Evaluation of Populus deltoides clones under nursery,field and agrisilviculture system in subhumid tropics of Central India

Populus deltoides Bartr., a native of North America, is generally grown in India above latitude 28 °N. One hundred and six clones were evaluated for four years at Raipur situated at 21°12N latitude and 81°36E longitude. These were grown on vertisol soil. Based on growth and survival performance in the nursery for two successive years, nineteen clones were selected for field evaluation. The best five clones (G3, G48, 65/27, D121 and S7C1) were planted in an agrisilviculture system at a spacing of 4 × 4 m with soybean grown as an intercrop. After 4 years these clones had an increment of DBH by 66.5 to 77.5% and of height by 42.2 to 78.6% within one year when compared to that observed at 3 years of age. In rank order of growth the best five clones were 65/27 > G3 > D121 > G48 > S7C1. Total biomass varied between 20.9 to 35.8 Mg ha^–1 in different clones. Among the tree components, stemwood accounted for 52–61% of the total biomass, followed by branches (20–25%), bark (9–13%) and leaves (7–10%). No significant variation between net primary productivity and photosynthetic efficiency was found in different clones. Soybean productivity decreased as the trees aged, reaching 40.5 to 58.1% in 4-year-old trees.     

Dry-season sesbania fallows and their influence on nitrogen availability and maize yields in Malawi

Nitrogen deficiency is widespread in southern Africa, but inorganic fertilizers are often unaffordable for smallholder farmers. Short-duration leguminous fallows are one possible means of soil fertility restoration. We monitored preseason topsoil (0 to 20 cm) ammonium and nitrate, fallow biomass production and grain yields for three years in a relay cropping trial with sesbania [Sesbania sesban (L.) Merr.] and maize (Zea mays L.). Sesbania seedlings were interplanted with maize during maize sowing at 0, 7400 or 14,800 trees ha^–1, in factorial combination with inorganic N fertilizer at 0 or 48 kg N ha^–1 (half the recommended rate). After maize harvest, fallows were allowed to grow during the seven-month dry season, and were cleared before sowing the next maize crop. Both sesbania fallows and inorganic N fertilizer resulted in significantly greater (P < 0.01 to 0.05) preseason topsoil nitrate-N than following unfertilized sole maize. In plots receiving no fertilizer N, preseason topsoil inorganic N correlated with maize yield over all three seasons (r ² = 0.62, P < 0.001). Sesbania fallows gave significantly higher maize yields than unfertilized sole maize in two of three years (P < 0.01 to 0.05). Sesbania biomass yields were extremely variable, were not significantly related to sesbania planting density, and were inconsistently related to soil N fractions and maize yields. Short-duration fallows may offer modest yield increases under conditions where longer duration fallows are not possible. This gain must be considered against the loss of pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan L. Millsp) harvest in the similarly structured maize-pigeonpea intercrop common in the region.This revised version was published online in November 2005 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

火焰原子吸收光谱分析法增感效应的研究──Ⅱ．树木叶片铜、铁元素的测定

从７种对ＣＵ、Ｆｅ元素有较大增感效应的有机物中，筛选出邻菲啉作增感剂，用于对杉木、油茶样叶中的Ｃｕ，Ｆｅ元素进行分析测定．结果表明，可使样叶中Ｃｕ，Ｆｅ元素的吸光度增加５０％左右，提高了测定的灵敏度和精度．在相关元素的测定中，除Ｃａ元素的结果表现为偏高外，对Ｋ，Ｎａ，Ｍｇ，Ｍｎ，Ｎｉ和Ｚｎ元素的测定无不良影响．     

Importation, colonization and establishment of Coccophagus cowperi Gir. (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) on Saissetia coffeae (Walk.)(Homoptera: Coccidae) in Egypt

The hemispherical soft scale, Saissetia coffeae (Walker) (Homoptera: Coccidae), is one of the most important pests attacking olive trees in Egypt. During the period 2001–2003, a total of about 300,000 individuals of the parasitoid Coccophagus cowperi Girault (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae), obtained from India, was released at 35 sites for the biological control of S.coffeae on olive trees in Egypt. The maximum parasitism rates reached 53 and 62%, while average parasitism rates were 17.2 and 30.8% in the Marsy Mattrouh and El-Arish locations, respectively. These results indicate establishment of this parasitoid on this important economic plant in Egypt.     

苦槠叶及根的生化物质对闽楠种子的发芽效应

采用有机溶剂浸提和水授提2种方式分别提取苦槠叶、根的生化物质,并用闽楠种子发芽试验评价苦槠对闽楠的化感作用．结果表明,2种方式浸提的苦槠叶和根的生化物质对闽楠种子的各项发芽指标均表现为一定程度的抑制作用．说明从生化角度看苦槠与闽楠的种间关系并不十分协调．     

The scope for reconciling public good and private forestry in the United Kingdom

The nature of private forestry in the UK as an economic activity is changing, with increasing ‘public good’ demands being placed on forest owners, with or without compensation from government. Although the motives for owning woodland are weakly researched, it is evident that amenity and recreational interests rather than formal productive economic activity are a major force in influencing woodland purchase and may well be a dominant force in woodland management over many parts of the UK. Recent research suggests a need for recognition of the high value of the public goods and, in particular, recognition of their high levels of spatial variability, whilst recognising that the public good — private good dualism is an oversimplification of the actual situation. New policy instruments are currently being implemented in various parts of the UK by devolved governments, and their capacity to both remediate market failure and address the needs of forest owners is considered. Their voluntary character and the preferences of forest owners may seriously constrain the optimal delivery of public goods. Further, existing policy instruments may be seen as insufficiently geographically targeted to areas where the greatest social benefits could be anticipated from policy-induced improvements in public good values.     

杨梅疏果量与经济效益关系分析

用比较分析法和多目标最优化法对不同的杨梅疏果量与投入、产量、产值、效益的关系进行比较、分析表明 :疏果措施可提高杨梅的品质 ,增加产值和收益 ,当疏果量达到 6 0 %时有最大的纯收益 ,疏果量达到 70 %时有最好的投资效果 ,6 0 %～ 70 %的疏果量是杨梅最佳疏果方案     

红豆树杉木混交林生长效果分析

三明莘口教学林场的 33年生红豆树和 31年生的杉木混交试验林的研究结果表明 :先种生长较慢的红豆树 ,后种杉木 ,缓和了种间关系 ,长期生长稳定 ,取得良好的效果。混交林平均蓄积量高达 474 5 4m3 ·hm-2 ,是红豆树纯林的 2 3倍。3种混交比例 ,以红豆树∶杉木为 1∶2的林分蓄积量最高 ;2∶1的林分蓄积量最低 ,但红豆树的蓄积量却最高。混交林中的红豆树平均树高、胸径明显大于红豆树纯林 ,而冠幅小于纯林 ,树干分叉高度大于纯林 ,说明红豆树杉木混交林能明显促进红豆树生长 ,并长成优质良材     

普洱市七叶莲野生资源分布分析研究

在全面调查普洱市七叶莲野生资源地理分布基础上,采用主成分分析法研究七叶莲野生资源地理分布与气候、地形之间的关系,并对海拔与七叶莲枝叶总皂甙含量做相关性分析。调查结果表明：七叶莲野生资源在普洱全市均有分布,在喀斯特地貌区域分布尤为集中,其水平分布范围为99°20′11″E～101°55′04″E,22°18′20″N～24°17′58″N,垂直分布范围为海拔500～1900 m。经主成分分析表明,影响七叶莲地理分布的主要水热指标的排序为湿度因子>热量因子>降水因子;相关分析结果表明,七叶莲所分布的海拔与其林木枝叶总皂甙的含量具负相关关系,其相关系数为-0.948,最高海拔（1460 m）与最低海拔（1006 m）的七叶莲枝叶总皂甙含量比为1.0∶1.5。     

气象因子对马尾松飞播造林成效的影响

在对安徽省岳西、金寨、责池等11个县（市、区）1991—1992年马尾松飞播造林播区，开展飞播当年出苗调查和飞播3a后成效调查的基础上，通过收集飞播造林当年至成效调查前气象实况数据，就飞播造林成效与气象因子进行逐步回归分析，找出影响飞播造林成效的主导因子，并进行了进一步分析。