en todos los parámetros de crecimiento considerados. Acacia visco resultó con crecimientos comparables al control, bajo riego deficitario equivalente al 66% del agua transpirada, con lo cual puede ser considerada especie de interés para forestaciones en condiciones de estrés hídrico moderado.

Alsographia Americana, or, An American grove of new or revised trees and shrubs of the genera myrica, calycanthys, salix, quercus, fraxinus, populus, tilia, sambucus, viburnum, cornus, juglans, aesculus &c : with some new genera, monographs, and many new sp. in 330 articles, completing 1405 g. and sp. as a continuation of th Syla telluriana and North American trees and shrubs /

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Seasonal effects of foliar application of phosphonate on phosphonate translocation, in vitro pollen viability and pollen germination in `Hass' avocado (Persea americana Mill.)

Phosphonate fungicides are used widely in the control of diseases caused by Phytophthora cinnamomi Rands. For the most part phosphonate is seen as a safe to use on crops with phytotoxicity rare. However, recent research has shown that phosphonate has detrimental effects on the floral biology of some indigenous Australian plants. Since phosphonate fungicides are regularly used for the control of Phytophthora root rot in avocados, research was carried out to study the translocation of phosphonate fungicide in 'Hass' trees and any effects on their floral biology. Field-grown trees were sprayed with 0, 0.06 or 0.12 M mono-dipotassium phosphonate (pH 7.2) at summer flush maturity, floral bud break or anthesis. Following treatment, phosphonic acid concentrations were determined in leaves, roots, inflorescence rachi and flowers and in vitro pollen germination and pollen tube growth studied. Phosphonic acid concentration in the roots and floral parts was related to their sink strength at the respective times of application with concentration in roots highest (36.9.mg g±1) after treatment at summer flush maturity and in flowers (234.7 mg g±1) after treatment during early anthesis. Phosphonate at >0.03 M was found to be significantly phytotoxic to in vitro pollen germination and pollen tube growth. However, this rate gave a concentration far in excess of that measured in plant tissues following standard commercial applications of mono-dipotassium phosphonate fungicide. There was a small effect on pollen germination and pollen tube growth when 0.06 and 0.12 M mono-dipotassium phosphonate was applied during early anthesis. However, under favourable pollination and fruit set conditions it is not expected to have commercial impact on tree yield. However, there may be detrimental commercial implications from phosphonate sprays at early anthesis if unfavourable climatic conditions for pollination and fruit set subsequently occur. A commercial implication from this study is that phosphonic acid root concentrations can be elevated and maintained with strategic foliar applications of phosphonate fungicide timed to coincide with peaks in root sink strength. These occur at the end of the spring and summer flushes when shoot growth is relatively quiescent. Additional foliar applications may be advantageous in under high disease-pressure situations but where possible should be timed to minimize overlap with other significant growth events in the tree such as rapid inflorescence, and fruit development and major vegetative flushing.

Enhancing somatic embryogenesis in avocado (Persea americana Mill.) using a two-step culture system and including glutamine in the culture medium

The development of a more efficient in vitro regeneration system for somatic embryos (SEs) of avocado (Persea americana) would facilitate the development of new superior cultivars for this valuable horticultural crop. In this study, we report a new and efficient method for maintenance and regeneration of avocado SEs. Avocado SEs of four cultivars remained healthy and viable in vitro for 11 months on a medium used for mango somatic embryogenesis, compared with 3-4 months on Murashige and Skoog medium. Various supplements and media modifications were investigated to improve the low conversion rate of regenerated plants from avocado SEs reported previously. The one-step system for regeneration of white-opaque somatic embryos (WOSEs) used solid medium only over a period of 12-14 weeks (sub-culturing every 6 weeks). Addition of praline and glutamine improved the total regeneration from 0 to 17.5% and 10.5%, and plant/shoot recovery from 0 to 12.5% and 5%, respectively. A two-step culture system involving the transfer of WOSEs of cultivar 'Reed' after 6 weeks on solid to liquid medium for 12-15 days as an intermediate step, followed by subculturing again onto solid medium for 6 weeks improved total regeneration to 29% and plant/shoot recovery to 18.3 from 0% when regenerated by subculturing on solid medium only. Supplementation with proline in the solid as well as liquid medium in the two-step culture system at 0.4 g/L increased total regeneration to 35% and plant/shoot recovery to 20%. We were able to achieve highest regeneration using glutamine at 1 g/L in the two-step culture system in terms of both total regeneration (58.3%, including 43.3% bipolar regeneration) and plant/shoot recovery (36.7%) rates, which were significantly higher than in any other treatment investigated. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Molecular phylogenetic analysis reveals six new species of Diaporthe from Australia

Six new species of Diaporthe, D. beilharziae on Indigofera australis, D. fraxini-angustifoliae on Fraxinus angustifolia subsp. oxycarpa, D. litchicola on Litchi chinensis, D. nothofagi on Nothofagus cunninghamii, D. pascoei on Persea americana and D. salicicola on Salix purpurea from Australia are described and illustrated based on morphological characteristics and molecular analyses. Three of the new species no longer produced sporulating structures in culture and two of these were morphologically described from voucher specimens. Phylogenetic relationships of the new species with other Diaporthe species are revealed by DNA sequence analyses based on the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region, and partial regions of the β-tubulin (BT) and translation elongation factor 1-alpha (TEF). © 2013 Mushroom Research Foundation.

Toxicidad del extracto etérico de semilla de mamey (Mammea americana L.) y su efecto sobre la oviposición de Plutella xylostella L.

El mamey (Mammea americana L ) de la familia Clausaceae es originario del Caribe y América tropical; esta planta tiene propiedades insecticidas, localizando su mayor efecto en la semilla madura. En el presente trabajo se utilizó petroleum éter como solvente extractor de los ingredientes activos de la semilla de mamey. Se determinó la toxicidad de este extracto sobre larvas de Plutella xylostella utilizando métodos de aplicación tópica y de discos de hoja., también se determinó el efecto delextracto sobre la oviposición de Plutella xylostella. Se encontró que la toxicidad obtenida en ambas modalidades de aplicación después de 48 horas de aplicación es alta y se expresa en la CL50 que es de 102-115 mg/1 y el extracto actúa por contacto. El extracto etérico en la concentración de 100 ppm inhibe la oviposición de Plutella durante las primeras 24 horas después de aplicación, mientras que las concentraciones bajas pueden estimular la oviposición de este insecto.

Temas de historia argentina y americana, 2003, n° 3 (número completo)

Mayo de 1910: el imaginario a través de los discursos oficiales / María Victoria Carsen -- Sylvestre Begnis y la instauración nacional del frondicismo. 1954-1958 / Miguel Ángel De Marco (h) -- Un intento de democratización: política sindical durante el gobierno del general Lonardi (23 de septiembre al 13 de noviembre de 1955) / Guillermo E. Gini -- Del esplendor a la crisis. Las misiones guaraníes entre 1734 y 1744 /Ernesto J. A. Maeder -- El 90. La crisis económica y política vista desde la gráfica satírica de la época / Andrea Matallana -- Relaciones comerciales franco-argentinas. 1880-1914 / Hebe C. Pelosi -- Resistencia cultural a un régimen autoritario: El “sonoro” silencio de SUR durante el primer peronismo / Rosalie Sitman -- La creación musical académica argentina como reflejo de la Guerra del Paraguay / Juan María Veniard -- Reseñas Bibliográficas

Temas de historia argentina y americana, 2005, n° 7 (número completo)

Centralismo y descentralización en el Plata. Aproximaciones / Edberto Oscar Acevedo -- La Justicia letrada en la campaña bonaerense. 1853-1856 / María Angélica Corva -- La tradición indiana y la formación del derecho argentino / José María Días Couselo -- El destierro de Perón en la España franquista / Beatriz J. Figallo -- Ideología y pragmatismo: relaciones hispano-chilenas, 1964-1970 / María José Henriquez Uzal -- Los aspectos navales de las relaciones Argentino Germanas II – La época del Tercer Reich 1930-1945 / Julio M. Luqui-Lagleyze -- Las formas sociales del habitar. Derivaciones tipológicas de la vivienda hacia el Centenario de Mayo / Susana N. Tuler -- Las publicaciones producidas por el ambiente del Centenario de la Revolución de Mayo (1910) / Juan María Veniard -- Documentos -- Reseñas Bibliográficas

Temas de historia argentina y americana, 2007, n° 11 (número completo)

Jansenismo e ilustración católica en Hispanoamérica / Edberto Oscar Acevedo -- El temor brasileño a Rosas y a Oribe / Adriana Mirel Clavijo -- Estado, Universidad y política en la modernización argentina, 1927-1930. El aporte de lo regional al proceso nacional / Miguel Ángel De Marco (h) -- Entre la bilateralidad y las estrategias regionales de política económica. La Argentina y el Cono Sur durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial, 1940-1941 / Beatriz Figallo -- Educación socialista, modernización, modernización científica y organización sindical durante el gobierno de lázaro Cárdenas en México (1934-1940) / Ana María Kapelusz-Poppi -- La universidad y la política en la modernización argentina, 1918-1930 / Hebe Carmen Pelosi -- Los aportes de los investigadores pioneros a la arqueología del Noroeste Argentino / Paola Silva Ramundo -- Reseñas Bibliográficas -- Índices de Temas de Historia Argentina y Americana Números 1 a 10

Temas de historia argentina y americana, 2005, n° 6 (número completo)

Imágenes de la periferia. Las exploraciones de Juan Francisco de Aguirre y su historia y geografía de las Provincias del Río de la Plata / Liliana M. Brezzo -- Las exposiciones internacionales en la ciudad de Buenos Aires durante los festejos del Centenario / Florencia Casiraghi de Pryor -- Raúl A. Molina y la historia de la Virgen de Luján / Jorge Juan Cortabarría -- Las visitas a la provincia carmelitana de San Alberto de México en el siglo XVII / María de Lourdes Lascurain de Doucet -- Sobre marinos y funcionarios en el Río de la Plata, conflictos y necesidades (1760-1800) / Guillermo Andrés Oyarzábal -- La Revolución Mexicana y la diplomacia argentina (1910-1913). Los prolegómenos de la mediación del ABC / Ricardo Weinmann -- Documentos -- Necrológicas -- Reseñas Bibliográficas

Temas de historia argentina y americana, 2003, n° 2 (número completo)

Doctrina partidaria y formulación del derecho en la Argentina peronista / Ezequiel Abásolo -- El eco de la Guerra Civil Española en la revista Criterio / Ángeles Castro Montero -- Presencia del Rosario en el culto mariano regional y popular de la Argentina /Olga Fernández Latour de Botas -- El ejercicio de la profesión de abogado en Buenos Aires durante el período rivadaviano / Alberto David Leiva -- Catálogo de los buques llegados al Río de la Plata (1700-1775) / José María Mariluz Urquijo -- El proceso de la caza torpedera Rosales y su influencia en la primera legislación argentina de justicia militar / Guillermo Oyarzábal -- Los servicios urbanos en Indias durante el siglo XVIII / Daisy Rípodas Ardanaz -- Documentos -- Reseñas Bibliográficas

Temas de historia argentina y americana, 2008, n° 13 (número completo)

De la casa al partido y del partido al hogar (1946-1955) / Carolina Barry -- Un nuevo espacio de poder: las milicias en San Luis Potosí a finales del período colonial (1767-1810) / Juan José Benavides Martínez -- Proscripción y exilio. Ofensiva judicial / Federico Bertram y Sandra Villa -- La traslación española hacia América durante la segunda mitad del siglo XIX / Rosario Güenaga -- La Catedral en la Penitenciaría. Historia de un fastuoso proyecto urbanístico para Buenos Aires (1934) / Miranda Lida -- Aportes de la arqueología subacuática: el naufragio de la fragata española San Salvador (1812) / Atilio Nasti -- Las familias nativas de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires antes de la gran inmigración / Cristian Redi -- El naufragio de la cazatorpedera Rosales (1892): juicio al comandante Leopoldo Funes / Guillermo Oyarzábal -- La disputa por la argentinidad. Rupturistas y neutralistas durante la Primera Guerra Mundial / María Inés Tato -- Reseñas Bibliográficas

Temas de historia argentina y americana, 2007, n° 10 (número completo)

Un notable historiador eclesiástico argentino, el canónigo doctor Américo A. Tonda / Miguel Ángel De Marco -- Carlos Vega, a cuarenta años de su muerte (1966-2006) / Santiago Miguel Giacosa -- La situación del trabajador español en la Argentina a principios del siglo XX / Rosario Güenaga -- El aporte extranjero a la conformación de las tripulaciones de las escuadras argentinas en las Guerras de Independencia y del Brasil, 1814-1830 / Julio M. Luqui-Lagleyze -- Ricardo Zorraquín Becú y la crisis del imperio hispano indiano / Eduardo Martiré -- España y la emergencia del poder americano, 1902-1936 / José Luis Neila Hernández -- El retorno de Perón al poder reflejado en la prensa israelí – Argentina, Israel y los judíos, 1973-74 / Raanan Rein -- Juan Moreira: la transformación de un gaucho cuchillero en personaje de ópera italiana / Juan María Veniard -- Reseñas Bibliográficas