Effect of collection date on capsule moisture content and germination of Populus ciliata Wall. ex Royle from central Himalaya

Seed maturity indices of Populus ciliata were investigated in collections from Sukhatal and Bhowali. Across both seed sources, mean capsule size varied from 68.0±1.5 mm² to 72.0±0.9 mm², while mean number of capsules/100 grams varied from 268±8 to 295±12. Mean weight of 100 capsules varied from 25.0±1.4 g to 27.0±1.4 g. Weight of 100 capsules among sources and individual trees differed significantly (P < 0.05), while number of capsules/100 grams and weight of 100 capsules was negatively correlated (r² = 0.69). As capsules matured moisture content decreased from 83.2±1.1% to 54.3±0.3% at Sukhatal and from 77.7±0.4% to 46.4±0.3% at Bhowali. The optimum germination was at 58–60% moisture content. Maturation was related to capsule colour changes as well as moisture content. These parameters were judged to be good indicators of when to collect P. ciliata seeds.     

华北土石山区模拟降雨下土壤溅蚀研究

采取野外模拟降雨试验,研究了降雨强度、降雨动能以及降雨历时对溅蚀量的影响规律,分析了溅蚀土粒的距离、方位的分布特征,以及溅蚀土粒的粒径组成规律。研究结果表明:雨滴击溅过程中,在不同强度的降雨作用下,下坡方向产生的溅蚀量最大,上坡方向产生的溅蚀量最小。溅蚀总搬运量与溅蚀净搬运量均与降雨强度呈正相关。溅蚀量与降雨强度呈指数函数关系,与降雨动能呈现线性函数关系。溅蚀率与降雨历时呈现指数函数关系。溅蚀土粒主要分布在0~10 cm,占溅蚀总搬运量的45.40%~57.75%,在50~60 cm内的溅蚀量所占比例不高于1.75%。溅蚀量与溅蚀距离呈负指数函数关系。溅蚀土粒径小于等于2 mm,溅蚀土粒中细砂粒和粗粉粒百分比与原状土壤较为接近,粗砂粒百分比远低于原状土壤,而粘粒百分比高于原状土壤,粉粒百分比低于原状土壤。溅蚀土粒中细砂粒(0.05~0.2 mm)最易于被溅蚀,而小粒径(小于0.002 mm)和大粒径(大于0.2 mm)土壤颗粒不易被溅蚀。当降雨强度足够大时,对于同种特征的土壤,溅蚀土粒存在稳定的粒径组成。当降雨强度保持不变时,溅蚀平均粒径随溅蚀距离的增加而变小。溅蚀距离在0~30 cm,溅蚀平均粒径的变化率较大;随溅蚀距离的不断增加,溅蚀平均粒径的变化率较小。     

水科学中应用数理统计方法应注意

对回归方程误差的影响因素进行了分析，导出了回归方程的均方误差与其影响因素之间的关系式。分析表明，复相关系数(或相关系数)一定时，倚变量的变差系数越大，回归方程的均方误差就越大；回归分析时，应对回归方程的误差进行分析。对于样本均值估计总体均值，给出了基于误差限制的样本容量的计算式。研究表明，应考虑样本变差系数对估计精度的影响。     

不同空间粒度下地表水体分布格局多样性研究

选取河南省北部、中部和南部典型研究样区,将空间粒度方法引入并应用于地表水体多样性的研究中。在总结前人研究水体多样性测度方法的基础上,提出新的方法——空间分布长度指数(MSHDLI),并在1 km×1 km网格尺度下研究MSHDLI、水网密度(RD)和空间分布面积指数(MSHDAI)的粒度效应、相关性和相关系数的粒度响应、尺度效应关系及回归模型。结果表明:随着粒度的增加,MSHDLI、RD和MSHDAI的粒度响应曲线均为下降型;MSHDLI与RD和MSHDAI有显著的相关关系,平均相关系数r分别为0.997和0.878(P0.01),且MSHDLI与RD、MSHDAI相关系数的粒度效应属于显著正相关关系;MSHDLI与RD的拟合度函数均是对数函数,MSHDLI与MSHDAI的拟合度函数均是多项式函数;由三者的多元线性回归模型可知MSHDLI与RD、MSHDAI线性相关且对它们的解释程度达到95%以上。MSHDLI可以将RD描述水资源广度和MSHDAI描述水资源空间分布离散性的优势结合起来。     

The impact of increasing farm size and mechanization on rural income and rice production in Zhejiang province,China

Economic growth in China’s agricultural sector lags behind growth in industry and services, creating an ever widening rural–urban income gap. Development of the non-agricultural sectors offers new opportunities for farmers in China’s more advanced provinces such as Zhejiang. Increased income in the urban sector creates markets for new products, and migrating farmers rent their land to those staying. Until now, the prevailing rice-based systems have been managed mainly using manual labour and animal traction, but the larger farms resulting from migration may facilitate, or even require mechanization. In this study, we use a simulation model of the farm household to analyse the effects of increasing farm size and the transition from rice to vegetable production, while also studying the effects of mechanization.     

高度对色斑法测量雨滴粒径影响的试验研究

以前的色斑法雨滴率定只考虑色斑直径与雨滴真实粒径的关系，忽略了高度对率定的影响。在大量试验的基础上，通过回归分析，得到了以色斑直径和高度为变量的率定公式。研究表明，水滴下落高度小于5m时需考虑高度的影响；高度大于5m时，高度的影响可以忽略。通过相关性分析，公式的拟合性较好，对以后的色宽法测量雨滴粒径有指导意义。     

Design and Performance Analysis of Low Pressure Irrigation Distribution Systems

Low-pressure pipe distribution systems forsurface irrigation provide both off- andon-farm recognized environmental benefits.However, expected benefits can only beattained when adequacy, dependability andequity of systems are high enough tosupport appropriate conditions for wateruse on the farm. An innovative methodologyfor design and analysis is proposed anddescribed, which includes the generation ofthe demand at the scale of the distributionsystem and, consequently, the generation ofthe flow regimes expected during a givenperiod of time, generally the peak month.These flow regimes are utilized for theoptimization of pipe sizes using theiterative discontinuous method for severalflow regimes. The performance analysis isdeveloped through the system simulationwith several flow regimes, which allow thecomputation of the system adequacy,dependability and equity. An application toone sector of the Sorraia irrigation systemillustrates the usefulness of themethodology proposed.     

发动机曲轴的损伤及修复

介绍了发动机曲轴的运行环境,分析了发动机曲轴的损伤形式、损伤部位及特点,简述了曲轴技术状况的检查方法.针对发动机曲轴的损伤程度和不同的损伤类型,给出了修理尺寸法、堆焊、电弧喷涂、电刷镀和手工电弧焊修复工艺,并对堆焊和电刷镀修复工艺进行了详尽地介绍和分析.     

Interactive responses to water deficits and crop load in olive (Olea europaea L., cv. Morisca). II: Water use, fruit and oil yield

To understand the relations between water use and yield in response to crop load, two experiments were conducted in olive (cv. Morisca), during six consecutive years (2002-2007) in an experimental orchard located in Badajoz, Southwest Spain. Experiment 1, assessed the responses during the early years of the orchard (2002-2004) using four irrigation treatments that applied fractions of the estimated crop evapotranspiration (ET_c) (125%, 100%, 75% and 0%) and three crop load levels (100%, 50% and 0% of fruit removal, termed Off, Medium and On treatments). Experiment 2 assessed the response of more mature trees (2005-2007) to three irrigation treatments (115%, 100%, and 60% of ET_c) and the natural crop load which were Off, On, and Medium in 2005, 2006 and 2007, respectively. Yield was reduced by water deficits and so did the estimated tree transpiration which was linearly related to yield (y = 1.2302x − 21.15, R² = 0.8864), showing the high sensitivity of cultivar Morisca to water deficits. The relations between fruit number and fruit weight showed that high crop loads had lower fruit weights and oil yield, a decrease that was more pronounced as water deficits increased. The yield response to water supply in the control and excess treatments, and the observations on the water relations of these two treatments suggest that the calculations made using the FAO method (Doorenbos and Pruit, 1974) with the crop coefficient proposed by Pastor et al. (1998) and the reduction coefficient (Fereres et al., 1982) to apply 100% of ET_c in the control treatment, underestimated the ET_c of the orchard. The results indicate that, although the absence of fruits lead to reduced water use as compared to situations of medium and high crop loads, canopy size was much more determinant of orchard water requirements than crop load.     

Regulated deficit irrigation effects on growth, yield, grape quality and individual anthocyanin composition in Vitis vinifera L. cv. ‘Tempranillo’

Regulated Deficit Irrigation (RDI) is an irrigation scheduling technique, originally developed for fruit orchards, that has been successfully adapted for winegrape production. The aim of this work is to evaluate the effect of RDI in vegetative growth, yield and harvest quality in ‘Tempranillo’ vineyards grown under semiarid conditions typical in Mediterranean areas. Two RDI strategies were compared with conventional irrigation practices (CI). CI that consisted in a progressive increase in water deficit as summer progressed, whereas RDI strategies (RDI1 and RDI2) had in common a deficit period just after fruit set and, in RDI2, vines were subjected to an additional stress period shortly after veraison. The experiment was carried out in four consecutive seasons in a commercial vineyard.Water stress at the beginning of berry development resulted in an important reduction of both vegetative growth and berry weight in RDI strategies. No differences in sugar concentration were found between treatments, and RDI berries tended to have lower acidity. The most relevant effect of RDI strategies on grape quality was an increase in anthocyanin and phenolics concentration. In RDI1 berries, this increase was mainly an indirect consequence of smaller berry size. However, in the RDI2 treatment the higher berry anthocyanin concentration reported was not exclusively due to a reduction in berry size. Since harvest quality has been clearly improved by any of the RDI strategies in both years, it can be concluded that RDI constitutes an interesting technique to be applied in ‘Tempranillo’ vineyards grown in semiarid areas aiming to obtain high quality grape.