Structural and optical properties of cellulose nanocrystals isolated from the fruit shell of <Emphasis Type="Italic">Camellia oleifera</Emphasis> Abel

Cellulose nanocrystals (CNC) with high aspect ratio of 80 have been readily prepared from the inexpensive fruit shell of Camellia oleifera Abel (SCOA) for the first time. In this study, SOCA was consecutively subjected to alkali extraction, hydrogen peroxide bleaching and acid hydrolysis to remove non-cellulosic components and release CNC. The derived CNC possesses a needle-shaped structure that in average diameter and length of 6±2 nm and 500±100 nm, respectively. The crystallinity index of CNC increased to 72 % and the initial decomposition temperature raised to 230 oC. The obtained CNC was formed to nanopaper by vacuum filtration showing high visible light transmittance over 90 %. Thus SOCA derived CNC is of great practical potential to apply in the field of biomedicine, energy, packing, etc. Overall, this study is anticipated to offer new possibility for the CNC production from the inexpensive but abundant agricultural wastes.     

草果AtNCED基因克隆、表达和植物表达载体构建

9-顺式环氧类胡萝卜素双加氧酶(9-cis-epoxycarotenoid dioxygenase, NCED)是ABA生物合成的限速酶。诸多研究表明NCED基因表达量的变化与ABA含量显著相关,在种子休眠过程中发挥重要作用。为探究草果AtNCED基因的序列特征和功能,本研究以草果(Amomum tsaoko Crevost et Lemarie)种子转录组为基础,采用RT-PCR技术克隆了一个AtNCED基因。该基因全长2 372 bp,包含一个1 830 bp的开放阅读框(open reading frame, ORF),编码610个氨基酸。生物信息学分析显示,AtNCED基因编码的蛋白在N-末端包含典型的叶绿体转运肽序列,在催化结构域含有4个高度保守的组氨酸残基。AtNCED蛋白与芭蕉科马来西亚蕉同源性较高,与其他单子叶植物处在同一进化分支。实时荧光定量PCR分析结果表明,AtNCED基因表达量随着层积时间的增加逐渐下降,该基因可能正向调控种子休眠,在草果种子休眠诱导与维持中发挥重要作用。进一步地,利用同源重组方法,成功构建了pBI121-AtNCED过表达载体,并转化至农杆菌EHA105。该研究结果为弄清ABA激素信号在种子休眠中的调控作用提供了帮助。     

竹柳等4个柳树无性系造纸材性测定分析

对3年生竹柳、苏柳172、苏柳795、苏柳799进行造纸材性测定,结果表明:4个柳树无性系的木材基本密度在0.324~0.368 g/cm3之间,纤维长度在0.866 9~0.928 8 mm之间,纤维宽度在21.349~22.683μm之间。4个柳树无性系木材纤维的长宽比、壁腔比及腔径比等指标均符合造纸原料要求,而且纤维长度、宽度均分布比较均匀。     

微型离心泵诱导轮与叶轮轴向距离匹配特性

诱导轮与叶轮匹配不合理,是影响微型离心泵运行稳定性的原因之一。为了研究诱导轮与叶轮之间的轴向距离(简称为轴向距离)的匹配对离心泵性能的影响,该文以一台前置诱导轮离心泵为研究对象,采用数值方法定量分析了不同轴向距离对离心泵能量特性、汽蚀特性和压力脉动特性的影响。选取5种轴向距离,分别为0.1S,0.5S,1.0S、1.5S和2.0S(S为诱导轮轴向长度与叶栅稠密度的比值),对离心泵进行三维流场数值预测。结果表明,轴向距离增加后,扬程和效率均有所增加,汽蚀余量降低,但叶轮内压力脉动幅值升高。其中,在额定工况下,当轴向距离增大至1.0S时,扬程提高了0.61m,效率提高了5.8%,临界汽蚀余量降低了0.4m;轴向距离继续增大后,各项性能变化不大。综合分析认为,轴向距离为1.0S时,诱导轮与叶轮的匹配性能最佳,有利于离心泵稳定运行。研究结果可为微型离心泵诱导轮与叶轮的匹配设计提供参考。     

甘薯耐旱性品种苗期筛选及耐旱性指标研究

为实现甘薯耐旱性品种的快速筛选,本试验采用室内PEG模拟连续干旱法对22个甘薯品种(系)进行了研究。结果表明:济薯21、12057、11001和零9281等品种(系)的根系持水力、根系活力和幼苗成活率较高,具有较强的苗期耐旱性;通过统计分析发现,根系持水力、薯苗质量和含水量、根系活力等可作为重要的苗期耐旱性筛选指标;干旱胁迫下根系的持水能力和采苗后薯苗状况是影响甘薯苗期耐旱性的重要因素。在生产上,选用耐旱性品种和采用壮苗是抵御干旱胁迫的重要措施。     

贵州省秸秆综合利用与山地特色农业融合发展初探

为实现秸秆综合利用与贵州山地特色农业产业的融合协调发展提供参考，在分析贵州省当前秸秆综合利用现状的基础上，提出整合人才资源，创新运营模式，奠定产业基础，构建秸秆回收网络，减少秸秆的无效运输，有效降低秸秆回收成本，科技融入，企业兜底，提升有机肥产品附加值，精准发力，助力特色农业的发展的思路，实现秸秆处理与贵州特色农业产业通过有机肥为载体进行产业融合，并分析贵州当前实现产业融合的基础条件，提出产业融合路径的支持策略。     

基于农作制分区的1985—2015年中国小麦生产时空变化

Comparing spatio-temporal variation characteristics of China’s wheat production, yield, sown area and yield-area-contribution in different farming zones in the past 30 years could help improving wheat planting layout and adjusting planting structure. Concentration index, rate of change, moving of gravity and resolution of yield-area-contribution were used to analyze spatio-temporal changes of China’s wheat production and yield-area-contribution based on county wheat production statistics including sown area, production and yield from 1985 to 2015. The wheat sown area decreased obviously in Northeast farming region, Northwest farming region and South farming region and increased rapidly in Huang-Huai-Hai farming region and Yangtze Plain farming region. In Huang-Huai-Hai farming region, the concentration indexes of Haihe Plain farming region, Huang-huai Plain farming region and Fenwei Basin farming region reached to 20.64%, 25.77%, and 21.65% respectively in 2015. Wheat production increased significantly by more than 48 milliontons in Huang-Huai-Hai farming region, and nearly 8 million tons Yangtze Plain farming region but decreased by more than 2.6 million tons in Northeast farming region. In Huang-Huai-Hai farming region, wheat production was concentrated in Haihe Plain farming region, Huang-huai Plain farming region and Yuxi Hill farming region. The average wheat yield continuously improved during the study period, Huang-Huai-Hai farming region and Northwest farming region had the yield increase up to 103.5 kg hm ^-2 and 92.9 kg hm ^-2 each year. Wheat yield in Yuxi Hill farming region, Fenwei Basin farming region and Haihe Plain farming region was relatively high in Huang-Huai-Hai farming region. The yield-reduced area was mainly caused by the decreasing of sown area, while the yield-area-contribution rate was different in yield-increased area. Yield-dominant counties were reduced, area-dominant counties were increased and yield-area-dominant counties were relatively steady. In production increased area, yield-dominant and yield-area-dominant counties were the main types in Huang-Huai-Hai Farming region, area-dominant and yield-area-dominant counties were the main types in Yangtze Plain farming region. Chinese wheat production was increasingly concentrated in Huang-Huai-Hai farming region which has high and rapid increase of wheat yield over the past three decades. Haihe Plain farming region, Huang-huai Plain farming region and Fenwei Basin farming region were the most concentrated areas in Huang-Huai-Hai farming region for wheat production during this period. Wheat yield and sown area jointly promoted the increase of wheat production in Huang-Huai-Hai farming region, wheat sown area was the crucial factor to increase wheat production in Yangtze Plain farming region, especially in the north of Jiangsu, Anhui province and greater part of Xinjiang.     

Minor topography governing erosional distribution of SOC and temperature sensitivity of CO2 emissions: comparisons between concave and convex toposequence

Journal of Soils and Sediments - Erosion processes spatially redistribute soil particles and the associated carbon across landscapes. Their spatial redistribution pattern is governed by the...     

Integrating meteorological factors for better understanding of the urban form-air quality relationship

Landscape Ecology - Understanding the urban form-air quality relationship is essential to mitigate intra-urban air pollution and to improve urban ecology. However, few studies considered urban form...