湘中紫色页岩区芦竹生物量及养分分布规律研究

对湘中紫色页岩区芦竹的生物量和养分分布进行初步研究.结果表明:当年生芦竹杆(含叶)养分含量高于多年生,因此不宜砍伐利用当年生芦竹杆;根茎养分含量较高,是系统中良好的养分贮存库.一年生、二年生、五年生、八年生芦竹的生物量分别为293.00、5258.29、6746.87和480.86 kg.hm-2.     

滇西北丽江云杉不同龄级个体生物量研究

以滇西北10～200年生丽江云杉为研究对象,采用直接收获法研究其个体生物量及各器官的生物量占总生物量的比例。结果表明:(1)随着树龄的增加,单株总生物量及各器官生物量随之增加,40年生时个体生物量平均为177.52 kg/株,其后每隔20年其生物量翻一番,100年生时为1 222.84 kg/株,然后生物量增速放缓,至200年时达到了2 328.23 kg/株。(2)各器官生物量占总生物量的比例为,树干平均占54.97%,树根占20.82%,树枝占12.76%,树叶占6.64%,树皮占5.26%,干>根>枝>叶>皮;100年后树皮生物量超过树叶生物量,表现出干>根>枝>皮>叶,地上部分生物量分配率高于地下部分。(3)各龄级根系生物量分配以主根和粗根为主,粗根>主根>细根,其中粗根分配率为56.42%,占根总生物量比例较大,证实丽江云杉为浅根性树种,侧根较为发达。(4)丽江云杉生物量前期积累缓慢,20年后开始加速,150～200年间生物量增量减缓,但树干保持稳定增长,较长的生长期可将其作为大径材目标培育。因此,在实际生产中可根据丽江云杉的总生物量增长阶段来划分其近、成、过熟林年龄,利于经营期内获取更多的自然资源。     

福建省杉木人工林生物量及其分配研究

通过收集福建省杉木林生物量数据,对福建省杉木林生物量及其分配规律进行分析,结果表明,杉木林生物量随年龄增长呈逐渐增加趋势,并以幂方程拟合的效果最好。杉木林叶和枝生物量占总生物量的比例均随年龄增加而呈明显下降趋势,根占总生物量比例的下降趋势则较小,而干占总生物量比例则随年龄增长而明显增加。叶、枝、干生物量占总生物量比例与年龄拟合的效果较好,且最佳方程均为三次方程。根生物量占总生物量比例与年龄拟合的效果则较差。除年龄对根生物量分配比例有极显著负相关外,降水量对根系生物量分配比例亦有显著的负相关。     

不同林龄西藏林芝云杉的生物量和生产力

基于10块标准地中的63株云杉树干解析数据,对14、23、32、45和60年生5个林龄的西藏林芝地区云杉进行了生物量与生产力的研究。结果表明:14~60年生云杉天然林林分生物量为7.68~106.50 t/hm2,其中乔木层、灌木层和草本层生物量分别为6.11~99.30 t/hm2、1.57~7.20 t/hm2和7.68~106.50 kg/hm2,乔木层生物量占整个林分生物量的79.53%以上。随着林龄增长,干材比例从52.48%增加到54.28%、树皮比例从11.24%增加到12.40%、树根比例从13.56%增加到15.43%;而树枝比例从14.33%下降到9.98%、树叶所占比例从8.39%下降到6.24%。14、23、32、45、60年生云杉乔木层净第一性生产力(t/hm2·a)分别为0.50、1.52、1.49、2.40、3.01,基本上呈现随年龄增加而递增的趋势。云杉天然林在幼龄阶段不仅有较低的生物量,同时生产力也较低,应该进一步加强资源保护。     

桂西南地区黑木相思生长规律、生物量及生产力研究

采用标准地平均木树干解析法对桂西南地区9年生黑木相思人工林的生长规律、生物量、生产力进行研究,结果表明:黑木相思人工林树高、胸径的生长高峰期出现在2~4年生时,树高、胸径连年生长量与平均生长量相交年龄分别是在4、5年生,材积的数量成熟期在8年生以后。9年生时,胸径(带皮)、树高、单株材积、立木蓄积分别为14.9 cm、15.8 m、0.13368 m3、189.15 m3.hm-2;平均木单株各器官的生物量所占比例大小分别为树干枝根干皮叶,干材所占比例达到58.18%;乔木层总生物量为173.32 t.hm-2,净生产力为19.26 t.hm-2.a-1。     

不同年龄阶段侧柏林生物量结构分析

采用样木法对清西陵侧柏人工林林分不同林龄生物量进行了调查,结果显示:单株侧柏因林龄不同,其各器官生物量分布规律也有差异(树干大于树枝大于树叶),且随年龄增大而增大,侧柏的树干、树枝及树叶占地上总生物量的比例因林龄的增加而产生变化,其中,树干生物量占全株地上总生物量的比例会随林龄增加而增加,由11a生的50.6%增加到20a生的54.8%,32a生侧柏林以后的增长趋于平稳;侧柏单株树枝生物量占地上总生物量的比例随林龄增加变化不明显;侧柏单株树叶生物量占地上总生物量的比例随林龄增加而逐渐减少,由11a生的23.5%降至45a生的13.5%。单株树干所占总生物量比例随年龄增加而增大,枝所占总生物量比例有所增大,而叶所占总生物量比例有所减少;林分乔木层各器官生物量及地上部分总生物量随林龄的增加而增加。     

不同林分密度楠木人工林生物量初步研究

对福建省顺昌埔上国有林场不同林分密度的37年生楠木人工纯林的生物量及分配进行调查和分析,结果表明:低密度林分(1 500~1 650株.hm-2)楠木单株标准木的平均生物量为56.52 kg.株-1,是高密度林分(2200~2400株.hm-2)的1.39倍。单株标准木各器官的平均生物量均随林分密度的增加而减小;楠木人工林乔木层生物量随林分密度的增加而增大,乔木层总平均生物量在干材中的分配基本不受林分密度的影响(低密度的为53.59%,高密度的为53.72%),在根、皮中的分配比例随林分密度的增大略有增大,而在枝与叶中的分配比例则随密度的增加而下降。各器官生物量均存在干材>根>皮>枝>叶这一规律,其中干材生物量占总物量的比例最大,均超过了50%,最大达到61.11%。     

沿海山地柳杉人工林生物量研究

对福清灵石山国有林场26年生柳杉人工林生物量及其分配的研究结果表明:26年生柳杉人工林平均树高、平均胸径和林分单位面积蓄积量分别为15.7 m、20.2 cm和668.55 m3.hm-2;林分单位面积总生物量为364.55 t.hm-2,地上部分总生物量为313.86 t.hm-2,其中树干、叶、皮及枝等器官生物量分别占地上部分总生物量的84.79%、6.25%、6.24%及2.72%;地下部分总生物量为50.69 t.hm-2,其中根桩和骨骼根、中根及吸收根生物量分别占根系总生物量的89.21%、9.71%和1.08%。从标准木不同层次生物量分布情况上看,不同层次总生物量、树干及皮生物量随着树高的增加基本呈现出逐渐递减的规律;枝与叶生物量随着树体的升高,其生物量出现先增加后减少的趋势。     

紫色页岩适种芦竹

常宁市西北部有紫色页岩丘岗山地25公顷，其中岩石裸露地0．73万公顷。改造紫色页岩的物种选择，长期以来是摆在林业工作者面前的一个重大课题。1995年春，常宁县在进行“长防林”工程建设中，大胆地、创造性地将散生、野生于河岸、道旁的芦竹引上紫色页岩山地人工连片试种67公顷，经百日大旱考验，扦插的芦竹成活了，平均杆高达到了1.37米。为了更好地探索紫色页岩丘岗地芦竹栽培技术，他们将试种成果报省三项。2年的科研与示范，建成了169公顷的芦竹筏Its＼进驻区和2公顷的果科目．完成了83公顷芦竹青苗和1000公顷的产竹示范样板林建设。…     

马尾松人工林生物量及生产力变化规律研究Ⅱ.不同林龄生物量及生产力

采用以空间代时间的径级标准木收获法,研究了从幼林到成熟林的5种不同林龄的林分生物量.结果表明:树木干物质是按一定比例分配到各器官,其比例与径阶大小无关,而与发育阶段有关.林分平均木及林分各器官生物量均随林龄增加而增加,平均木在18 22a生物量年增加速率最大,而林分是在12 18年生.树干生物量所占百分比(占48%以上)随林龄增加而增加,而枝、叶、皮刚好相反,18年生以前,根所占百分比随林龄增加而下降,此后趋于稳定.各器官所占百分比由大到小依次为:干、枝、根、皮、叶.8、12、18、22、30年生的林分乔木层生物量分别为:33.94、89.94、204.51、223.71、234.14t.hm-2,净生产力为:6.24、11.14、15.63、14.07、11.93t.hm-2.a-1.中龄前,生物量按径阶分布的规律与株数按径阶分配规律相似,多呈左偏态,此后呈右偏态,峰值比株数按径阶分布向右移动1 2个径阶.培育纸浆材林,在18年生前利用最佳.     

Decomposition and nutrient loss from prunings of different contour hedgerow species in tea plantations in the sloping highlands of Sri Lanka

Contour hedgerows of multipurpose tree species in the sloping tea lands of Sri Lanka are expected to reduce soil erosion and also add significant amounts of plant nutrients to the soil via periodic prunings. The objective of this experiment was to characterize the biomass decomposition pattern and quantify the amount of nutrients added through prunings of six tree species (Calliandra calothyrsus, Senna spectabilis, Euphatorium innulifolium, Flemingia congesta, Gliricidia sepium and Tithonia diversifolia) currently being used in hedgerows associated with tea. Withered leaf and stem prunings (50 g) were enclosed in 2-mm litter bags, placed at 5-cm depth and retrieved after one, three, six, nine and 12 weeks. Loss of initial dry weight, N, P and K was measured. Single exponential decay function adequately described both dry weight and nutrient loss. Tree species differed significantly in their rate of breakdown with decomposition constants (k) varying from 0.0299 to 0.2006 week⁻¹ for leaves and from 0.0225 to 0.0633 week⁻¹ for stems. Gliricidia showed the highest k for leaves with the rest in the following descending order: Senna > Tithonia ≥ Euphatorium > Calliandra > Flemingia. A similar pattern was observed for loss of all nutrients with Calliandra and Flemingia always having lower k values than the rest. Although N immobilization was not observed, immobilization of P and K was observed during the first week of incubation in some species, particularly in stem prunings. Annual biomass of prunings differed significantly between tree species in the following descending order: Calliandra > Senna > Flemingia > Tithonia > Gliricidia > Euphatorium. Calliandra added the greatest amount of nutrients annually to the soil with Euphatorium adding the least. Calliandra prunings provided the annual total K requirement and 49% of the N requirement of mature tea. However, none of the species provided more than 5% of the P requirement. It is concluded that among the tree species tested, Calliandra and Flemingia are the most suitable for contour hedgerows in tea plantations of this agroclimatic region because of their higher soil nutrient enrichment capacity and slower decomposition rates which would minimize leaching losses. This revised version was published online in June 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Effects of Seed Weight and Seed Type on Early Seedling Growth of Pinus sylvestris under Harsh and Optimal Conditions

The effects of seed weight and seed type on seedling growth of Pinus sylvestris (L.) were studied by seeding individually weighed orchard and stand seed in different mixtures under harsh (direct seeding in field) and optimal (seeding in nursery) conditions. In the nursery experiment an increase in the seed weight from 3 to 7 mg increased the seedling height by 10-27% and total weight by 27-113%, and decreased the height/diameter ratio by 5-6% after 2 yrs. With elimination of seed weight effects, orchard seedlings were 2% taller than stand seedlings in year 2. Without elimination of seed weight effects, orchard seedlings were 7-13% taller. In the field experiment an increase in the seed weight from 3 to 7 mg increased seedling height by 18-65%, stem volume by 81-274% and the number of top-buds by 23-34% in year 5. After elimination of seed weight effects, orchard seedlings were 7-13% taller than stand seedlings and without elimination of seed weight effects 20-21% taller after 5 yrs. Even after elimination of both seed weight and genetic effects orchard seedlings were 3-9% larger than stand seedlings in the field experiment. In conclusion, the influence of seed weight and seed type on growth traits and slenderness is highly significant and the influence seems to be greater in harsh conditions.     

Modelling of adequate pretwist for obtaining straight timber

Abstract

Wood in general and wooden studs in particular are often distorted owing to uneven shrinkage during the drying process in the sawmill. Twist is often the most detrimental of all types of distortion, and it is caused by spiral grain in combination with variations in moisture content. For sawmills, the objective is to produce dried, straight boards, and one method of dealing with boards with excessive spiral grain is to sort them out and then dry them in a pretwisted position to obtain straight boards after drying. A model using the finite element (FE) method for the simulation of drying twist distortions was first calibrated against laboratory experiments in which boards were dried with and without restraints and pretwists. After the calibration, the FE results were compared with industrial test results for boards that were dried without restraints or with restraints with zero pretwist, i.e. straight restraints. The FE model used an elastic–ideally plastic material model to obtain permanent deformations. The calibration was to set the yield stresses so that there was a good match between FE results and results from the laboratory experiments. The comparison between the industrial test results and the FE results showed that the FE model is capable of realistic simulations of drying boards with and without restraints and presumably also pretwists.     

Potential to harness superior nutritional qualities of exotic baobabs if local adaptation can be conferred through grafting

Baobab leaves form an important part of the local diet in Sahel countries and elsewhere in Africa. Existing leaf nutritional data and agroforestry performance information are based solely on Adansonia digitata L., the baobab of continental Africa. The introduction potential of Adansonia species from the center of diversity in Madagascar and from Australia remains untapped. To assess this potential, the mineral contents and B₁ and B₂ vitamin levels of dried baobab leaves were determined for five-year old trees of A. digitata, A. gibbosa (A. Cunn.) Guymer ex D. Baum, A. rubrostipa Jum. & H. Perrier (syn. A. fony Baill.), A. perrieri Capuron and A. za Baill. grown in an introduction trial in Mali. Nutritional data were evaluated against survival and vigor to identify promising germplasm. Leaf vitamin and crude protein contents were highest in the Madagascar species, especially A. rubrostipa (B₁ 88 mg 100 g⁻¹, B₂ 187 mg 100 g⁻¹, protein 20.7% dry weight). However, the local species far outperformed the introductions in survival, tree height, basal diameter and resistance to termites. We suggest grafting as a way of harnessing the vigor of well-adapted local baobab varieties to the superior nutritional profiles of A. rubrostipa and others. Cross-species grafting tests in Adansonia were successful, thus creating new agroforestry possibilities with different scion/rootstock combinations.     

Biogeochemical impacts of clearfelling and reforestation on blanket-peatland streams: II. major ions and dissolved organic carbon

Streams and drains in blanket-peatland forest in western Ireland were sampled weekly over 5 years, 1996–2000, using continuous, depth-proportional passive sampling. Analysis was for pH, alkalinity by Gran titration, anions by IC, metals by ICP, aluminium speciation by loaded-resin exchange, and dissolved organic carbon (DOC) by absorbance at 320 nm.

Effects of felling are identified graphically from two forest drains whose catchments (both about 1 ha) were clearfelled, and partial clearfelling of one larger catchment (somewhat over 1 km²), in summer 1999. Calcium concentrations and alkalinity were increased in the drain- and streamwater from the felled areas. The pH was increased in drains, while in the larger stream, pH range decreased while the mean increased. Phosphorus increased markedly with clearfell, in the absence of recent fertilising, and also increased with fertilising; these results are reported in an accompanying paper. Ammonium-nitrogen concentrations were increased in the two drains with felling, and temporarily decreased in the larger stream. Nitrate increased in some cases. Potassium and manganese concentrations also increased. Concentrations of DOC and organic monomeric aluminium increased gradually, subject to a continuing strong annual cycle. There were no clearfelling effects on concentrations of solphate, suspended solids or inorganic monomeric aluminium. In the two drains (fully clearfelled), concentrations of sodium, chloride and magnesium, and conductivity, were all reduced after felling. Fertilising effects other than for phosphorus were indistinct.

Effects of the combined clearfell–reforestation treatment were testable statistically, using randomised intervention analysis, between two larger streams (1 km²) as a treatment–control comparison. There were statistically significant positive responses in streamwater concentrations of nitrate, potassium, calcium, DOC and aluminium fractions. The implications for management practice depend on whether the loss of nutrients is sustainable for future crop productivity, and whether critical limits and loads of receiving ecosystems are exceeded.     

Effect of Drought on Growth and Mortality of Actively Growing Norway Spruce Container Seedlings Planted in Summer

Survival, root egress and height growth of 13-month-old actively growing Norway spruce ( Picea abies (L.) Karst.) container seedlings exposed to preplanting drying treatments (0, 4, and 8 days) and postplanting drought periods (1, 2, 3, and 4 weeks) were studied in the field between 5 July and 18 August 1999. The mortality of seedlings increased and the height growth and root egress decreased throughout the postplanting drought period. Postplanting performance was also affected by preplanting drying treatments. The results indicate that no risk of excessive mortality and growth restrictions occurs when actively growing seedlings are planted in summer, provided that seedlings are well watered before planting and the drought period does not exceed 3 weeks.     

Rehabilitation of diseased cacao fields in Peru through shade regulation and timing of biocontrol measures

The objective of this case study was to test the effectiveness of biocontrol for the rehabilitation of abandoned, diseased (moniliasis, witches' broom and black pod) cocoa and to develop testable hypotheses regarding the effect of shade and biocontrol timing. Three trial fields differed in their shade regimes. Biocontrol was administered starting either at flowering or pod filling. Disease incidence and yield were compared with cultural control alone. Biocontrol reduced moniliasis from 49% to 25%, independent of the shading regime and application time. Witches' broom was most severe without shade and unaffected by biocontrol. No significant effects on black pod were observed. Although biocontrol increased percentage healthy fruit independent of shading and timing, only the shaded plot with biocontrol from flowering onwards responded with increased yield. Our hypothesis is: 'In the rehabilitation of abandoned cacao, only fields under sustainable shade management and early onset of biocontrol can realise their production potential.' This revised version was published online in June 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

qPCR quantification of Ophiognomonia clavigignenti‐juglandacearum from infected butternut trees under different release treatments

The use of a molecular assay for quantifying conidia of Ophiognomonia clavigignenti‐juglandacearum, the fungal pathogen responsible of butternut canker, was investigated. Purified DNA from conidia collected on glass fibre filters of a passive rain collectors was quantified using a TaqMan real‐time quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) assay. The qPCR assay could specifically discriminate the target species from all other North American known species of Ophiognomonia, and it was sensitive enough to repeatedly detect one conidium. A linear relationship between numbers of conidia and qPCR C_t values was determined, and used to assess the sporulation of the pathogen under trees that were released to promote their vigour. In total, 977 samples of field‐captured conidia from 49 trees, at two locations, and from two successive growing seasons were analysed. No significant difference of sporulation was observed under control and release treatments. However, our results demonstrated that qPCR assay was reliable for detecting and quantifying O. clavigignenti‐juglandacearum from environmental samples, which will be useful to assess further control methods for this disease.     

The potential of alley cropping in improvement of cultivation systems in the high rainfall areas of Zambia I. Chitemene and Fundikila

Three trials investigating the potential of alley cropping to improve the traditional systems of cultivation, chitemene and fundikila, in the Northern Province of Zambia are described. Flemingia congesta, Tephrosia vogelii, and Sesbania sesban, were grown in association with finger millet, groundnut, cowpea, and maize in various traditional cropping sequences. The indigenous species Tephrosia vogelii and Sesbania sesban were not able to withstand repeated pruning and the long following dry season, and were replaced with Calliandra calothyrsus, and Cassia spectabilis.Over a four year period, there was no benefit by alley cropping with any of the tree species on crop yields, and yields in alley crop treatments even dropped significantly below the control treatments in the fourth year, casting doubt on the potential of alley cropping for sustainable production. There was also no consistent effect on soil chemical characteristics in any of the trials. It was suggested that this lack of beneficial response to alley cropping was due to low tree biomass production low quality of prunings, and an inappropriate cropping sequence. There was no evidence that alley cropping contributed to enhanced nutrient recycling, despite substantial localised pools of soil nutrients, particularly in the chitemene, with which recycling could potentially occur.     

Toxicity of biocide GCSC-BtA on arthropod pests under different temperature conditions

The present research dealt with the toxicity of GCSC-BtA (Germany–China Scientific Cooperation-Bacillus thuringiensis-Abamectin), a new type biocide developed by conjugating a toxin from Bacillus thuringiensis (B.t.) with Abamectin from Streptomyces avermitilis, on arthropod pests under different temperature conditions. The results showed that GCSC-BtA possessed higher toxicity than B.t. crystal, Abamectin or Cypermethrin, with pest mortalities of 97.9, 93.7, 96.4, 82.3 and 96.7% for Tetranychus cinnabarinus (Boisd.) (Acari, Tetranychidae), Frankliniella occidentalis Pergande (Thys., Thripidae), Aphis fabae Scopoli (Hom., Aphididae), Plutella xylostella (L.) (Lep., Plutellidae) and Cameraria ohridella Deschka et Dimić (Lep., Gracillariidae), respectively. Toxicities of GCSC-BtA to T. cinnabarinus and P. xylostella decreased significantly at the older developmental stage with an exception that egg stage had the highest tolerance, in which LC₅₀s of GCSC-BtA were 0.0001, 0.0019 and 0.0708 mg/ml for nymph, adult and egg of T. cinnabarinus, and that 0.0399, 0.2035 and 0.9033 mg/ml for the 2nd instar larvae, 4th instar larvae and egg of P. xylostella, respectively. Also, the biocide was more effective to the lower stage of A. fabae than the higher one with LC₅₀s of 0.0023, 0.0086 and 0.0171 mg/ml against 1st instar nymph, 3rd instar nymph and adult, respectively. In general, toxicity of the new type of biocide was positively related to temperature against all the tested pests, except against T. cinnabarinus, where it was almost similar at the three temperature conditions. GCSC-BtA displayed significantly lower toxicities at 15/20°C than 20/25°C or 25/30°C against F. occidentalis, A. fabae, P. xylostella and C. ohridella. However, no significant difference was found in the toxicities against F. occidentalis, A. fabae and C. ohridella above 20°C, whereas toxicity against P. xylostella increased as temperature raised. Therefore, to achieve higher efficacy in the field, application rate and time should be devised according to these factors.