Relationships Among the Feeding Behaviors of a Mirid Bug on Cotton Leaves of Different Ages and Plant Biochemical Substances

Apolygus lucorum (Meyer-Dür) (Hemiptera: Miridae) tends to feed on young plant tissues. To explore the relationship between stylet probing behaviors of adult A. lucorum and conditions of cotton leaves, we conducted an experiment using electropenetrography (EPG). Behaviors were recorded on four cotton varieties, in relation to thickness and biochemical traits of differently-aged leaves. Cotton leaf age had a significant effect on the probing behavior of A. lucorum but cotton variety did not. One-day-old leaves of A. lucorum received the highest mean number of stylet probes (penetrations) per insect, and longest mean durations per insect of combined stylet probing or its components, cell rupture and ingestion behaviors. All of the leaf traits (thickness and biochemical substances) were similar among these four cotton varieties. Leaf thickness had a significantly negative effect on the same four variables above. Gossypol and tannin also had a negative impact on combined probing duration. Redundancy analysis showed that the four EPG variables were closely related to nutrient substances (amino acids, sugar, and water) while they had the opposite relationship with plant defense substances (gossypol and tannin). On cotton in the seedling stages, A. lucorum fed more readily on the youngest, thinnest leaves in our no-choice EPG experiments. Nutrients and chemical resistance substances determined the probing duration of A. lucorum. Our findings can contribute to better understanding of patterns of feeding and host consumption by A. lucorum, ultimately improving cotton resistance to A. lucorum.     

基于知识图谱的燃煤电厂与汞研究态势分析

为追踪燃煤电厂与汞的最新进展和排放控制,基于Web of Science数据来源,使用VOSViewer、CiteSpace软件对比了论文数量时间变化、主题演化路径,主要研究实力分布、高影响力论文等知识图谱进行了比较分析,系统了解到中美两国在该领域研究领先,而近期热点是围绕烟气、减排和有害微量元素。     

基于CiteSpace可视化分析的茶叶香气研究进展

以1979—2019年WOS(Web of science)和CNKI(China national knowledge infrastructure)收录的茶叶香气品质相关文献为研究对象,采用CiteSpace文献计量方法分别从年代、作者、机构、国家、研究热点、演进趋势等方面进行归纳统计分析。结果表明,2006年以后相关研究文献呈显著增长趋势,目前已形成稳定的核心作者群,但各群体间的合作研究相对较少;在该研究领域,我国影响力最大,其次是日本和美国;热点研究内容主要集中在香气形成机理、香气物质提取方法、检测手段及关键香气物质等方面。综上结果,结合时区图谱,进一步指出茶叶香气的研究历程及目前所处的发展阶段。     

长江流域生物资源及生态环境研究进展

以CNKI平台中的文献数据,利用文献计量学方法,对其文献的增长趋势及期刊分布进行分析,并基于作者和机构合作网络、关键词共现的聚类知识图谱及突变检测等方法,探究我国长江流域生物资源及生态环境主题的研究热点及其研究前沿。研究表明:研究文献总体上呈递增趋势,2016年开始呈现激增态势;作者、机构间的交流合作较少,作者间合作大部分局限在机构内部的研究者之间的合作,合作相对活跃的机构主要有长江科学院、长江流域水资源保护局及长江水利委员会等;其优势学科领域主要为环境科学、区域经济学、水利工程学、农业经济等。当前我国长江流域生物资源及生态环境的研究领域有5个方向:(1)开展长江经济带城市群生态环境评价与保护、城镇化与生态文明建设,以及绿色发展等研究;(2)开展长江三峡与三峡库区的生态环境监测与保护、森林资源养护、水土保持与流失、资源与生态补偿机制研究及其生态环境的可持续发展等研究;(3)开展长江流域自然保护区的生态环境保护与规划、生态保护红线及其生物资源养护与生物多样性保护等研究;(4)在长江大保护背景下,开展长江流域生态环境的保护与修复、流域综合治理,以及水生生物资源的合理开发利用的研究;(5)开展长江源区水电资源开发、水环境保护及其渔业生态环境保护等研究。为科学管理和保护长江流域的重要生物资源,提出建立基于科学设计的全流域生物资源和环境监测系统,建立全流域的生物资源及生态系统的生物数据模型,发展长江流域渔业资源养护与开发的风险评估决策系统,发展长江流域科学的渔业资源增殖放流技术体系,发展基于GIS的长江全流域的渔业资源与环境监测和管理决策信息服务系统等建议。     

Towards the sustainable intensification of agriculture—a systems approach to policy formulation

The sustainable intensification of agriculture involves providing sufficient food and other ecosystem services without going beyond the limits of the earth’s system. Here a project management approach is suggested to help guide agricultural policy to deliver these objectives. The first step is to agree measurable outcomes, integrating formal policy goals with the often much less formal and much more diverse goals of individual farmers. The second step is to assess current performance. Ideally, this will involve the use of farm-scale metrics that can feed into process models that address social and environmental domains as well as production issues that can be benchmarked and upscaled to landscape and country. Some policy goals can be delivered by supporting ad hoc interventions, while others require the redesign of the farming system. A pipeline of research, knowledge and capacity building is needed to ensure the continuous increase in farm performance. System models can help prioritise policy interventions. Formal optimization of land use is only appropriate if the policy goals are clear, and the constraints understood. In practice, the best approach may depend on the scale of action that is required, and on the amount of resource and infrastructure available to generate, implement and manage policy.     

基于知识工程的旋耕机刀辊的快速设计系统研究

为了提高旋耕机刀辊的设计效率，建立了一种基于知识工程的对旋耕机刀辊的快速设计系统：在查阅整理旋耕机刀辊设计流程及规则知识的基础上，建立刀辊参数库、规则库、实例库等知识库，选用SQL语言对知识库进行添加、查询、修改；应用基于规则和实例的混合推理方法，以SolidWorks和Visual Studio为系统开发平台，应用API二次开发工具和VB.NET语言开发刀辊的快速设计系统，实现尺寸驱动模型变更和不同农耕农艺要求下刀辊的参数化快速设计。在Intel i5处理器、系统内存8 GB配置环境下，快速设计系统运行 3~5 min即可设计出满足用户需求的刀辊CAD模型并输出文件，满足使用需求。     

稀土元素示踪法探究坡面侵蚀进展与热点——基于CiteSpace计量分析

稀土元素示踪法从上世纪90年代开始逐渐被相关学者重视,并在坡面土壤侵蚀的研究中得到越来越广泛的应用。笔者采用CiteSpace软件和文献计量学方法,以Web of Science数据库核心合集和中国知网(CNKI)数据库核心期刊为数据源,分析了近30年国内外稀土元素示踪法在坡面侵蚀研究的发展历程。研究发现:①总体而言,国内稀土元素示踪法在坡面侵蚀中的应用在理论和实践层面已经从初步探索走向了成熟;②随着研究的深入,稀土元素示踪法的研究与相关学科交叉更加密切,并在微观探索和宏观调控方面取得一定进展;③未来发展趋势来看,宏观方面趋向和生态系统、气候变化等互相作用机理的研究,微观方向趋向对团聚体等微观颗粒的迁移研究;④在国际相关研究方面,对于稀土元素示踪法在坡面侵蚀的应用从多个方面和角度做了大量的研究,我国的相关研究相较于国外顶尖水平的研究仍存在一定差距。     

Long‐term habitat loss in a lightly‐disturbed population of the Indo‐Pacific humpback dolphin,Sousa chinensis

1. Coastal and estuarine waters are important ecosystems with high primary and secondary productivity, but they are prone to the impacts of habitat loss caused by anthropogenic activities. For species exclusively inhabiting coastal and estuarine waters, such as the Indo‐Pacific humpback dolphin, Sousa chinensis , irreversible habitat loss can have dramatic implications for population viability.
2. A Landsat image database was used to determine the extent of coastal changes along the northern Beibu Gulf, where a large humpback dolphin population is found. The results were compared with the standardized sighting gradient (SPUF) determined from a questionnaire survey of fishermen and likely core habitats identified by application of a global digital elevation model.
3. Both SPUF and likely core habitat results indicated a continuous distribution of the humpback dolphin along the northern Beibu Gulf. Landsat images revealed that 129.6 km² of coastal waters were permanently lost in the past 40 years, 60 km² within the likely core habitats. Although this may be considered small, the impact of such habitat loss could be substantial in some local habitats.
4. The humpback dolphin population in the northern Beibu Gulf should be regarded as one management unit, with two or more social subunits. Immediate systematic surveys are needed to fill information gaps on true distribution range and habitat‐use patterns.
5. Habitat protection actions for dolphins in the northern Beibu Gulf should include both core and linking habitats, including enacting protected areas in core habitats, mitigating anthropogenic impacts in likely habitats, restoring both coastal waters and surrounding landscape quality, effective treatment of industrial sewage discharge, and comprehensive environmental impact assessments for the planning of coastal development projects.