Temporal stability in soil water content patterns across agricultural fields

When a field or a small watershed is repeatedly surveyed for soil water content, locations can often be identified where soil water contents are either consistently larger or consistently less than the study area average. This phenomenon has been called temporal stability, time stability, temporal persistence, or rank stability in spatial patterns of soil water contents. Temporal stability is of considerable interest in terms of facilitating upscaling of observed soil water contents to obtain average values across the observation area, improving soil water monitoring strategies, and correcting the monitoring results for missing data. The objective of this work was to contribute to the existing knowledge base on temporal stability in soil water patterns using frequent multi-depth measurements with Multisensor Capacitance Probes (MCPs) installed in a coarse-texture soil under multi-year corn production. Water contents at 10, 30, 50, and 80 cm depths were measured every 10 min for 20 months of continuous observation from May 2001 to December 2002. The MCPs revealed temporal stability in soil water content patterns. Temporal stability was found to increase with depth. The statistical hypothesis could not be rejected (P < 0.0001) that data collected each 10 min, each 2 h, each day, and each week had the same temporal stability. The locations that were best for estimating the average water contents were different for different depths. The best three locations for the whole observation period were the same as the best locations for a month of observations in about 60% of the cases. Temporal stability for a specific location and depth could serve as a good predictor of the utility of this location for estimating the area-average soil water content for that depth. Temporal stability could be efficiently used to correct area-average water contents for missing data. Soil water contents can be upscaled and efficiently monitored using the temporal stability of soil water content patterns.     

Establishment of Digital RT-PCR Assay for Detection of Swine Influenza Virus H3N2 Subtype

A new assay for the detection of swine influenza virus (SIV) was developed with a novel nucleic acid probe——Molecular beacon in this study. The specific primers and molecular beacon probes were designed according to the conserved region of H3 and N2 genes of SIV H3N2 subtype. A digital RT-PCR assay was developed for detection of SIV H3N2 subtype. The results showed that SIV H3N2 subtype could be identified simultaneously on this microarry with high sensitivity and reproducibility,which could reach to 10⁶ dilute viruse. The conclusion was that the digital RT-PCR method could analyze quantitatively the RNA templates.On the identification of H3N2 SIV,the digital RT-PCR method was much more scientific than Real-time quantitative PCR method.     

H1、H3亚型猪流感病毒双重实时荧光定量RT-PCR检测方法的建立及应用

为建立一种快速、准确地检测H1和H3亚型猪流感病毒（swine influence virus,SIV）的方法,根据H1和H3亚型SIV血凝素（hemagglutinin,HA）基因保守序列,分别设计2对特异性引物和2条TaqMan探针,建立双重实时荧光定量RT-PCR方法。结果显示,该方法敏感性高,可检测到最低拷贝数为10²拷贝/μL;重复性良好,重复孔Ct值的变异系数均在5%以下;特异性好,除H1和H3亚型SIV外,H4、H5、H7、H9亚型SIV、猪瘟病毒、猪繁殖与呼吸综合征病毒、口蹄疫病毒、伪狂犬病病毒检测均为阴性;在田间样品中成功检出1株H1和1株H3亚型SIV,检出率为1.16%。该方法准确、快速、灵敏、特异,可为H1、H3亚型SIV的快速鉴别检测及流行病学调查提供有效的技术手段。     

雷州半岛尾巨桉人工林树干液流对台风天气的响应

[目的]为正确认识台风对桉树人工林蒸腾耗水的影响。[方法]采用热扩散茎流计对尾巨桉树干液流在台风前后进行连续监测,分析其对台风天气的响应,并同步测定林分气象条件,分析台风过程中树干液流与气象因子之间的相关性。[结果]表明:台风当天,树干液流密度与台风登陆前后(单峰)不同,呈不规律多峰型曲线,树干日均液流密度(2.89 mL·h~(-1)·cm~(-2))较台风前减少53%,夜间液流波动较大;日间最大峰值(7.76 mL·h~(-1)·cm~(-2))出现在下午,峰值较台风前降低55%,树干液流日通量极显著小于台风登陆前后;台风登陆前树干液流密度峰值(17.4 mL·h~(-1)·cm~(-2))及平均液流密度(6.15 mL·h~(-1)·cm~(-2))分别是台风登陆过后的1.24倍和1.14倍,台风后树干液流日通量较台风前均有所下降;台风当天,影响液流的主要气象因子为风速、大气温度、空气湿度、水汽压亏缺和降雨量,液流与风速的相关系数较台风前增大52%,与降雨量的相关系数是台风前的2.6倍,与其他因子的相关系数较台风前均下降了50%左右,而台风登陆前后之间的主要影响因子差异不大。[结论]台风当天的日均液流密度、白天的平均液流密度和日通量均极显著小于台风前后,而夜间液流显著大于台风前后;台风前后的日均液流密度差异不显著,夜间液流台风前显著大于台风后;台风过程中风速成为影响液流的关键因子,与太阳辐射相关性不显著,其他影响因子与台风前后相同,但相关系数除风速和降雨量外均显著下降。     

柴油喷雾燃烧火焰内部碳烟采集与分析

为研究碳烟颗粒在柴油喷雾火焰内部的演变规律,在可视化定容弹喷雾燃烧系统中增加一种基于热泳原理的碳烟颗粒采集装置,获得了喷雾燃烧火焰内部的碳烟颗粒样本,并在高倍透射电镜下获得样本中不同尺度的碳烟形态图像。根据图像中碳烟宏观和微观形态结构特征分析了碳烟生成、聚合等演变历程。通过自行开发的图像处理程序,分析得到碳烟颗粒尺寸参数随喷射距离的变化特征。研究表明,该方法实现柴油机缸内高温高压特征环境下碳烟颗粒的采集与高倍电镜分析技术的有机结合,有效获取柴油喷雾火焰内部碳烟颗粒微观信息,为减少柴油机碳烟排放提供了重要研究手段和基础研究信息。     

苹果褪绿叶斑病毒的分子杂交检测

[目的]探索检测苹果褪绿叶斑病毒的技术体系。[方法]利用CTAB法提取感病苹果叶片总RNA,以总RNA为模板,利用特异性引物,建立利用cDNA探针检测苹果褪绿叶斑病毒的技术体系。[结果]扩增出了预期片段,经克隆、测序证明该片段为苹果褪绿叶斑病毒的特异性片段。以带有特异片段的质粒为模板,利用PER技术制备出地高辛标记的cDNA探针。[结论]以质粒为模板可高效制备大量探针。地高辛标记探针为非放射性标记探针,安全性较好,灵敏度较高,具有重要的应用价值。     

Ranking of grass species according to visible wilting order and rate of recovery in the central orange free state

Abstract

A number of grasses were ranked according to the order in which they wilted with diminishing moisture availability, and according to their ability to recover after water replenishment. Digitaria eriantha and Digitaria argyrograpta were the most sensitive to moisture stress, whereas Sporobolus fimbriatus and Panicum stapfianum were last to show signs of wilting. The latter two grass species were the first to recover from wilting during optimum soil water conditions. The leaf water potential and soil water content at which each grass species wilted were recorded.     

土壤中南方根结线虫的实时荧光PCR检测和定量

为了准确测定土壤中南方根结线虫Meloidogyne incognita的群体密度,根据序列特异性扩增区标记设计了南方根结线虫特异性引物和TaqMan探针,分别建立了卵和2龄幼虫的实时荧光PCR定量检测体系,并将该检测体系与显微镜计数法进行了比较.结果表明,引物Mi-F/R及探针Mi-probe对南方根结线虫具有高度特异性,建立的标准曲线循环阈值与卵和2龄幼虫数量的对数值之间具有良好的线性关系,相关系数分别为0.9771和0.9853,扩增效率均为90％,检测灵敏度为10-1个卵及10-3条2龄幼虫;对10个田间土壤样本的检测显示,实时荧光PCR定量检测与显微镜计数法测定的南方根结线虫卵和2龄幼虫数量呈显著正相关,且两种方法对2龄幼虫的测定结果无显著差异.     

茶与DNA相互作用及维生素C和咖啡因对它的影响

利用荧光探针溴化乙啶研究了茶( 包括绿茶、红茶、乌龙茶和花茶) 与DNA 的相互作用及维生素C、咖啡因对其影响。结果表明: 各种茶类的茶液对EB DNA 荧光强度均有压低作用;不同茶类影响状况不同, 压低作用同这些茶类所含的茶多酚量密切相关, 但红茶的作用强于绿茶; 茶叶中的其它成分对荧光强度会有一定的影响。维生素C与茶多酚(TP) 在压低EB DNA荧光强度的效果上存在协同增效作用。茶叶中另一成分咖啡因可增强TP对EB DNA 荧光强度的压低作用, 而其本身对荧光强度没有影响。     

辽东栎不同方位边材液流季节动态及其对蒸腾耗水测算的影响

利用Granier树干液流测定系统,对黄土高原半干旱区天然辽东栎树干不同方位的边材液流动态进行了长期监测,并同步监测环境因子(空气温度、湿度、太阳辐射等),分析了不同方位液流通量密度的相互关系、对液流通量和蒸腾耗水量测算的影响以及与环境因子的关系。结果显示,辽东栎东、西、南、北4个方位测得的液流通量密度存在显著差异,并显著相关。辽东栎生长季内(5-10月)单株日蒸腾耗水量分别与日总太阳辐射和日均白天空气水气压亏缺进行指数饱和曲线拟合,拟合效果较好。采用2个方位和1个方位树干液流通量密度测算的整株蒸腾耗水量与采用4个方位的测算值分别相差约18%和30%,说明不同方位之间的液流差异可能成为蒸腾耗水测算的重要误差来源。