Influence of time of harvest and maturity index on olive oil yield and quality

Harvesting plays a major role in the virgin olive oil production line, being the most expensive single component, but also due to its significant effect on the whole year's produce. Previous studies have focused on the effects of harvest timing on either oil yield or quality. Here we determined the separate and combined effects of harvesting date, fruit maturation, cultivar and fruit load on olive oil quality and quantity. Cultivars typical to the Middle East region were selected: the traditional cv. Souri and the newer cv. Barnea, grown under intensive conditions. The results demonstrate fundamental differences between the two cultivars with respect to harvest strategy. In high-yielding ‘Barnea’, oil accumulation continued throughout the ripening season resulting in increasing yield of oil with time while maintaining high quality. Hence, exploiting the production potential in ‘Barnea’ requires late harvest and advanced fruit maturity. However, in heavily loaded ‘Souri’, oil accumulation was accompanied by early massive shedding of fruits. Furthermore, late harvest and advanced maturation in ‘Souri’ were associated with a sharp increase in free fatty acids combined with a rapid decline in polyphenol content, and in MUFA to PUFA and saturated to unsaturated fatty acid ratios, all resulting in loss of oil quality. Rapid decline in oil yield coupled with deterioration of oil quality call for early harvesting at low maturity index in ‘Souri’. In medium-yielding trees of both cultivars, maturation progressed more rapidly, resulting in earlier harvest to utilize optimal oil potential.     

生物质灰对红壤酸度的改良效果

用采自安徽、浙江、湖南和广东的4种红壤和1种赤红壤,通过室内培养实验研究了添加生物质灰对酸性土壤的改良效果。结果表明,添加生物质灰提高了土壤p H,降低了土壤交换性铝含量,且阳离子交换量(CEC)越小改良效果越明显。改良后土壤交换性K+、Ca2+、Mg2+含量也显著增加,交换性Ca2+增幅最大,其次为交换性K+。有效磷含量也有增加,磷含量较高的土壤有效磷增幅更大。虽然生物质灰含有一定量的重金属,但由于用量较少,对土壤有效态重金属含量的影响小,施用生物质灰的环境风险较小。总之,添加生物质灰不仅可以有效改良红壤酸度,还可提高红壤肥力。     

调节茶园土壤pH对其土著微生物区系及生理群的影响

茶园酸性土壤按其重量1.4%的比例施用石灰,能使土壤pH值从4.1提高到6.88;土壤中细菌和放线菌数量能提高近百倍,适于酸性环境的真菌数量略低于不施用石灰的对照组;酸性土壤经pH调节后,土壤pH值在前45天呈缓慢下降趋势,随后有所升高;细菌各类生理群数量在pH调节后前期呈快速上升变化,经过20～30天稳定期后,开始下降;调节茶园酸性土壤的pH是提高茶园土壤土著微生物数量和活性的最好方法。     

Development of buffer methods and evaluation of pedotransfer functions to estimate pH buffer capacity of highly weathered soils

The pH buffer capacity of a soil (pHBC) determines the amount of lime required to raise the pH of the soil layer from its initial acid condition to an optimal pH for plant growth and the time available under current net acid addition rate (NAAR) until the soil layer acidifies to a critical pH leading to likely production losses. Accurate values of pHBC can also be used to calculate NAAR from observed changes in soil pH. In spite of its importance, there is a critical shortage of pHBC data, likely due to the long period of time needed for its direct measurement. This work aimed to develop quick, simple and reliable methods of pHBC measurement and to test these methods against a slow (7‐day) titration used as benchmark. The method developed here calculates pHBC directly from the pH buffer capacity of the buffer solution and the increase in soil pH and corresponding decrease in pH of the buffer solution following mixing and equilibration. The pHBC values calculated using Adams and Evans or modified Woodruff buffers were in accord with those measured by slow titration. Buffer methods are easily deployed in commercial and research laboratories as well as in the field. The advantage of using buffer solutions to calculate pHBC instead of lime requirement is the broad application of this soil property. The pHBC of a soil is an intrinsic property that would not be expected to need remeasurement over periods of less than decades. Recurring lime requirement can be calculated from the soil's pHBC, initial and target pH values. A large proportion of the variability in pHBC was explained by the soil organic carbon content. This relationship between pHBC and soil organic carbon content allowed us to develop local pedotransfer functions to estimate pHBC for different regions of Australia.     

Soil pH change after surface application of lime related to the levels of soil disturbance caused by no-tillage seeding machinery

On acid soils, no-tillage farmers are often advised to apply lime to the soil surface without incorporation by tillage. As such, it can take a number of years before the subsoil acidity is decreased. However, no-tillage seeders vary in the level of soil disturbance caused during seed placement. The consequence of such variations in soil disturbance for the effectiveness of lime in no-tillage cropping has not been explored. Our objectives were (i) to determine if the liming effect could be accelerated by increasing the rate of lime and level of soil disturbance during no-tillage seeding, and (ii) evaluate the effect of no-tillage seeding method, rate of lime and soil pH on yield of wheat, barley, canola and lupins. Three trials, each with a factorial design consisting of four seeding methods and four lime rates, were established in 1999 and continued until 2005. The soil had a texture contrast with about 15-20 cm of sand over yellow sandy clay loam and the initial pH (CaCl₂) at both 0-10 and 10-20 cm was between 4.5 and 4.7. The four seeding treatments were: low disturbance zero-till disc openers (ZT), higher disturbance no-tillage tines with narrow knife-points (NT), higher disturbance full cut seeding with sweeps (FC) for the first three years followed by ZT from then on, and FC for the first year followed by NT thereafter. The four lime rates were 0, 1, 2 and 4 t ha⁻¹.The liming effect was more rapid with the higher disturbance seeding of NT, FCZT and FCNT, compared with ZT; the seeding effect on soil pH diminished with time and was not detected in the subsoil after four years. Higher rates of lime increased this effect and there was no interaction between seeding method and lime rate. This indicated that soil pH under the different seeding methods responded in a similar manner to increased lime. Nonetheless, significant positive linear regressions were found between yield and soil pH for wheat and barley and a negative relationship for lupins. Canola showed no response to soil pH, possibly because establishment was affected by seeding method, and soil pH was not low enough to elicit a response. The ZT seeding method gave lower yields than the other methods for canola and lupins in some years, but had no effect on wheat and barley yields. Higher disturbance at the time of no-till seeding can, therefore, accelerate the liming effect, making earlier economic gains possible.     

4种野生早熟禾对土壤酸碱性的生理响应

以甘肃省境内采集的4种野生早熟禾为材料,设8个pH处理(3、4、5、6、7、8、9、10),探讨土壤pH对其生理特性的影响机制以及适宜生长的土壤pH,以期为早熟禾属草坪的养护管理和野生早熟禾的引种驯化提供依据。结果表明,随pH增大,4种野生早熟禾相对膜透性,游离脯氨酸(F-Pro)、可溶性糖(SS)和丙二醛(MDA)含量及过氧化物酶(POD)活性均呈先减小后增大的趋势,可溶性蛋白(SP)含量和超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)、过氧化氢酶(CAT)活性均呈先增大后减小的趋势;草地早熟禾(Poa pratensis)、一年生早熟禾(P.annua)和小药早熟禾(P.micrandra)在pH为7时,硬质早熟禾(P.sphondylodes)在pH为6时受到的伤害最小,是其最适宜生长的pH。     

酸性双蛋白饮料稳定性的研究

蛋白沉淀一直是影响酸性饮料质量的重要因素。通过采用不同稳定剂配比进行正交试验,研制出蛋白含量大于1．5％的酸性双蛋白饮料配方,并确定了稳定剂的种类及添加量。实验结果表明：当蔗糖用量为6％,蛋白糖0．035％,柠檬酸0．45％,pH值为4．12时饮料的12感及风味最佳;当稳定剂配比为CMC0．45％,卡拉胶0．06％,络合剂0、10％,乳化剂0．08％时饮料的稳定性最好。     

苔藓植物对酸性恶劣土壤环境的适应性研究

苔藓植物结构简单,对土壤环境的变化反应敏感,是良好的生物指示植物。该研究通过室内模拟实验的方法,分析苔藓植物对富含酸的恶劣土壤环境的适应性。结果表明,苔藓植物对酸性恶劣土壤环境的适应性较差,但苔藓植物具有一定改善生存环境基质的能力,因而能作为恶劣土壤环境下的植物物种先锋,以帮助其它物种的安全进入。同时对本地区苔藓植物的多样性保护以及合理利用苔藓植物进行酸性环境污染监测有一定理论和实践价值。     

Effects of Organic Fertilizer on Fruit Quality and Acidified Soil Chemical Properties in Yantai Orchard

Objective] This study aimed to investigate the improving effect of organic fertilizer on acidified soil as wel as their ef-fects on fruit quality and quantity in Yantai orchard. [Method] Plot experiment was conducted to investigate the effects of organic fertilizer on fruit yield and quality of Red Fuji and chemical properties of acidified soil. [Result] The apple yield in acidified soil applied with organic fertilizer al increased. Under the application of biological organic fertilizer, the apple yield was higher, and it was 8.92% higher than that in the control group. Under the mixed application of chemical fertilizer and biological organic fertiliz-er, the growth and development of apple trees were improved, and the total soluble solid (TSS) content, vitamin C (Vc) content and TSS-acid ratio in mature apples al increased. The application of organic fertilizer significantly reduced soil acidity. Compared with those in the control group, the soil pH value, organic matter content and alkali-hydrolyzable nitrogen content under the ap-plication of biological organic fertilizer were increased by 8.33%, 15.10% and 30.80%, respectively. [Conclusion] The application of biological organic fertilizer could improve the yield of apple in acidified soil.     

水稻本田调酸抗病研究

[目的]研究施用石灰对水稻生长发育的影响。[方法]利用大区对比的方法研究水稻本田施石灰对水稻长势长相、抗病性及产量和生物性状的影响。[结果]结果表明，施石灰的处理水稻返青稍慢，生育前期株高比不施石灰处理略矮，生育后期略高于不施石灰处理。随着石灰用量的增加，单株分蘖有增加的趋势，水稻植株衰老较慢，剑叶颜色变深，出现一个梯度变化。施石灰的处理鞘腐病和褐变粒发病明显比不施石灰处理轻，鞘腐病病情指数、发病率和褐变粒病情指数比不施石灰处理低1倍左右，但石灰不同用量与病情指数和发病率之间没有明显的相关性。随着石灰用量的增加，穗粒数略有降低的趋势，空瘪率和千粒重没有明显的趋势变化，平方米穗数稍有增加，但增加幅度很小。石灰用量为150 kg/hm^2时，产量最高，为9 528.0 kg/ hm^2;不施石灰时产量最低，为9 393.0 kg/ hm^2，各处理产量差异均不明显。[结论]该研究结果为土壤酸化的改良提供科学依据。