Effect of gradual acclimation to high ambient temperatures on egg‐shell quality of the Sinai Bedouin fowl,the commercial white leghorn and their crossbreds

1. The effect of gradual acclimation to high ambient temperatures on egg‐shell quality was studied in the Sinai fowl, the commercial White Leghorn, and their reciprocal crossbreds.

2. The Leghorn egg was characterised by a thinner and weaker shell compared with the Sinai and the crossbreds, at all the experimental temperatures.

3. In contrast to other reports, high ambient temperatures for a long period had only mild effects on egg‐shell quality.

4. The results suggest that gradual acclimation to high ambient temperatures might improve the efficiency of the physiological mechanisms involved in the hen's response to heat. Consequently, the reproductive process adapts to the hot environmental conditions.

5. The results indicate that the Sinai breed might be used for future selection of a breed, highly resistant to extreme environmental conditions and with an improved shell quality.     

丛枝菌根菌对棉花生长及产量的影响

研究了不施肥与施P肥3种丛植菌根菌C．igaspora(Gi．r) Glomus mosseae(G．m)和Glomus versiforme(G．v)对棉花生长及产量的影响。结果表明,丛技菌根菌可显著提高棉花叶片光合速率,改善水分状况,促进棉花生长发育,提高籽棉产量,尤其是霜前花产量。其中以接种G.v处理对棉花增产效应最大。     

Rapid survey for presence of a blast resistance gene Pi-ta in rice cultivars using the dominant DNA markers derived from portions of the Pi-ta gene

The Pi‐ta gene in rice confers resistance to strains of the blast pathogen Magnaporthe grisea (Herbert) Borr. (anamorph Pyricularia oryza Cav.) containing the corresponding avirulence gene AVR‐Pita in a gene‐for‐gene fashion. The Pi‐ta gene is a typical nucleotide‐binding site type resistance gene. Nucleotide sequences distinguishing the resistant Pi‐ta and susceptible pi‐ta alleles were previously identified and used for developing DNA markers for a resistant Pi‐ta haplotype and three susceptible pi‐ta haplotypes. In the present study, the existence of the Pi‐ta gene in 141 rice germplasm accessions was rapidly determined using these markers, and the results were confirmed by inoculating rice germplasm with an M. grisea strain containing AVR‐Pita. The Pi‐ta gene was found in accessions from several major rice producing countries, including China, Colombia, Japan, Vietnam, the Philippines, Iran and the United States. The usefulness of DNA markers for rapid determination of the genotype of rice germplasm was thus demonstrated. The Pi‐ta gene also was found in rice cultivar known to contain the Pi‐ta² gene, although the allelic relationship of these genes remains to be determined. The presence of the Pi‐ta gene in landrace cultivars in several different geographical locations, the Philippines and Vietnam, other indica rice cultivars in China and Colombia suggest that the Pi‐ta gene may have spontaneously originated in indica rice cultivars. These results are useful for incorporating the Pi‐ta gene into advanced breeding lines by marker‐assisted selection for rice breeding programmes worldwide.     

基于斜率比法评定断奶仔猪对不同铜源的相对生物学利用率

本试验旨在研究不同铜源（硫酸铜、碱式氯化铜和柠檬酸铜）和铜添加水平（20和30 mg/kg）对断奶仔猪生长性能、血清铜含量与含铜酶活性以及组织铜含量的影响,探讨断奶仔猪对不同铜源的相对生物学利用率。试验采用3×2双因子随机区组设计,选取平均体重为（8.98±0.48） kg的杜×长×大三元杂交断奶仔猪112头,随机分为7组,每组4个重复,每个重复4头猪。对照组饲喂玉米-豆粕型基础饲粮（铜含量为7.80 mg/kg）,各试验组分别在基础饲粮中添加20或30 mg/kg硫酸铜、碱式氯化铜或柠檬酸铜（均以铜含量计）。试验预试期3 d,正试期28 d。结果表明：1）试验组与对照组断奶仔猪平均日增重、平均日采食量和料重比均无显著差异（P>0.05）。2）饲粮铜源和铜添加水平对断奶仔猪血清铜含量具有显著影响（P<0.05）,但对血清铜蓝蛋白和铜锌超氧化物歧化酶活性均无显著影响（P>0.05）。3）饲粮铜源和铜添加水平对断奶仔猪肝脏铜含量具有显著影响（P<0.05）,但对心脏、肾脏、胰脏和跖骨铜含量均无显著影响（P>0.05）。4）根据多元线性回归斜率比法计算,以血清铜...     

Hydration behavior and compressive strength of cement mixed with exploded wood fiber strand obtained by the water-vapor explosion process

Poor compatibility was found between exploded wood fiber strand (WFS) and cement due to the excessive presence of water-soluble degraded polysaccharides in extractives of exploded WFS obtained from weathered wood waste treated by the water-vapor explosion process (WVEP). This study presents some comparative results from a continuing investigation on the compressive strengths of exploded WFS–cement mixtures. Based on results previously obtained with the hydration test, the relation between hydration behavior and compressive strength of the mixture was explored. In addition, the effect of the curing age on compressive strength development of the mixture with selected additive chemicals was examined. The results supported the results of early studies with hydration tests indicating that adding MgCl₂ to the mixtures of exploded WFS mixed with quick-curing cement or ordinary Portland cement and a composite of MgCl₂ + CaO added to the mixture of exploded WFS and furnace-slag cement effectively improved the hydration behaviors; it greatly enhanced the compressive strengths of mixtures as well. Compressive strengths were strongly correlated to maximum hydration temperatures (T_max) of wood–cement mixtures influenced by the cement type, wood wastes (treated or not with WVEP), additive chemicals, and their content levels. The results also indicated that adding selected chemicals had no significant effect on compressive strength among the mixtures of exploded WFS mixed, respectively, with three types of cement at a curing age of 180 days. X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, and energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy were used to identify the hydration products and to probe the element distribution of the mixture in the wood–cement interface zone from a fractured surface.Part of this report was presented at the 52nd Annual Meeting of the Japan Wood Research Society, Gifu, April 2002     

环境因子对中肋骨条藻生长及叶绿素荧光特性的影响

为了解温度、光照和磷酸盐及其交互作用对中肋骨条藻(Skeletonema costatum)生长及叶绿素荧光特性的影响,每个环境因子设置3个水平[温度:17、23、29℃;光照:80、120、160μmol photons/(m~2·s);磷酸盐:0.1、1、10μmol/L],考虑环境因子间的两两交互作用,采用L18(3~7)正交实验表安排室内培养实验,研究中肋骨条藻叶绿素a浓度和光合活性的变化。结果表明,3因素3水平的实验中,中肋骨条藻在10μmol/L磷酸盐浓度下叶绿素a峰值能达到较高水平,其中最优环境因子水平组合为23℃、120μmol photons/(m~2·s)、10μmol/L。在培养期间,磷酸盐浓度对中肋骨条藻叶绿素a峰值造成极其显著的影响(P0.01),温度、光照及两两间的交互作用未对叶绿素a峰值造成显著影响(P0.05)。中肋骨条藻在10μmol/L磷酸盐浓度下光合活性更高,但光能利用效率α并未随磷酸盐浓度表现出明显差异。当中肋骨条藻处于10μmol/L和1μmol/L磷酸盐浓度时,光照对最大量子产量F_v/F_m造成显著影响(P0.05);10μmol/L磷酸盐浓度下,F_v/F_m在80和120μmol photons/(m~2·s)光强下较高;在1μmol/L磷酸盐浓度下,F_v/F_m在120μmol photons/(m~2·s)光强下最低。     

褪黑素壳聚糖微粒防止褪黑素降解并有效提高其抗旱功能

  【目的】  褪黑素可提高作物抗旱性,但容易降解。本研究试图开发具有缓释和抵御光降解能力的褪黑素壳聚糖微粒,并对其抗旱性进行评价。  【方法】  利用壳聚糖与三聚磷酸钠和果胶所产生的静电引力,使三者之间产生交联形成包裹褪黑素的杂化微粒,从而实现褪黑素的缓释和保活。确定投入褪黑素质量为5 mg时制备的褪黑素壳聚糖微粒作为试验材料(MP-MT)。利用扫描电子显微镜(SEM)和傅立叶变换红外光谱(FTIR),对褪黑素壳聚糖微粒(MP-MT)表面形貌及官能团特性进行表征。采用超高效液相色谱技术,探究MP-MT对褪黑素的缓释性能和抵抗光降解的性能。以两叶一心的小麦幼苗为试材,进行灌根试验。将基质最大持水量的80%设为正常对照(CK1),基质最大持水量的40%设为干旱对照(CK2);在干旱胁迫下,设施用1.0 g/L褪黑素(MT1.0)、壳聚糖微粒(MP)和含褪黑素0.5、1.0、1.5 g/L的褪黑素壳聚糖微粒(MP-MT0.5、MP-MT1.0、MP-MT1.5),共7个处理。在处理后第8天,取样分析小麦幼苗株高、干重、鲜重、叶片SPAD值、根系生长、抗氧化酶活性及丙二醛含量。  【结果】  当褪黑素投入量为5 mg时MP-MT对褪黑素的包封率最稳定,为52.14%,之后的相关试验均以该比例制备的褪黑素壳聚糖微粒(MP-MT)作为试验材料。通过SEM照片发现,MP-MT微粒粒径相较于壳聚糖微粒增加且表面变粗糙。MP-MT微粒FTIR结果同时检测出现了壳聚糖、褪黑素等组分的特征峰,表明褪黑素在微粒中存在。模拟释放试验结果表明,MP-MT在pH 5.0和pH 7.0磷酸缓冲溶液下36 h的释放率分别为65.43%、50.13%。模拟光降解试验表明,可见光照射4 h时MP-MT中褪黑素的光降解率较普通MT降低了143.37%。小麦幼苗干旱胁迫试验结果表明,与MT1.0处理相比,3个MP-MT处理的小麦幼苗干重增加4.50%～22.73%,根系长度增加15.92%～32.56%,过氧化酶活性提高19.56%～20.34%,丙二醛含量降低9.77%～12.30% (P<0.05)。  【结论】  壳聚糖/三聚磷酸钠/果胶的褪黑素封装体系可以实现褪黑素的缓释和保活,显著提高干旱胁迫下小麦幼苗SPAD值,促进根系发育,提高抗氧化酶活性,从而提高小麦幼苗抗旱性。     

冻融循环对黑土容重和孔隙度影响的试验研究

反复的冻融循环会通过改变土壤容重、孔隙度等物理性质而使其侵蚀加剧,该文探讨了土壤容重及孔隙度在冻融循环作用下的变化.试从机理上分析冻融作用对土壤抗蚀性的影响规律.以东北黑土为研究对象,考虑冻融温差和土壤含水率两个影响因素.通过室内冻融试验研究了黑土容重及孔隙度的变化规律.结果表明:随着冻融循环次数的增大,土壤的容重和孔隙度分别呈现缓慢减小及增大趋势,且变化幅度越来越小,最后达到基本稳定的状态;冻融温差越大,冻结温度越低,同一含水率土壤的容重变得更低,而孔隙度相对较高,并且两者的变化量最大;在同一冻融温差下,高含水率土壤经过冻融循环后较低含水率土壤容重更低,而孔隙度更高,且数值的变化量最大.     

低磷胁迫对巴西橡胶树幼苗保护酶活性的影响

通过水培试验,研究低磷胁迫对巴西橡胶树幼苗保护酶的影响.结果表明:在胁迫处理84d中,MAD含量、SOD活性不断增加,且均高于对照;POD、CAT活性在胁迫处理42d内增加,42d时均高于对照,42～84d活性开始降低,84 d时低于对照.根中MAD含量胁迫处理变化量比其他器官低;SOD、POD、CAT活性胁迫处理变化量较其他器官高.根较其他器官对低磷胁迫更为敏感.     

高产春玉米灌浆期碳氮积累、转运及叶片衰老特性对深松深度的响应

试验采用深松35 cm（S35）和深松25 cm（S25）及不深松（CK）3个处理,比较分析各处理间吐丝后地上部干物质、氮素积累量的差异和叶片SAPD值、群体叶面积的变化。结果表明,灌浆期地上部干物质、氮素积累量均表现为S35>S25>CK处理,且随着生育进程的推进和深松深度的增加,其差异明显增大。在吐丝后36 d,各深松处理子粒干物质和氮素积累量均占成熟期的60%之上,均以S35最高;棒三叶以下叶片的氮素输出量表现为CK >S25 >S3处理;群体叶面积下降幅度表现为CK >S25 >S35处理,以吐丝后18～36 d下降最为明显;深松处理延缓了穗位叶、穗位上、下第1叶和穗位上第2叶SPAD值的下降。随深松深度的增加深松作用显著,在灌浆后期表现更明显。