Evaluation of coastal sandy soils and their saline ground waters for afforestation: A case study from India

A study was conducted in coastal Andhra Pradesh to evaluate current practices and suitability of coastal sandy soils for raising tree plantations. Poor soil moisture retention characteristics of these soils make irrigation an essential, but costly silvicultural practice for obtaining desirable establishment and growth. Saline ground water is the only available source of irrigation. Its use seems safe and successful in such soils. The farmers have adopted a specialized manual splashing technique (Doruvu) of seepage pits for irrigating tree plantations in their establishment phase. This technique was observed to be well suited to the sandy soils. Casuarina equisetifolia and Eucalyptus tereticornis were the two most popular species being afforested. E. camaldulensis is also in an introduction phase. Comparison of growth performance and biomass accumulation by C. equisetifolia and E. tereticornis plantations at different growth stages showed the former to be significantly better than the latter. Build up of the soil organic carbon was also found to be markedly more in comparable C. equisetifolia plantations than those of E. tereticornis. Similarly, the blanketing influence of C. equisetifolia plantations was observed to modify soil temperature extremes considerably more than in the case of E. tereticornis. The findings, indicated a vast scope for utilization of coastal sandy soils for afforestation with the successful use of saline ground waters.     

退化人工梭梭林的恢复技术研究

对退化人工梭梭林进行恢复试验研究发现:滴灌可使梭梭林地土壤含水率显著提高;梭梭光合作用增强;群落物种数增多,盖度增大;防风固沙作用增强.布设机械沙障可使退化梭梭林地表粗糙度增大,林内近地面层风速、输沙量显著下降.春灌3 a后,不仅退化梭梭个体恢复正常生长,同时梭梭林群落物种组成数明显增加,盖度显著增大,生态功能也逐渐恢复.雨水集流和雨水下渗改造两种模式应用1～2 a后,退化梭梭林地土壤含水率均有明显提高.滴灌、布设机械沙障、春灌和改造结皮4种技术措施对退化梭梭林生长及其环境均有明显的恢复作用,其中滴灌、机械沙障恢复技术是当前和今后推广的主要措施;春灌和改造结皮可作为前两种技术的补充措施.     

The Role of Mangroves in Retaining Penaeid Prawn Larvae in Klang Strait,Malaysia

The mangrove-fringed Klang Strait, Malaysia, retains approximately 65 billion penaeid prawn larvae annually prior to their settlement in coastal nursery grounds. This phenomenon appears to be due principally to tidal currents and lateral trapping in mangrove-fringed channels, the wind playing an insignificant role.     

Root distribution ofDactyladenia (Acioa) barteri andSenna (Cassia) siamea in alley cropping on Ultisol. I. Implication for field experimentation

Root observations were carried out on a typic Paleudult in the humid forest zone of south eastern Nigeria in an alley cropping trial usingDactyladenia (Acioa) barteri andSenna (Cassia) siamea as hedgerow trees and the interrow space planted to maize/cassava intercrop. Rooting depth ofD. barteri andS. siamea exceeded 1.6 m. Lateral root propagation ofS. siamea was 15 m, and ofD. barteri was 5 m from the hedgerows. The whole no-tree control plot was within the range of roots of the adjacent hedgerows. Rooting density and depth ofS. siamea in the no-tree control plot was generally higher than of cassava.S. siamea and cassava root density were inversely correlated. Assuming radial symmetry of root propagation, water and nutrients were available from an area 6.1 and 2.3 times larger than the allocated plot size ofS. siamea andD. barteri, respectively. Data obtained in alley cropping trials, not considering lateral root propagation, can be invalidated through exploitation of the no-tree control treatment and nutrient acquisition by hedgerow species from a larger area than allocated, thus underestimating and overestimating the performances of the respective treatments. Possible alternative measures for avoiding root interference are discussed but no good solution can be given.     

干旱半干旱地区人工牧草节水灌溉技术研究进展

对干旱半干旱地区人工牧草节水灌溉技术的研究状况进行了回顾和总结，并提出了今后西部干旱半干旱地区人工牧草节水灌溉技术研究的重点内容与方向。     

雷竹竹鞭侧芽分化过程中蛋白质和游离氨基酸的变化

雷竹竹鞭侧芽分化进程中,蛋白质和氨基酸总量,在侧芽分化前期和初期较多,而尚未分化和分化后期的侧芽均有减少;不同鞭龄的侧芽,蛋白质与氨基酸总量,以2～3年生竹鞭侧芽为多,随鞭龄发育成熟,这二类物质呈曲线相关;侧芽分化进程中,有16种氨基酸含量,以苏氨酸最多;蛋白质和氨基酸含量水平与侧芽分化数量相平行。     

Effect of water stress conditioning on morphology,physiology and field performance of Pinus halepensis Mill. seedlings

Five-month-old Pinus halepensis Mill. seedlings were subjected to 4 irrigation treatments for 8 weeks. After the treatments, morphological and physiologicalattributes assessed included height, diameter, dry weight, water relations parameters, and determination of N, P, K, soluble carbohydrates, and starch concentrations. The remaining seedlings were field planted. Survival and height growth were recorded forfour growing seasons after planting. The mostsignificant effect of irrigation was onmorphology. Increased irrigation lead toseedlings with significantly higher height,root collar diameter and shoot and rootbiomass. Starch and soluble carbohydrateconcentrations were also affected byirrigation. However, parameters derived frompressure-volume curves were not significantlydifferent among treatments, nor were N, P, andK concentrations. There were no differencesamong treatments for survival in the field,which was highly related to summer rainfall. Incomparison, absolute and relative heightgrowth showed some significant but minordifferences among treatments.     

杨树固沙林密度、配置与林木生长过程的关系

在科尔沁沙地证明低覆盖度行带式固沙林具有显著的防风效果后,进一步对雨养条件下杨树(赤峰-36号)固沙林的密度、配置及林木生长过程与林龄的动态关系进行研究.结果表明: 1)1～5 a林木的生长基本不受密度的影响,密度大单位面积材积量大;6～11 a是密度对林木生长的显著影响阶段,杨树固沙林的胸径、株高和材积量的增长率随林龄增大而逐年加快;大约在11 a之后趋于稳定;单位活立木蓄积最大(153.39 m3·hm-2)的固沙林密度是825株·hm-2,其他密度按蓄积大小排序依次为540株·hm-2、420株·hm-2和1 215株·hm-2;2)边缘林木的平均胸径和单株材积量分别比林内高20%～70%和90%～260%,且低密度林分的边缘林木的生长优势比高密度林分边缘林木的生长优势更加明显;3)同密度(500株·hm-2)13 a的一行一带式固沙林,其胸径、树高和材积量分别比等株行距的片林高37.4%、17.4%和81%;而10 a的两行一带式的胸径、树高和材积量分别比等株行距的片林高19.8%、16.2%和64.8%,说明行带式配置还具有生物生产力优势.     

Optimum planting density for Japanese oak (Quercus mongolica var.grosseserrata) based on spacing experiment with systematic design

A spacing experiment for Japanese oak (Quercus mongolica var.grosseserrata) with Nelder's design have been studied at the Kyushu University Forest in Hokkaido, since 1975. The oak seedlings were planted according to systematic spacings which were 20 levels varying gradually from 40,816 to 1,086 seedlings per hectare with concentric circular arcs (22 in number) and spokes (41 in number). In 1992 when the planted oak seedlings were 18-year-old, DBH, crown diameter, total height and clear length of the survival trees were measured. Based on the results obtained from analyzing the relationships between planting density and the mean values of each block, the optimum planting density should be 7,241 seedlings per hectare. The title is tentative translation from the original Japanese title by the authors of this paper.     

木材材性株内径向变异模式初探──Ⅲ.种植密度对湿地松、火炬松木材密度径向变异模式的影响

对两个地区不同种植密度的湿地松、火炬松进行了微密度分析，研究了种植密度对木材密度径向变异模式的影响。主要结果是：种植密度对湿地松和火炬松各密度特征值径向变异模式的影响，主要表现在变异曲线平均水平高低的变动，而对变异曲线形状的影响并不显著。种植密度对湿地松和火炬松各年轮宽特征值径向变异模式的影响，主要表现在年轮宽度RW和早材宽度EW变异曲线平均水平高低的变动和RW、EW与晚材宽度LW变异曲线形状的变动。种植密度对年轮密度RD的影响从年轮内宽度和年轮密度变异曲线平均水平高低两个方面起作用，出现较复杂的情况，并非所有情况下都是单调的正相关。