iv, 114 leaves : ill. ; 25 cm / Title page, contents and abstract only. The complete thesis in print form is available from the University Library. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Adelaide, Dept. of Plant Pathology, Waite Agricultural Research Institute, 1972

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iii Abstract Cynipid wasps of the genus Diplolepis Geoffrey induce galls exclusively on roses. These galls are susceptible to attack by various hymenopteran parasitoids, the most common of which are members of the family Eurytomidae, with 10 described species having been recorded in association with rose galls in Canada. Because of their small size, sexual dimorphism, morphological plasticity and poorly known biology, species identification of eurytomids is often uncertain. This thesis focused on identifying the eurytomids associated with the galls of the 14 native species of Diplolepis in Canada, testing species limits using a combination of morphological, mitochondrial DNA cytochrome c oxidase I (COI), ecological and geographical data. Six morphospecies were identified using morphological characters, while molecular data identified eight haplogroups. COI sequences identified one species of Tenuipetiolus Bugbee and seven species of Eurytoma Illiger, all associated with galls induced by Diplolepis in Canada. Inconsistencies were observed when compared to morphospecies, including four haplogroups within the genus Eurytoma that were overlooked by morphological studies. The morphospecies Eurytoma acuta Bugbee is a junior synonym of Eurytoma discordans Bugbee; however, the high intraspecific genetic divergences suggest the existence of a species complex. Two geographically sympatric but genetically distinct haplogroups were found within the morphospecies Eurytoma spongiosa Bugbee, “E. spongiosa 2” being a new species that was previously overlooked. An identification key along with (re)descriptions of all identified species was provided. This integrative taxonomy approach confirmed the oligophagous nature of most eurytomids, and provides new insight into the life history strategies of these parasitoids.

Protocols for the successful micropropagation of 'Queen Elizabeth' ('Q.E.') and 'Dick Koster' ('D.K.') roses were established, yielding a seven-ten fold multiplication rate per month. The effects of mechanically induced stress (MIS) (shaking stress) were evaluated on early establishment of greenhouse-grown 'Q.E.' and 'D.K.' rose cuttings and the ex vitro survival and hardiness of micropropagated 'Q.E.' plantlets. Shaking 'Q.E.' rose cuttings at 200 rpm for 30 min daily for 4 weeks during the rooting stage increased root length, dry weight and the root:shoot dry weight ratio. Similar shaking of 'D.K.' rose at 200 rpm for 15 min increased shoot fresh and dry weight and root length and dry weight. Prior to ex vitro acclimatization, plantlets shaken at 150 rpm for 15 min had reduced leaf dry weights. Those shaken at 200 rpm for 15 min had lower specific root water content but greater percent root dry matter. MIS was not directly implicated in improving ex vitro survival and hardiness of 'Q.E.' rose. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)

Inaugural-Dissertation--Universität Leipzig. / Vita.

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4 pp. / This publication contains guidelines for watering, cultivating and fertilizing roses. It also contains Monthly check sheet for rose care.

Call number: LD2668 .T4 1985 S757 / Master of Science

The thesis explores the development of Shakespeare’s political ideas, in particular his exploration of authority, and the legitimacy of resistance towards it, in the two English history tetralogies (as well as the self-contained history, King John), and examines the ways in which this protracted engagement with the question of kingship – and governance more generally – informs his turn to tragedy towards the end of the 1590s. The thesis argues that criticism has tended to downplay the importance of the first tetralogy in the Shakespeare canon (particularly the Henry VI plays), and as a corollary it has overlooked the important continuities that can be traced from Shakespeare’s earliest engagement with politics to his treatment of power in Julius Caesar and Hamlet. The thesis sees the history plays as essentially paradoxical and ambivalent. Shakespeare presents the past as both a shining example to which each succeeding generation must aspire, but also as a legacy which they are powerless to fulfil, while he treats the dynastic conflicts of the Houses of York and Lancaster as essentially intractable, with each new pretender to the throne – however legitimate his claim – undermined by a host of legal, moral, and pragmatic considerations. It is a central contention of the thesis that it was Shakespeare’s failure satisfactorily to resolve the intractable political conflicts of the first tetralogy which prompted him to confront a similar set of questions in King John, before returning to them yet again in the more highly acclaimed second tetralogy. The thesis concludes by arguing that far from representing a breach with his history plays, the tragedies are continuous with them. So rather than identifying the ‘origins’ of Hamlet either in Shakespeare’s reaction to the fall of Essex or the death of his son, Hammet, in 1596, it is more persuasive to see the play as arising from the debates and problems which were initially addressed in the first tetralogy.

La rose présente un intérêt économique très important tant pour son utilisation pour la parfumerie et les cosmétiques que pour son utilisation en horticulture. La rose moderne résulte d'un long processus de sélection au cours duquel les variétés cultivées pour la fleur coupée, notamment, ont perdu leur parfum. Le parfum des roses est un mélange complexe de composés volatils, parmi lesquels les monoterpènes représentent une proportion importante. Aujourd'hui, le parfum est devenu un caractère de choix pour les créateurs de nouvelles variétés. Dans un premier temps, nous nous sommes attaché à caractériser le pétale de rose en tant qu'organe producteur et sécréteur de composés volatils. Nous avons pu montrer que les deux épidermes du pétale produisent et émettent des composés et renferment une enzyme responsable de leur synthèse. Des structures caractéristiques de la synthèse des monoterpènes ont été mises en évidence. Une étude comparative des pétales de roses parfumées et inodores a été réalisée parallèlement. Dans un deuxième temps, deux gènes impliqués dans la biosynthèse des monoterpènes ont été isolés : RhDXR et RhGPPS. L'activité enzymatique de la protéine RhGPPS n'a pas pu être mise en évidence in vitro. L'expression de ce gène est constitutive et non spécifique des roses produisant des monoterpènes. Le gène RhDXR code pour une protéine fonctionnelle. Son expression a été étudiée par RT-PCR semi-quantitative et sa localisation subcellulaire a été précisée par des fusions avec la GFP. Des tabacs transgéniques surexprimant RhDXR sont en cours d'analyse, dans le but d'évaluer la capacité des plantes à augmenter leur production en composés volatils.