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In experimental rabbits heterologous soluble lens proteins consisting of alpha-, beta-, and gamma-crystallins were found to be antigenic; they stimulated a marked antibody response compared to a rather weak T-cell response. The serum antibodies to alpha-crystallins appeared first, to be followed by antibodies to beta- and gamma-crystallins in that order. The rabbits did not respond to heterologous gamma-crystallins unless these were injected with Freund's adjuvant containing mycobacteria. Incomplete Freund's adjuvant (i.e., without mycobacteria) was found to be an inferior immunoaccelerator so far as lens antigens are concerned. The response to lenticular antigens in both magnitude and duration varied in different rabbits, which suggested to us the important role played by a central control mechanism involving the immune response (Ir) genes. Some of the antibodies in potent lens antisera cross-reacted with mitochondria, endoplasmic reticulum (i.e., microsomes), contractile organelles, and cell nuclei. This explains for the first time at least in part the reasons for the widely observed phenomenon of the reactivity of lens antisera with ocular and extraocular structures. Antibodies to soluble lens proteins as detected by immunofluorescence and immunoperoxidase techniques were shown to be of the IgG class. Systemic heterologous immunisation followed by discission of the lens does not lead to the typical changes of phakoallergic endophthalmitis in the rabbit.

This article 'A New Type of Malformation in Rice' appeared in the International Rice Research Newsletter series, created by the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI). The primary objective of this publication was to expedite communication among scientists concerned with the development of improved technology for rice and for rice based cropping systems. This publication will report what scientists are doing to increase the production of rice in as much as this crop feeds the most densely populated and land scarce nations in the world.

Lejeunea himalayensis (Pandé et R.N.Misra) A.E.D.Daniels et P.Daniel, Bryofl. Southernm. W Ghats: 205, 2013 (see Daniels & Daniel 2013). BASIONYM: Leptolejeunea himalayensis Pandé et R.N.Misra, J. Indian Bot. Soc. 22 (2/4): 168, 1943 (see Pandé & Misra 1943)., Published as part of Söderström, Lars, Hagborg, Anders & Konrat, Matt Von, 2016, Early Land Plants Today: Index of Liverworts & Hornworts 2013 - 2014, pp. 133-185 in Phytotaxa 269 (3) on page 148, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.269.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4779693, {"references":["Daniels, A. E. D. & Daniel, P. (2013) The bryoflora of the southernmost Western Ghats, India. Bishen Singh Madendra Pal Singh, Dehra Dun, 352 pp.","Pande, S. K. & Misra, R. N. (1943) Studies in Indian hepaticae. II. On epiphyllous liverworts of India and Ceylon (1). Journal of the Indian Botanical Society 22 (2 / 4): 159 - 169."]}