Diets of endangered silver chub (Macrhybopsis storeriana,Kirtland, 1844) in Lake Erie and implications for recovery

Silver chub (Macrhybopsis storeriana, Kirtland, 1844) is a native Cyprinid in Lake Erie, one of the Laurentian Great Lakes of North America. It is listed as endangered by the US state of New York and Canada, which has a recovery plan, and as special concern by the state of Michigan. Silver chub faces a potential threat to recovery from control efforts for invasive Grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella, Valenciennes 1844). Among the knowledge gaps for protection and restoration is current diet data. I describe the diet of silver chub from western Lake Erie in 2014, and I compare it to past studies to assess changes in diet through time. Silver chub captured in bottom trawls May–September 2014 were frozen in the field, and stomach contents were preserved in ethanol. Diet taxa were identified to the lowest practical taxonomic unit, then dried and weighed. Frequency of occurrence in silver chub diets was highest for Hexagenia spp. mayflies (79%). Dreissena spp. and Hexagenia spp. were both 41% of the diet by dry weight. Analysis of δ¹³C isotopes identified Hexagenia spp. as the primary source of carbon in silver chub. Compared to past studies, Dreissena spp. have mostly replaced Sphaeriidae and Gastropoda in silver chub diets. There also have been seasonal shifts in relative amounts of shelled organisms and Hexagenia spp. This study and past research suggest a functional link between silver chub and Hexagenia spp. abundance. Maintenance and recovery of silver chub may be dependent on maintaining Hexagenia spp. populations.     

有机肥等氮替代化肥对红壤团聚体及玉米产量和品质的影响

为研究有机肥等氮替代化肥对土壤结构、玉米产量和品质的影响,设置有机肥等氮替代化肥的10%（M10）、20%（M20）、30%（M30）、40%（M40）,以单施化肥（M0）和不施肥（CK）为对照6个施肥处理,测定玉米不同生育期的土壤团聚体变化状况。结果表明：随有机肥等氮部分替代化肥比例的增加,玉米各生育期土壤>0.25mm水稳性团聚体（R_0.25）、平均质量直径（MWD）、几何平均直径（GWD）不断增加,团聚体破坏率（PAD）、分形维数（D）不断降低。与M0处理相比,M30和M40处理显著提高了玉米子粒产量,表现为M30>M40;M20、M30、M40处理较M0处理玉米子粒蛋白质含量显著增加了13.29%~25.03%,淀粉含量显著增加了39.84%~114.06%,可溶性糖含量显著增加了36.49%~54.05%;蛋白质含量表现为M30和M20处理显著大于M40处理,M30与M20处理间差异不显著;淀粉含量表现为M40>M30>M20,差异显著;可溶性糖含量表现为M40和M30处理显著大于M20处理,M30与M40处理间差异不显著。玉米子粒产量和品质与抽雄期、成熟期土壤团聚体R_0.25呈极显著正相关（P<0.01）,与PAD、D值呈极显著负相关（P<0.01）。因此,玉米生产中,利用有机肥等氮替代化肥培肥土壤,需兼顾玉米产量和品质,30%为适宜的有机肥等氮替代化肥比例。     

不同肥力水平下种植密度对浚单29产量性状及产量的影响

[目的]探寻浚单29不同肥力水平地区的适宜种植密度。[方法]研究在高产田与一般田2种肥力水平下浚单29种植密度与产量及其相关产量性状的关系。[结果]2种肥力水平下通过种植密度变化影响穗部性状来影响产量,相同密度,一般田肥力水平下,密度对穗部性状影响大于高产田对穗部性状影响。[结论]在一般田肥力水平下,浚单29最适宜密度为6.75万株/hm2,高产田肥力水平下,浚单29最适宜密度为7.50万株/hm2。     

基于新型城镇化背景的耕地利用与保护研究

建国以来，中国城镇化发展经历了六个阶段，呈现出波状起伏、落后于世界水平、依靠政府推动、区域不平衡等特点。城镇化进程中土地利用存在“寅吃卯粮”、农村土地收益流向城镇、土地资源过度开发、耕地健康水平下降、土地政策基本取向难以实现等问题。新型城镇化背景下耕地保护必须有新思维：降低土地消耗强度，提高土地利用效益；建立与农业适度规模经营相适应的农地流转新机制；实施耕地健康养护工程，保障安全食品供给；制定涉地指标省域内跨市有偿调剂和“地随人走”的政策。     

丙环唑对玉米幼苗生长的调控及其相关机制

丙环唑(propiconazole,简称Pcz)作为一种杀菌剂被广泛应用于作物生产,它同时具有调节作物生长发育的作用,但关于丙环唑在玉米上的应用研究较少。本研究以玉米品种郑单958为材料,研究丙环唑(Pcz)对玉米苗期植株生长、细胞形态和激素信号的影响。结果表明,Pcz处理显著抑制玉米中胚轴与胚芽鞘的生长,降低株高,缩短叶片和叶鞘长度,减小叶夹角,同时显著抑制叶片和叶鞘细胞的纵向伸长,促使叶枕细胞排列由疏松变为紧密;Pcz处理显著降低玉米中赤霉素(GA1和GA3)的含量,下调GA合成酶基因GA3ox1基因的表达,上调GA钝化酶基因GA2ox5和GA2ox8表达,而GA合成酶基因GA20ox1的表达呈现先上调后下调模式;Pcz处理显著降低油菜素内酯(BR)含量,但BR合成基因CPD和DWF4的表达上调,可能是由于反馈调节。此外,Pcz处理下调扩张蛋白基因EXPA4、EXPA5和木葡聚糖内糖基转移酶/水解酶基因XTH1、XET1的表达。综上所述,Pcz处理调节GA和BR信号转导途径,抑制GA和BR在植株内积累,调控扩张蛋白、木葡聚糖内糖基转移酶/水解酶基因表达,操纵细胞生长,有效调控株型。     

陕南秦巴山地退耕还林工程综合效益评价

为了解退耕还林工程带来的效益,基于2001—2014年陕南地区退耕还林工程的现状,参考国内外有关效益评价指标体系的原则和方法选取指标,建立陕南退耕还林评价指标体系,应用层次分析法确定各项指标权重,利用效益评价模型从生态、经济、社会3个方面对退耕还林的综合效益进行定量评价。结果表明,陕南三市退耕还林效益指数曲线均呈上升趋势,说明退耕还林效益正逐渐、稳定地显现,尤其从2004年开始,退耕还林的效益显现尤为明显,增速加快。汉中、安康、商洛的综合效益较接近且呈现出同步上升的趋势,截至2014年,汉中市退耕效益最高,综合效益指数为0.6630,安康市居中为0.4985,商洛市最低为0.4260。陕南地区退耕还林综合效益逐步显现且仍将保持平稳增长的态势。     

生态系统视角下农村失独家庭的困境应对策略研究

农村失独父母是我国计划生育政策实施以来产生的一个特殊弱势群体。由于农村社会经济发展的特殊性,处于失独困境的家庭亟待政府和社会的更多关注和支持。农村失独家庭面临家庭关系紧张、精神承受重压、经济水平落后、生活缺乏照顾、养老医疗困顿、人际关系贫瘠等难题。为了化解上述难题,必须尽可能发挥政府和社会的保障支持功能。基于生态系统理论,需要通过多主体协同,从宏观、外层、中层、微观四个层次构建对于农村失独家庭的社会保障、社会支持体系,形成为农村失独家庭服务的系统性支持保障网络。     

Achieving legislation requirements with different nitrogen fertilization strategies: Results from a long term experiment

The Nitrates Directive (91/676/EEC, Anonymous, 1991) was developed in Europe to limit environmental threats from intensive livestock farming and N fertilizer applications to crops. It imposed several rules on farmers and public bodies, one of which was nutrient fertilization plan adoption. Here we use results from the Tetto Frati (Northern Italy) Long-Term Experiment to verify the terms and coefficients in the official Italian guidelines and evaluate the limitations imposed to organic fertilization amounts. For this purpose, we mined long-term experimental data of crop yield, N uptake, N use efficiency, and soil organic matter content from miscellanea cropping systems fertilized with farmyard manure (FYM) and bovine slurry (SLU), typical of a dairy farm in Northern Italy. N fertilization efficiency indicators (Removal to Fertilizer ratio, Apparent Recovery and Nitrogen Fertilizer Replacement Value) indicated that in the long run, FYM behaved similarly to urea, and better than SLU. Even N supply rates as high as 250 kg N ha⁻¹ were justified by high rates of crop removal. In fact, among the terms of the mass-balance equation, SOM mineralization was found to be most relevant, followed by meadow rotation residual effects. We conclude that a revised Nitrates Directives application scheme could be more relaxed in its application limit of manure-N, but should be more ambitious in setting efficiency coefficients for manure fertilization.     

Gene cloning of ZmMYB59 transcription factor in maize and its expression during seed germination in response to deep‐sowing and exogenous hormones

Discovering the key genes responsible for deep‐sowing germination is very meaningful to cultivate maize varieties with strong germination ability in soil. In this study, ZmMYB59 gene whose functions remain unknown was successfully cloned. Subcellular localization showed that ZmMYB59 was localized in the nucleus. By analysing cis‐acting elements of its promoter sequence, many elements of MYB binding domain responsive to hormones (particularly gibberellin, GA) were found. On this basis, ZmMYB59 expression in different sowing depths, germination stages, tissues and treatments was analysed by real‐time PCR. ZmMYB59 expression levels in embryos or seedlings were significantly decreased with the increase in sowing depth at 2 days or 4 days after sowing (DAS). Further analysis showed that its expression in mesocotyls was also significantly downregulated with the increase in sowing depth at both 6 DAS and 8 DAS. Similarly, seed soaking with 10^‐5 M GA₃ inhibited ZmMYB59 expression in mesocotyls at 3 DAS. These results suggest that ZmMYB59 may play a negative regulatory role in seed germination in deep soil and the regulation is involved in GA signalling pathway.     

浅谈阜新蒙古族自治县玉米膜下滴灌农艺措施

以玉米膜下滴灌栽培技术研究成果为依据，总结了辽宁省阜新蒙古族自治县东部地区推广应用该成果的具体措施，并提出相应对策。