During the two-year period, from 1988 to 1989, the investigations were carried out into the efficiency of various herbicide combinations against dominant weed species in the coriander crop. The most ...favourable results were obtained in treatments with Treflan combined with Afalon or the triple combination of Treflan + Afalon + Racer. In the second year the occurence of coriander bacteriosis affected the results of the experiment to a great extent.
By investigating the susceptibility of 110 sorghum varieties, in the conditions of artificial inoculation, to the causer of Fusarium stalk rot, Fusarium moniliforme Sheld., it was established that ...there were no completely resistant varieties to this parasite. The least infected variety was Dex. Arcola 100 - 3 x Okaw. Yugoslav and Hungarian cultivated varieties showed insignificant differences regarding susceptibility to Fusarium moniliforme Sheld. By applying the scale from 0-5 they were marked from 2.6 to 3.4. According to these data, in the investigated conditions, the threat of Fusarium stalk rot is constantly present. Obtaining the best condition of sorghum plants can be regarded as a preventive measure since more vital plants are less susceptible to Fusarium diseases.
Timentin is an exciting new antibiotic agent that is a combination of ticarcillin and clavulanic acid. Forty-seven patients with osteomyelitis received 3.1 g of Timentin intravenously every six ...hours. The mean duration of therapy was 32 days. The diagnosis was made by bone biopsy; bone biopsy was repeated at the completion of therapy. The bacterial etiology was predominately gram-positive organisms. Of the organisms isolated, Staphylococcus aureus was the most common isolate and represented 39 percent of the total isolates. Streptococcus species were isolated in 13 percent, Group D Enterococcus in 15 percent, Pseudomonas aeruginosa in 10 percent; 23 percent of the isolates were other gram-negative organisms. All but one organism were initially sensitive to Timentin. Three resistant organisms were isolated during therapy. Twenty-seven patients were classified as having a cure, based on no growth on repeat bone biopsy cultures and clinical signs of bone healing. Twenty-two patients returned for follow-up (one to nine months after therapy) and had no evidence of infection; however, because of the short follow-up period, these patients were classified as showing improvement. Six patients had adverse reactions to Timentin: two had mild allergic phenomena and two had prolonged bleeding times. In all four, therapy was discontinued. Two patients had a transient, mild elevation in the level of serum glutamic-pyruvic transaminase (less than twice normal levels). This new agent looks exciting for therapy of both gram-positive and gram-negative bacterial osteomyelitis.
On the basis of two-year results obtained by studying the weed control in oregano (Origanum heracleoticum L.) the application of Sinbaro herbicide (2 kg/ha), early in spring, at the beginning of ...vegetation is recommended. Application of this preparation in later cultivation years resulted in the occurrence of the resistant weed species. A similarly good solution, especially in the year when residual action of Sinbar is to be avoided, is the application of the herbicide combination: Sinbar + Venzar or Sinbar + Prometrin. Application of herbicides at the beginning of vegetation in oregano results neither in the decrease of yield nor in the decrease of oil content.
The target of this study was to compare the results of breath analysers and "lege artis" laboratory blood examinations when determining alcohol levels. This was then used to determine whether any ...differences exist between the two methods, and how large these differences are. 610 cases from 11 workplaces in the Czech Republic and Slovakia were analysed. The type of breath analyser was not taken into consideration. All cases had to be in the elimination phase. Difference of time between breath test and blood test were rectified through the use of reverse recomputation. It was detected that only 20.8% of the results of respiratory analyser tests correspond to the detected real alcohol level in blood. The maximum difference when a respiratory analyser measured more than a blood test was 1.34 g x kg(-1). and the maximum difference when the analyse measured less was 1.86 g x kg(-1).
