Vitreosity,its stability and relationship to protein content in durum wheat

High quality requirements are set on durum wheat (Triticum durum) from semolina mills and pasta producers. For the production of semolina and pasta with good cooking quality, high grain protein content and vitreosity is required. The dependency of vitreosity on protein content as well as its stability under the influence of humidity was not well investigated up to now. We (1) compared two methods to determine vitreosity, (2) investigated the relationship between vitreosity and protein content, (3) developed a method to analyze vitreosity under humidity, and (4) examined the relationship between protein content and agronomical as well as quality traits in durum wheat. The results showed that the formation of vitreous kernels greatly depends on the protein content. To evaluate the stability of vitreosity under the influence of humidity a new method was elaborated and employed to assess the durum germplasm under study. This revealed that vitreosity of a durum wheat variety depends on the potential to form vitreous kernels but also to maintain this vitreosity under the influence of humidity. Our results further show that protein content is a central trait in durum wheat that strongly influences important traits like grain yield, vitreosity, and b-value.     

粉煤灰和碳酸钙对As（Ⅲ）污染土壤上小麦产量性状及麦株As含量的影响

随着经济的发展,土壤As污染问题日益严重。采用露天盆栽试验方法,研究了在As（Ⅲ）污染土壤上,添加粉煤灰和碳酸钙对小麦成熟期产量及其性状、小麦根、茎叶和籽粒As含量的影响,并探讨了粉煤灰和碳酸钙对土壤As（Ⅲ）污染修复的有效方法。结果表明,在土壤中添加100g·kg^-1的粉煤灰或1．0g·kg^-1的碳酸钙能使小麦株高、结实小穗数、穗粒数、千粒重和产量增加。与对照相比,在As（Ⅲ）污染土壤上,100g·kg^-1的粉煤灰处理显著地增加了小麦产量（P〈0．05）,极显著地降低了小麦籽粒As含量（P〈0．01）;1．0g·kg^-1的碳酸钙处理极显著地增加了小麦的穗粒数、千粒重和产量（P〈0．01）,显著地降低了根中As含量（P〈0．05）,极显著地降低了籽粒As含量（P〈0．01）。因此,在As（Ⅲ）污染土壤上,添加100g·kg^-1的粉煤灰或1．0g·kg^-1的碳酸钙能使小麦产量升高,籽粒As含量下降,有效地缓解As（Ⅲ）对小麦的毒害。     

Evaluation of functional diversity in rhizobacterial taxa of a wild grass (Saccharum ravennae) colonizing abandoned fly ash dumps in Delhi urban ecosystem

Metal rich fly ash dumps may serve as repository of ecologically useful multi-functional rhizobacteria having potential use in the development of vegetation at the dumps. Therefore, in the present study bacteria from the rhizosphere of a wild perennial grass colonizing Indraprastha and Badarpur fly ash dumps of Delhi region were purified, identified and functionally characterized. The fly ash had low levels of nutrients, moisture and organic matter coupled with toxic levels of heavy metals (As, Cd, Cr, Cu, Hg, Ni, Pb and Zn). Both the dumps were mostly barren except for a few patches of Saccharum ravennae and some weedy species. Sixty five dominant, morphologically distinct rhizobacteria were purified, which belonged to 18 genera and 38 species. Gram-positive bacteria were dominating in the fly ash environment. Bacillus spp. and Paenibacillus spp. were common at both the dumps. Multi-metal tolerance was shown by diverse bacterial taxa. The minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) was highest for As (12.5-20.0 mM) and Pb (7.5-10.0 mM), although many rhizobacteria also possessed significant tolerance to Cr, Zn, Ni, Cu, Co and Cd. The tolerance profiles of rhizobacteria to different metals may be ranked in the decreasing order as As > Pb > Cr > Zn > Ni > Cu > Co > Cd > Hg. Majority of rhizobacteria showed good siderophore activity. Multiple-metal tolerance was also coupled with high siderophore production in some of the isolates (Microbacterium barkeri IPSr74, Serratia marcescens IPSr90 and IPSr82, Enterococcus casseliflavus BPSr32, Bacillus sp. IPSr80, Pseudomonas aeruginosa BPSr43 and Brochothrix campestris BPSr3). Most of the bacteria could grow on nitrogen-deficient medium. However, the dominant nitrogen-fixers reported from the rhizosphere of other Saccharum species were not detected. S. marcescens IPSr90 was the only rhizobacterium, which showed ACC-deaminase (ACCD) activity. Proportion of phosphate-solubilizing bacteria was high. Considerable improvement in the seedling establishment, plant weight and shoot length in rhizobacterial inoculated plants of S. ravennae in fly ash environment indicated the significance of rhizobacteria in its colonization and spread to the dumps. Representative rhizobacteria, with high MIC (for most of the metals) and good plant growth promoting (PGP) traits comparable to commercially useful bacterial inoculants were identified as S. marcescens IPSr82 and IPSr90, P. aeruginosa BPSr43, Paenibacillus larvae BPSr106, Arthrobacter ureafaciens BPSr55, Paenibacillus azotofixans BPSr107 and E. casseliflavus BPSr32. S. ravennae and some of these rhizobacteria may be potentially useful for the development of inoculation technologies for conversion of barren fly ash dumps into ecologically and economically productive habitats.     

粉煤灰堆场附近农田土壤硒环境污染评价

对贞观山煤灰库附近农田土壤、土壤剖面、灌溉水、母岩以及稻米,蔬菜等农作物中Se含量特征及污染现状进行了系统分析与评价.结果显示:煤灰库周围的农田土壤Se含量范围为0.15～6.12mg/kg,受到不同程度污染.土壤Se含量空间分布特征表明.离煤灰库越近的农田土壤Se污染越严重.农田土壤Se污染主要是由Se含量超标地表水灌溉以及煤灰库的长期处置所引起的,受母岩的影响不大.研究区稻米Se含量较高,为0.04～1.12mg/kg,部分稻米样品Se含量超标严重,并且受土壤Se污染影响明显.长期食用Se含量超标大米对人体健康会产生潜在危害.     

Effects of maturity stage and feeding strategy of whole crop barley silage on intake, digestibility and milk production in dairy cows

Five diets containing concentrate, grass silage and whole crop barley silage (WCBS) harvested at different maturity stages were fed to 15 multiparous dairy cows in an incomplete change-over design over three periods. Three diets contained 10.7 kg dry matter (DM) concentrate, 4 kg DM grass silage, and ad libitum access to WCBS harvested at either the heading stage (B1), the early milk stage (B2) or the early dough stage (B3) of maturity. The other two diets contained 10.7 kg DM concentrate, whereas grass silage and WCBS at heading were mixed at two different ratios with a DM content of WCBS of either 0.30 (M1) or 0.70 (M2), and the mixtures were fed ad libitum. Intakes of DM (kg day^− 1: B1 = 21.0, B2 = 20.6 and B3 = 20.0) and neutral detergent fibre (NDF; kg day^− 1: B1 = 7.0, B2 = 6.4 and B3 = 6.3) decreased, whereas starch intake increased (kg day^− 1: B1 = 3.1, B2 = 3.5 and B3 = 4.0) with increasing maturity at harvest. The apparent organic matter (OM) digestibility (g kg^− 1: B1 = 800, B2 = 774 and B3 = 729) decreased with increasing maturity stage, and consequently so did the digestible OM intake. Milk (kg day^− 1: B1 = 27.2, B2 = 26.1 and B3 = 25.9) and energy corrected milk (ECM; kg day^− 1: B1 = 31.0, B2 = 29.4 and B3 = 28.2) yields, and protein concentration (g kg^− 1: B1 = 37.1, B2 = 36.4 and B3 = 36.0) decreased with increasing maturity stage of the WCBS. When cows were fed diet B3 the milk fat concentration decreased (46.4 g kg^− 1) compared to diets B1 (49.3 g kg^− 1) and B2 (49.4 g kg^− 1). The difference in ECM yield between diets B1 and B3 was due to a combined effect of lower milk yield, and lower protein and fat concentrations. This was caused by the higher starch and lower NDF intakes with diet B3, which decreased the milk fat concentration. Moreover, a lower energy intake of diet B3 due to lower OM digestibility decreased milk protein concentration and milk yield. Mixing WCBS at the heading stage with grass silage (M2) decreased digestibility, compared to feeding the forages separately (B1). However, the differences were small and may be a result of soil contamination at harvest of some of the silages, which made the method with using incomplete faecal collection and internal marker acid insoluble ash less reliable. Including WCBS at the heading stage at 0.30 or 0.70 of forage DM did not affect DM intake or diet digestibility, probably because the grass silage in the study was very similar in energy content to the WCBS harvested at heading.     

4种花椒提取物对玉米象成虫熏蒸活性的研究

在30℃下采用广口瓶密闭熏蒸法熏蒸48h和72h,测定青椒精油、红椒精油、一级麻素及二级麻素时玉米象Sitophilus zeamais Motschulsky成虫的熏蒸致死作用及LC50值。结果表明LC50值大小顺序为一级麻素〉二级麻素〉红椒精油〉青椒精油．进一步研究熏蒸时间和温度时青椒精油及红椒精油熏蒸活性的影响,结果表明熏蒸时间越长,LC50值越小;温度越高,校正死亡率越大,表明2种花椒精油的持效期较长,在高温下能更好地发挥药效。     

Are gullies best for biodiversity? An empirical examination of Australian wet forest types

A relatively common observation in forest environments has been that gullies support higher species richness and individual abundance than elsewhere in the landscape. We completed a detailed case study of birds to contrast species richness and assemblage composition between gullies and other parts of the topography of landscapes in three closely related and spatially adjacent wet ash forest types – those dominated by Mountain Ash (Eucalyptus regnans), Alpine Ash (E. delegatensis) or Shining Gum (E. nitens) – in the Central Highlands of Victoria, south-eastern Australia. We also quantified the influence of a wide range of other measures of stand structure and plant species composition on the bird assemblage and on individual bird species.     

Factors influencing activation of wet fly ash

To use fly ash, it is necessary to understand its activity variation under different wet conditions. Four low-calcium wet fly ash preparations are simulated in the laboratory. Fly ash activity is indicated by measuring specific compressive stre     

电厂粉煤灰作为碱化土壤改良剂的风险分析

［目的］为粉煤灰在碱化土壤改良中的合理应用提供指导。［方法］采用已知化学元素的粉煤灰改良已知化学成分的碱化土壤,研究灌水量、改良深度、电厂废渣与土壤处理方式等对土壤改良效果的影响。［结果］粉煤灰可改善碱化土壤的物理性质,降低其碱化度,增强土壤的吸热能力,提高地温,有利于微生物活动、养分转化和种子萌发;粘质土壤中施入粉煤灰后,土壤粘粒含量降低,沙粒含量增加;粉煤灰的施用带来了一定程度的重金属污染（Se含量偏高等）,破坏了植物根系对营养成分的吸收,通过添加有机质和复合肥等措施可防止其不利影响。［结论］采取合理措施可减少粉煤灰对土壤的不利影响。     

粉煤灰和煤矸石充填复垦基础研究

目前粉煤灰和煤矸石充填复垦已得到广泛开展,其存在的问题也日益突出。阐述了粉煤灰和矸石的各种理化性质、充填方法及复垦种植形式、充填后土壤存在的问题及应对策略,以期为土地复垦提供参考。