Biochar as a strategy to sequester carbon and increase yield in durum wheat

Carbon sequestration in agricultural soils is a climate change mitigation option since most of cultivated soils are depleted of soil organic carbon and far from saturation. The management practices, most frequently suggested to increase soil organic carbon content have variable effects depending on pedo-climatic conditions and have to be applied for a long time periods to maintain their sink capacity. Biochar (BC), a carbon rich product obtained through carbonization of biomass, can be used for carbon sequestration by applying large amounts of carbon very resistant to decomposition. The BC remains into soil for a long time and there is evidence that the BC stores atmospheric carbon from centennial, to millennial timescales. However most of the agronomic studies on BC application have been made in tropical and sub-tropical climates, while there is a substantial lack of studies at mid-latitudes and in temperate climates. This paper presents the results on an investigation of large volume application of BC (30 and 60 t ha^?1) on durum wheat in the Mediterranean climate condition, showing the viability of BC application for carbon sequestration on this crop. BC application also has positive effects up to 30% on biomass production and yield, with no differences in grain nitrogen content. Moreover no significant differences between the two BC treatments were detected, suggesting that even very high BC application rates promote plant growth and are, certainly, not detrimental. The effect of the biochar on durum wheat was sustained for two consecutive seasons when BC application was not repeated in the second year.     

不同生育时期干旱处理对春玉米保护酶活性及产量的影响

不同生育时期干旱处理均使春玉米功能叶片中CAT活性和POD活性降低,CAT在吐丝期干旱处理时其活性降低幅度最大,达52.97%;POD在抽雄期干旱处理时其活性降低幅度最大,达32.01%;不同生育时期干旱处理均使功能叶片中MDA含量增加,苗期干旱处理时增加幅度最大,达57.77%。不同生育时期干旱处理对平均穗粒数影响最大的时期为抽雄期;对百粒重影响最大的时期为灌浆期;对单株产量影响最大的时期为抽雄期。对各处理单株产量进行方差分析说明,除成熟期干旱处理与对照相比差异不显著外,其它各生育时期干旱处理与对照相比差异均达到极显著水平,即不同生育时期干旱处理产量均下降,以孕穗期到开花期干旱处理产量下降幅度最大,减产幅度在58.73～75.41个百分点之间。     

基于不变矩和神经网络的泵机组轴心轨迹自动识别

基于泵机组故障信号处理的需要,介绍了不变矩原理,同时对神经网络建模,包括其样本获取进行了详细讨论;由于泵机组的多种故障与表征其运行状态的轴心轨迹形状有关,根据不变矩的平移、伸缩和旋转不变性特征,对实时检测的轴心摆度信号进行不变矩处理,利用BP型神经网络对其进行模式识别,进而判断出轴心轨迹的形状．为了弥补泵机组用于神经网络训练样本的不足,采用数值模拟与现场测试相结合的方法,将获取的所有样本进行求不变矩处理,并连同样本对应的实际形状作为神经网络的训练样本．网络训练完成后,将其输出结果与轴心轨迹图形进行比较验证．以山西大禹渡泵站水泵机组故障检测及诊断为例,在样本中选取其中的10组数据,比较的结果表明神经网络自动识别的结果准确．该方法为泵机组轴心轨迹自动识别和实现泵机组故障诊断智能化提供了依据．     

模拟垄沟灌溉土壤水分入渗特性试验研究

采用土箱进行模拟垄沟灌溉入渗试验,探索垄沟灌溉条件下土壤水分的入渗特性.研究结果表明:垄沟灌溉入渗时,湿润锋水平方向与垂直方向的运移距离与入渗时间呈幂函数正相关,其垂向运移距离明显大干一般沟灌;灌水时沟中与垄坡剖面的含水率迅速增加,再分布过程中在水平向水势梯度的作用下垄上剖面的含水率也不断增加,适当减小垄宽可以减少灌溉...     

自动双环入渗仪设计与试验

为克服传统双环入渗仪的供水不稳定、读取和记录数据工作量大的问题,该文基于定水头法测量导水率的原理,设计了一种高效的自动双环入渗仪。该入渗仪采用非接触式电容感应液位传感器来监测内环和外环内的水位(精度1.5mm);将激光测距传感器(精度1mm)安装在圆柱形蓄水器的顶部,以连续自动监测供水量;高精度液位控制系统与电磁阀组合以保持恒定水头。通过理论分析,增大蓄水器中的液面与双环中的液面之间的压力差,可使自动双环入渗仪的初始供水速率远高于马氏瓶的初始供水速率。自动双环入渗仪的精度和可靠性试验于2019年7月至2019年10月在中国农业大学绿苑试验场进行,并进行了该自动双环入渗仪和传统双环入渗仪之间的比较。试验结果显示,在选定土壤的稳定入渗阶段,用马氏瓶测量的稳定入渗速率为0.068 5 cm/min,该自动双环入渗仪的稳定入渗速率为0.068 7 cm/min,自动双环入渗仪实测数据与Philip的理论入渗模型计算结果吻合(R20.99)。结果表明,该自动双环入渗仪的自动化测量结果可靠,对今后土壤水分入渗过程研究提供了更加高效的手段。     

植被分布对地表糙率影响

[目的]分析在植被淹没或非淹没状态不同植被覆盖密度影响下,地表糙率的变化规律与特征,为进一步研究植被对地表糙率的影响提供参考。[方法]试验以塑料棒模拟植被分布,模拟出不同密度,分别进行放水试验。[结果]在植被淹没与非淹没状态下地表糙率的变化不同,在非淹没状态时,地表糙率随着平均水深的增加呈减小的趋势,在淹没水深小时,地表糙率随着平均水深的增加而先增大后减小,而当淹没水深很大时,地表糙率趋向于一个稳定值。[结论]地表糙率取值随植被覆盖密度的增大而增大;同一下垫面情况下,不同的水流方向,地表糙率取值不相同。     

节水防污型农田水利系统构建及其效果分析

不合理的农田水肥管理是造成农业面源污染的主要原因之一。为了探寻灌区水稻节水、增产和减污相统一的措施,提出运用由田间、草沟、塘堰湿地和骨干沟"四道防线"组成的系统净化农田排水,并在广西桂林市青狮潭灌区及广西灌溉试验中心站开展了系统的试验研究。通过站内不同水肥处理下对田间节水、水稻增产、氮磷流失减少指标的分析,优选水稻田间最优水肥管理模式,即采用间歇灌溉模式、施氮肥总量不变、适当减少氮肥基肥增加追肥用量;在站外根据现有的水系分布构建"四道防线"系统,分析了各道防线对农田排水的净化效果以及提高净化效果的主要措施。由"四道防线"构成的节水防污型农田水利系统对农田氮磷排放具有良好的净化效果,实现了减少农田面源污染和修复农田水环境的目的。     

Arsenic biogeochemistry as affected by phosphorus fertilizer addition,redox potential and pH in a west Bengal (India) soil

This laboratory experiment systematically examines arsenic, iron, and phosphorus solubilities in soil suspensions as affected by addition of phosphorus fertilizer under different redox potential (Eh) and pH conditions. Under aerobic conditions, As solubility was low, however, under moderately reducing conditions (0, − 150 mV), As solubility significantly increased due to dissolution of iron oxy-hydroxides. Upon reduction to − 250 mV, As solubility was controlled by the formation of insoluble sulfides, and as a result soluble As contents significantly decreased. Soluble Fe concentration increased from moderate to highly anaerobic conditions; however, it decreased under aerobic conditions likely due to formation of insoluble oxy-hydroxides. A low pH, 5.5, led to increased soluble concentrations of As, Fe, and P. Finally, addition of P-fertilizers resulted in higher soluble P and As, even though the concentration of As did not increased after an addition rate of 600 mg P kg^− 1 soil.     

Depth-specific distribution and importance of nitrite-dependent anaerobic ammonium and methane-oxidising bacteria in an urban wetland

Anaerobic ammonium oxidation (anammox) and nitrite-dependent anaerobic methane oxidation (n-damo) are two recently discovered processes in the nitrogen cycle that are catalysed by anammox bacteria and n-damo bacteria, respectively. Here, the depth-specific distribution and importance of anammox bacteria and n-damo bacteria were studied in an urban wetland, Xixi Wetland, Zhejiang Province (China). Anammox bacteria related to Candidatus Brocadia, Candidatus Kuenenia and Candidatus Anammoxoglobus, and n-damo bacteria related to “Candidatus Methylomirabilis oxyfera” were present in the collected soil samples. The abundance of anammox bacteria (2.6–8.6 × 10⁶ copies g⁻¹ dry soil) in the shallow soils (0–10 cm and 20–30 cm) was higher than that (2.5–9.8 × 10⁵ copies g⁻¹ dry soil) in the deep soils, whereas the abundance of n-damo bacteria (0.6–1.3 × 10⁷ copies g⁻¹ dry soil) in the deep soils (50–60 cm and 90–100 cm) was higher than that (3.4–4.5 × 10⁶ copies g⁻¹ dry soil) in the shallow soils. Anammox activity was detected at all depths, and higher potential rates (12.1–21.4 nmol N₂ g⁻¹ dry soil d⁻¹) were observed at depths of 0–10 cm and 20–30 cm compared with the rates (3.5–8.7 nmol N₂ g⁻¹ dry soil d⁻¹) measured at depths of 50–60 and 90–100 cm. In contrast, n-damo was mainly occurred at depths of 50–60 cm and 90–100 cm with potential rates of 0.7–5.0 nmol CO₂ g⁻¹ dry soil d⁻¹. This study suggested the niche segregation of the anammox bacteria and n-damo bacteria in wetland soils, with anammox bacteria being active primarily in deep soils and n-damo bacteria being active primarily in shallow soils.