A field study was carried out to evaluate the potential of wood ash as a fertilizer in grassland systems in combination with enriched N organic wastes. Six treatments including manure or digestate, each combined with wood ash at 0, 1, and 3 t?ha?1 were spread onto the soil to an amount equivalent to 120 kg?N ha?1. Three soil samplings and one cutting was carried out within one growing season (3 months). A higher pH value was found in manure-treated plots, the pH rise being proportional to the amount of wood ash added. Those plots amended with digestate were characterized by a larger content of total C, NH4+, and total P (TP) regardless of the amount of ashes. Microbial activity, assessed by basal respiration and microbial biomass carbon of the differently treated soils, was not affected neither by the nature of the organic waste nor by the amount of wood ash added. However, amending soil with digestate resulted in a more efficient soil microbial community, as shown by the lower values of the metabolic quotient. Such effects were accompanied by a higher percentage of plant cover, particularly of leguminous plants in digestate-treated plots. The time of sampling (seasonal effects) was found to influence the soil pH and electrical conductivity (EC), as well as the nutrient content (total N, NH4+, and NO3?). Overall, the combined use of wood ash and biogas digestate can constitute an efficient way for the disposal and recycling of both products and additionally, it may constitute an environmentally friendly alternative to mineral fertilizers for acid soils. 相似文献
Leguminous plants can be dual colonized by rhizobia (Rh) and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF). To test the affections of nodulation, colonization of AMF (AMF%) and the growth responses of white clover under crossed low nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) fertilization levels. The results showed that the nodule numbers were much more dense, significantly increased by AMF symbiosis, negatively controlled by the N levels but had no effect due to P levels. The influence of nodule numbers via AMF % was beyond P availability. The AMF% was related and favored with the better N and P nutrition, which may have better photosynthetic carbon (C) availability. The plant growth and C accumulation were significantly increased via rhizobium inoculation but were negatively affected by the AMF. The AMF colonization beyond P fertilization had strong effects on nodulation. Compared with rhizobium symbiosis, the AMF colonization requires a more C-composition between these two tertiary symbioses. 相似文献
A cDNA library was prepared from chinook salmon pituitaries. Growth hormone (GH), prolactin (PRL) and the β subunit of gonadotropin
(GTH) genes were screened using synthetic oligonucleotides as probes. Full size cDNA clones coding for these polypeptide hormones
were isolated and characterized. The cDNA sequences for PRL and βGTH have been reported earlier from our laboratories. The
cDNA clone for GH contains 1148 bp and codes for a preGH of 210 amino acids. The chinook salmon GH, reported in the present
investigation, differs from chum salmon GH in only 1 amino acid, and from coho salmon GH in 5 amino acids. Plasmids containing
modified nucleotide sequences coding for GH, PRL and βGTH were constructed individually into an expression vector using the
heat-inducible λ pL promotor. Mature PRL, GH and unglycosylated βGTH were expressed in the bacteria at elevated temperature. 相似文献
Light is regarded as an important environmental factor which is involved in the regulation of the various physiological processes of fish. Thereinto, the light spectra and photoperiods have been shown the noticeable influences on the growth performance of fish species. In the present study, two types of growth hormone receptors (Afghr1 and Afghr2) were cloned from tomato clownfish (Amphiprion frenatus) using RACE PCR, and the effects of different photoperiods and light spectra on the growth performance as well as the growth-related gene expression of A. frenatus were investigated. The full-length cDNA sequences of Afghr1 and Afghr2 were 2609 and 2673 bp in length, encoding the proteins of 630 and 571 amino acids, respectively. Both receptors were widely expressed in all the tested tissues, and the highest expression was observed in the liver and pituitary, respectively. Furthermore, the experimental clownfish under constant-light photoperiod (24L:0D) exhibited the significantly higher related somatic growth rate and expression levels of Afghr1, Afghr2, gh, and igf-I as well as the lower feed conversion ratio and plasma melatonin level, compared with other photoperiods (16L:8D, 8L:16D, and 2L:22D). Additionally, red light appeared to markedly improve the growth parameters and the expression of growth-related genes comparing with blue, green, and white lights. In summary, the result of the current study highlights the regulatory effects of light spectra and photoperiods on the growth performance of a coral-reef fish, A. frenatus. The constant-light photoperiod (24L:0D) and red light have been shown the best promotion for the growth of A. frenatus and should be considered as the optimal light conditions for its culture.