Integrated Pest Management Practices in Southern Pine Nurseries

Integrated Pest Management is a system that combines cultural, biological and chemical technologies to reduce insect, fungal and weed populations to levels below those that result in economic damage. Nursery managers in the southern United States currently use many practices to control pests of southern pine seedlings. Over the last three decades, improvements in chemical, cultural, and biological pest control practices have increased seed efficiency (defined as the number of plantable seedlings produced divided by the number of pure live seed sown) and reduced the percentage of production costs associated with pest control. As crop values increase, the economic thresholds for applying control measures decrease. However, since the statistical power of most trials in bareroot nurseries is low, the likelihood of experiments that detect “real” treatment difference (e.g. those that consistently increase seed efficiency to the point where economic returns are affected) will be low. This paper describes some current practices in southern pine nurseries and provides some economic injury levels for various pest control treatments.     

毛竹笋芽和竹笋生长规律

经过7年的试验研究,掌握了毛竹笋芽和竹笋生长的一些自然规律,对发展生产具有重要意义。     

中国油茶林地土壤类型的研究

油茶是我国特有的食用油料树种.油茶分布广,面积达6000多万亩.中国油茶林地土壤类型的划分,为油茶林地选择及土壤管理提供重要的科学依据。本文应用土壤发生学分类方法,建立了土类、亚类、土属、类型四级分类系统.将中国油茶林地的土壤划分为4个土类、5个亚类、28个土属、107个类型。在此基础上,以每个发生类型作为样本,A层和B层有机质、全氨、全磷、全钾含量等8项指标作为变量,用系统聚类方法对4个亚类分别进行聚类,归并为13个肥力类型.     

Date of sowing and emergence timing affect growth and development of loblolly pine seedlings

Loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) seeds were sown from February to June in Alabama, U.S.A. If sowing was conducted in May or June, seedling emergence was reduced and seedling mortality increased. Seedlings from earlier sowings grew to greater sizes, but seedlings from later sowings grew later into the fall. Within any given sowing date, the earliest seedlings to emerge grew largest. Seedlings from the February sowing formed buds in mid-summer, flushed, and in some instances flushed yet again. However, by early October, not all seedlings from May and June sowings had formed an initial bud.     

Seed spacing and seedling biomass: Effect on root growth potential of loblolly pine (Pinus taeda)

Results from three studies conducted in bare-root nurseries indicate a positive linear relationship between seed spacing and root growth potential of Pinus taeda L. seedlings. However, root growth potential was also correlated with several morphological variables, including seedling weight, root collar diameter, root weight, root volume, foliage weight and stem weight. Because seedlings grown at wider spacings were larger in diameter and biomass, covariate analyses (using either root collar diameter or foliage ovendry weight) were also conducted. These analyses indicate that differences in root growth potential between seed spacings can be accounted for by differences in seedling size.     

Seasonal changes in intensity of bud dormancy in loblolly pine seedlings

The terminal buds of six-month-old loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) seedlings remained closed for approximately six months, although bud dormancy, as measured by rate of bud break in a standard greenhouse environment, was only exhibited for about one month. The peak of bud dormancy was in December for seedlings grown near Auburn, Alabama. However, the timing and intensity varied with seed source and may have been affected by the warm fall temperatures. Seedlings from the more northern provenances entered dormancy first and reached a deeper state of dormancy than seedlings from southern provenances. The rate of shoot elongation was not consistently related to the rate of bud break.     

油茶林分生物量及生产力的研究

本文对３种不同产量水平的油茶林分生物量和生产力进行了测定和研究。结果表明：产油水平从高到低编号为Ⅲ、Ⅱ、Ⅰ的样地，其林分总生物量分别为７５．７１、４１．５５、３０．４９ｔ／ｈｍ＾２，年平均净生产量分别是５．４９、３．１２、１．１７ｔ／ｈｍ＾２。各样地油茶林分各组分生物量所占比例的排序为干〉根〉枝〉叶〉果〉花。各组分枝叶比，果叶比、非光合与光合部分比值均为Ⅲ号样地最大。     

Early growth responses from weed control and planting larger stock of Pinus radiata are greater than that obtained from mechanical soil cultivation

Early growth of two grades ofbare-root Pinus radiata D.Don seedlingswere studied in response to four soilcultivation treatments and two weed controltreatments.Soil cultivation treatments included (i) pitsmade by hand, (ii) pits made with an auger,(iii) ripping alone, and (iv) ripping plusdisking. Weed treatments included (i) manualrelease 1 year after planting or (ii) totalweed control for 1 year involving the use ofherbicides and additional hoeing. Bare-rootseedlings were separated into either medium(4.1-mm average root-collar diameter; height25–31 cm) or small (2.8-mm average root-collardiameter; height 14–20 cm) size classes.Growth on this site was excellent and 7 yearsafter treatment, trees in the least expensivetreatment averaged 12.8 m in height. Use ofmedium seedlings and extra weed controlincreased merchantable volume by20 m³ ha^{minus 1} and 19 m³ ha^{minus 1},respectively. When combined, the increase was39 m³ ha^{minus 1}. However, none of the soilcultivation treatments caused a significantincrease in merchantable volume. Disking onthis site proved to be of no benefit. Aboundary-line analysis was used to examine themarginal returns from investing in intensivesilviculture.     

水稻单片段替换系群体的建立及QTL定位

水稻中许多重要的农艺性状属数量性状，由多基因(QTL)控制。研究QTL的遗传特性和遗传效应对于培育高产和稳产的水稻品种具有十分重要的意义。本研究以6个优良的品种为供体亲本，以华粳籼74为轮回亲本，通过微卫星标记辅助回交选择培育了一批单片段替换系，随后利用所培育的单片段替换系进行了QTL分析和基因定位。主要结果有：1、利用258个微卫星标记对6个供体亲本和轮回亲本间的多态性进行了筛选。6个供体亲本与轮回亲本间的多态率在32．98％至60．78％之间，平均47．81％，粳型供体亲本比籼型供体亲本的多态性要高。2、随着回交代数的增加，植株所含的替换片段数逐渐减少。在BC2F1、BC3F1、BC3F2和BC3F3代，平均每个植株携带有12．50、5．98、1．69和1．46个替换片段。替换片段的平均长度也随回交和自交代数的增加而逐渐变短。在BC2F1、BC3F1、BC3F2和BC3F3代，替换片段的平均长度分别为25．43cM、22．38cM、20．78cM和18．15cM.回交世代替换片段变短的速率(11．99％)比自交世代变短速率(7．15％)要快。在BC2F1、BC3Fl、BC3F2和BC3F3代，轮回亲本基因组的恢复率分别为82．24％、92．55％、98．04％j阳98．52％。3、在BC3F2和BC3F3代，共选育出111个单片段替换系，其中独一无二的单片段替换系共42个。BC3F2代替换系中替换片段的估算长度在2．00cM到64．80cM之间，平均为21．75cM，而BC3F3代中替换片段的估算长度在6．05cM到48．90cM之间，平均为20．95cMc，12条染色体中仅第11染色体没有选择到单片段替换系。所选育的单片段替换系中替换片段的总长为2367．50cM，基因组的覆盖长度为704．50cM，覆盖率为39．25％。4、在52个单片段替换系的22个性状中共鉴定出了234个QTL。每个性状鉴定出的QTL数在3到19个之间，平均4．50个。每个替换系鉴定出的QTL在2到15个之间，平均10．64个。QTL加性效应的大小因性状和替换系不同而不同，低至-0．02(0．79％)的加性效应(如谷粒宽度)均能检测到。在RM237．RM322、RM225和RM481标记附近的各种性状中同时检测到了增效和减效的QTL。5、通过染色体替换作图，对7个单片段替换系中16个性状的QTL进行了定位。利用携带有相同替换片段的替换系进行QTL位置的确定。6、通过分析复杂性状的加性效应，对影响植高、每穗粒数和粒型的相关性状进行了分析，分析QTL之间的相关性。7、对控制抽穗期、稃尖颜色、植株高度和粒型的基因进行了定位。抽穗期基因Hd-8表现为单基因显性遗传，定位于第8染色体上，与PSMl55紧密连锁。紫色稃尖基因Pa-6表现为单基因显性遗传，定位于第6染色体上，与RM253紧密连锁。株高基因Ph-1-3定位于第1染色体上，与PSM331紧密连锁。粒型基因Rlw-8-2为首次报道，定位于第8染色体的末端，与RM447紧密连锁，长粒表现为单基因隐性遗传。本研究通过分子标记辅助选择培育了一批单片段替换系，并成功地对这批材料进行了QTL分析和基因定位，从而证实了在水稻中通过微卫星标记辅助回交选育单片段替换系和进行QTL分析的可行性。     

水稻籼粳杂交F2群体中分子标记的异常分离及染色体定位

本研究利用粳稻品种石狩白毛和籼稻品种明恢63杂交的F2分离群体共116株，构建了含88个共显性分子标记的连锁图谱，覆盖了水稻(Oryza satiwa L．)基因组1406cM。分析了这些共显性标记在F2群体中的分离情况。结果表明，有27个标记(30．7％)的分离显著或极显著的偏离了预期的孟德尔比例(1：2：1)而表现为异常分离，同时还发现了6个异常分离的热点，即第1染色体上RM302——RM212，第3染色体上RMl43——RM85，第6染色体上RM540——RM276，第7染色体上PAl—A5261．和RM432——RM455，第12染色体上RM519——RM235。偏离分别指向两种亲本基因型。说明相关的异常分离因子以不同的方式控制雌雄配子的传递比例。