均质土微润灌湿润体模型构建及验证

为探明微润灌土壤湿润体运移的影响因素和变化规律,设置了56种微润灌情景(8种土壤质地、3种土壤基质势和10种微润管比流量的不同组合),利用HYDRUS-2D软件,模拟研究土壤饱和导水率、土壤基质势和微润管比流量对微润灌土壤湿润体的影响。综合考虑单位长度总渗水量、土壤饱和导水率、土壤基质势和微润管比流量等影响因素,基于量纲分析方法,建立了一种均质土微润灌湿润体尺寸估算模型,并利用数值模拟结果,定量获取了所建模型的待定参数,最后,采用试验资料评价了估算模型的可靠性。结果表明,土壤饱和导水率、土壤基质势和微润管比流量对微润灌土壤湿润体形状影响较小,且在湿润锋未到达地表前,湿润体形状均为以线源为轴线的近似"椭圆柱体";相同土壤饱和导水率条件下,土壤湿润体水平、垂直向下和垂直向上方向上的湿润锋运移速率均随土壤基质势和微润管比流量增大而增大;当土壤基质势和微润管比流量恒定时,随土壤饱和导水率数值的增大,垂直向上和水平方向的湿润锋运移速率逐渐减小,而垂直向下的湿润锋运移速率存在先减小后增大的现象;所建模型的统计指标平均绝对误差、均方根误差均趋近于0,纳什效率接近1,说明模型估算效果良好,可为微润灌工程的运行及管理提供科学依据。     

菇菜套作对土壤微生物群落的影响

套作是防治连作障碍的有效方法之一,但是蔬菜和可食用菌之间的套作机理研究鲜见报道,尤其是其土壤微生物学机制。本研究建立菇菜套作体系,利用实时荧光定量PCR和PCR-DGGE技术研究土壤细菌和真菌群落的变化。结果表明,菇菜套作显著提高了番茄生物量,且其番茄果实产量最高,硝酸盐含量最低。与对照相比,菇菜套作下土壤细菌和真菌基因拷贝数量均无显著变化;DGGE指纹图谱表明,不同处理下的细菌群落无明显差异,但是菇菜套作下真菌群落结构发生了分异,主要表现为尖孢镰刀菌(Fusarium oxysporum)和稻黑孢菌(Nigrospora oryzae)代表型条带的强度的下降。     

基于多视角立体视觉的植株三维重建与精度评估

基于图像序列的植株三维结构重建是植物无损测量的重要方法之一。而对重建模型的精度评估方法大多基于视觉逼真程度和常规测量数据。该研究以精确的激光扫描三维模型为参照,采用豪斯多夫距离,从三维尺度上对基于图像序列的植株三维重建模型进行精度评估。同时,从植株表型参数(叶片长、宽、叶面积)方面,对植株三维重建模型进行精度评估。结果表明,基于图像序列的三维重建模型精度较高,豪斯多夫距离在0~10 mm之间,各试验植株豪斯多夫距离大多小于4.0 mm,各植株表型参数与其对照值的R2均大于0.95,且两者的无显著性差异(P0.05)。此植株三维结构重建方法能够应用于植物表型、基因育种、植物表型与环境互作等研究领域。     

Diversity of seed albumins in some Lathyrus species related to L. sativus L.: An electrophoretic study

Electrophoretic analysis of seed albumins covered 66 Lathyrus accessions representing L. amphicarpos, L. blepharicarpus, L. cicera, L. gorgoni, L. marmoratus, L. pseudocicera and L. stenophyllus. The number of major albumin bands recorded in particular species varied from two in L. amphicarpos to eight in L. gorgoni. Apart from L. amphicarpos, all the species under study showed intraspecific variation. In total, 21 bands were distinguished. The results were compared with the corresponding data reported earlier for L. sativus. All the data were statistically analysed. The species examined in this study proved to be distantly related to L. sativus. Distinctness of particular Lathyrus species was quite marked except for L. cicera and L. marmoratus which produced similar electrophoretic seed albumin patterns.     

Diversity of seed albumins in the grasspea (Lathyrus sativus L.): an electrophoretic study

Electrophoretic analysis of seed albumins covered 105 Lathyrus sativus accessions originating from different geographical regions. Four major albumin bands were responsible for the detected variation. Due to differences in the number and combination of these bands, eleven electrophoretic seed albumin patterns were distinguished; four of them were rare phenotypes found in less than 1% of the 817 examined individuals. Electrophoretic data were subjected to statistical analysis using hierarchical UPGMA grouping and biplot techniques. Generally, no correlation was found between occurrence of either the seed albumin patterns or the major albumin bands and geographical origin of the forms under study. On the other hand, data concerning frequency distribution of the major albumin bands tended to separate two groups of accessions, white-seeded with large seeds and coloured-seeded with relatively small seeds; coloured-seeded accessions with rather large seeds mixed with the above groups.     

Seed storage protein electrophoresis in Arachis pintoi and A. repens (Leguminosae) for evaluating genetic diversity

Seed storage protein profiles were studied to evaluate the genetic diversity of a germplasm collection of the Caulorrhizae section of genus Arachis. Total seed storage protein of 28 accessions of Arachis pintoi and one of A. repens, collected in the Paranã, São Francisco and Jequitinhonha river basins, was compared by native-PAGE and SDS-PAGE. Significant variation was detected among the protein profiles of different accessions of Arachis pintoi, and three major protein profiles A, B, C were revealed in native-PAGE. Protein variation was much higher between accessions than within accessions. Nevertheless an exceptional case of intra-accession variation was observed in accession W 34b. In SDS-PAGE major variation between the accessions was confined to the region of arachin (basic group), which corresponds to region III in native-PAGE. There was no correlation between seed protein profiles and geographic distribution. However, protein polymorphism is predominantly in accessions of the São Francisco (A, B and C phenotypes) and Paranã (A and B phenotypes) basins, with the B phenotype predominating in the São Francisco basin. A specific protein profile to differentiate between the typical forms of A. pintoi and A. repens was not found.     

Community structure of methanogenic archaea in paddy field soil under double cropping (rice-wheat)

Community structure of methanogenic archaea in paddy field soil under double cropping (rice [Oryza sativa L.] and wheat [Triticum aestivum L.]) was studied by the denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) method. Soil samples under flooded and upland conditions were collected 7 and 6 times, respectively, from two paddy fields throughout a year, and two primer sets, 0357F-GC/0691R and newly designed 1106F-GC/1378R, were used for DGGE analysis. The 25 and 29 different bands were observed on the DGGE gels with the primers 0357F-GC/0691R and 1106F-GC/1378R, respectively. DGGE band patterns of the methanogenic archaeal community were stable throughout a year including the cultivation periods of rice under flooded conditions and of wheat under upland conditions. Cluster analysis and principal component analysis suggested that the difference in the soil type (sampling region) largely influenced the community structures of methanogenic archaea in paddy field soil, while the effects of sampling period and different fertilizer treatments on them were small. Most of the sequences obtained from the DGGE bands were closely related to Methanomicrobiales, Methanosarcinaceae, Methanosaetaceae and Rice cluster-I.     

Liming induces growth of a diverse flora of ammonia-oxidising bacteria in acid spruce forest soil as determined by SSCP and DGGE

The autotrophic ammonia-oxidising bacterial (AOB) community composition was studied in acid coniferous forest soil profiles at a site in southwestern Sweden 6 years after liming. Liming caused a significant increase in pH in the organic horizons, while the mineral soil was unaffected. The AOB communities were studied by single-strand conformation polymorphism (SSCP) in parallel with denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) analysis of partial 16S rRNA genes amplified by PCR using primers reported to be specific for β-Proteobacteria AOB, followed by nucleotide sequencing. High genetic diversity of Nitrosospira-like sequences was found in the limed soil profiles, whereas no AOB-like sequences were detected in the control soil at any depth, according to both the SSCP and DGGE analyses. This clearly showed that liming induced growth of a diverse flora of AOB at this forest site. Both Nitrosospira cluster 2 and cluster 4 sequences were present in the limed soil profiles, regardless of soil pH, but we found a higher number of sequences affiliated with cluster 4. The high lime dose seemed to affect the AOB community more than the low dose, and its effects reached deeper into the soil profile. Seven different Nitrosospira-like sequences were found 10 cm under the litter layer in the soil limed with the high dose, but only two in the soil amended with the low lime dose.     

Succession and phylogenetic profile of eukaryotic communities in the composting process of rice straw estimated by PCR-DGGE analysis

The succession and phylogenetic profile of eukaryotic communities during the composting process of rice straw (RS) were studied by applying polymerase chain reaction-denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (PCR-DGGE) analysis followed by sequencing of 18S rDNA. Principal component analysis and cluster analysis of the DGGE band patterns of eukaryotic communities resulted in exactly the same grouping as found with phospholipid fatty acid (PLFA) analysis (Cahyani et al. in Soil Sci Plant Nutr 48:735, 2002) and by the DGGE pattern analysis of the bacterial communities (Cahyani et al. in Soil Sci Plant Nutr 49:619, 2003) for the same samples, namely the communities characterizing the pre-composting stage (initial RS materials), and thermophilic, middle, and curing stages of the compost. Different eukaryotic members characterized the respective stages as follows: fungi (Ascomycota) for the initial RS materials, protozoans (Apicomplexa) as well as the fungi (Ascomycota) of the initial RS materials for the thermophilic stage, fungi (Ascomycota and Basidiomycota), protozoans (Opalozoa, Ciliophora and Leptomyxida), nematodes and stramenopiles for the middle stage, and fungi (Ascomycota, Zygomycota and Oomycota), algae (Haptophyceae and Chrysophyceae), and nematodes for the curing stage, respectively. Temperature, moisture content, and substrates available seemed to play a key role in determining the composition of eukaryotic members present at the respective stages of the composting process of RS.     

Structure and function of the soil microbial community in a long-term fertilizer experiment

The effect of organic and inorganic fertiliser amendments is often studied shortly after addition of a single dose to the soil but less is known about the long-term effects of amendments. We conducted a study to determine the effects of long-term addition of organic and inorganic fertiliser amendments at low rates on soil chemical and biological properties. Surface soil samples were taken from an experimental field site near Cologne, Germany in summer 2000. At this site, five different treatments were established in 1969: mineral fertiliser (NPK), crop residues removed (mineral only); mineral fertiliser with crop residues; manure 5.2 t ha⁻¹ yr⁻¹; sewage sludge 7.6 t ha⁻¹ yr⁻¹ or straw 4.0 t ha⁻¹ yr⁻¹ with 10 kg N as CaCN₂ t straw⁻¹. The organic amendments increased the C_org content of the soil but had no significant effect on the dissolved organic C (DOC) content. The C/N ratio was highest in the straw treatment and lowest in the mineral only treatment. Of the enzymes studied, only protease activity was affected by the different amendments. It was highest after sewage amendment and lowest in the mineral only treatment. The ratios of Gram+ to Gram− bacteria and of bacteria to fungi, as determined by signature phospholipid fatty acids, were higher in the organic treatments than in the inorganic treatments. The community structure of bacteria and eukaryotic microorganisms was assessed by denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) and redundancy discriminate analyses of the DGGE banding patterns. While the bacterial community structure was affected by the treatments this was not the case for the eukaryotes. Bacterial and eukaryotic community structures were significantly affected by C_org content and C/N ratio.