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Notes: The response of four spring-sown combinable arable crops [Pisum sativum (peas), Hordeum vulgare (barley), Vicia faba (beans), Brassica napus (oilseed rape)] to competition from cultivated oats (Avena sativa), mimicking wild-oats (Avena fatua), was studied in three field experiments (1989–91). Reductions in crop growth and yield per oat plant m−2 were calculated from regressions of weight (yield) against oat numbers. Competitive effects from the oats were greatest in 1991, the year with the highest rainfall. The oats had least effect on the barley and rape (yield loss per oat plant m−2=0–2.3%), and most effect on the peas and beans (0.34–7.18%). Samples harvested during the summer showed how the crops' responses to competition from oats changed as they matured. Data was also collected on the effects of the crops on the oats. The results are discussed in relation to the development of threshold-based systems of weed management. La réponse de quatre cultures de printemps à la compétition des mauvaises herbes La réponse de quatre cultures de printemps [Pisum sativum (pois), Hordeum vulgare (orge), Vicia faba (féverolle), Brassica napus (colza)] à la compétition de l'avoine cultivée (Avenasativa) prise comme modèle de folle avoine (Avena fatua) a étéétudiée lors de trois expérimentations au champ (1989–91). Les réductions de croissance et de rendement des plantes cultivées en fonction de la densité de I'avoine ont été calculées par des régressions entre le poids (rendement) et le nombre de pieds d'avoine m−2. L'effet compétitif de I'avoine fut le plus important en 1991, période oò les précipitations furent les plus élevées. L'effet de I'avoine était le moins important sur 1'orge et le colza (la perte de rendement par pied d'avoine m−2était comprise entre 0 et 2,3%) et le plus important sur le pois et la féverolle (0.34–7.18%). Des échantillons récoltés pendant l'été ont montré comment les réponses des plantes cultivées a la compétition de 1'avoine se sont modif iées au cours de la maturation. Des données sur les effets des plantes cultivées sur les avoines ont aussi été recueillies. Les résultats sont discutés en relation avec le développement de systàmes de lutte contre les mauvaises herbes basés sur les seuils de nuisibilité. Unkrautkonkurrenz in vier Sommerkulturen Die Konkurrenz von Saat-Hafer (Avena sativa) als Modell für Flag-Hafer (Avena fatua) wurde in 4 Sommerkulturen [Erbse (Pisum sativum), Gerste (Hordeum vulgare), Acker-Bohne (Vicia faba) und Raps (Brassica napus)] in 3 Freiland-versuchen (1989–91) untersucht. Die Wachtums-und Ertragsreduktion je nach der Hafer-Dichte wurde nach der Gewichts- bzw. Ertragseinbuße berechnet. Die Konkurrenz durch den Hafer war 1991, dem Jahr mil dem höchsten Niederschlag, am gröBten: auf Gerste und Raps war sie am geringsten (0 bis 2.3 % Ertragsverlust pro Hafer-Pflanze m−2), auf Erbse und Acker-Bohne (0.34 bis 7.18 %) am stärksten. Durch Messungen der Biomasse wahrend der Vegetationsperiode konnte gezeigt werden, wie sich die Konkurrenz durch den Hafer bis zur Abreife änderte. Auch die Kulturpflanzenkonkurrenz auf den Hafer wurde bestimmt. Die Bedeutung der Ergebnisse für die Entwicklung von Bekämpfungssystemen auf der Grundlage von Schadensschwellen werden diskutiert.

Notes: The levels of murine leukaemia virus (MuLV) proteins p30 and gp70, antinuclear antibody (ANA), anti-soluble nuclear protein, anti-single-stranded DNA, anti-double-stranded DNA and anti-histone antibodies were measured in B10.A and B10.A recombinant mice neonatally infected with MuLV-Scripps (Lerner et al., 1972). The incidence and latency of lymphoma and the incidence of glomerulonephritis were also determined. The mice studied could be divided into high-responder and low-responder groups. Most of the high ANA antibody could be attributed to anti-histone antibody. High response was associated with the H-2b haplotype and recombinant strains on the B10 background which were identical at the I-A subregion derived from the H-2b parental stock. In contrast, low ANA response was associated with the I-A subregion derived from the H-2k haplotype. In all groups of virus-inoculated animals, most animals developed serum elevations of p30 and gp70 and at least 72% of the inoculated animals developed lymphomas. High serum p30 levels correlated inversely with latency and directly with gp70 values. From 4 to 28% of the animals in each virus-inoculated group had histological evidence of glomerulonephritis, although no clear genetic basis could be ascribed to the incidence of glomerulonephritis, serum p30 or gp70 levels, or latency of lymphoma development.

Notes: Summary Sera from 98 melanoma patients, 20 noncancer patients with immune complex-associated diseases, and 90 normal donors were analyzed for anticomplementary (AC) activity by the complement consumption method. Some of these sera were also tested for immune complex-like materials by the Raji cell radioimmune assay. In addition, serum samples from ten melanoma patients were analyzed serially to correlate the AC activity with clinical course. Significant levels of Ac activity were found in 45% of melanoma sera, 75% of nonmalignant immune complex-associated disease sera, and 10% of normal donors' sera. In some patients, AC activity decreased and became undetectable as their disease progressed. AC-negative serum samples taken from melanoma patients late in the course of disease when the tumor burden was large became anticomplementary when mixed with autologous or allogeneic serum samples taken earlier at the time of little or no tumor burden. The early serum samples contained antibodies against autologous tumor extracts, as shown by a complement fixation test. Absorption of early serum samples with cultured allogeneic melanoma cells reduced their ability to consume complement when mixed with autologous late serum samples, suggesting the presence of free antigen in the latter. The mixed samples of early and late sera and the sera positive in the complement consumption test contained heavy nonmonomeric IgG. Therefore, the AC activity of melanoma sera could be due to tumor-associated antigen-antibody complexes.