Global genotype by environment trends in growth traits for Eucalyptus dunnii

New Forests - Eucalyptus dunnii Maiden (Dunn’s white gum) is a fast-growing tall tree with a restricted natural distribution in south-east Australia and favorable wood properties for pulp...     

江西省芝麻地方种质表型性状遗传多样分析

【目的】对江西省芝麻地方种质资源进行表型性状遗传多样分析,为江西芝麻种质资源的有效利用及开发提供理论参考。【方法】依托“第三次全国农作物种质资源普查与收集行动”从江西省39个县(市、区)收集到的132份芝麻地方种质为试验材料,对其23个表型性状(12个质量性状和11个数量性状)进行测定,并计算遗传多样性指数和变异系数。同时,对11个数量性状进行相关分析,并对供试种质进行聚类分析。【结果】23个表型性状的平均遗传多样性指数为1.2821,其中,12个质量性状的遗传多样性指数为0.3217~1.0307,平均0.7290;11个数量性状的变异系数为4.70%~43.58%,遗传多样性指数为1.6138~2.0627,平均1.8855。3种粒色类型芝麻种质中,以46份白芝麻种质表型性状的平均遗传多样性指数最高,为1.3602,74份黑芝麻种质和12份其他粒色(黄色、褐色、黄褐色、红褐色等)芝麻种质表型性状的平均遗传多样性指数分别为1.1782和1.0476。生育期与株高、始蒴高度、蒴果长、千粒重和蛋白含量呈极显著正相关(P<0.01,下同),但与含油量呈极显著负相关。供试的132份芝麻种质资源可分为四大类,不同类群种质的来源地存在地理位置的交错分布现象,其中,第Ⅰ类群可作为潜在选育芝麻高含油量新品种的亲本材料,第Ⅱ类群可作为潜在高产优良芝麻材料利用,第Ⅲ类群可作为潜在矮杆株型的亲本材料,第Ⅳ类群可作为潜在的高蛋白型亲本材料加以利用。【结论】江西芝麻地方种质资源的主要表型性状变异较大,遗传多样性较丰富,其中以46份白芝麻种质的遗传多样性更丰富。种质间亲缘关系与地理来源无必然联系。以高产高蛋白为育种目标时应选择株高较高,始蒴高度适中、蒴果较大、千粒重较高的材料为亲本,并据此进行后代选择。     

生姜主栽品种枯萎病抗性评价及抗病性鉴定指标筛选

【目的】筛选抗枯萎病的生姜品种,建立抗病评价体系,为生姜枯萎病抗病品种选育及抗病机理研究提供理论参考。【方法】选取5个生姜主产区的主栽品种,采用室内人工接种法测定枯萎病菌(腐皮镰刀菌)侵染对不同生姜品种超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)、过氧化物酶(POD)、过氧化氢酶(CAT)、苯丙氨酸解氨酶(PAL)、几丁质酶(CHI)、β-1,3-葡聚糖苷酶(GLU)活性及次生抗菌物质含量、超氧阴离子(O₂-·)、过氧化氢(H₂O₂)、丙二醛(MDA)含量等的影响,结合抗病系数、主成分分析、聚类分析、相关分析和隶属函数对5个生姜品种幼苗的抗病性进行综合评价。【结果】山东大姜病情指数最低(4.0)、发病率最低(4%)、发病周期最长(24 d),表现出较强的抗病性;罗平小黄姜病情指数最高(45.2)、发病周期最短(7 d),表现抗病性较弱。不同生姜品种幼苗接菌后的生理生化指标均出现不同程度的变化,其中,山东大姜的抗氧化酶(SOD、POD、CAT)活性、防御酶(PAL、CHI、GLU)活性和次生抗菌物质(总酚、类黄酮、木质素)含量均高于其他品种,O₂-·、H₂O₂和MDA含量低于其他品种,而罗平小黄姜呈现相反趋势。主成分分析将12个单项生理生化指标转换为3个独立综合指标,聚类分析将5个生姜品种划分为3类,结合隶属函数综合评价结果,5个生姜品种抗病性强弱表现为:山东大姜>凤头姜>竹根姜>贵州黄姜>罗平小黄姜,与人工接种试验中5个品种的发病程度一致。相关分析结果显示,SOD和类黄酮与抗病性综合评价值(D值)呈极显著正相关(P<0.01)。【结论】5个生姜品种中山东大姜抗病性最强,罗平小黄姜抗病性最弱;SOD和类黄酮可作为生姜枯萎病抗性鉴定的主要参考指标。     

基于多元统计法的不同果实大小桃溪蜜柚品质综合评价

[目的]桃溪蜜柚果实品质好,经济效益明显,发展前景十分广阔,但不同大小果实的品质存在差异,研究通过探究不同大小桃溪蜜柚果实的品质特性和综合评价方法,以期为桃溪蜜柚的高品质生产提供依据.[方法]选取树势基本一致的5年生枳砧桃溪蜜柚为材料,果实成熟后采收,根据桃溪蜜柚单果质量,分为<600 g,600～700 g,700～900 g,900～1100 g,>1100 g 5个等级,通过测定桃溪蜜柚果实的外观品质、物理特性和风味品质,对不同等级的果实品质进行比较,并使用SPSS软件进行相关性分析,采用主成分分析法、模糊综合评判等权分析法和模糊综合评判加权分析法进行综合评价.[结果]不同大小的桃溪蜜柚果实品质存在差异,随着单果质量增大,果实的横径、纵径、种子数和可食率增大,而果实可溶性固形物含量和固酸比则下降.果实果形指数、果皮厚度、囊瓣数、出汁率,可滴定酸含量、可溶性糖含量、维生素C含量和糖酸比在不同大小果实中无显著差异.相关性分析结果表明桃溪蜜柚果实大小与果实的横径、纵径、种子数和可食率呈极显著正相关水平(P<0.01),相关性系数分别为0.981、0.981、0.978和0.976,与果实的可溶性固性物呈显著负相关水平(P<0.05),相关性系数为0.945.3种综合评价方法中主成分分析法和模糊综合评判等权分析法的评价结果较为一致,可作为不同果实大小桃溪蜜柚品质综合评价方法.果实单果质量700～900 g的综合品质最佳,其次是单果质量>1100 g,然后是单果质量900～1100 g,单果质量600～700 g、单果质量<600 g.[结论]果实大小对桃溪蜜柚果实的外观品质、物理特性和风味品质均有影响,其中大果的横径、纵径、单果质量和可食率优于中小果,而中小果的风味品质优于大果,综合评价结果表明中果的综合品质最佳,其次是大果和小果.该研究结果可为桃溪蜜柚果实分级标准修订和花果管理提供参考依据,进而提高桃溪蜜柚果品商品率和果品品质,提升果品市场竞争力.     

Environmental Conditions and Channel Catfish Ictalurus punctatus Production under Similar Pond Management Regimes in Alabama and Mississippi

This study was conducted to compare water quality and channel catfish production in earthen ponds located in two dissimilar physiographic regions of the southeastern United States and supplied with water of disparate quality. Ponds at Auburn, Alabama are on acidic Piedmont soils and filled with poorly mineralized runoff water; ponds at Stoneville, Mississippi are on slightly alkaline alluvial clays and filled with groundwater of high total alkalinity and hardness. Channel catfish were stocked at 8,750 fish/ha, fed daily, and provided nightly aeration in 0.04-ha ponds at both sites. Ponds were managed as similarly as possible. Minimum daily water temperatures and pH were higher at Stoneville than at Auburn, and there were greater concentrations of suspended clay turbidity, dissolved inorganic phosphorus, total ammonia-nitrogen, and nitrite-nitrogen at Auburn than at Stoneville. The taxonomic composition of the phytoplankton community was broadly different between the two sites. Taste tests revealed off-flavor in fish at both sites, but there were no significant differences (P > 0.05) in flavor scores between sites. The quality of flavor was somewhat different between sites, and these differences in quality were thought to result from observed differences in the taxonomic composition of phytoplankton communities. All differences in water quality seemed to be directly or indirectly related to the dissimilarity in the quality of the water supply and soils at the two locations. Although some water quality variables differed between sites and changed over time at both sites, environmental conditions never deteriorated enough at either site to cause serious stress or mortality in fish. There were no significant differences (P > 0.05) in average net fish production, survival, weight of individual fish at harvest, or feed conversion ratios. Average net fish production and feed conversion ratios, respectively, were 4,905 kg/ha and 1.27 at Auburn and 5,286 kg/ha and 1.27 at Stoneville. The results of this study demonstrate the need for site-specific investigations when conducting certain types of aquaculture research.     

Risk factors for bovine mastitis in the Central Province of Sri Lanka

A study of the risk factors associated with mastitis in Sri Lankan dairy cattle was conducted to inform risk reduction activities to improve the quality and quantity of milk production and dairy farmer income. A cross-sectional survey of randomly selected dairy farms was undertaken to investigate 12 cow and 39 herd level and management risk factors in the Central Province. The farm level prevalence of mastitis (clinical and subclinical) was 48 %, similar to what has been found elsewhere in South and Southeast Asia. Five cow level variables, three herd level variables, and eight management variables remained significant (p?相似文献   

Interaction of Grazing Muzzle Use and Grass Species on Forage Intake of Horses

The impact of horse preference and grass morphology on grazing muzzle effectiveness has not been investigated. The objective of this study was to determine the effectiveness of grazing muzzle use at reducing forage intake when horses grazed grasses with different morphology and preferences. The study was conducted in 2012 and 2013. Four horses were grazed in 2012, and three horses were grazed in 2013. Four species of perennial cool-season grasses were grazed in 2012 including Kentucky bluegrass (Poa pratensis L.), meadow fescue (Schedonorus pratensis Huds.), perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.), and reed canarygrass (Phalaris arundinacea L.). In 2013, only Kentucky bluegrass and reed canarygrass were grazed because of winter kill of other species. Horses were allowed to graze a small pasture seeded with an individual species for 4 hours each day in June and August of 2012 and August and September of 2013. Horses grazed the same grass species for two consecutive days, one day with a muzzle and one day without. Before and after each grazing, a strip was mechanically harvested to determine initial and residual herbage mass. The difference was used to estimate forage intake. The effectiveness of a grazing muzzle was not affected by forage species (P ≥ .05). Use of a grazing muzzle decreased the amount of forage consumed by an average of 30% compared with not using a grazing muzzle (P < .0001). Results will aid horse owners and professionals in estimating forage intake of muzzled horses on pasture.     

A Controlled Safety Study of Elevated Dosages of Trimethoprim Plus Sulfadiazine in Mature Horses

A novel, proprietary, oral suspension of trimethoprim plus sulfadiazine (TMP/SDZ) had no serious adverse effects on clinical, laboratory, or pathologic parameters of mature horses when administered at up to five times the intended combined dosage of 24 mg/kg twice daily for 30 consecutive days. Loose feces was the most common observation that was likely related to TMP/SDZ treatment, and the incidence of loose feces was greater in groups treated with higher dosages of TMP/SDZ. However, all episodes were self-limiting, and no horses were treated for loose feces.     

Artificial Reefs, the Attraction-production Issue, and Density Dependence in Marine Ornamental Fishes

Artificial reefs may provide a useful tool to enhance production of marine ornamentals and to divert detrimental harvesting activities from sensitive natural habitat. The efficacy of this strategy depends, in part, on the extent to which artificial reefs contribute to new production (vs. attract fishes from natural habitat) and therefore benefit harvested populations on a local and regional basis. Here the attraction and production hypotheses and their application to marine ornamentals are presented. Specifically, it is discussed how the strength and timing of density dependence can affect the response of fish population dynamics to artificial reefs. In addition to this discussion, examples of density dependence in marine ornamentals and related reef fishes are provided. Based on this information, a simple conceptual model is presented to clarify the role of density dependence, and this is followed by a discussion on the use of artificial reefs in the management and production of marine ornamentals. Finally, unresolved scientific issues that remain to be addressed are provided.