玉米秸秆酶解上清液厌氧发酵产氢工艺优化

该文主要以粒度小于0.088 mm秸秆粉的酶解上清液为底物与热预处理后的活性污泥进行厌氧发酵产氢试验,以累积产氢量为考察指标,基于响应面Box-Behnken模型研究不同影响因素对玉米秸秆酶解上清液厌氧发酵产氢的影响,对玉米秸秆酶解上清液厌氧发酵产氢工艺进行优化。结果表明:温度、初始p H值和还原糖浓度三因素中,温度和还原糖浓度对玉米秸秆酶解上清液厌氧发酵产氢的影响最大。采用Box-Behnken模型获得的最佳产氢条件为:温度38.32℃,初始p H值4.93,还原糖浓度20.70 mg/m L,最大产氢量685.59 m L,此时最大产氢率为57.13 m L/g(玉米秸秆)。通过试验验证,实际最大产氢量为659.24 m L,产氢率为54.94 m L/g(玉米秸秆),与模型预测值相比,相对误差为3.84%,说明该模型具有较好的拟合性。该优化工艺可为后期连续流状态下的生物制氢系统提供参考。     

光合细菌协同产气肠杆菌联合发酵制氢试验

暗-光联合生物制氢是提高底物利用率和产氢潜力的有益探索。该文以玉米秸秆酶解液为产氢底物,采用光合细菌(HAU-M1)与产气肠杆菌(AS1.489)混合培养工艺,进行了同步糖化暗-光联合生物制氢试验研究。以累积产氢量为主要指标,利用单因素试验考察了底物质量浓度、初始pH值、光照强度、发酵温度对HAU-M1与产气肠杆菌混合培养条件下联合产氢的影响,并在单因素试验的基础上通过正交试验对产氢工艺参数进行了优化。结果表明:各工艺参数对HAU-M1与产气肠杆菌联合产氢影响的主次顺序为:发酵温度初始pH值底物质量浓度光照强度。发酵温度和初始pH值是影响HAU-M1与产气肠杆菌联合产氢的显著因素。HAU-M1与产气肠杆菌混合培养联合产氢的较佳工艺条件为:底物质量浓度35 g/L、初始pH值6.5、光照强度3 500 1x、发酵温度30℃,在此条件下,72 h的累积产氢量达到332.6 mL,单位产氢量为47.5 mL/g。该试验研究可为基于秸秆类生物质的暗-光细菌混合培养联合产氢的进一步研究提供参考。     

磷酸盐和碳酸盐对秸秆类生物质光发酵产氢的影响

为研究磷酸盐和碳酸盐对光发酵产氢过程的影响,该文主要以酶解预处理后的玉米秸秆为产氢基质,对不同浓度的磷酸盐(K_2HPO_4)和碳酸盐(NaHCO_3 )下的氢气产量、pH值、ORP值和产氢动力学结果进行分析。结果表明,当K_2HPO_4的浓度为10 mmol/L时,氢气产量为(40.65±0.35)m L/g,比对照组显著提高了28.48%,对光发酵产氢的促进效果最好;终pH值为6.37±0.02,显著高于对照组的6.06±0.03,能够有效缓冲反应体系的pH值。不同K_2HPO_4浓度下的产氢动力学特性结果表明,适当的K_2HPO_4浓度提高了最大产氢潜能和最大产氢速率,缩短了产氢延迟时间,当K_2HPO_4的浓度为10 mmol/L时,最大产氢潜能最大,和最大产氢速率较大,产氢延迟时间较短,分别是40.81 m L/g、1.87 m L/(h·g)和2.85 h。当NaHCO_3 浓度为5 mmol/L时,氢气产量为(37.46±1.40)m L/g,比对照组显著提高了18.39%,对光发酵产氢的促进效果最好;终pH值为6.26±0.04,显著高于对照组的6.06±0.03,能够有效缓冲反应体系的pH值。不同NaHCO_3 浓度下的产氢动力学结果表明,适当的NaHCO_3 浓度能够提高最大产氢潜能和最大产氢速率,但却会延迟光合细菌的产氢,当NaHCO_3 浓度为5 mmol/L时,最大产氢潜能和最大产氢速率最大,产氢延迟时间相对较短,分别是37.26 m L/g、1.92 m L/(h·g)和5.11 h。该研究可为秸秆类生物质光发酵生物制氢工艺提供参考。     

厌氧污泥发酵制氢工艺试验研究

试验研究了酸处理、碱处理、热处理、超声波预处理厌氧污泥发酵产氢的产氢量，选择产氢量最高的热预处理后的污泥作为混合微生物系，以葡萄糖为基质，研究了温度、pH值、底物浓度对厌氧污泥发酵产氢量的影响。结果表明，发酵的温度、pH值、底物浓度是影响热处理污泥发酵产氢的3个重要因素。厌氧污泥发酵产氢的最适pH值为6.0，最适葡萄糖浓度为5 g/L，最适温度为45℃。     

外加电压改善微生物电解池内稻秸同步酶解发酵产氢性能

该文以稻草秸秆等为原料研究了微生物电解池(microbial electrolysis cell,MEC)内外加电压(0、0.4、0.6、0.8、1.0 V)对木质纤维素同步酶解发酵产氢特性的影响,得到MEC利用木质纤维素产氢的最优电压,实现可再生资源综合利用与清洁能源开发的双重目的。试验结果表明,MEC的产氢速率、产氢得率、基质消减量及总能量得率皆呈逐渐增加的趋势,但相对电能消耗的能量得率则呈逐渐下降的趋势。当外加电压为0.4 V时,得到试验条件下最大的相对电能消耗的能量得率(377.59%),当外加电压为1 V时获得最大的氢气产量为44.8 m L和总能量得率2.84%;在发酵产氢过程中,阳极室p H值呈先逐渐下降后略上升的趋势,有机酸分析测试表明,在MEC内的发酵产氢为丁酸发酵型。本研究对探索MEC内木质纤维素原料的同步酶解发酵产氢,提高纤维素基质酶解糖化和发酵产氢效率具有一定的指导意义。     

光合细菌产氢系统产热速率影响因素

以产氢细菌为试验菌种,采用单因子试验的方法,研究了光合细菌产氢系统产热速率的影响因素,结果表明：不同产氢条件下系统产热速率均呈先增加后减小的趋势,最大产热速率一般出现在6～8 h。初始温度、光照度和接种量对产氢系统的产热速率有显著影响,葡萄糖浓度和NH4+浓度对产热速率有一定的影响,但相对较小。初始温度为27℃、光照度为3000 Lx、接种量为10%、葡萄糖浓度4.0%、NH4+浓度为0.6 g/L时,光合细菌产氢系统的产热速率最大。该文为光合细菌制氢技术的工业化以及光合生物制氢反应器运行过程中温度控制系统的设计提供了依据。     

复合菌系MC1预处理对玉米秸秆厌氧发酵产甲烷效率的提高

采用高效纤维素分解菌复合系MC1对玉米秸秆进行预处理,以提高玉米秸秆厌氧甲烷发酵的效率和产气量。复合菌系预处理的结果表明,预处理发酵液的pH值呈先下降后升高的趋势,与以往的复合菌系发酵产物pH值特性相似。在14 d的预处理过程中,秸秆质量减少了59.0%,其中纤维素减少了53.1%,半纤维素减少了76.4%。发酵液中的可溶性糖含量最大值出现在第2 d,为1.44 g/L。化学需氧量（COD）和挥发性产物最大值均出现在第4 d,监测到的5种挥发性产物的量分别为乙醇2.38 g/L、乙酸0.57 g/L、丙酸0.11 g/L、丁酸0.62 g/L和甘油0.22 g/L,因此,处理4 d后最适合甲烷发酵。厌氧发酵的结果表明,与未处理的玉米秸秆的厌氧发酵相比,预处理后的秸秆总产气量和总甲烷量分别了提高了33.0%和58.1%。结果表明,MC1对玉米秸秆预处理后,可明显提高甲烷产量,具有较高的利用潜力。     

玉米秸秆厌氧消化预处理方法及工艺优化

为提高玉米秸秆厌氧消化性能,该文采用碱液、酸液、沼液等方法对玉米秸秆进行预处理,比较不同预处理方式对秸秆成分、含量以及厌氧消化能力的影响。试验结果表明,经超声波辅助碱预处理后,秸秆的木质素和半纤维素总含量显著降低,产气量显著提高。基于Box-Behnken(BBK)试验设计,选择碱液预处理的固固比(Na OH/秸秆,下同)、预处理温度、预处理时间为试验因素,结合响应面分析法对碱液预处理条件进行响应面优化,结果表明,最佳玉米秸秆预处理条件为固固比22.4%,预处理温度37.9℃,预处理时间39.7 h,在此条件下还原糖产量的试验值为738.6 mg/g,沼气累积产量的试验值为661 m L/g,试验值与预测值误差不到0.5%,证明了响应面优化法的准确性和可行性。     

以猪粪为发酵底物厌氧发酵产氢工艺的优化

为了建立发酵工艺参数与氢气产量之间的数学模型, 以期获得较优的工艺参数,从而提高氢气产量,该文在单因素试验的基础上,采用三因素三水平的二次回归正交旋转组合设计及响应曲面分析法,建立了厌氧发酵产氢工艺中氢气产量的二次多项式数学模型,并以氢气产量为响应值作响应面和等高线,考察了以新鲜猪粪为发酵底物发酵产氢时初始pH值、水力停留时间和发酵底物中猪粪浓度3个因素及其交互作用对氢气产量的影响。分析结果表明,猪粪厌氧发酵产氢的较优工艺条件为：初始pH 5.98,水力停留时间4.123 d,猪粪干物质浓度 51.98 g/L;在此工艺条件下,氢气产率为32.4 mL/g。     

猪粪与马铃薯皮渣混合厌氧发酵产氢特性

为了提高厌氧产氢菌利用复杂物料的产氢能力和稳定性,该文研究了猪粪与马铃薯皮渣混合质量比对厌氧发酵产氢的比产氢率、挥发性固体去除率、液相末端产物组成等发酵特性的影响。试验结果表明,底物组成显著影响产氢发酵的发酵类型。以单纯马铃薯皮渣为底物时,体系的比产氢率最高达31.55mL/g,挥发性固体去除率为29.43%,发酵类型为丁酸型;当猪粪在发酵底物中的质量比从10:70提高至40:40后,体系的发酵类型由丁酸型转变为乙酸型,同时维持了较高的比产氢率(22.48～24.18mL/g)和挥发性固体去除率(28.31%～32.93%)。但是当猪粪逐渐变为主要发酵底物(猪粪与马铃薯皮渣质量比为50:30、60:20、70:10、80:0)时,发酵逐渐受到抑制,系统的比产氢率和挥发性固体去除率都明显下降。采用Modified Gompertz模型可以很好地拟合累积产氢量随时间的变化,其动力学参数最大产氢量、最大产氢速率和停滞时间可以作为混合物料产氢发酵代谢过程的重要评价指标。该研究为优化混合物料厌氧产氢发酵过程提供参考和依据。     

Soil-profile distribution of primary and secondary plant-available nutrients under conventional and no tillage

Nutrient distributions under no tillage (NT) compared with conventional disk-and-bed tillage (CT) management in the warm, humid region of the southeastern USA need to be assessed so that future placement, quantity, and type of fertilizers can be altered, if necessary, to efficiently match crop demands. We determined soil-profile distributions of pH, N, P, S, K, Ca, Mg, Na, Zn, Fe, Mn, and Cu to a depth of 0.9 m at the end of 8.5 years of continuous CT and NT management on a Weswood silty clay loam (fine, mixed, thermic Fluventic Ustochrept) in southcentral Texas. Most dramatic changes occurred within the 0–0.05 m depth, where soil under NT had lower pH, Fe, and Cu than under CT, but greater P, K, Zn, and Mn. Greater P and K under NT than under CT also occurred below the till-zone (0.15–0.3 m). At a depth of 0–0.3 m, soil under NT contained greater amounts of extractable P, K, Zn, Fe, Mn, and Cu than under CT. Nitrogen fertilization had little effect on nutrient distributions, except resulting in greater extractable K at 0–0.05 m and greater nitrate at 0–0.15 m. Few changes in soil-profile distributions were observed for extractable S, Ca, Mg, and Na. Long-term continuous use of NT on this fine-textured, high-fertility (except for N) soil had no apparent adverse effects on nutrient distributions relative to CT, but enhanced conservation and availability of P, K, Zn, Fe, Mn, and Cu near the soil surface where crop roots proliferate.     

Assessing the effectiveness of conservation measures: Resolving the “wicked” problem of the Steller sea lion

“Wicked” problems are those that are complex and that change when solutions are applied. Many conflicts in conservation fall into this category. The study approached the problem of how to constrain the apparent wickedness of a problem in the conservation management of a species by using simple empirical indicators to carry out iterative assessment of the risk to a population and to document how this risk evolves in relation to the addition of new data and the implementation of management actions. Effects of high levels of uncertainty within data and also concerning population structure were examined through stochastic simulation and by exploration of scenarios. Historical trends in the example used, the Steller sea lion, showed rapid declines in abundance in some regions during the 1980s. The current total population is 130,000-150,000 Steller sea lions through Alaska and British Columbia and this number has been stable since about 1990 in spite of regional differences in population dynamics. Regional differences in the sequence of changes in the number of pups and non-pups, suggested that an internal re-distribution of juveniles could have happened between 1980 and 1990. Current productivity also appears close to the long-term mean. Stochastic population projection using various scenarios showed that, based upon this history, the risk of extinction for the population has declined and is below reasonable thresholds for considering the population to be endangered. The trends in risk suggest that management actions taken since 1990 have probably been effective. Consequently, the conservation management objectives for the Steller sea lion are probably being met. The approach provides a mechanism, based upon experience and scenario analysis, for exploring future policy options and may help to constrain the debate amongst stakeholders about the cost-benefit trade-offs associated with different options.     

“绿色革命”以来大气CO2浓度升高对C3作物营养品质的影响

自20世纪60年代"绿色革命"以来,育种技术和农耕技术的发展促进了农作物产量的大幅提升,然而作物的营养品质出现下降趋势。在相似的遗传背景下,大气CO_2浓度升高会使单位体积农作物产品的营养元素含量下降,因此"绿色革命"至今,农作物产品的营养元素下降可能受大气CO_2浓度升高影响。通过植物生长箱模拟"绿色革命"初期和目前的大气CO_2浓度水平(310μmol/mol和400μmol/mol),针对主要C_3作物水稻、小麦和大豆,研究"绿色革命"以来大气CO_2浓度升高对其籽粒的C、N、Fe、Zn元素含量的影响,结果表明:CO_2浓度升高对3种作物籽粒的C元素含量几乎没有影响,变化幅度在±1.5%之间;籽粒的N、Fe、Zn元素含量普遍呈现下降趋势,但均未达到显著水平。     

Potential of wild species for genetic enhancement of some semi-arid food crops

Discovery and incorporation of genes from wild species provide means to sustain crop improvement, particularly when levels of resistance in the cultigens are low and virulent strains of pests and pathogens overcome the host plant resistance. The extent of utilization and the potential of the wild genepool for genetic enhancement were reviewed in five important food crops viz. sorghum, pearl millet, chickpea, pigeonpea and groundnut grown in the semi-arid tropics. Introgression from compatible wild germplasm in the primary gene pool resulted in transfer of new cytoplasmic male sterility systems in pearl millet and pigeonpea, development of high protein, cleistogamous flower and dwarf pigeonpea lines and foliar disease resistant groundnut cultivars. Utilization of wild species in secondary and tertiary gene pools has been generally limited due to sterility, restricted recombination or cross incompatibility. Nevertheless, these species are extremely important as they contain high levels of resistance to several important biotic and abiotic stresses. Several of them, like those belonging to the Parasorghum section and the rhizomatous Arachis species are sources of multiple resistances and hold great promise to sustain crop productivity.     

Enhanced establishment and growth of giant cardon cactus in an eroded field in the Sonoran Desert using native legume trees as nurse plants aided by plant growth-promoting microorganisms and compost

To evaluate the feasibility of long-term desert reforestation technology of mixed vegetation, cardon cactus (Pachycereus pringlei) seedlings from indoor and outdoor nurseries were planted in the field adjacent to one seedling of potential legume nurse trees: mesquite amargo (Prosopis articulata), yellow palo verde (Parkinsonia microphylla), and blue palo verde (Parkinsonia florida). Some of the planting holes were also supplemented with common dairy compost. Additionally, the combinations of legume tree–cactus were inoculated with either a consortium of desert arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi, plant growth promoting bacteria (PGPB; the diazotroph Azospirillum brasilense Cd, and the phosphate solubilizer Paenibacillus sp.), or a mixture of all. The field experiments were evaluated periodically during 30 months for survival and growth. Cardons reared in an outdoor screen house survived better in the field than those reared in a controlled growth chamber and hardened later outdoors. Association with any legume nurse tree increased survival and enhanced growth of untreated cardons. For cardons growing alone, application of either compost, AM fungi, and all the treatments combined increased survival. For these plants, no treatment affected plant growth during the first 3 months after transplanting. Later, all treatments, except for AM fungi, enhanced plant growth. However, only 2 years after transplanting the enhanced growth effect of AM fungi was also significant. In the presence of the legume nurse trees, transient positive effects on cardon growth were recorded. General evaluation after 30 months of cultivation showed that the treatments positively affected cardon growth when growing alone or in combination only with mesquite amargo but not with the other two legume trees. This study proposes that young legume trees have the capacity to enhance survival and growth of cardon cactus, depending on the legume cactus combination. Additional treatments such as compost or PGPB can either amplify the effect or else attenuate it.     

Karyotypic and genome size variation in Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp. (pigeonpea) and some wild relatives

Detailed karyotypes and 4C DNA amounts have been studied in five cultivars of Cajanus cajan and 20 species belonging to Cajanus, Rhynchosia, Dunbaria, Flemingia and Paracalyx. C. cajan shows intraspecific variability and its karyotype is most similar to that of C. cajanifolius (sect. Cajanus) in the morphology and number of satellite chromosomes and the lack of any correlation between chromosome size within the complement and asymmetry. Karyotypes of C. lineatus and C. sericeus belonging to sect. Atylia are similar with respect to maximum r-index and the ratio of longest and shortest chromosomes in their respective complements. C. acutifolius (sect. Frutocosa) is distinct in having a very low ratio (1.44) between the longest and the shortest chromosomes, while in C. albicans, C. goensis, C. scarabaeoides (sect. Cantharospermum) there is no chromosome pair with r-index >2.0. C. mollis and C. volubilis (sect. Volubilis) show similarity with regard to ratio between the longest and the shortest chromosomes and a distinct chromosome pair with an arm ratio of 2.7 and C. platycarpus is distinct (sect. Rhynchosoides) in having the smallest ratio (1.36) between the longest and the shortest chromosomes. 4C DNA amounts in Cajanus and Rhynchosia vary between 3.28 pg to 11.69 pg and 4.92 pg to 11.13 pg respectively, while in Dunbaria, Flemingia and Paracalyx these vary between 4.70 and 7:06 pg. In the genus Cajanus karyotypic features and 4C DNA amounts agree with the sectional classification and bring out a close relationship between C. cajan and C. cajanifolius. This is supported by studies based on seed protein patterns, isozyme analysis, trypsin and chymotrypsin inhibitor patterns, RFLP and RAPD data and crossability relationships. A clear relation between DNA amount and abnormalities effecting the extent of pairing and recombination in interspecific hybrids shows the importance of this study in developing future breeding programme involving C. cajan and its wild relatives that are of potential value.     

Faculty positions:Center for Agricultural Resources Research,Chinese Academy of Sciences

正The Center for Agricultural Resources Research(CARR),the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology(IGDB),Chinese Academy of Sciences,invites applicants for several research group leader positions.CARR is one of the research organizations in Chinese Academy of Sciences(CAS).We seek nominations and applications     

Effect of some fungicide seed treatments on the survival of Bradyrhizobium japonicum and on the nodulation and yield of soybean [Glycine max. (L) Merr.]

Several commercial fungicide seed treatments were evaluated for their possible effect on the survival of Bradyrhizobium japonicum on seeds and on the nodulation and yield of soybeans in a greenhouse and a field experiment. quinolate Pro (carbendazim and oxine copper), Vitavax 200FF (carboxin and thiram), and Monceren (pencycuron) had a small effect or no effect on the survival of B. japonicum and on the nodulation and yield of soybeans. They can thus be considered compatible with soybean seed inoculation. Germipro UFB (carbendazim and iprodione), Apron 35J (metalaxyl), and Tachigaren (hymexazol) decreased B. japonicum survival and the nodulation and yield of soybeans and thus cannot be considered compatible with soybean seed inoculation.     

Einfluss der düngungsmethoden auf die entwicklung von zuckerrübenkrankheiten

Während neunjähriger (1994-2002) Untersuchungen in der Versuchsanstalt Ba?cyny (Fahlerde, Fall-Gleyboden, ausgebildet aus leichtem Lehmboden) wurde der Befall mit Krankheiten an der Zuckerrübe in Abhängigkeit von der Düngungsmethode bewertet. Folgende Methoden wurden angewendet: A - Mineraldünger, B - Stalldung und Mineraldünger, C - Stroh-, Gründung und Mineraldünger, D - Kompostdünger und Biopräparate (ökologische Düngung). Auf den Objekten A, B, C wurden bei konstanter Phosphor-Kalium-Düngung die Stickstoffgaben von 0 bis 180 kg.ha^?1 differenziert. Auf dem ökologischen Objekt D ohne Mineraldünger wurden statt Stickstoff die Biopräparate P₅₀₀ und P₅₀₁ verabreicht. Der geringste Befall von Krankheiten wurde an der Zuckerrübe auf jenem Objekt festgestellt, das mit Kompost und den Biopräparaten gedüngt worden war. Im Rahmen der konventionellen Düngungsmethoden wurde allgemein die höchste Intensität der Krankheiten an der mit Stroh, Gründung und Mineraldünger gedüngten Zuckerrübe beobachtet. Ausnahmen von dieser Regel bildete das Vorkommen von echtem Mehltau und Keimlingsfäule. Auf den Objekten A, B, C nahm die Intensität der Krankheiten mit der Steigerung der Stickstoffgabe zu. Auch die auf Objekt D verabreichten Biopräparate stimulierten die Entwicklung der Krankheiten. The effect of various fertilization methods on the diseases of sugar beet was estimated on the basis of nine-year studies (1994-2002) conducted in the Experimental Production Farm in Ba?cyny on loess-based, sedimentary-gley, light-clay soil. The following fertilization methods were applied: A - mineral fertilization, B - mineral and manure fertilization, C - straw, green manure and mineral fertilization, D - ecological compost and biodynamic preparations fertilization. In the objects A, B and C fertilized with phosphorus and potassium, various doses of nitrogen ranging from 0 to 180 kg/ha^?1 were used. In the ecological object D, where mineral fertilization was not used, biodynamic preparations P₅₀₀ and P₅₀₁ were applied instead of nitrogen. The lowest ratio of the diseases of sugar beet was observed in the object fertilized with the compost and biodynamic preparations. In view of the conventional fertilization methods, generally the highest incidence of diseases was noted in the sugar beet fertilized with straw, green manure and mineral fertilizers. The exception was the occurrence of powdery mildew and the black leg. In objects A, B and C the incidence of the diseases increased with the increase in nitrogen doses. The applied biodynamical preparations in the object D stimulated the development of diseases too.     

Prospects for control of Pythium damping-off of lettuce with Trichoderma,Gliocladium and Enterobacter spp.

Summary Damping-off of lettuce (Lactuca sativa) caused by Pythium ultimum was studied in pots containing a non-sterile potting mix in the glasshouse. Fifty P. ultimum sporangia g^-1 compost reduced the plant stand to 15% and shoot dry weight to 18%, but this reduction was totally prevented by applying Trichoderma harzianum at 2×10⁵ viable propagules g^-1 potting mix. Gliocladium virens and Enterobacter cloacae also alleviated the damping-off. E. cloacae did not adversely affect the action of the fungal antagonists. The co-existence of the bacterial and fungal antagonists was revealed on the root surface and inner surface of the testa by scanning electron microscopy, indicating the compatibility of the biocontrol agents.