延川县红枣产业发展现状及对策

从自然生态环境、生产条件、枣树品种、栽培技术等方面分析了延川县红枣产业发展优势、限制因素及存在问题,提出了红枣产业发展对策与建议。     

Rootstock influence on ‘delicious’ and ‘golden delicious’ apple fruit quality at harvest and after storage

The influence of 9 rootstocks (M2, M7, M25, M26, MM104, MM106, MM109, MM111 and seedling) on fruit quality at harvest and after storage of ‘Wellspur Delicious’ (WS) and ‘Goldspur’ (GS), and of 3 rootstocks (M7, M26 and MM106) on fruit quality of ‘Red King Delicious’ (RK) and ‘Golden Delicious’ (GD) apple (Malus domestica Borkh.) was evaluated during a 4-year period. Fruits from trees on M26 were larger, developed earlier color and soluble solids (SS), and maintained higher levels of acidity (at harvest and during storage) in comparison with other rootstocks. Fruit from trees on M2 tended to have high SS. Fruit color from trees on MM104, MM106 and MM109 tended to be comparatively poor. There were significant rootstock effects on SS, starch, acidity, color, circumference, weight and box size.     

“红富士”不同树形冠层微生态对果实品质的影响

以"红富士"苹果为试材,研究了不同树形冠层微生态环境变化规律及其与果实品质的关系.结果表明:不同树形冠层微生态环境存在差别,高干开心形冠层光照强度、昼温、昼夜温差显著高于小冠疏层形和纺锤形,而空气相对湿度最低.由于不同树形冠层微生态环境对果实生长发育影响不同,高干开心形果实较其它两种树形单果重显著增加,着色较好,可溶性固形物含量较高,收获时单果重较小,冠疏层形增加了31.96%,而较纺锤形增加了31.28%.     

郏县红牛POLB基因克隆及生物信息学分析

【目的】 克隆郏县红牛DNA聚合酶β（DNA polymerase beta,POLB）基因,并对其进行生物信息学分析。【方法】 以郏县红牛肌肉组织cDNA为模板,通过PCR方法克隆POLB基因完整CDS区序列;利用在线软件进行遗传距离分析并构建系统进化树,分析POLB蛋白的理化性质、疏水性、磷酸化位点、跨膜结构、信号肽、二级结构、三级结构和互作蛋白。【结果】 郏县红牛POLB基因CDS区序列全长1 008 bp,编码335个氨基酸。系统进化树分析表明,郏县红牛POLB基因氨基酸序列与绵羊等反刍动物的亲缘关系最近,与其他哺乳类动物和禽类次之,与斑马鱼（鱼类）最远。郏县红牛POLB蛋白分子质量为38.26 ku,理论等电点（pI）为9.10,半衰期为30 h,不稳定系数为31.06,总平均亲水系数为－0.659,属于稳定的亲水性蛋白;磷酸化位点预测分析发现,郏县红牛POLB蛋白包含17个丝氨酸磷酸化位点、12个苏氨酸磷酸化位点和4个酪氨酸磷酸化位点;跨膜区和信号肽预测结果显示,郏县红牛POLB蛋白不属于跨膜蛋白和分泌型蛋白;二级结构和三级结构预测发现,其主要包含α-螺旋、β-转角、延伸链和无规则卷曲4种结构;在线软件预测结果表明,POLB蛋白与XRCC1、FEN1、PARP1和LIG3等为互作蛋白。【结论】 本研究成功克隆了郏县红牛POLB基因CDS序列,其与绵羊亲缘关系最近;POLB蛋白为无跨膜结构、无信号肽的亲水性蛋白,与XRCC1蛋白互作程度最高,结果可为进一步探究POLB基因生物学功能提供参考。     

圆叶决明添加量对红壤可溶性氮及酶活性的影响

为了探明圆叶决明(Chamaecrista rotundifolia)降解后红壤可溶性氮及氮水解酶活性的变化规律,本研究采用室内好气恒湿培养法,研究占红壤质量0.5%(T1),1%(T2)和2%(T3)的圆叶决明添加至红壤中,培养7~88d内红壤硝态氮(NO^-₃-N)、铵态氮(NH⁺₄-N)和可溶性有机氮(Soluble organic nitrogen,SON)及脲酶、蛋白酶和天冬酰胺酶的变化。结果表明：添加圆叶决明后,红壤NO^-₃-N和NH⁺₄-N含量在培养前期降低,培养中期增加;而整个培养期SON含量及脲酶、蛋白酶和天冬酰胺酶活性均增加,且圆叶决明添加量越大,效果越显著。NO^-₃-N和SON含量及脲酶、蛋白酶和天冬酰胺酶活性可用2次或3次函数方程拟合;而NH⁺₄-N含量可用线性函数拟合。氮水解酶与NO^-₃-N负相关,与NH⁺₄-N和SON正相关,且相关性从大到小的顺序为蛋白酶>天冬酰胺酶>脲酶。综上,添加圆叶决明提高了红壤供氮水平和红壤氮转化能力。     

A variance-covariance structure to take into account repeated measurements and heteroscedasticity in growth modeling

This study proposes a within-subject variance-covariance (VC) structure to take into account repeated measurements and heteroscedasticity in a context of growth modeling. The VC structure integrates a variance function and a continuous autoregressive covariance structure. It was tested on a nonlinear growth model parameterized with data from permanent sample plots. Using a stand-level approach, basal area growth was independently modeled for red spruce (Picea rubens Sarg.) and balsam fir [Abies balsamea (L.) Mill.] in mixed stands. For both species, the implementation of the VC structure significantly improved the maximum likelihood of the model. In both cases, it efficiently accounted for heteroscedasticity and autocorrelation, since the normalized residuals no longer exhibited departures from the assumptions of independent error terms with homogeneous variances. Moreover, compared with traditional nonlinear least squares (NLS) models, models parameterized with this VC structure may generate more accurate predictions when prior information is available. This case study demonstrates that the implementation of a VC structure may provide parameter estimates that are consistent with asymptotically unbiased variances in a context of nonlinear growth modeling using a stand-level approach. Since the variances are no longer biased, the hypothesis tests performed on the estimates are valid when the number of observations is large.     

Allometric model of the Reineke equation for Japanese cypress (<Emphasis Type="Italic">Chamaecyparis obtusa</Emphasis>) and red pine (<Emphasis Type="Italic">Pinus densiflora</Emphasis>) stands

An allometric model that explains the mechanism of the difference in the slope of the Reineke equation (A) among species was proposed based on the allometric relationships of mean tree height (H) to quadratic mean diameter D (H ∝ D ^θ ) and stand density N (H ∝ N ^δ ), i.e., A = θ/δ. The proposed model was fitted to Japanese cypress (Chamaecyparis obtusa Endl.) and red pine (Pinus densiflora) stands. The allometric exponents θ and δ were, respectively, 0.8995 and −0.5000 for cypress and 0.8612 and −0.6619 for pine. The difference between cypress and pine was significant for δ but not for θ. Inserting the exponents into the model resulted in predicted slopes of −1.7991 for cypress and −1.3011 for pine. The difference in the slope of the Reineke equation between the two species was produced by characteristics related to the tree crown, rather than characteristics related to stem slenderness. The proposed model enables us to estimate the slope of the Reineke equation from commonly measured stand attributes, such as mean tree height and quadratic mean diameter. Therefore, the proposed model is expected to be practical and convenient for estimating the slope of the Reineke equation and for explaining the mechanism of its variation among species. The model should be also accepted as a generalized model of the stand density versus quadratic mean diameter relationship, whereas the original Reineke equation should be seen as a specific case of this model.     

Genetic diversity of sea buckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides) populations in northeastern and northwestern China as revealed by ISSR markers

As a N₂-fixing tree species, sea buckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides) is well adapted to arid regions and is utilized for multiple purposes in China. Current knowledge of genetic variability of H. rhamnoides is limited in terms of rangewide distributions. Eleven natural populations of sea buckthorn in northeastern and northwestern China were analyzed to detect genetic variation among and within populations, by use of ISSR (inter-simple sequence repeats) markers. Using eight primers, 207 polymorphic loci were observed, ranging in size from 250 to 2500 bp. The coefficient of gene differentiation (Gst = 0.0679) showed that the total molecular variance of 11 populations was mainly existed within populations. The genetic variation within and among the 11 populations was 93.21 and 6.79%, respectively. No significant correlation between genetic and geographic distances of the populations was found using ISSR markers. Our study provides a population-level genetic profile for further investigation and conservation of genetic diversity of sea buckthorn.     

Annualized diameter and height growth equations for Pacific Northwest plantation-grown Douglas-fir, western hemlock, and red alder

Simulating the influence of intensive management and annual weather fluctuations on tree growth requires a shorter time step than currently employed by most regional growth models. High-quality data sets are available for several plantation species in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States, but the growth periods ranged from 2 to 12 years in length. Measurement periods of varying length complicate efforts to fit growth models because observed growth rates must be interpolated to a common length growth period or those growth periods longer or shorter than the desired model time step must be discarded. A variation of the iterative technique suggested by Cao [Cao, Q.V., 2000. Prediction of annual diameter growth and survival for individual trees from periodic measurements. Forest Sci. 46, 127–131] was applied to estimate annualized diameter and height growth equations for pure plantations of Douglas-fir, western hemlock, and red alder. Using this technique, fits were significantly improved for all three species by embedding a multi-level nonlinear mixed-effects framework (likelihood ratio test: p < 0.0001). The final models were consistent with expected biological behavior of diameter and height growth over tree, stand, and site variables. The random effects showed some correlation with key physiographic variables such as slope and aspect for Douglas-fir and red alder, but these relationships were not observed for western hemlock. Further, the random effects were more correlated with physiographic variables than actual climate or soils information. Long-term simulations (12–16 years) on an independent dataset using these annualized equations showed that the multi-level mixed effects models were more accurate and precise than those fitted without random effects as mean square error (MSE) was reduced by 13 and 21% for diameter and height growth prediction, respectively. The level of prediction error was also smaller than an existing similar growth model with a longer time step (ORGANON v8) as the annualized equations reduced MSE by 17 and 38% for diameter and height growth prediction, respectively. These models will prove to be quite useful for understanding the interaction of weather and silviculture in the Pacific Northwest and refining the precision of future growth model projections.     

A mangrove stand under sewage pollution stress: Red Sea

A mangrove stand of Avicennia marina located at the South Corniche of Jeddah city receives about 100 000 m³ of sewage per day. The sewage has high values of BOD, COD, nutrient concentrations, heavy metals and faecal coliform counts.The mangrove stand is very small and occupies an area of about 0.45 km². The trees are stunted with low pneumatophore density. The pneumatophore distribution is restricted to the area of substrate underneath the plant crown covers and they do not look healthy. A high proportion of them was observed to be dead and/or aberrant. These abnormal induced features were attributed to the sewage discharge in the area. The death of pneumatophores decreases the aeration area which apparently affects the respiration rate of the root system, nutrient uptake and plant growth, consequently leading to a retarded growth of the mangroves.