稗草影响大豆根瘤固氮的机制研究之一——水分干扰机制

在全自控人工气候室内系统研究了稗草对大豆根瘤固氮的水分干扰机制。稗草在每盆3株的密度下使播后53-63淹水期间及淹水期后1天的大豆单株根瘤固氮速率平均分别比无草对照提高了16.6%和30.0%,在每盆10株的密度下分别使其比无草对照提高了34.2%和67.5%。在不淹水的情况下播后30-70天,稗草在每盆3株和10株的密度下使其所在处理的平均日蒸发蒸腾量分别比无草对照增加了23.8%和50%,削弱了水分对大豆植株的供应水平;而土壤水分供应水平从其田间持水量的80%降低到35%时,大豆根瘤的氧气传导速率从0.38cm/s下降到0.20cm/s,净光合速率从18.81mg/dm#+2/h降低到4.04mg/dm#+2/h,每盆10株稗草对大豆单株结瘤量及根瘤固氮酶活性的抑制率则分别从8.2%和17.8%升高到18.3%和19.6%,其对大豆单株根瘤固氮速率的抑制率也随之从21.5%上升到33.1%。证明通过干扰土壤水分供应水平,首先影响大豆植株的同化物产量及根瘤内的氧气供应,进而影响大豆植株的根瘤形成和根瘤固 氮酶的固氮活性,是稗草影响大豆根瘤固氮的主要机制之一。     

不同天气条件下田间大豆光合作用日变化的研究

田间大豆叶片光合速率的日变化进程和光合午休的有无、轻重,在不同天气条件下表现不同,并无固定模式。高湿的晴天,没有光合午休,气孔因素和叶肉因素对光合的限制都很小;高湿适温的多云天气,光合速率主要受光强制约,光强高时,光合速率受气孔因素限制,光强低时,受叶肉因素限制;低湿高温的晴天,常有午休出现,光合速率的中午降低,主要是气孔因素限制的结果,有时也出现叶肉因素限制。诱发气孔限制的生理生态因子,首先是空气相对湿度（RH）和叶片、大气间水汽压差（VPD）,其次是叶温（LT）和叶片相对含水量（RWC）。     

Effects of Repeated Cycles of Dehydrationrehydration on Gas Exchange and Water Use Efficiency of Seedlings \=

该文研究了多重复干旱循环对１年生北美短叶松和黑云杉苗木的气体交换速率及水分利用效率的影响．结果表明,多重复干旱循环对它们的气体交换（Ｃｓ,Ｐｎ,Ｔｒ）有显著影响（Ｐ＜０．５）,而对其水分利用效率（ＷＵＥ）影响不大（Ｐ＞０．１）．尽管北美短叶松的气孔对轻度干旱胁迫不如黑云杉敏感,但是它对中度及严重干旱胁迫的敏感程度却高于黑云杉．在轻度及中度干旱胁迫下,北美短叶松的光合作用主要受非气孔因素的影响,而黑云杉则主要受气孔因素的影响．解除干旱胁迫后,黑云杉的气孔敏感性、光合能力及水分利用效率的恢复都要比北美短叶松更快．轻度的干旱胁迫锻炼可以帮助北美短叶松在更严重的干旱胁迫下保持固有而强劲的耐旱能力．然而,通过多重复干旱循环锻炼后,黑云杉在改善耐旱能力的强度方面大于北美短叶松．     

四个生长季高浓度CO_2处理长白松的气孔响应(英文)

在长白山站以开顶箱方式对4 年生长白松连续4 个生长季进行CO2 处理,包括700 和500 μmolmol-1 高浓度CO2,以及接受空气CO2的对照箱和不扣箱的裸露地条件(约350 μmolmol-1 CO2),通过测定气孔导度(gs),ci/ca比及气孔数量等指标评价气孔对高浓度CO2的响应。气孔导度及ci/ca比的转换实验表明,在各自生长CO2下和在相同测定CO2 下进行比较时,生长在高浓度CO2 下植株的气孔导度要高于空气CO2 下对照组植株的气孔导度(除700 μmol mol-1 CO2 下的植株在生长CO2 浓度下及在350 μmol mol-1 CO2 下测定时的气孔导度低于裸地植株外)。在各自生长CO2浓度下测定时,高浓度CO2下植株的ci/ca比低于对照组植株,但在相同测定CO2浓度下比较时,却是高浓度CO2下植株的ci/ca高于对照组植株的ci/ca比。高浓度CO2下植株与对照组植株在每单位长度气孔数量上无明显差异,但高浓度CO2通过降低气孔线数使长白松当年生针叶的总气孔数量降低,并且改变了气孔在针叶上、下表面的分配模式。表4 参18。     

New approach for olive trees irrigation scheduling using trunk diameter sensors

Trunk diameter fluctuations (TDFs) have been suggested as an irrigation-scheduling tool for several fruit trees, but the works in olive trees has not obtained successful results with any of the indicators (maximum daily shrinkage (MDS) and trunk growth rate (TGR)) that are calculated from the daily TDF curves. No studies of olive trees have ever used reference trees to reduce the influence of the environment, as in work for other fruit trees. In this work, we compare different continuous and discrete water status measurements in a drought cycle. We suggest the calculation of a new and related indicator (DTGR), the difference between the TGR of stressed trees, and the TGR of reference trees. Negative DTGR values always indicate water stress conditions. The current work describes the variations of this new indicator (DTGR) in relation to water stress, and compares DTRG to the midday stem water potential, maximum leaf conductance and to the MDS. The midday stem water potential and the maximum leaf conductance describe the stress cycle clearer than the trunk diameter fluctuation indicators. No significant differences were found in the values of MDS between stressed and reference trees. On the other hand, the DTGR pattern values were near that of the stem water potential, though positive values were recorded in some dates during the water stress cycle. These variations indicate that DTGR is not a cumulative water stress indicators, as is water potential. Therefore, according to our data, water potential is a better indicator than the TDF parameters when no deficit irrigation scheduling is performed in olive trees. DTGR seems to be a good indicator of water stress from a threshold value around −1.4 MPa in olive trees. In addition, higher variability of DTGR than stem water potential may also be reduced with the increase in the number of sensors.     

Effect of salinity on water stress, growth, and yield of maize and sunflower

Maize and sunflower were grown in tanks filled with loam and clay, and were irrigated with water of three different levels of salinity. Predawn leaf-water potential and stomatal conductance were used as parameters for water stress. The predawn leaf-water potential of maize was higher than that of sunflower, but the effect of salinity and soil texture on the predawn leaf-water potential was the same for both crops. The stomatal conductance of sunflower was much higher and more severely affected by salinity and soil texture than the stomatal conductance of maize.

Although salinity had a more serious effect on the development of leaf area and canopy dry matter of sunflower, its effect on evapotranspiration and grain yield was the same for both crops. Soil texture had a stronger effect on the development of leaf area and canopy dry matter of sunflower, which also appeared in the evapotranspiration and grain yield, indicating that sunflower is more sensitive to drought than maize.     

剔除土壤背景的棉花水分胁迫无人机热红外遥感诊断

剔除无人机热红外影像中的土壤背景是提高作物水分诊断精度的有效途径,但也是热红外图像处理的难点问题。本文以不同水分处理的花铃期棉花为研究对象,分别在09:00、13:00和17:00等3个时刻,连续5 d采集无人机高分辨率热红外影像,并采用二值化Ostu算法和Canny边缘检测算法对热红外图像进行掩膜处理,实现对土壤背景的剔除,然后分别计算二值化Ostu算法、Canny边缘检测算法和包含土壤背景下的3种棉花水分胁迫指数(Crop water stress index,CWSI),最后建立不同时刻下3种CWSI与棉花叶片气孔导度Gs的关系模型。研究结果表明,应用Canny边缘检测算法可有效剔除热红外影像中的土壤背景,剔除土壤背景后的温度直方图呈单峰的偏态分布;3种处理方法获得的作物水分胁迫指数CWSI中,Canny边缘检测算法的CWSI最小,二值化Ostu算法的CWSI较高,包含土壤背景的CWSI最大;采用Canny边缘检测算法剔除土壤背景后的CWSI与棉花叶片气孔导度Gs的决定系数R2达到0.84,Ostu算法的结果次之,包含土壤背景的最差。本研究可为无人机热红外遥感监测作物水分状况提供参考。     

Growth and Physiological Performance of Aerobic and Lowland Rice as Affected by Water Stress at Selected Growth Stages

Aerobic rice technology is still new in Malaysia, and information regarding MARDI Aerob 1 (MA1), the first local aerobic rice variety, is still lacking. Therefore, comparative studies were carried out to determine the physiological performance of aerobic rice variety MA1 and lowland rice variety MR253 under water stress given at the panicle initiation, flowering and ripening stages. This experiment was arranged in a randomized complete block design. Stomatal conductance (g_s), chlorophyll a fluorescence (F_v/F_m), leaf relative water content (leaf RWC), and soil moisture content (SMC) as well as yield component parameters such as panicle number, grain yield and 100-grain weight were measured. Results revealed that g_s and leaf RWC for both varieties decreased with depletion of SMC. The correlation study between the physiological parameters and SMC indicated that F_v/F_m was not affected by water stress, regardless of varieties. The yield components (panicle number, grain yield and 100-grain weight) for both varieties greatly decreased when water stress was imposed at the panicle initiation stage. This study showed that the panicle initiation period was the most sensitive stage to water stress that contributed to a substantial reduction in yield for both varieties. Under the aerobic condition (control), MR253 produced higher panicle number, 100-grain weight and yield than MA1. Although MR253 is bred for lowland, it is well adapted to aerobic condition.     

Charcoal production through selective logging leads to degradation of dry woodlands:a case study from Mutomo District,Kenya

Provision of woodfuel is an important ecosystem service of dry forests and woodlands.However,charcoal production through selective logging of preferred hardwood species has the potential to alter the physiognomic composition of the residual or re-growth woodlands and may lead to their deterioration and degradation.This study,conducted through forest inventory in Mutomo District in Kenya,assessed the impact of charcoal production on unprotected dry woodlands in terms of tree density,targeted species basal area,species richness,evenness and Shannon diversity.The parameters of the disturbed woodlands were evaluated for significant differences with those of the neighbouring protected Tsavo East National Park,which served as a reference for an ecologically undisturbed ecosystem.By evaluating a consequence of tree harvesting for charcoal production,this study confirmed the overall significant differences between the protected and unprotected woodlands in all the tested parameters.To confirm if the differences in the land-covers of the woodlands had any influence on their degradation,all mentioned parameters were compared between the four differentiated classes and their respective control plots in the protected areas.At the "land-cover level",the statistically significant difference in the basal area of tree species preferred for charcoal production between the protected and unprotected open trees confirms that the class with a high density of large mature trees is the prime target of charcoal producers.In addition,there seems to be a general trend of lower values of tree species richness,evenness and Shannon diversity for the unprotected woodlands subjected to charcoal production.On the other hand,the disturbed woodlands display the potential to recover through their comparably high saplings density.The findings make an important contribution to the discourse on the impact of charcoal production in dry woodlands,a topic that is highly controversial among researchers.     

Trade-offs between water-use related traits,yield components and mineral nutrition of wheat under Free-Air CO2 Enrichment (FACE)

This study investigated trade-offs between parameters determining water use efficiency of wheat under elevated CO₂ in contrasting growing seasons and a semi-arid environment. We also evaluated whether previously reported negative relationships between nutrient content and transpiration efficiency among wheat genotypes will be maintained under elevated CO₂ conditions. Two cultivars of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.), Scout and Yitpi, purportedly differing in water use efficiency related traits (e.g. transpiration efficiency) but with common genetic backgrounds were studied in a high yielding, high rainfall (2013), and in a low yielding, very dry growing season (2014) under Free-Air CO₂ Enrichment (FACE, CO₂ concentration of approximately 550 μmol mol⁻¹) and ambient (approximately 390 μmol mol⁻¹) CO₂. Gas exchange measurements were collected diurnally between stem elongation and anthesis. Aboveground biomass and nutrient content (sum of Ca, K, S, P, Cu, Fe, Zn, Mn and Mg) were determined at anthesis. Yield, yield components and harvest index were measured at physiological maturity. Cultivar Scout showed transiently greater transpiration efficiency (measured by gas exchange) over cultivar Yitpi under both ambient and elevated CO₂ conditions, mainly expressed in the high yielding but not in the low yielding season. Nutrient content was on average 13% greater for the lower transpiration efficiency cultivar Yitpi than the cultivar with higher transpiration efficiency (Scout) in the high yielding season across both CO₂ concentrations. Elevated CO₂ stimulated grain yield to a greater extent in the high yielding season than in the low yielding season where increased aboveground biomass earlier in the season did not translate into fertile tillers in cultivar Yitpi. Yield increased 27 and 33% in the high yielding and 0 and 19% in the low yielding season for cultivars Yitpi and Scout, respectively. Intraspecific variation in CO₂ responsiveness related mechanisms of grain yield were observed. These results suggest CO₂-driven trade-offs between traits governing water use efficiency are related to both growing season and intraspecific variations, and under very dry finishes, the trade-offs may even reverse. The negative relationship between nutrient content and transpiration efficiency among wheat genotypes will be maintained under elevated CO₂ conditions.