豆腐中库特氏菌生长动力学模型和货架期预测

以引起豆腐腐败的特定腐败菌库特氏菌为研究对象,研究不同温度对其生长的影响,定量评价温度对豆腐货架期的影响,为货架期快速有效的估测提供有效的手段。将库特氏菌接种到豆腐表面,在4、12、20、30℃条件下贮藏,由此建立一级和二级生长动力学模型以及剩余货架期预测模型。结果表明,Gompertz函数能够很好的描述豆腐中的微生物生长动态,建立了4种温度下豆腐的微生物生长动力学模型。采用平方根模型(Belehradek)描述温度对最大比生长速率(μmax)和延滞时间(Lag)的影响,结果表明呈现良好的线性关系。用豆腐在8℃和25℃的库特氏菌实测值进行验证,偏差度(Bf)和准确度(Af)分别为1.04、1.02和1.20、1.18。获得的剩余货架期的预测模型为:SL=Lag-[(8.6-N0)/(μmax·2.718)]·{ln[-ln(7.14-N0)/(8.6–N0)]-1},用豆腐贮藏在8℃和25℃的货架期实测值验证建立的模型,预测值和实测值的相对误差分别为-3.47%和4.89%,说明建立的模型能够快速可靠的预测豆腐的微生物学品质和剩余货架期。     

不同贮藏温度下养殖大黄鱼货架期预测模型的构建

为探讨不同温度范围内导致产品腐败的原因和开发货架期预测模型,通过对低温(0～10℃)、室温(25℃)和变温贮藏下养殖大黄鱼感官、理化和微生物质量指标和细菌种群的研究,确定上述温度条件下的货架期和特定腐败菌,开发出3种货架期预测模型,并用恒温和波动温度下的货架期进行验证。结果表明,养殖大黄鱼低温下的货架期为5.4～17.8d,特定腐败菌为腐败希瓦氏菌和假单胞菌,室温下货架期仅1.1d,特定腐败菌为弧菌和肠杆菌。依据相对腐败速率与温度的相关性,开发出Exponential、School-field和Square-root货架期预测模型,模型参数表观活化能Ea、最小温度Tmin和温度特性系数a分别为74kJ/mol、-10℃和0.11,并用3、7、10℃恒温和变温下的货架期对模型进行验证,相对误差分别为0%～13.8%、-0.9%～9.8%和-0.2%～-22.1%,表明School-field和Exponential货架期模型性能优于Square-root货架期模型,能快速有效预测0～25℃范围的大黄鱼品质。该文将为进一步研发集包装、贮藏和流通等为一体的水产品品质智能化预警系统提供依据。     

养殖鱼类货架期预测系统的设计与评估

以自然污染养殖罗非鱼贮藏在0℃、5℃、10℃、15℃过程中的特定腐败菌-假单胞菌生长动态数据,建立假单胞菌在0～15℃温度范围的生长动力学模型,选用Visual Basic为程序编写工具,建立了用于罗非鱼冷却链鲜品流通品质监控和剩余货架期预测的专家系统(FSLP)。剩余货架期预测值与实测值的可靠性评估表明,相对误差在±10%以内,显示建立的预测系统可以快速可靠地实时预测养殖罗非鱼的鲜度和剩余货架期。该研究采用以自然污染鱼得到试验数据建立特定腐败菌生长动力学模型的方法,增加了预测的准确度,并较好地解决了在波动温度下预测微生物生长相对困难的难题,提高了预报系统的实际应用价值。该预测系统为设计和评估生鲜鱼品冷却链的技术参数,预测和监控冷却链生鲜鱼的鲜度品质提供一种迅速而有效的工具。     

瓢儿菜采后微生物生长动力学模型研究

以采后瓢儿菜为试验对象,研究了不同贮藏温度下瓢儿菜的微生物生长趋势,建立了瓢儿菜微生物生长动力学模型和微生物货架期预测模型。结果表明:修正的Gompertz方程能够较好地拟合不同温度下瓢儿菜微生物生长的初级模型,其R~2均大于0.90;瓢儿菜的最大菌数Nmax随温度的变化波动不大,平均值为(6.85±0.1265)cfu/g;最大比生长速率μmax随温度的上升而增加,生长延滞时间λ随温度的上升而减小;二级模型为=0.040×[T-(-0.198)]及=0.260×[T-(-3.379)],其R2均大于0.90。通过初级模型和二级模型确立了瓢儿菜的微生物货架期预测模型。     

基于绿色荧光蛋白的冷鲜猪肉中大肠杆菌预测模型的构建

为了预测和监控冷鲜猪肉储存过程中腐败细菌大肠杆菌的变化规律,评估产品货架期,建立微生物生长预测模型。该研究将绿色荧光蛋白质粒pGFP转入大肠杆菌DH5α,构建GFP的标记大肠杆菌。基于绿色荧光蛋白报告基因和氨苄青霉素抗性,采用稀释平板法定量追踪检测0～24℃条件下冷鲜猪肉中DH5α生长变化。采用Gompertz模型、平方根模型和响应面方程进行数据拟合,构建数学预测模型。结果表明Gompertz模型拟合效果良好,0～20℃条件下决定系数R2为0.96～0.99。温度与最大比生长速率平方根、延迟期倒数平方根模型R2分别为0.862、0.948。响应面模型揭示时间、温度对大肠杆菌的生长影响显著(P0.05),二者交互作用明显,响应面模型R2为0.815。模型能够有效拟合冷鲜猪肉中与温度、时间相关的大肠杆菌的生长变化规律,研究结果为产品储存过程中细菌变化预测提供理论依据。     

红烧卤牛肉货架期预测模型的建立

为了探究红烧卤牛肉在不同温度下的货架期,本试验将加工好的红烧卤牛肉真空包装,进行二次沸水煮制杀菌(中间相隔48 h)。以菌落总数为指标建立货架期预测模型,将二次杀菌后的红烧卤牛肉产品分别贮藏在4、10、15、20、25℃的恒温培养箱中,测定贮藏期间菌落总数的变化。结果表明,随着贮藏温度的升高,微生物的最大生长比率增大,迟滞期和货架期缩短;建立一级模型(修正Gompertz模型)与二级模型(Belehradek模型),修正Gompertz模型除4℃下微生物生长曲线无法拟合之外,其余4个温度拟合效果良好(相关系数R²>0.9),并通过了模型验证(准确因子Af与偏差因子Bf的范围分别在1.1～1.9与0.75～1.25之间);结合一、二级模型建立红烧卤牛肉货架期预测模型,模型通过了验证(预测值与实测值相对误差在10%以内),预测得到的10、15、20、25℃贮藏的红烧卤牛肉货架期分别为185.76、64.05、31.00、15.08 d。本研究获得了红烧卤牛肉在10～25℃的货架期预测模型,为红烧卤牛肉在不同温度下的贮藏时间选择提供了理论依据。     

猪肉货架期理化预测指标筛选及阈值确定

为筛选能够预测猪肉货架期的理化指标,并确定相应阈值,采集24 h排酸猪肉,分别测定0、2、4、6、8和10℃贮藏温度下猪肉的感官品质、挥发性盐基氮(TVB-N值)、p H值、水分活度(Aw)、色差L*值、a*值和b*值,并记录达到感官可接受终点时的贮藏时间。结果表明,不同温度下TVB-N值、p H值随贮藏时间的延长而升高,Aw、L*值、a*值随贮藏时间的延长而降低,b*值无明显变化;不同温度下感官评定货架期分别为216、168、144、120、96和48 h。TVB-N值、p H值、Aw和a*值能够有效反映猪肉货架期期间品质变化,可作为猪肉货架期的指示指标,各指标阈值分别为22.87 mg·100g-1、6.13、0.9903和6.11。本研究结果为猪肉物流和贮藏期间货架期预测模型建立提供了技术支撑。     

冷却肉中假单胞菌温度预测模型的建立与验证

为了快速预测和监控引起冷却肉腐败变质的主要微生物--假单胞菌的生长,以从冷却猪肉中分离得到的假单胞菌P-1菌株作为受试菌,建立和验证0～10℃低温条件下假单胞菌的生长动力学模型.利用SAS程序拟合不同温度条件下的生长情况,经过比较发现,Gompcrtz模型比线性模型能更好地拟合假单胞菌的生长,从而得到假单胞菌生长的Gompcrtz模型参数;利用平方根模型对假单胞菌的最大比生长速率平方根一温度进行拟合,得到假单胞菌生长的二级模型:利用培养基数据、冷却肉产品数据和温度波动条件下的数据对所得到的二级模型进行验证,计算得到总的偏差因子和准确因子分别为0.944和1.256,结果表明建立的二级模型能真实快速有效地预测0～10℃下冷却肉中假单胞菌的生长.     

冷藏大黄鱼特定腐败菌CHAID生长模型的验证

为了预测冷冻水产品中微生物生长情况,建立特定腐败菌生长的模型十分重要。传统的生长动力学模型在处理具有缺省值的数据时准确度会下降,并且对微生物生长稳定期的预测有一定的偏差。该文以大黄鱼为例,选用卡方自动交叉检验（CHAID）方法建立特定腐败菌的生长模型,并与传统生长动力学模型进行比较。研究结果确认了弧菌是影响大黄鱼品质的特定腐败菌;基于CHAID方法所构建的预测模型准确性与数据量和数据变化率有关,并且在微生物指数生长期的预测准确性比传统生长动力学模型低,但在微生物生长的稳定期、数据变化较大的情况下比传统模型具有较高的准确性。因此基于CHAID的冷藏鱼类特定腐败菌的生长模型可以应用于预测产品中腐败微生物。     

速冻莲藕片贮藏过程中品质变化动力学模型

为了探寻贮藏温度对速冻莲藕片品质的影响及预测其货架期,该文研究在贮藏温度?5、?15和?25℃条件下,速冻莲藕片维生素C、色泽和硬度随着贮藏时间的变化,建立了3个指标变化动力学模型。结果表明:随着贮藏温度的升高,速冻莲藕片维生素C、色泽和硬度的变化速率逐渐增加,?5℃条件下贮藏的速冻莲藕片品质快速下降,?15和?25℃条件下贮藏前期莲藕片品质下降不显著(P0.05),随着时间的延长,?25℃部分玻璃态贮藏的莲藕片品质最佳;不同贮藏温度下速冻莲藕片维生素C和硬度变化符合一级反应,总色差和亮度变化符合零级反应,速冻莲藕片维生素C、色泽和硬度反应速率常数符合Arrhenius方程,并建立莲藕片货架期动力学模型,通过对其验证发现模型拟合度良好(R20.9),能预测速冻莲藕片贮藏期各品质指标变化和不同温度下的货架期寿命。研究结果可为速冻莲藕片低温贮藏品质变化和货架寿命预测提供理论依据。     

低氮和干旱胁迫对富士和秦冠生长及氮素利用的影响

【目的】以富士（Fuji）、 秦冠（Qinguan）嫁接在平邑甜茶（Malus hupehensis Rehd.）上的当年生盆栽苗为试验材料,采用砂培方法,研究了缺氮胁迫和干旱对富士和秦冠生长情况、 光合参数、 植株各部位氮磷钾含量及氮素利用效率的影响,分析比较了低氮干旱条件下富士和秦冠生长及氮素利用的差异,以期为果树生产高效肥水利用提供理论指导。【方法】试验共设四个处理: 正常氮正常水（ZZ）、 低氮正常水（DZ）、 正常氮干旱（ZG）、 低氮干旱（DG）。氮素和水分均设置两个水平,分别为正常氮（6 mmol/L NO-3-N）、 低氮（0.3 mmol/LNO-3-N）、 正常供水（保持盆中砂子相对含水量为饱和含水量的80%~85%）、 干旱处理（保持盆中砂子相对含水量为饱和含水量的60%~65%）。【结果】富士和秦冠的生物量（茎和叶）、 株高茎粗等生长指标以及光合速率、 气孔导度、 蒸腾速率均为正常氮正常水（ZZ）＞低氮正常水（DZ）＞正常氮干旱（ZG）＞低氮干旱（DG）,并且相对应处理下秦冠的以上指标均高于富士;正常供水下,缺氮处理使富士、 秦冠的根冠比比正常氮处理均有所增加,富士提高了2.05%,秦冠提高了22.40%。富士和秦冠的氮、 磷、 钾含量均表现出正常氮正常水（ZZ）＞低氮正常水（DZ）＞正常氮干旱（ZG）＞低氮干旱（DG）; 氮、 钾元素含量在植株各部位的分布顺序依次是叶＞根＞茎,磷元素则是根＞叶＞茎;光合氮素利用效率（PNUE）和氮素利用效率表现为秦冠处理之间差异极显著,富士处理之间差异不显著;秦冠的PNUE和NUE明显高于富士,在低氮正常水（DZ）处理下,秦冠氮肥利用率比富士高42.07%,在低氮干旱（DG）处理下高64.14%;低氮胁迫下富士和秦冠的NUE显著提高,并且秦冠提高的幅度高于富士。【结论】施用氮肥能够显著提高富士与秦冠的干物质量,同等水肥条件下,秦冠生长优于富士;水分亏缺会减少叶片对氮的吸收,干旱条件下适度增施氮肥,可提高果树的抗旱能力;低氮干旱胁迫下秦冠的生长指标、 光合指标及氮素利用效率指标均优于富士,表现出较强的抗低氮干旱胁迫的能力。     

Pasture Vegetation Elemental Analysis by Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy

Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) is a new technique for the analysis of plant material. This study investigates the application of LIBS to pasture-based plant samples. The LIBS measurements were obtained from pelletized pasture samples (100 samples) that had been also analyzed by inductively coupled plasma–optical emission spectroscopy (ICP-OES) following microwave digestion for calibration and comparison purposes. Comparisons for elements sodium (Na), potassium (K), magnesium (Mg), calcium (Ca), manganese (Mn), iron (Fe), copper (Cu), zinc (Zn), boron (B), phosphorus (P), and sulfur (S) showed that LIBS could be used for almost all the standard profile total elements with concentrations down to low mg/kg levels (observed error of Na: 0.024 percent, K: 0.18 percent, Mg: 0.016 percent, Ca: 0.073 percent, P: 0.017 percent, Mn: 31 mg/kg, Fe: 150 mg/kg, Zn: 6.6 mg/kg, and B: 1.1 mg/kg). Elemental analysis at less than mg/kg levels was not possible using LIBS. The elements S and Cu were particularly difficult to analyze with reliability using LIBS at the concentration levels found in the plant samples. Replacing microwave digestion and subsequent ICP analysis with a direct analysis of dried plant samples using LIBS has the potential to improve the productivity and reduce the cost of testing.     

Faculty positions:Center for Agricultural Resources Research,Chinese Academy of Sciences

正The Center for Agricultural Resources Research(CARR),the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology(IGDB),Chinese Academy of Sciences,invites applicants for several research group leader positions.CARR is one of the research organizations in Chinese Academy of Sciences(CAS).We seek nominations and applications from individuals who have expertise and a record of accomplishment in research areas related to ecology,agro-hydrology,     

Macroinvertebrates in North American tallgrass prairie soils: effects of fire, mowing, and fertilization on density and biomass

The responses of tallgrass prairie plant communities and ecosystem processes to fire and grazing are well characterized. However, responses of invertebrate consumer groups, and particularly soil-dwelling organisms, to these disturbances are not well known. At Konza Prairie Biological Station, we sampled soil macroinvertebrates in 1994 and 1999 as part of a long-term experiment designed to examine the effects and interactions of annual fire, mowing, and fertilization (N and P) on prairie soil communities and processes. For nearly all taxa, in both years, responses were characterized by significant treatment interactions, but some general patterns were evident. Introduced European earthworms (Aporrectodea spp. and Octolasion spp.) were most abundant in plots where fire was excluded, and the proportion of the total earthworm community consisting of introduced earthworms was greater in unburned, unmowed, and fertilized plots. Nymphs of two Cicada genera were collected (Cicadetta spp. and Tibicen spp.). Cicadetta nymphs were more abundant in burned plots, but mowing reduced their abundance. Tibicen nymphs were collected almost exclusively from unburned plots. Treatment effects on herbivorous beetle larvae (Scarabaeidae, Elateridae, and Curculionidae) were variable, but nutrient additions (N or P) usually resulted in greater densities, whereas mowing usually resulted in lower densities. Our results suggest that departures from historical disturbance regimes (i.e. frequent fire and grazing) may render soils more susceptible to increased numbers of European earthworms, and that interactions between fire, aboveground biomass removal, and vegetation responses affect the structure and composition of invertebrate communities in tallgrass prairie soils.     

Variation in quality parameters between and within 14 Nordic tree fruit and berry species

Abstract

A 3-year study was carried out to investigate quality parameters in 14 tree fruit and berry species grown in southern Norway. The species were blueberry, apple, aronia, sour cherry, sweet cherry, red raspberry, strawberry, blackcurrant, gooseberry, red currant and elderberry, harvested along with wild bilberry, cloudberry and lingonberry. Significant differences between species were identified for all quality parameters. The coefficient of variation between species was lowest for pH (12.5%), dry matter (18.9%) and soluble solids (25.3%), followed by titratable acids (59.3%), total phenolics (83.8%), antioxidant capacity FRAP (85.7%) and antiradical power by the DPPH-assay (97.8%), total monomeric anthocyanins (132%) and ascorbic acid (137%). Average coefficient of variation within species were lower and ranged from 4 (pH) to 62% (ascorbic acid). Only the FRAP values were significantly affected by harvesting year with lower levels in 2004 than in 2005 and 2006. There were significant interactions between species and harvesting year for dry matter, soluble solids, pH, ascorbic acid and FRAP. The results indicate generic ranges in composition within species independent upon growing location and climate, and the composition of the tree fruits and berries is not likely to deviate from these ranges. It is concluded that desirable composition of tree fruits and berries and their products should primarily be achieved by selection among species rather than searching fors broadened variation within individual species.     

Potassium Fixation and Release Characteristics in Rhizosphere and Nonrhizosphere Soils for a Rapeseed–Rice Cropping Sequence

Potassium (K) fixation and release in soil are important factors in the long-term sustainability of a cropping system. Changes in K concentration and characteristics of K fixation and release in rhizosphere and nonrhizosphere soils in the rapeseed (Brassica napus L.)–rice (Oryza sativa L.) rotation were investigated using a rhizobox system. The concentrations of different forms of K in both rhizosphere and nonrhizosphere soils decreased with plants compared to without plants, regardless of K fertilizer application. Potassium uptake by crops mainly came from the rhizosphere soil. In the treatment without K fertilizer (–K), the main form of K supplied by the soil to the crops was 1.0 mol L^?1 nitric acid (HNO₃) nonextractable K, followed by nonexchangeable K, and then exchangeable K. In the treatment with K fertilizer (+K), the main K forms supplied by the soil to the crops were exchangeable K and nonexchangeable K. The amount and rate of K fixation after one cycle of the rapeseed–rice rotation was greater in rhizosphere soil than in nonrhizosphere soil. The amount and rate of K fixation of soil in the +K treatment were significantly less than in the –K treatment. The cumulative amounts of K released with 1.0 mol L^?1 ammonium acetate (NH₄OAc) and 1.0 mol L^?1 HNO₃ extraction increased with the increasing numbers of extractions, but the K-releasing power of soil by successive extraction decreased gradually and finally became almost constant. The release of K was less in rhizosphere soil than in nonrhizosphere soil. The release of K in the +K treatment was similar to that in the –K treatment in rhizosphere soil, but the K release in nonrhizosphere soil was greater with the +K than the –K treatment. Overall, the information obtained in this study will be helpful in formulating more precise K fertilizer recommendations for certain soils.     

Electron donor and pH relationships for biologically enhanced dissolution of chlorinated solvent DNAPL in groundwater

Biologically enhanced dissolution offers a method to speed removal of chlorinated solvent dense non-aqueous-phase liquid (DNAPL) sources such as tetrachloroethene (PCE) and trichoroethene (TCE) from aquifers. Bioremediation is accomplished by adding an electron donor to the source zone where fermentation to intermediates leading to acetic acid and hydrogen results. The hydrogen and possibly acetic acid are used by dehalogenating bacteria to convert PCE and TCE to ethene and hydrochloric acid. Reductive dehalogenation is thus an acid forming process, and sufficient alkalinity must be present to maintain a near neutral pH. The bicarbonate alkalinity required to maintain pH above 6.5 is a function of the electron donor: 800 mg/L of bicarbonate alkalinity is sufficient to achieve about 1.2 mM TCE dechlorination with glucose, 1.7 mM with lactate, and a much higher 3.3 mM with formate. Laboratory studies indicate that in mixed culture, formate can be used as an electron donor for complete conversion to ethene, contrary to pure cultures studies indicating it cannot. Various strategies can be used to add electron donor to an aquifer for DNAPL dehalogenation while minimizing pH problems and excessive electron donor usage, including use of injection-extraction wells, dual recirculation wells, and nested injection-extraction wells.     

Biodiversity and ecogeography of wild Lactuca spp. in some European countries

Staff members of the Department of Botany of Palacký University in Olomouc and Gene Bank Department – Workplace Olomouc, Research Institute of Crop Production in Prague, Czech Republic, conducted an expedition in seven European countries (Austria, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Switzerland) in August/September 1999 to collect wild Lactuca spp. germplasm and study its geographic distribution, ecology and biodiversity. During the mission, more than 600 locations were visited resulting in the collection of 602 seed samples (accessions) of wild Lactuca species and 13 seed samples of related genera (Chondrilla and Mycelis). Lactuca serriola f. serriola, L. serriola f. integrifolia, L. saligna and L. viminea subsp. chondrilliflora were prevalent in southern Europe (Italy, France), however, only L. serriola was common in central and western Europe (Austria, Czech Republic, Germany, Netherlands, Switzerland). The greatest diversity of Lactuca species was found in France, where also the most seed samples (165) were collected. The most characteristic habitats with a high density of Lactuca spp. populations were observed along roads and highways, grassy ditches, ruderal communities, and dust-heaps. Natural infections by powdery mildew (Erysiphe cichoracearum) and downy mildew (Bremia lactucae) on some wild Lactuca spp. were observed. Recent observations concerning the geographic distribution, population structure, habitats, and natural occurrence of diseases of Lactuca spp. are discussed. This assemblage of genetic resources of Lactuca spp. can serve as the basis of future studies of species diversification, spatial population structure, plant microevolution, domestication processes, and genetic variability of host-parasite interactions.     

Increase in auxiliary photoprotective photosynthetic pigments in wheat seedlings induced by Azospirillum brasilense

Inoculation of wheat seedlings with the plant growth-promoting bacterium Azospirillum brasilense Cd was immobilized in alginate microbeads and, without applying any stress, significantly increased the quantity of several photosynthetic pigments, such as chlorophyll a, chlorophyll b, and the auxiliary photoprotective pigments violaxanthin, zeaxanthin, antheroxanthin, lutein, neoxanthin, and β-carotene. This resulted in greener plants with no apparent visible stress. After monitoring the quantity of photosynthetic pigments for 4 weeks, we observed that inoculated plants had higher quantities of pigments in shoot and stem. The greatest difference in the quantity of all pigments between inoculated and noninoculated plants occurred in the first week of growth. Regardless of treatment, the quantity of pigments in stems was three to four times less than the quantity of these pigments in shoots. Application of Azospirillum, either as liquid inoculant or as alginate microbeads, did not alter the positive effect of the bacteria on pigment production or the positive response of the plants towards A. brasilense Cd inoculation.     

In-situ enrichment and analysis of atrazine-degrading microbial communities using atrazine-containing porous beads

We examined the community composition of microbes that colonized atrazine-containing beads buried in agricultural soils that differed in atrazine treatment history. Bacterial abundance was 5-40-fold greater in atrazine-fortified beads. In beads containing 20 mg atrazine kg⁻¹ buried in soil with a history of atrazine application (conditioned soil), the abundance of Actinobacteria increased approximately 80-fold whereas in control soil, Actinobacteria were enriched only 10-fold and the gamma-Proteobacteria and Planctomycetes increased by 60- and 25-fold, respectively. The gamma-Proteobacteria were enriched by 120- and 230-fold in beads containing 200 mg atrazine kg⁻¹ in conditioned and control soil, respectively. The results demonstrate that BioSep^® beads are a suitable matrix for recruiting a diverse subset of the bacterial community involved in atrazine degradation.