Growth performance and whole‐body composition of yellow catfish (Pelteobagrus fulvidraco Richardson) under feeding restriction

Fish growth is an important index in aquaculture practice. However, the effect of growth under restricted feeding on quality of fish grown to the same size remains poorly unknown. In this study, yellow catfish were reared by feeding them at three different feeding rates such as low (FR‐L group), medium (FR‐M group) and high (apparent satiation) ration levels for 82, 58 and 34 days to reach the same size, respectively. After this period, the growth performance, whole‐body amino acid composition and fatty acid profile of the fish were evaluated. Feeding restriction led to significant decreases in specific growth rate and feed conversion efficiency. Significant increases in dry matter, protein and energy contents were observed in fish under both restricted feeding treatments. FR‐L‐treated fish had significantly lower whole‐body essential amino acid contents, and significantly higher Ala and non‐essential amino acid contents compared to fish fed to satiation. Fish in restricted feeding treatments had significantly higher n‐3 PUFA and n‐3/n‐6 ratio compared to the fish fed to satiation. The present results indicate that from a quality perspective, there are certain advantages in improvement of whole‐body composition and enrichment of n‐3 PUFA associated with the restricted feeding of yellow catfish at slow growth rate.     

Influence of dietary lipid on growth performance and some lipogenesis‐related gene expression of tongue sole (Cynoglossus semilaevis) larvae

A 30‐day feeding trial was conducted to investigate the effects of dietary lipid levels on growth performance, activities of digestive enzymes, fatty acid composition and some lipogenesis‐related gene expression of half‐smooth tongue sole (Cynoglossus semilaevis) larvae. Five isoproteic diets were formulated with graded lipid levels (6.68%, 9.84%, 13.47%, 17.89% and 21.88% dry weight) using fish oil as the main lipid source. Each diet was randomly allocated to triplicate groups of 150 larval tongue sole (35 DAH, 54 ± 1 mg). Fish were fed five times daily to apparent satiation during the feeding experiment. Results showed that, the survival rate (SR) of larvae increased significantly firstly, and thereafter decreased significantly. The specific growth rates (SGR) of larvae fed the diet with 13.47% lipid were significantly higher than other treatments. Larvae fed 9.84% or 13.47% dietary lipid showed higher trypsin, lipase, leucine aminopeptidase and alkaline phosphatase (AP) activities than other treatments, whereas amylase activity nearly showed reverse trend with them. The fatty acid composition of the tongue sole larvae was well correlated with dietary fatty acid profile. Expression of acetyl‐CoA carboxylase alpha (ACC1) was found to be slightly negatively correlated with dietary lipid level, and high dietary lipid level depressed the expressions of acetyl‐CoA carboxylase beta (ACC2) and fatty acid synthase (FAS) mRNA expression significantly, implying that larvae may cope with high dietary lipid mainly through down‐regulating lipogenesis‐related gene expression of FAS and ACC2. Besides, on the basis of SGR, the optimal dietary lipid level for larval tongue sole was estimated to be 13.56% using second‐order polynomial curve.     

Effect of different feeds on the growth,survival and reproductive performance of zebrafish,Danio rerio (Hamilton, 1822)

Present experiment was conducted to determine the effect of different feeds with varying protein levels on the growth, survival and reproductive performance of zebrafish, Danio rerio. The control diet (T1) was wild‐collected zooplankton from local fish ponds, while test diets with 350 g kg^?1 protein (T2), 400 g kg^?1 protein (T3) and 450 g kg^?1 protein (T4) were formulated and fed to fish for a period of 210 days. The significantly (P < 0.05) highest mean weight gain and specific growth rate were observed in T1, which were similar with T3 and T4. The significantly (P < 0.05) highest number of egg production per female and relative fecundity were found in T1, followed by T4 and T3 while T2 produced lowest number of eggs. No significant (P > 0.05) differences were observed in brood survival rate, fertilization and hatching rate among the dietary treatments. The highest (P < 0.05) fry survival rate was recorded in T1, followed by T3 and T4. Thus, it is suggested that control diet i.e. mixed zooplankton exhibited better growth, reproductive performance and fry survival rate. However, diet containing 400 g kg^?1 crude protein also gave comparable results in terms of growth, survival and reproductive performance of zebrafish.     

颗粒肥料质量流量传感器设计与试验

变量施肥具有提高肥料利用率、保护生态环境、节约农业生产成本等优点，但目前还没有得到广泛的应用，除了难以获得变量施肥的处方图之外，缺乏闭环检测也是原因之一。闭环控制是实现变量施肥的关键之一，与间接测量排肥轴的转速相比，实时检测肥料的质量流量更为准确。本文基于静电感应原理，设计了一种颗粒肥料质量流量传感器。由于颗粒肥料之间、颗粒肥料与空气、颗粒肥料与排肥管之间的摩擦和碰撞，颗粒肥料会携带一定量的电荷，因此本研究设计了环形电极来检测电荷强度，并利用电流放大电路输出感应电流。通过标定质量流量与感应电流的关系，获得了实时的肥料质量流量。搭建试验台对该颗粒肥料质量流量传感器进行检测，试验台主要包括动态信号采集系统、肥料箱、电流放大器和环形电极传感器。以大颗粒尿素（CO(NH2)2）、过磷酸钙（Ca(H2PO4)2·H2O）和氯化钾（KCl）为研究对象，其平均容重分别为0.7、1.2、1.1g/cm3。根据施肥装置的物理参数，通过调整排肥轴转速可获得近似的目标质量流量，目标质量流量的范围是3~15g/s，增量为1g/s。对于每个质量流量，进行了4次重复。每次重复30s，施肥装置与信号采集系统同时启动。利用平均感应电流和平均质量流量建立回归方程，采用插值法得到实时质量流量。随后，对每种肥料进行25次试验，从而检验本文中颗粒肥料质量流量传感器的测量精度，每次试验的目标质量流量由5个随机质量流量组成，每个质量流量下持续排肥6s，用天平称量30s内的实际质量，通过积分质量流量和时间曲线计算检测质量。采用SPSS 22.0软件对试验结果进行统计分析，分析表明，大颗粒尿素、过磷酸钙、氯化钾的检测误差分别为3.9%、5.1%、5.9%，相应的标准差分别为5.21、7.98、11.29。检测质量与实际质量无显著性差异（P>0.1），大颗粒尿素、过磷酸钙和氯化钾检测误差的数学期望值分别为3.74%、4.93%、5.22%。本文的研究结果表明，检测误差随颗粒肥料粒径的减小而增大。     

我国农作物绿色食品的生产瓶颈和生产前景

生产农作物绿色食品是农业的发展方向，也是可持续发展的必然要求，是世界范围都要引起 重视的普遍课题，我国更需迫切重视。使用一般的无公害杀虫剂是不能生产出绿色食品的，而目前病 虫害绿色防控技术还不成熟，现在可用于绿色食品生产的高效无毒的杀虫剂在我国已首先研究出来 了，当前缺少的仅是农产品市场完备的农药残留检测机制，解决这个瓶颈问题可给绿色食品创造存在 的空间，从而实现农业绿色产业大发展，这一天的到来已为期不远。     

花期前后高温对玉米花粉发育及结实率的影响

为明确花期不同梯度高温对玉米开花特性和花粉活力的影响,以热敏感基因型玉米品种‘驻玉309’为试验材料,于花期(吐丝前8d～吐丝后8d)进行不同程度高温(31、34和37℃)处理,测定受精结实率、雄穗性状、开花时间、花粉活力及花粉超显微结构,分析生育期前后的高温对受精结实、开花特性及花粉活力的影响。结果表明,花期高温胁迫显著降低玉米受精结实率,对抽雄吐丝间隔期无显著影响,但盛花期提前;极端高温则导致玉米抽雄期显著提前、开花期和盛花期延后,抽雄吐丝间隔期延长;花期高温使花粉粒形态皱缩、萌发孔内陷,显著降低花粉活力,且温度越高,花粉活力降低幅度越大。因此,花期前后高温通过影响玉米影响雄穗开花特性、延长抽雄吐丝间隔期、影响花粉粒形态、降低花粉活力,从而降低玉米的小花受精率和籽粒结实率。     

不同自然通风方式对日光温室性能的影响

为探究不同自然通风方式下日光温室室内环境因子的变化规律,提高日光温室自然通风效率,设计2种不同自然通风方式:后坡整体开窗式和后坡间隔开窗式。将分别采用后坡整体开窗式和后坡间隔开窗式通风方式的温室,依次记为G1、G2,并以传统顶通风式日光温室(G3)为对照,对上述3座采用不同自然通风方式的温室内部环境和作物生长状况进行了研究。结果表明:晴天白天,G1、G2的室内光照强度分别比G3提高了26.34%和10.16%,G1、G2、G3平均气温分别为33.7、33.8、34.8℃,平均相对湿度分别为47.15%、47.21%、44.03%,风速折减率分别为0.80、0.74、0.90;晴天13:00,G1、G2的植物冠层气温分布呈现南高北低,而G3的呈南低北高分布。G1、G2内的番茄产量分别比G3提高了19.54%、6.90%。综上,后坡整体开窗式表现最优。     

粉碎机异形筛片气流场数值模拟及试验研究

针对传统环筛式锤片饲料粉碎机存在气固环流层影响粉碎机性能的问题,采用理论分析、数值模拟、粉碎性能试验相结合的方法,对粉碎机安装异形筛片时粉碎室内物料颗粒受到的气力作用和内部流场运动规律进行研究。分析粉碎机使用异形筛片对粉碎性能的影响。优化后的异形筛片分别命名为B_1(小圆弧半径R_1=51mm)、B_2(R_1=83mm)、B_3(R_1=93mm),利用流体动力学软件对粉碎室安装3种异形筛片的气流场进行数值模拟,获得粉碎室气流场分布信息。在相同工况下,对装有3种异形筛片的CPS-420型粉碎机进行粉碎性能试验,分析不同筛片对物料粉碎效果的影响。模拟结果表明:粉碎机采用间隔分段圆弧筛片后,粉碎室环流区域产生不同强度的涡旋,能够改变物料环流运动规律,提高物料过筛能力;锤片组扫过区域的气流呈现出较为杂乱无序的分布状态,有利于形成湍流运动,从而增加物料颗粒受打击几率。粉碎性能试验结果表明:锤片饲料粉碎机安装B_3筛片的粉碎机生产效率,较B2、B1筛片分别提高8.1%、16.0%,吨料耗电量分别降低10.5%、15.0%,温升分别降低0.6和0.1℃。优化后的3种异形筛片,能够提高粉碎机的生产效率,降低电能的损耗、改善物料温升,对提高锤片饲料粉碎机性能具有积极意义。     

中国棉花全要素生产率的国际比较与收敛性

基于中国、美国、印度三国26个棉区1998—2017年的面板数据,运用非参数估计方法测算中美印三国棉花全要素生产率,采用Dagum基尼系数及其分解方法分析三国棉花全要素生产率的差异及其来源,并对棉花全要素生产率的收敛性进行研究。结果表明:1999—2017年,中国棉花全要素生产率具有明显的波动性,但总体呈负增长态势,落后于美国和印度;中国三大棉区棉花全要素生产率增长有差异,黄河流域棉区增长率最高,但仍为负增长,西北内陆棉区纯技术效率较有优势;中美印三国棉花全要素生产率变动的总体差异呈缩小趋势,但波动特征明显;国家间差异是三国各棉区棉花全要素生产率差异的主要来源;整体上来看,棉花全要素生产率增长率存在α收敛和绝对β收敛,不存在条件β收敛,但各国收敛性不尽相同。