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...     

Characterization and pathogenicity of six Cytospora strains causing stem canker of wild apple in the Tianshan Forest,China

Cytospora species are capable of causing destructive cankers of stems belonging to a wide range of woody plant species. In severe cases, cankers may lead to dieback of twigs and branches. Little is known about the Cytospora species causing canker disease of wild apple (Malus sieversii) trees in the Wild Fruit Forest Reserve in Tianshan Forest, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China. In this study, six Cytospora isolates belonging to two species were isolated from cankerous lesions of wild apple twigs. Based on multi‐locus phylogenetic analysis using three DNA markers (ITS, tef1‐α and tub2) and morphological characterization, these isolates were identified as Cytospora mali and Cytospora parasitica. Temperature trials (15, 20, 25 and 30°C) showed that the optimal growth temperature for six isolates was 25°C. At a variety of temperatures, C. mali isolates tended to grow faster than isolates of C. parasitica, with the C. mali isolate, EGI1 performing better than others with regard to growth rate. Morphological observations showed that these species exhibited a single locule without conceptacles, and the conidia length was 3–5 μm. In vitro inoculation trials of twigs and leaves of M. sieversii seedlings revealed that the C. mali isolates were highly virulent phytopathogenic fungi, whereas the C. parasitica isolates were less virulent. The isolate EGI1 was the most virulent isolate among the six isolates. This paper presents the first report of pathogenic Cytospora spp. of the M. sieversii Tianshan Wild Fruit Forest Reserve of Yili, Xinjiang in China. It will aid in the understanding of how apple tree cankers are induced and provide disease management guidelines for M. sieversii forest conservation.     

培肥措施对复垦土壤微生物碳氮代谢功能多样性的影响

土壤复垦是矿区生态环境恢复和耕地总量平衡及质量提升的根本要求。本研究依托山西襄垣采煤塌陷区复垦定位试验基地，采用Biolog-ECO方法和荧光定量PCR技术，研究了不施肥（CK）、单施化肥（CF）、单施有机肥（M）和有机无机培肥（MCF）4种培肥措施下复垦4年和8年土壤微生物碳代谢功能多样性及氮代谢功能基因丰度的变化特征。结果表明，随复垦年限增加，单施有机肥较其他处理可显著提高复垦土壤微生物的总碳源利用能力；不同处理复垦土壤微生物碳源相对利用率总体表现为氨基酸类>糖类>聚合物类>羧酸类>双亲化合物类>胺类，其中单施有机肥更大程度上提高了羧酸类、氨基酸类和胺类碳源的利用率；复垦年限和培肥措施没有改变复垦土壤微生物优势度指数，但有机无机配施较其他处理可显著提高香浓指数（H′）和Pielou均匀度指数；不同处理复垦土壤氮转化功能基因丰度总体表现为amoA（AOA）> amoA（AOB）>nisS、nirK> nifH，5种功能基因丰度均为以有机无机培肥处理最高，且随复垦时间增加而增加；复垦土壤有机质含量与nirS、nirK、nifH基因丰度以及AWCD值存在显著相关性，相关系数在0.707～0.807，同时5种氮转化功能基因丰度均与玉米产量存在显著或极显著的相关性，相关系数在0.824～0.949。综上所述，单施有机肥可提高土壤有机质含量，进而增强了复垦土壤碳代谢强度，有机无机培肥则更有利于复垦土壤碳氮代谢功能多样性的提升，并促进作物产量形成。     

常温真空包装对保持小米储藏品质的影响

为了探究一种有效的小米储藏方法,以晋谷42号小米为试材,采用0.08 mm厚尼龙(polyamide,PA)复合聚乙烯(polyethylene,PE)袋包装,常温((20±2)℃)环境中储藏,研究小米在常规、常规密闭和真空包装储藏120 d品质指标的变化规律。结果表明:相对于常规包装,真空包装储藏有效降低脂肪氧合酶的活性(P<0.05),延缓小米脂质的氧化分解(P<0.05),抑制小米游离脂肪酸含量的升高(P<0.05),较好地保持了小米的水分(P<0.05),延缓了小米黄色素的损耗(P<0.05),较好地保持了小米的亮度(P<0.05)、米黄色(P<0.05)以及弹性(P<0.05)和黏附性(P<0.05);常规密闭包装具有一定的储藏效果,但不及真空包装。因此,常温下真空包装储藏可以有效延缓小米的陈化,保持小米的储藏品质。研究结果为小米储藏,提升小米储藏品质提供了理论依据和技术支持。     

不同激励下宽频磁浮俘能器俘能试验

振动能量俘获是获取可再生的清洁能源一种有效途径，具有广阔的应用前景，有利于社会的可持续性发展。目前，随机功率谱激励下的高功率密度和宽频能量回收仍然是研究的难点。该研究设计了一种可有效利用宽频振动能量的高功率密度磁浮式俘能器，采用COMSOL Multiphysics软件计算悬浮磁体非线性回复力与位移的关系式，根据磁浮振动系统的控制方程和基尔霍夫定律建立俘能器的数学模型，详细研究了模型参数变化对俘能器性能的影响。随后进行正弦扫频和驻频试验以验证俘能器的发电能力。同时，从俘能器的效率、效能和体积优质3个指标对俘能性能进行评价；并结合实际应用，设计俘能器稳压电路。根据丘陵山区农业机械工作的随机路谱特性，建立随机激励的数学模型，根据响应幅值的概率密度函数的FPK方程表达式，得到了平稳概率密度函数的解。结果表明：在激励频率从9.77到31.75 Hz变化时，俘能器最大输出电压在5.92和21.52 V之间；最大输出功率在10 Hz时达81.93 mW，从5到50Hz，输出功率范围为5.76到81.93 mW；俘能器的效率、效能和体积优质分别为2.85%，9.85%和39.74%；俘能器电压输出的功率谱密度有5个峰值点，对应频率分别为9.804、29.41、36.76、36.76、51.47和71.08 Hz，进一步验证了该研究提出的磁浮式俘能器具有宽频发电性能，并可满足丘陵山区农机设备监测传感器的供电需求。     

无人机机载激光雷达提取果树单木树冠信息

定株管理是未来果园精准生产管理的趋势，果树单木树冠信息的提取是定株管理的关键。该研究利用无人机采集的苹果园激光探测与测量数据（Light Detection and Ranging，LiDAR）检测和测量每棵果树的树冠面积和树冠直径，并评价空间分辨率对于果树单木树冠检测与提取的影响。该方法主要包括使用反距离权重插值法间接生成冠层高度模型（Canopy Height Model，CHM）；使用局部极大值滤波算法和标记控制分水岭分割算法（Marked-Controlled Watered Segmentation，MCWS）对果树进行单木树冠检测与提取，通过与参考数据的比较，评估了该方法的精度，并定量分析了空间分辨率对于单木树冠检测与信息提取结果的敏感性。结果表明，该方法有效地实现果树单木树冠检测与信息提取，代表果树检测精度的F1得分为94.86%，树冠轮廓提取准确率为86.39%，树冠面积的提取数据集和参考数据集的线性拟合结果决定系数和归一化均方根误差分别为0.81和20.56%，树冠直径的提取数据集和参考数据集的线性拟合结果决定系数和归一化均方根误差分别为0.85和14.79%，树冠面积和直径不同程度地被高估。此外，冠层高度模型的空间分辨率接近果树平均树冠直径的1/10时精度最高，可以有效检测果树单木树冠及提取树冠轮廓，从而准确提取果树单木树冠信息。     

花龄期棉花虫害的电子鼻检测

棉花害虫具有隐蔽性、迁飞性和突发性特点，并且影响因素众多，棉花虫害准确地诊断是农业领域的难点问题。该研究以受到棉铃虫侵害的花铃期棉花为研究对象，采用电子鼻对不同处理的棉花挥发物进行检测。研究表明，主成分分析（Principal Component Analysis, PCA）和聚类分析结果显示健康棉花释放的挥发物具有明显的昼夜节律性，健康棉花与虫害棉花差异性显著。径向基函数神经网络（Radial Basis Function Neural Network, RBFNN）对8个不同时间的4组虫害棉花处理进行分析，测试集判别总的正确率为73.4%，健康棉花对照组测试集判别正确率100%，误判样本出现在3个虫害处理之间。当不考虑时间因素建立虫害棉花统一的预测模型，RBFNN模型对健康棉花对照组的预测正确率均达到了100%，分析结果可以作为花铃期棉花是否遭受棉铃虫侵害的依据，说明电子鼻可以作为棉花虫害发生的有效监测手段，在农作物虫害监测领域具有潜在的应用价值。     

Assessment of soil aggregation properties after conversion from rice to greenhouse organic cultivation on SOC controlling mechanism

Journal of Soils and Sediments - Organic manure is beneficial for macro-aggregate formation and soil organic carbon (SOC), but how SOC change in aggregate fractions in time-series is still...     

Effect of dietary Moringa stem meal level on growth performance,slaughter performance and serum biochemical parameters in geese

Moringa stem meal (MSM) with a high level of crude fibre (CF) might be developed and utilized in herbivorous geese as an unconventional feedstuff. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of the MSM level in the diet on the growth performance, slaughter performance, breast meat quality and serum biochemical parameters in geese from 22 to 70 days of age. A one-factor completely randomized design was adopted in our study. A total of one thousand eight 21-day-old geese were randomly divided into six groups, with six replicates per group and 28 birds per replicate. The geese were fed diets containing MSM levels of 0, 20, 40, 60, 80 or 100 g/kg during day 22–70. The dietary MSM level had no effect (p > .05) on the final body weight (BW), average daily gain (ADG) or average daily feed intake (ADFI). The feed/gain ratio (F/G) increased linearly (p < .001) as the dietary MSM level increased. No differences (p > .05) were observed in the slaughter performance, meat quality and the relative organ weight (except for thymus) of the geese (p > .05). The relative weight of the thymus in the geese fed diets with supplementation of MSM was higher than that in the non-supplemented MSM control group (p < .05). In addition, 100 g MSM/kg of diet decreased the serum glucose (GLU) level (p < .05) and increased the alanine transaminase (ALT) enzyme activity (p = .03). Dietary MSM levels of no more than 60 g/kg had no effects on the growth performance and slaughter performance, whereas diets with 100 g MSM/kg increased the F/G and serum ALT enzyme activity, as well as decreasing the serum GLU level. Therefore, MSM provided at a reasonable level could be developed as an unconventional feedstuff for geese at the finisher period.