Suitability of Wastes from Olive-Oil Industry for Initial Reclamation of a Pb/Zn Mine Tailing

An incubation experiment was conducted to evaluate the ameliorating role of two organic amendments—olive-mill solid wastes and compost from olive-mill solid wastes- in the ecological reclamation of a lead/Zn-mine tailing collected in southern Spain. Four enzymatic activities (dehydrogenase, β-glucosidase, urease and phosphatase) and soluble and AB-DTPA extractable Pb and Zn and were periodically determined. High concentrations of Pb (5394 mg kg^?1) and Zn (9607 mg kg^?1), mainly in insoluble forms, were recorded in the lead/zinc-mine tailing, as well as very low biochemical activity. Application of the compost from olive-mill solid waste stimulated microbial activity and the biogeochemical cycles into the mine tailing because of the initially increased dehydrogenase, β-glucosidase and urease activities, which tended to decline or remained constant during the incubation period. By contrast, these enzyme activities were scarcely affected by the incorporation of the olive-mill solid wastes because this olive-organic amendment contains extractable polyphenols (36 g kg^?1), which inhibit these enzyme activities. Phosphatase activity was enhanced by the application of both olive-organic amendments, especially when the olive-mill solid waste was added to the mine tailing. Amounts of soluble and AB-DTPA-extractable Pb and Zn in the mine tailing were increased by the application of the olive-mill solid waste, and to a lesser degree, by the compost from this olive waste. This fact could restrict the use of these olive-organic amendements as useful materials in reclamation of lead/zinc-mine tailings. Nevertheless, the increases of available lead and zinc would represent an advantage where Pb/Zn-mine tailings are reclaimed by phytoextraction, effectively reducing the metal pollution in these mining wastes.     

泰国产方斑东风螺养殖群体遗传多样性的RAPD分析

用随机扩增多态性DNA(RAPD)技术对泰国产方斑东风螺养殖群体的遗传多样性进行检测,从100个随机引物中筛选出21个引物对方斑东风螺的DNA进行扩增,结果表明:21个引物共检测到222条清晰且重复性好的条带,每个引物可扩增出4~16条带,分子量在200~2200bp之间,其中多态位点为156个,占70.27%;群体的Shannon多样性指数为0.2818,Nei基因多样性指数为0.2491;个体间最大遗传距离为0.291,最小遗传距离为0.066。通过与其他贝类遗传多样性的研究结果比较,可初步判断泰国产方斑东风螺养殖群体的遗传多样性比较丰富。     

淮山品种"桂淮2号"的选育及栽培研究

淮山为薯蓣科薯蓣属多年生蔓性块茎类植物，是药食兼用的高效经济作物。通过优良单株筛选，结合群体观察以及植物学、生理学、产量和营养品质等相关研究，从广西地方种质资源中选育出淮山品种“桂淮2号”，并介绍其特征特性和田间肥水管理及病虫害防治等栽培技术要点。该品种具有淀粉含量高、矿质营养丰富等特点，可作为药材加工和菜用、粮用、饲用等。     

In vitro screening and QTL analysis for drought tolerance in diploid potato

Drought stress is a major abiotic constraint limiting crop production worldwide. Screening for drought tolerance and the traits that enhance drought tolerance is not straightforward in large mapping populations. In this study, we investigated the possibility of screening a mapping population in vitro for PEG-induced water deficit stress and recovery potential. We have measured several shoot and root growth parameters or traits in the C × E diploid potato mapping population. Significant variation was observed for genotype-specific responses to water deficit and recovery potential. Genetic variation and heritability estimates were high to very high for the measured traits depending on growth conditions. In order to identify potato QTLs for drought tolerance and recovery potential an SNP marker-rich integrated linkage map was used. A total of 23 QTLs were detected under control, stress and recovery treatments explaining 10.3–22.4% of the variance for each phenotypic trait. Among these, 10 QTLs were located on chromosome 2. Three QTLs involved in the important trait root to shoot ratio were identified on linkage groups 2, 3 and 8. These loci explained together 41.1% of the variance for this trait, and may be breeding targets for stress tolerance and yield in the field as well. The SNP markers derived from EST sequences underlying these QTLs led to the identification of putative candidate genes for further study in potato. This study constitutes the first knowledge of in vitro screening of a mapping population for drought tolerance in potato.     

安徽烟区土壤供钾特性的研究

用常规分析、钾的容量强度(Q/I)关系和电超滤(EUF)等法研究了安徽烟区黄红壤、黄棕壤和砂姜黑土的供钾特性。结果表明:粘粒矿物以高岭石、水云母为主的黄红壤有较高的供钾强度及速效钾数量,但土壤的供钾潜力及钾位缓冲容量PBC~k较低,固钾能力弱。粘粒矿物以水云母、蒙脱石为主的黄棕壤及以蒙脱石、水云母为主的砂姜黑土的供钾特性与黄红壤相反,其中砂姜黑土除固钾能力高于黄棕壤外,其他供钾指标略低于黄棕壤。土壤的供钾特性对烟草的吸钾量及钾肥肥效有直接影响。     

拟松材线虫对黑松苗的致病性

测定来源于中国、日本、韩国、加拿大、挪威和法国的20个拟松材线虫种群对2年生黑松苗的致病力。根据其致病力大小分为3类：第1类致病力很强，致死率大于85％，RHS(相关寄主适生性)系数大于100，包括法国的1个种群和中国的3个种群；第Ⅱ类有较强的致病潜能，在环境适宜的情况下可能造成严重危害，这一类数量最多，包括中国的11个种群和加拿大的1个种群；第Ⅲ类几乎没有致病力，其致死率和RHS系数都是0，包括韩国的2个种群及日本和挪威各1个种群。试验证明法国BmFr种群致死速度最快，致病力最强。黑松苗在感染拟松材线虫后，用自然界水分胁迫和PEG胁迫处理，结果表明，干旱胁迫能明显加快黑松苗死亡速度，且大大提高死亡率。提示在高温干旱的年份拟松材线虫可造成松树的大面积死亡。     

天津地区鱼塘中的HCHs残留

在天津郊区选择2处代表性鱼塘,采集了水、悬浮物、沉积物、鲫鱼和鲢鱼样品,测定了各种样品中的六六六含量,发现六六六在各相中均有较高残留。水相、悬浮物和沉积物中六六六平均浓度分别为19.2ng·L-1,1160.5ng·g-1和8.4ng·g-1。两鱼塘相差2～10倍。鱼塘各相六六六含量与周边土壤状况密切相关。各相六六六含量高的鱼塘位于农业土壤遭受严重污染的地区。污染严重的鱼塘中鱼体六六六富集量也大大高于相对浓度较低的鱼塘。采自两鱼塘的鱼的肌肉中平均六六六含量分别为71.4ng·g-1和19.7ng·g-1。以水相浓度为基准的生物富集系数分别为2.06×103和5.36×103。肝胰脏、肠、鳃、卵巢等器官都富集了更高浓度的六六六。     

Adaptive phenotypic plasticity in response to climate change in a wild bird population

Rapid climate change has been implicated as a cause of evolution in poorly adapted populations. However, phenotypic plasticity provides the potential for organisms to respond rapidly and effectively to environmental change. Using a 47-year population study of the great tit (Parus major) in the United Kingdom, we show that individual adjustment of behavior in response to the environment has enabled the population to track a rapidly changing environment very closely. Individuals were markedly invariant in their response to environmental variation, suggesting that the current response may be fixed in this population. Phenotypic plasticity can thus play a central role in tracking environmental change; understanding the limits of plasticity is an important goal for future research.     

When fear is near: threat imminence elicits prefrontal-periaqueductal gray shifts in humans

Humans, like other animals, alter their behavior depending on whether a threat is close or distant. We investigated spatial imminence of threat by developing an active avoidance paradigm in which volunteers were pursued through a maze by a virtual predator endowed with an ability to chase, capture, and inflict pain. Using functional magnetic resonance imaging, we found that as the virtual predator grew closer, brain activity shifted from the ventromedial prefrontal cortex to the periaqueductal gray. This shift showed maximal expression when a high degree of pain was anticipated. Moreover, imminence-driven periaqueductal gray activity correlated with increased subjective degree of dread and decreased confidence of escape. Our findings cast light on the neural dynamics of threat anticipation and have implications for the neurobiology of human anxiety-related disorders.     

老参地短期轮作技术体系的建立Ⅰ.人参西洋参轮作体系

老参地问题是制约参业发展的重大难题，笔者在总结前人关于老参地研究成果和经验的基础上，采取了测土施肥，有益微生物菌剂处理，酸碱度调整等土壤处理方法，成功地实现了老参地的短期再利用，建立了周期为1－3年的人参和西洋参的短期轮作体系。在处理后的老参地上种植西洋参，其长势，产量，病虫害及烧须情况，总皂苷含量等，与对照地新林土栽参无显著差异（P＞0．05）。并开展了中试规模的推广，试验结果显示，老参地短期轮作制是改造老参地的有效措施之一，该轮作技术方法应用简便，实用，可操作性强，轮作效果好。