X-ray imaging of 30 year old wine grape wood reveals cumulative impacts of rootstocks on scion secondary growth and Ravaz index.

Annual rings from 30 year old vines in a California rootstock trial were measured to determine the effects of 15 different rootstocks on Chardonnay and Cabernet Sauvignon scions. Viticultural traits measuring vegetative growth, yield, berry quality, and nutrient uptake were collected at the beginning (1995 to 1999) and end (2017 to 2020) of the lifetime of a vineyard initially planted in 1991 and removed in 2021. X-ray Computed Tomography (CT) was used to measure ring widths in 103 vines.

Grapevine rootstocks affect growth-related scion phenotypes.

Grape growers use rootstocks to provide protection against pests and pathogens and to modulate viticulture performance such as shoot growth. Our study examined two grapevine scion varieties ('Chardonnay' and 'Cabernet Sauvignon') grafted to 15 different rootstocks and determined the effect of rootstocks on eight traits important to viticulture. We assessed the vines across five years and identified both year and variety as contributing strongly to trait variation.

Determination of chemical forms of C in liquid discharges from nuclear power plants.

Developments of radioanalytical methods for determination of radiocarbon in wastewaters from nuclear power plants (NPP) with pressurized light water reactors, which would distinguish between the dissolved organic and inorganic forms have been carried out. After preliminary tests, the method was used to process pilot samples from wastewater outlets from the Temelín and Dukovany NPPs (Czech Republic). The results of analysis of pilot water samples collected in 2015 indicate that the instantaneous C releases into the water streams would be about 7.

Chlorpromazine and lithium interaction: a biochemical and histological study.

Biochemical and histological studies on the effect of separate and combined administration of LiCl and of chlorpromazine (CPZ) on female C57BL/6J mice were performed. Mice were divided into 4 groups. One group was given an intraperitoneal injection daily of CPZ HCl, 5 mg/kg for 4 days followed by 4 more days of a daily dosage of 10 mg/kg.

Modification of mouse liver alcohol and aldehyde-dehydrogenase by chlorpromazine.

The in vivo and in vitro effect of chlorpromazine (CPZ) on female mouse liver alcohol dehydrogenase (L-ADH) and mitochondrial aldehyde dehydrogenase (L-ALDH) was studied as a function of illumination conditions. Chlorpromazine was injected once daily in a gradual dose build-up from 5 to 30 mg/kg, i.p.