Optimal cultivar mixtures in focal plant diseases

This paper deals with a study on the effects of mixtures of partially resistant cultivars in focus forming plant diseases. The focus expansion velocity in a mixture of two partially resistant cultivars depends on four parameters, the focus expansion velocity in a crop of cultivar 1 only and in a crop of cultivar 2 only, the net-reproduction in a crop of cultivar 1 and of cultivar 2, respectively. An explicit equation is developed for the damage of a cultivar mixture where the crop is infected by two physiological races of the pathogen. It is shown that cultivar mixtures exist where damage is smaller than in crops of either of the two cultivars only. A simple explicit formula is given on the basis of which it can be decided whether an optimal mixture exists for a given pathosystem.     

基于紫花苜蓿混播草地的全草型肉羊放牧育肥模式案例研究

本研究旨在探讨紫花苜蓿（Medicago sativa L.）混播草地放牧利用的生产潜力和集成全草型集约化肉羊放牧育肥技术模式。2017-2018年，在位于河北省廊坊市的中国农业科学院国际农业高新技术产业园内开展了2年羔羊育肥的划区轮牧试验，研究了紫花苜蓿混播草地的地上生物量、育肥羊增重以及羊肉品质的变化规律。结果表明：混播草地地上生物量超过11.2 tDM·hm^-2，5月份紫花苜蓿混播草地的粗蛋白为20.92%，每公顷紫花苜蓿混播草地可满足51只育肥羊、放牧育肥150天，每只增重30 kg所需的干物质、代谢能和粗蛋白三个方面的全部需求。与此同时，紫花苜蓿混播草地还可以显著增加羊肉中欧米伽3型多不饱和脂肪酸的含量，n-6/n-3比例为2.72，羊肉健康品质显著提高。以紫花苜蓿混播草地为基础的全草型肉羊放牧育肥技术具有广阔的应用前景，对我国苜蓿产业以及草地畜牧业发展具有重要意义。     

Farmers' knowledge and perception of grain legume pests and their management in the Eastern province of Kenya

Grain legumes play an important role in community livelihood and in the national economy in Kenya. Unfortunately, in many African countries, production doesn't satisfy the demand in grains due to various constrains. Understanding farmers practices and behavior in the management of grain legume pests is a crucial step in the development of sustainable management strategies. A total of 216 farmers were surveyed in eight districts of eastern Kenya to evaluate farmers' knowledge and perceptions of grain legume pests; to examine current pest management practices, and to identify other production constraints. Grain legumes are grown by a wide age-group of farmers, with both genders equally represented. Chemical control remains the main pest management strategy, and, to ensure pesticide effectiveness, farmers also use increased application rates, chemical alternation, frequent application and mixtures of chemicals. While farmers used other control measures, they showed only limited interest in biological control. The majority of the farmers had experience in grain legume farming and were able to identify the major pests, which were the legume flower thrips Megalurothrips sjostedti Trybom, the cowpea aphid Aphis craccivora Koch and the legume pod borer Maruca vitrata Fabricius. Our survey revealed that education and proximity to extension services contributed significantly to farmers' knowledge of grain legume pests, suggesting the need to provide continuous training and capacity building on integrated pest management in grain legume farming. The study also suggests integration of other pest management strategies such as the use of early maturing varieties, biopesticides and biofertilizer to reduce the use of chemical for sustainable pest management.     

协同增效型拮抗细菌组合CL-7和CL-8的稳定性及其对加工番茄的促生防病效果

将加工番茄根际土壤中筛选到的单一拮抗细菌进行复配，筛选获得两个具有促生拈抗作用的细菌组合CL-7和CL-8。经过20代转管连续培养检测细菌组合的稳定性，结果表明，这两个拮抗细菌组合从13代之后，其pH值基本稳定，组合内菌落种类及数目也基本稳定；且12代后抑菌活性基本保持不变。和单一拮抗菌株相比，CL-7和CL-8均能显著增加对番茄立枯病菌、辣椒疫霉病菌和枯萎病菌的抑菌效果。发芽和苗期灌根试验结果表明，拮抗细菌组合CL-7和CL-8可显著促进加工番茄幼芽及苗期的生长，苗期鲜重分别增加了147．620k和176．190k，干重分别增加了143．75％和143．75％。在温室和田间条件下，细菌组合CL-7和CL-8对加工番茄立枯病的防治效果都很显著，分别可达25．1％、40．1％和52．2％、55．5％。     

Performance of Legume Mixtures under Small-plot Periodic Grazing

The potential of pastures sown with species mixtures of tropical legume species compared with single species was investigated in subhumid west Africa, over a period of three grazing seasons. Through compensation and complementation of the individual legume species, the mixtures were seasonally and temporally (seasonal refers to different seasons in a year, temporal to different years) more stable than the single species stands. Crude protein contents of individual legumes in the mixtures were higher than of the same species grown in single stands, indicating possible synergistic effects in the mixtures. The ability of legume mixtures to withstand environmental and management variations and, thus, their subsequent potential for on-farm utilization under farmers' conditions are discussed.     

Effect of pre-emergence herbicide mixtures on cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp) at Samaru, in northern Nigeria

Field experiments were conducted in the wet seasons of 2005 and 2006 to evaluate the effect of pre-emergence application of herbicides on cowpea. A mixture of metolachlor and prometryn at 1.25+0.08 kg a.i./ha was consistent in better growth and seed yield. However, application of mixtures of metolachlor and terbutryn at 0.99+0.50 kg a.i./ha and ametryn and terbutryn at 1.60+1.00 kg a.i./ha gave lower vigour score of the crop, higher crop injury, smaller canopy spread and lower seed yield. It can be concluded that the metolachlor and prometryn mixture gave good selective weed control and can be used instead of hand weeding in cowpea in northern Nigeria.     

播种方式和行距对燕麦/饲用豌豆混播草地生产性能及种间关系的影响

为筛选出适宜于青藏高原高寒地区种植推广的播种方式及播种行距,本研究以燕麦（Avena sativa）和饲用豌豆（Pisum sativum）为试验材料,探求其在混播、间作及不同行距下的生产性能及种间竞争关系。结果表明：混播处理生产性能优于间作处理,30 cm处理优于其他行距。混播草地土地当量比均大于1,具有混播优势,混播草地中燕麦与饲用豌豆的种间相容性较好,两者间促进作用大于竞争作用,行距为30 cm与25 cm时,燕麦的竞争能力大于饲用豌豆。综合评价显示,青藏高原高寒地区燕麦/饲用豌豆混播行距30 cm时效果最佳,干草产量最高,适于建植应用。     

Soil andLeucaena leucocephala L. growth variability underFaidherbia albida Del. andZiziphus spina-christi L. Desf.

In order to obtain data which will facilitate the scientific development of multiple intercropping of trees in agroforestry systems, the effects ofFaidherbia albida Del. orZiziphus spina-christi L. Desf. on soil quality and on yield of interplantedLeucaena leucocephala L. were investigated. The distance to which bothFaidherbia albida andZiziphus spinachristi trees improved soil quality as well asLeucaena leucocephala andSorghum vulgare L. production around them was about two times the radius of the tree crown. Higher yields of plants underZiziphus spina-christi thanFaidherbia albida were explained by similarly higher concentrations of available phosphorus (P). Other soil parameters, including total nitrogen (N), were similar under both species; being higher under the tree canopies than away from them. The study identified optimum tree spacing for agroforestry to be twice the tree crown radius. It also demonstrated the advantages of multiple tree mixtures over pure stands in improving soil quality and productivity.     

几种酚类多组份混合物的自模式曲线分辨红外光度法研究

提出低维空间多次寻优简化程序的方法，对加权函数等值图的研究表明几乎所有纯光谱点附近都存在极小值点，对ｏ－，ｍ－，ｐ－氨基酚，２，６－３，４－３，５－二甲酚等多组份高相似度体系分辨的平均贴近度均达０．９９８以上，且分辨快速。     

小麦二系混合种的产量优势及其成员品种的生态组合力研究

利用3个耐盐小麦品种和4个普通丰产品种,按不完全双列混配法等量混配成12个二系混合种,在花碱地上研究了小麦二系混舍种的混合优势及其7个成员品种的生态组合力。结果表明,小麦二系混合种的混合优势普遍存在,且组合间的混合优势差异显著,平均优势幅度为—4.5％～20％,超亲优势为—12.3％～16.8％;生态组合力分析表明,成员品种间生态组合力差异显著,同一成员品种在不同的环境中生态组合力表现亦有差异。因此,在混配小麦二系混合种时,应选择生态组合力好的成员品种进行混配,这样会选出混合优势强的高产二系混合种。