“WaterMan”: an on-farm water management game with heuristic capabilities

A modern computer-based simulation tool (WaterMan) in the form of a game for on-farm water management was developed for application in training events for farmers, students, and irrigators. The WaterMan game utilizes an interactive framework, thereby allowing the user to develop scenarios and test alternatives in a convenient, risk-free environment. It includes a comprehensive soil water and salt balance calculation algorithm. It also employs heuristic capabilities for modeling all of the important aspects of on-farm water management, and to provide quantitative performance evaluations and practical water management advice to the trainees. Random events (both favorable and unfavorable) and different strategic decisions are included in the game for more realism and to provide an appropriate level of challenge according to player performance. Thus, the ability to anticipate the player skill level, and to reply with random events appropriate to the anticipated level, is provided by the heuristic capabilities used in the software. These heuristic features were developed based on a combination of two artificial intelligence approaches: (1) a pattern recognition approach and (2) reinforcement learning based on a Markov decision processes approach, specifically the Q-learning method. These two approaches were combined in a new way to account for the difference in the effect of actions taken by the player and action taken by the system in the game world. The reward function for the Q-learning method was modified to reflect the suggested classification of the WaterMan game as what is referred to as a partially competitive and partially cooperative game.     

旋耕机整机试验模态分析

以试验模态分析为手段，研究ＩＧ－１８０Ａ旋耕机整机振动模态特征，讨论了模态参数和频响函数分析用于旋耕机设计的问题，提出了旋耕机减重设计中应综合考虑强度可靠性和刚度可靠性的观点，并指出了补偿整体刚度的几种途径。     

成熟度对‘红地球’葡萄氨基酸营养价值的影响

【目的】探明不同成熟度对‘红地球’葡萄氨基酸营养价值的影响。【方法】以不同成熟度(盛花期后88~123 d)的‘红地球’葡萄为试材,测定果实氨基酸含量。同时,以鸡蛋蛋白质为标准蛋白,WHO/FAO氨基酸参考模式为评价标准,进行氨基酸营养价值评估。【结果】‘红地球’葡萄至少包含18种氨基酸,包括8种必需氨基酸、2种儿童必需氨基酸。氨基酸含量随着采摘期变化而变化,其中必需氨基酸、非必需氨基酸、儿童必需氨基酸、药用氨基酸、支链氨基酸、增香与着色氨基酸、伯胺基氨基酸、特殊功效氨基酸含量(w,后同)分别为557.3~659.7、1 176.3~1 690.8、326.8~703.8、1 130.0~1 644.1、231.7~285.3、926.1~1 404.8、1 126.0~1 609.0、1 032.9~1 510.7 mg·kg^-1,组间差异显著(p <0.05),在完全成熟期Ⅰ达到峰值;精氨酸、天门冬氨酸和谷氨酸等风味氨基酸含量与其味觉阈值的比值分别介于2.62~6.31、4.50~5.47和4.64~6.09,随着采摘期的延长呈先升后降变化趋势。氨基酸评分、化学评分和氨基酸比值系数分依次为11.33~14.07、18.32~4.43、49.70~57.04。苯丙氨酸等8种氨基酸含量相对不足,赖氨酸和苏氨酸含量相对过剩。【结论】不同成熟度对‘红地球’葡萄氨基酸含量及其营养价值影响显著。     

High-throughput screening reveals small molecule modulators inhibitory to Acidovorax citrulli

Acidovorax citrulli is a seed-transmitted gram-negative bacterium that can cause substantial economic yield loss in watermelon and melon production worldwide. Four small-molecule libraries containing 4,952 compounds were selected for high-throughput screening against A. citrulli wild-type strain Xu3-14 by evaluation of growth inhibition. One hundred and twenty-seven molecules (2.5% hit rate) were identified as bactericidal or bacteriostatic against A. citrulli at 100 μM. Secondary screens indicated that 27 candidate compounds were more effective against A. citrulli Group II strains than Group I strains (classified using repetitive element PCR). Several compounds were inhibitory to other pathogenic bacteria, including Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. michiganensis and Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris, but did not affect the growth of plant beneficial bacteria Pseudomonas fluorescens and Bacillus subtilis. More than half of the compounds did not inhibit germination of Arabidopsis or watermelon seeds. The effect of small molecules on A. citrulli seed-to-seedling transmission was evaluated by applying each compound to inoculated watermelon seeds and assessing seedling infection. Nine compounds were chosen for further investigation based on their reduction of percentage seedling infection and compiling scores on their specificity, sensitivity, and phytotoxicity obtained in the secondary screens. The five best compounds were selected (thiamphenicol, nadifloxacin, pipemidic acid, ciclopirox, and zinc pyrithione) for greenhouse tests and were found to effectively reduce the seed-to-seedling transmission of A. citrulli in both artificially and naturally infested seeds. These top five compounds provide a basis for future development of an A. citrulli-specific bactericide.     

江苏省水稻主产区水稻种植面积时空动态变化分析

【目的】揭示江苏省水稻种植时空格局及动态变化特征,评价其稳定生产水平和种 植结构的空间变化规律,为江苏省水稻生产空间布局的优化调整和可持续发展提供决策依 据。【方法】文章选择江苏省水稻主产区50 个1∶50 000 比例尺标准地形图图幅单元为研究 区域,基于江苏省5 m 空间分辨率耕地遥感数据库,利用2011—2019 年水稻生长期内多源 遥感卫星影像,提取研究区当年的水稻种植面积及空间分布信息。运用数理统计和GIS 空间 分析功能,研究水稻面积变化幅度、变异系数以及转非水稻面积的时空分布特征,继而分析 2011—2019 年水稻种植面积的时空动态变化。【结果】研究区内50% 的地区水稻种植面积 仍然保持相对稳定,42% 的地区水稻种植面积缓慢下降,仅8% 的地区水稻种植面积急剧下 降。2011 年以来,累计有11.6 万hm2 水稻田逐年转为非耕地或持续种植其他作物,占2011 年研究区内水稻种植面积的13.7%。【结论】2011—2019 年研究区内水稻种植面积变化趋势 线斜率为-0.88,总体呈下降趋势,水稻面积平均变化率为-1.03%,变异系数为2.99%。     

生物质能在密集烤房上应用现状和发展方向

为探究烟叶密集烘烤中经济性和实用性较强的生物质能源,笔者归纳了当前密集型烤房上使用较多的气体、液体、固体生物质能源的应用现状,在总结了3种生物质能源对烟叶烘烤质量影响和能源转化设备技术成熟度的基础上,依据经济性和实用性分析了3种生物质能在密集烤房上应用所具有的优势和局限。最后得出固体生物质颗粒燃料是当前和今后密集烤房应用前景中最好的一种生物质能,指出未来应从加强原料配方研究、持续提升颗粒燃料燃烧机技术改进、并融入大农业物联网技术以实现精准烘烤。     

土壤侵蚀下黑龙江省人地系统适应性研究

为缓解人地关系,以对黑龙江省威胁最大的土壤侵蚀为切入点,从"三生"视角分析区域人地系统适应性,并提出基于不同修复优先级的人地系统修复方案。首先,在总结、梳理适应性内涵,整合适应性理论与方法基础上,从"三生"视角提出了基于风险扰动的适应性分析框架,将系统适应性分解为扰动、影响、响应、能力4方面,并从土壤侵蚀风险扰动出发,构建了系统适应性评价指标体系与评价模型;其次,采用极差标准化法、克里格插值法、蔡崇法法和DEA-CCR模型处理数据,利用土壤侵蚀方程测算土壤侵蚀风险,利用适应性评价模型测算适应性指数,分析土壤侵蚀风险和人地系统适应性分布情况;最后,提出基于不同修复优先级组合模式的人地系统修复方案。结果表明:黑龙江省土壤侵蚀风险区面积为1 366.61万hm2,占区域耕地面积的85.74%,高、中、低级别风险规模分别为324.02、596.33、446.26万hm2。高、较高级别人地系统适宜程度区分布在三江平原东北部和松嫩平原东南部地区,中级别分布在大兴安岭和松嫩平原南部地区,低、较低级别分布在东南部山地和松嫩平原北部地区。形成了基于不同修复优先级组合模式的人地系统修复方案,其中53个地区仅存在1种人地系统修复方案,其余27个地区在不同优先级组合模式下形成了不同的人地系统修复方案,为区域人地系统修复提供了多种选择方案。     

杂交水稻新组合Ⅱ优125在清流县试种表现

Ⅱ优125是福建省南平市农科所用自育恢复系南恢125与Ⅱ-32A配组育成的杂交稻新组合,2003年通过福建省农作物品种审定委员会审定。2004年清流县引进经多点试验示范表现高产、稳产、适应性广,尤其在山区冷烂田表现较强的优势,增产效果明显等特点,深受农户喜爱,具有较大的推广前景