Influence of iron-containing pigments on the color of soils on alluvium of the Middle Kama plain

The study of the color in the CIE-L ^* a ^* b ^* system proved that, among the soils developed on the recent and ancient alluvium in the Perm Cis-Urals region, there are no soils composed of only brown horizons: the low-redness topsoils occur even in the automorphic soils. The color of the bulk of the soils does not depend on the total content of Fe-(hydr)oxide particles. The soils developed on the two-layered deposits are an exception, since the color of the lower layer of the heavy loam is affected by hematite-containing clay particles. In the upper horizons of other automorphic soils, red pigment is produced rather by Fe-containing hydroxides (feroxyhyte δFeOOH and Fe-vernadite Fe-δMnO₂) than by hematite αFe₂O₃. The gleyed horizons are rich in free iron compounds (up to 3.2% (Fe₂O₃)_d) that exert a weak effect on the redness. An identification procedure of the horizons showing hydromorphic features is developed, including the color control both in the untreated samples and in the samples in which the organic substance has been oxidized with H₂O₂. The soil becoming green after the organic matter oxidation appears to be a distinctive feature of the hydromorphic horizons, while reddening is a property of the automorphic horizons.     

土壤容重对土壤物理性状和小麦生长的影响

以黑土和白浆土为试材 ,进行筒栽试验 .结果表明 ,适宜小麦生长的容重范围分别为 1 .1 5～1 .3 0 g/cm3和 0 .9～ 1 .0 5g/cm3.     

轮耕对土壤物理性状和冬小麦产量的影响

针对华北地区土壤连续单一耕作存在的主要问题,进行了土壤轮耕效应的研究。试验选择冬小麦夏玉米玉两熟区连续5 a免耕田,设置免耕、翻耕和旋耕3种轮耕处理（即免耕一免耕,免耕一翻耕和免耕一旋耕）,冬小麦播种前进行耕作处理。研究结果表明：多年免耕后进行土壤耕作（翻耕、旋耕）可以显著降低土壤体积质量;旋耕显著降低0～10 cm土壤体积质量,翻耕则降低0～20 cm体积质量;随时间变化各处理土壤体积质量差异逐渐降低。翻耕、旋耕均显著增加了0～10 cm土壤总孔隙,同时翻耕显著增加了10～20 cm土壤总孔隙;翻耕、旋耕显著提高了5～10 cm毛管孔隙。0～10 cm土壤饱和导水率表现为旋耕＞翻耕＞免耕,翻耕、旋耕在5%水平上显著高于免耕;10～20、20～30 cm土层均表现为翻耕＞旋耕＞免耕,且10～20 cm翻耕5%水平上显著高于免耕;饱和导水率与体积质量呈显著线性负相关。翻耕、旋耕有效穗数与免耕相比分别提高了24.1%、22.3%;冬小麦的实际产量表现为：旋耕＞翻耕＞免耕,翻耕、旋耕分别比免耕增产11.8%、16.9%。总之,长期免耕后进行土壤耕作有利于改善土壤物理性状,提高作物产量。     

Influence of tillage and crop residue on soil physical properties and yields of rice and wheat under shallow water table conditions

An experiment was conducted to evaluate the effects of tillage and residue incorporation on soil properties and yields of rice (Oryza sativa L.) and wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) in rotation for 4 years on a silty clay loam of an Aquic Hapludoll with natural water table fluctuating between 0.05 and 0.97 m depth The rice experiment was laid out in split plot design with four levels of tillage, viz. conventional puddling (CP), puddling by four passes of rotavator (PR), reduced puddling by two passes of rotavator (ReP), and direct seeding without puddling (DSWP) and two levels of residue, viz. residue incorporation (RI) and residue removal (RR) in four replications. The treatments for wheat were zero tillage (ZT) and conventional tillage (CT) with RI and RR superimposed over the plots of rice. Tillage for rice increased puddling index and bulk density (BD) over the years. The increase was significantly higher in CP and PR than in ReP. In wheat season, BD was higher under ZT than under CT but the differences were not significant. Puddling decreased saturated hydraulic conductivity with time, which became significantly lower in CP and PR in the fourth year than in ReP in the first year. Infiltration rate (IR) also decreased with time and was lowest in CP and PR. In wheat season, IR was at par under ZT and CT. Rice yield in PR was maximum and at par with that in ReP. But wheat yield was lowest in PR and highest in DSWP, and was at par in DSWP and ReP. Thus, rice yields were optimum under ReP, in which changes in soil properties were least, and wheat yields were optimum both under ZT and CT in the DSWP and ReP plots of rice under shallow water table conditions of the silty clay loam.     

Influence of the extracting solvent upon the structural properties of Amaranth (Amaranthus hypochondriacus) glutelin

Two amaranth glutelin preparations, Gt-bo extracted with borate buffer at pH 10 and Gt-na extracted with 0.1 N NaOH, were characterized and compared with the amaranth polymerized 11S globulin (Gp, globulin-P). Gt-bo and Gt-na presented very similar polypeptidic composition and a similar reactivity against an anti-Gp polyclonal antibody, although lower than that of Gp. It is demonstrated that Gt-na is composed of denatured and dissociated molecules, whereas Gt-bo consists of folded molecules. The size, polypeptidic composition, thermal stability, and denaturation enthalpy of Gt-bo molecules were similar to those of Gp subjected to a borate treatment at pH 10. The Gp immunoreactivity decreased to the level of Gt reactivity when subjected to alkaline treatment; this could be due to conformational changes. Results suggest that, like Gp, amaranth Gt molecules may be hexameric oligomers of approximately 300 kDa. They would be partially unfolded during the alkaline extraction.     

磷钾肥配施对小麦茎秆力学特性的影响

为了对小麦精准施肥,提高小麦的抗倒伏能力,该文以郑麦9023为研究对象,磷钾肥配施共6个处理,分别在小麦拔节期、孕穗期、扬花期、灌浆期、成熟期等5个生长期,利用非金属材料万能试验机,对去鞘茎秆作3点弯曲试验,测试茎秆基部第2节间的弯曲强度和抗弯刚度。分析结果表明：施用钾肥,可显著提高茎秆基部第2节间的弯曲强度和抗弯刚度。研究结果可为小麦的高产栽培、抗倒伏研究提供参考依据。     

Impact of browning reactions and bran pigments on color of parboiled rice

Rice color changes from white to amber during parboiling (soaking and steaming). Color parameters indicated that, during soaking, yellow bran pigments leached out in the water. The levels of the Maillard precursors (i.e., reducing sugars (RS) and free alpha-amino nitrogen (FAN)) depended on soaking temperature and time: leaching of RS was compensated by enzymic formation for long soaking times (>60 min), while proteolytic activity was too low to compensate for FAN leaching. Rice soaking under nitrogen, oxygen, or ambient conditions and determination of polyphenol oxidase activity allowed us to conclude that the effect of enzymic color changes on the soaked rice color was rather small. Color measurements of brown and milled mildly, intermediately, and severely parboiled rice samples showed that both brown and milled rice samples were darker and more red and yellow after parboiling and that the effect depended on the severity of parboiling conditions. Furthermore, steaming affected the rice color more and in a way opposite to that observed in soaking. The changes in RS and the loss of FAN during parboiling suggested that Maillard type reactions occur during brown rice steaming. Analyses of furosine levels confirmed Maillard browning of outer bran layers and endosperm during steaming. The level of this Maillard indicator increased with the severity of parboiling conditions in both brown and milled parboiled rice. Measurements of the levels of bran pigments indicated that bran pigments diffuse into the endosperm during parboiling and contribute to the parboiled rice color.     

拖拉机田间行走对土壤特性及冬小麦生长的影响

农业机械的过度使用、密集轮作以及不适当管理等都会造成土壤压实。试验研究了拖拉机行走对土壤特性和小麦生长的影响。试验所使用的耕作机械包括轮式、履带式和手扶式三种拖拉机,分析了土壤压实对小麦生长以及土壤结构不连续性的影响。试验数据表明,土壤密度、土壤阻力以及土壤水分一般会随拖拉机行走次数增加而增大。同时,文中给出了小麦根系与秸秆间蕴涵的机理关系。试验数据还表明,小麦发芽率在显著性水平P≤0.05时,不同处理组之间无明显差异。但是,2、4、6、8、10、12、18周以及收割时的小麦秸秆高度在显著性水平P≤0.01时,各处理组之间却存在显著差异,其中轮式和手扶式拖拉机处理组高于履带式拖拉机处理组。当显著性水平分别为P≤0.05和 P≤0.01时,不同处理组的小麦根长度和密度间也存在显著差异,其中轮式和手扶式拖拉机处理组同样表现出更好的结果。总之,拖拉机行走会显著影响干物质、谷物产量等小麦生长参数。然而,作物产量不仅受土壤压实的影响,同时很大程度上也取决于天气以及土壤初始压实等因素。     

Pressurized liquid extraction and HPLC quantification of folic Acid in fortified wheat flours

A pressurized liquid extraction (PLE) method using phosphate buffer as solvent was applied for folic acid (FA) extraction from fortified wheat flours and was compared to a standard solid-liquid extraction (SLE) method. Extracted FA was quantified by reverse phase high-performance liquid chromatography (RP-HPLC) hyphenated with a phenyl column and an absorption photometric detector (λ = 280 nm). Detection and quantification limits were 0.12 and 0.4 ng, respectively, corresponding to 0.06 and 0.2 μg g(-1) of analyzed wheat flour. Equivalent FA contents were found by both extraction methods, but a single PLE allowed a total recovery of FA content, whereas at least three successive SLEs were needed to achieve a total recovery of FA. The obtained results indicated that PLE is a rapid and efficient technique for FA extraction from fortified wheat flour.     

施肥和地膜覆盖对黄土旱塬土壤理化性质和冬小麦产量的影响

【目的】研究黄土高原旱作农业区施肥等措施对耕层土壤理化性质和作物农艺性状的影响,为保持土壤适度生产力,选择适合黄土塬区可持续发展的新型增产措施提供理论基础。【方法】通过设在渭北旱塬的多年田间定位试验,选取不施肥空白对照、施氮磷肥、施氮磷钾肥、氮磷肥加生物炭、氮磷肥加生育期地膜半覆盖和氮磷肥加夏闲期地膜半覆盖共6个处理,所有处理均在冬小麦收获后和播种前进行翻耕。分析了不同处理耕层土壤理化性质、冬小麦产量及农艺指标。【结果】与对照相比,施氮磷肥显著提高了耕层土壤饱和导水率,降低耕层土壤紧实度,显著增加冬小麦生育期耗水量,提高水分利用效率和降雨利用效率,显著提高了耕层土壤中有机质、全氮、硝态氮、铵态氮、全磷、有效磷等养分的含量,连续三年提高冬小麦的产量均在一倍左右。与氮磷肥处理相比,增施钾肥处理增加了冬小麦拔节期耕层土壤紧实度,却显著降低了收获期土壤容重、增加了总孔隙度,并显著提高了水分利用效率,在一定程度上增加了耕层土壤全氮、有机质含量,使冬小麦的叶面积指数显著增加,连续三年冬小麦平均产量达4500 kg/hm2;增施生物炭处理耕层土壤容重降至最低为1.16 g/cm3,增加了土壤总孔隙度,导致饱和导水率最大为0.049 cm/min,提高了水分利用效率;耕层土壤中的有机质、全氮、全磷、有效磷的含量有一定增加,冬小麦的产量有所提升;施氮磷肥基础上的生育期地膜半覆盖与夏闲期地膜半覆盖,均显著降低了耕层土壤饱和导水率,增加了土壤紧实度,提高了冬小麦水分利用效率,耕层土壤中有机质、铵态氮、速效钾的含量有所增加,全磷含量降低,土壤pH下降,除去受灾年份,冬小麦平均产量在4700～4800 kg/hm2之间。【结论】与对照相比,长期施用氮磷化肥显著提高冬小麦的产量,却导致土壤pH下降。在施氮磷肥的基础上增施生物炭,可以显著改善土壤物理化学性质,增加冬小麦产量,但其经济投入过高。在施氮磷肥的基础上,增施钾肥与生育期地膜半覆盖,改善了耕层土壤养分状况,有一定的经济效益,是适宜黄土塬区的冬小麦增产措施。     

Influence of the physical state of water on the barrier properties of hydrophilic and hydrophobic films

Water transfer through different films, as a function of the physical state of water in contact with the film, the relative humidity difference, and the water vapor pressure difference, was investigated. The films were two synthetic packagings (hydrophobic polyethylene and hydrophilic cellophane) and an edible film. The physical state of water affects water sensitive films, such as cellophane, inducing a higher liquid water transfer due to interactions with the polymer. For hydrophobic polymers, such as polyethylene, neither the physical state of water nor the relative humidity has an influence on the water permeability. In complex system, such as an edible film composed of hydrophilic particles dispersed in a lipid phase, barrier efficiency is influenced by the continuous hydrophobic phase but could also be affected by the physical state of water due to the presence of hydrophilic compounds.     

Influence of gallic acid and tannic acid on the mechanical and barrier properties of wheat gluten films

Vital wheat gluten, a byproduct of wheat starch production, is a highly functional ingredient having a unique viscoelasticity that makes it ideal for the production of edible biodegradable films. However, its functional properties must be modified to ensure sufficient strength and elasticity, in addition to water vapor barrier properties. In this study, vital gluten was modified using tannic and gallic acid. It was found that the addition of tannic acid resulted in stiffer, more resistant, and less resilient and flexible films, having as well decreased water vapor permeability. Tannic acid containing films became reddish brown, whereas gallic acid addition did not have an influence on the film appearance. Films containing gallic acid became more elastic. Gallic acid was found to potentially act like a plasticizer. Scanning electron microscopy was used to investigate the ultrastructure of the produced films.     

Effect of tillage and weather conditions on structure and physical properties of soil and yield of winter wheat

The paper presents the results of 4 years of work on the effect of various methods of cultivation on the structure and physical properties of a brown soil, developed from loess, and of a rendzina, developed from chalk bedrock. The authors also studied the relationship between the analysed physical properties of soils and the yield level of winter wheat crops. Differences were observed between the effects of cultivation, depending on the type of tool used and the depth of its operation. The stability of the effects of cultivation was strongly related to the weather conditions, and especially to the intensity of precipitation.A distinct relationship was found between the physical properties of the rendzina and the yield of winter wheat. In the case of the loess soil no clear-cut relationship was established.     

Influence of anions on dispersion and physical properties of the A horizon of a Red-brown earth

Three groups of anions were distinguished in order of effectiveness with respect to the dispersion and flocculation of soil samples treated with Fe(III) polycations: phosphate and fulvate citrate, oxalate, silicate and tartrate and salicylate, catechol, aspartate, lactate and acetate. This was also the order of the amount of anion adsorbed by the soil. The addition of phosphate and fulvate to soil samples with a net charge of zero lowered the zero point of charge producing particles with a net negative charge. This increased the amount of dispersible clay present from 0 to 9% by weight of soil. The sorption of phosphate and fulvate by soil samples with a net positive charge reduced the zero point of charge and caused flocculation of dispersed clay. Electrophoretic and electron microscopic studies confirmed the dispersion-flocculation phenomena.Treatments which produced dispersed clay led to increased bulk densities, plastic limits and moduli of rupture but lower porosities, water holding capacities and hydraulic conductivities. The sorption of anions on soil samples with a net charge of zero reduced friability.     

Influence of vegetation restoration on soil physical properties in the Loess Plateau,China

Journal of Soils and Sediments - Extensive vegetation recovery has been implemented to control severe soil erosion on the Loess Plateau, China. However, no systematic study has been done on the...     

Influence of pyrolysis temperature on chemical and physical properties of biochar from sewage sludge

The use of sewage sludge biochar (SSB) for agro-environmental purposes has been increasing. However, due to the strong influence of pyrolysis temperatures on its production, there is great variation in its final properties. In this regard, efforts to generate relationships among many correlated SSB properties may help to understand this influence. This study sought to evaluate the effect of pyrolysis temperature on agro-environmental physicochemical properties of SSB. Biochars from sewage sludge (SS) were produced at 300, 400 and 500°C and their physicochemical properties were evaluated in comparison to SS samples. The increase in pyrolysis temperature decreased C, N, and H contents and the H/C atomic ratio, while increasing the C/N ratio. The pyrolysis process increased pH values, the surface area and pore volume and enriched the SSB with macro and micronutrients. Considering all variables together, the biochar produced at 300°C was that which showed the greatest nutrients availability, such as N total, S, NO₃^?, NH₄⁺, Ca²⁺ and Mg²⁺. Conversely, SSB produced at 500°C showed higher recalcitrant organic matter and alkalinity, important properties for C sequestration and the correction of acidic soils. The combined application of SSB produced at lower and higher pyrolysis temperatures should be furthered studied.