The total area and number of xylem rays and vessels from tangential and cross sections of twigs of 12 sugar maples (Acer saccharum Marsh.) were determined by the use of an image-analyzing computer. A nested analysis of variance indicated that xylem rays of trees of high sap and sugar yield are more numerous and larger than the rays of other sugar maples. The total area and number of xylem vessels were about the same in all 12 trees.

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RESUMOCom o objetivo de definir os valores biométricos e quantificar parâmetros hematológicos como hematócrito, concentração de proteínas plasmáticas totais e leucócitos totais de tartarugas da espécie Podocnemis expansa, coletou-se um mililitro de sangue da veia femoral de 60 exemplares aparentemente saudáveis. Os animais obtidos do criatório particular, Estância Terra, localizado no estado do Acre, foram classificados em seis grupos de pesos diferentes. Durante a biometria, foram tomadas medidas de peso, comprimento e largura da carapaça e do plastrão, para as análises da correlação dos parâmetros de tamanho e massa corporal entre os indivíduos do mesmo grupo. Os valores observados indicaram que o grupo 06, que inclui os animais com massa acima de 26 kg, apresentou melhor correlação entre as massas individuais de cada animal (r = 0,97) Enquanto que, o grupo 02 (massa entre 21 e 25 kg) apresentou a pior correlação entre as massas (r = 0,34). O resultado da média total de hematócrito de todos os animais deste experimento foi de 10,56%. A concentração das proteínas plasmáticas totais foi de 3,69g dL -1 , e a média de leucócitos totais foi de 51466,66µL. Estes parâmetros são considerados fora do padrão quando comparados com os valores encontrados em animais saudáveis da mesma espécie. Assim, este trabalho pode contribuir com informações sobre os dados biométricos e parâmetros hematológicos de P. expansa de cativeiro e demonstra a importância do monitoramento da sanidade dos animais em cativeiro, prevenindo manifestação de enfermidades que poderão pôr em risco a saúde de todo o plantel. Palavras-chave: tartaruga da Amazônia, hematócrito, Podocnemis expansa ABSTRACTThe aim of this study was defined the biometric values and quantify hematological parameters such as hematocrit, concentration of total plasma proteins and total leukocytes for Podocnemis expansa, we collect one milliliter of blood from the femoral vein of 60 specimens apparently healthy. The animals were collected from a private farm, Estancia Terra, located in Rio Branco in the state of Acre, and were classified into six groups of different weights. During the collection of biometric data, weight measurements were taken, and length and width of the carapace and plastron, for the analysis of correlation between the size parameters and body mass between individuals of the same group. The values observed indicate that the group 06, which includes animals with mass above 26kg, showed the best correlation between the individual masses of each animal (R = 0.97), while the group 02 (weight 21 to 25kg) showed the worst correlation between the mass (r = 0.34). The result of the overall average hematocrit of all animals of this experiment was 10.56%. The concentration of total plasma proteins was 3,69g DL -1 and the average total number of leukocytes was 51466,66μL. These parameters are considered abnormal when compared to the values found in healthy animals of the same species. This work contributes with information about biometric data and hematological paramet...

Six types of containers for maple syrup were evaluated under three controlled temperatures at four storage intervals. The contents of each container were analyzed for optical density (color), density, pH, and flavor. If a good quality U.S. grade AA maple syrup, properly hotpacked, is stored no longed than 6 months in the retail container at a temperature of 24"C, quality, as measured by color, density, pH, and flavor, will be maintained in the containers we evaluated. However, in some plastic containers, syrup stored for 9 and 12 months at 24" and 3O"C, darkened enough to drop one grade level with a significant deterioration of flavor in one of the containers.

SYNOPSIS. The growth response to ultraviolet radiation of normal green, streptomycin‐, heat‐, and ultraviolet‐bleached clones of Euglena, grown in light or darkness was examined. In spite of wide variations in constituents of the photosynthetic apparatus present, relative growth suppressions caused by UV were the same among clones grown under identical conditions. Light‐grown clones were more sensitive to UV and less sensitive to photorestorative radiation (PR) than comparable dark‐grown cultures. From growth rates, sensitivity to UV and PR, and action spectra for PR, we conclude that components of the photosynthetic apparatus are not involved in those radiation‐induced responses affecting growth of Euglena. Independent of their role in photosynthesis, visible radiations play important and still unknown roles in those processes controlling growth of Euglena.

Isolated sugar maple callus was grown on defined medium containing 0.2 kinetin and 2.0 ppm indoleacetic acid. Selected components of the basal medium were varied but did not result in increased tissue growth. The presence of 1, 5, or 25 ppm gibberellic acid in the culture medium did not increase the secretion of starch digesting materials by the tissue. The diameter of the starch digestion zone was not influenced by changing the acidity of the medium in the range of pH which supported tissue growth. The ability of isolated callus tissues from various species to digest extracellular starch was examined. It was found that equal amounts of various tissues do not possess an equal capacity for the in vitro secretion of extracellular materials, most probably enzymes, into the culture medium. It was found that isolated sugar maple tissue metabolized sucrose, galactose, and cellobiose while mannose and rhamnose were not used.Isolated sugar maple tissue which had been subcultured on the same medium for a long period was found to undergo nutritional changes which enabled the tissue to adapt to the medium. The starch-digestion enzyme activity of the tissue was found to increase when sugar maple tissue was placed on soluble starch medium.

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