Iron oxides in two Oxisols from the Brazilian coastal plain

Two Oxisols from the B2 horizon at similar locations 2 km apart on the Brazilian coastal plain with a udic, isohyperthermic regime were practically identical in chemical composition but differed markedly in colour; one was a dark reddish brown, the other a pale ochre. Mossbauer spectra at 295 K, 80 K and 4.2 K indicated a clear difference in iron oxide mineralogy. Iron was present as aluminous hematite and goethite, with Al substitutions of approximately 20% in the two phases. However, the relative proportion of iron present in hematite and goethite was 45:55 in the first sample and 12:88 in the second. Possible reasons for these differences are discussed.     

Response to luteinizing hormone releasing hormone in postpubertal boars with large testes

The objective of the present study was to determine if postpubertal boars (12-13 months of age; 156 +/- 8 kg) with large testes had altered hypothalamic control of secretion of luteinizing hormone (LH). Seven boars with the highest estimated 150 d, paired testis weights from a line selected for large testes (769 +/- 60 g = mean weight of excised testes) and 8 boars from a control group (control, 544 +/- 20 g) were tethered in stalls and fitted with indwelling jugular catheters. Males were bled when they were intact, 14 days after castration and during administration of sodium pentobarbital anesthetic (subsequent to castration) to block secretion of endogenous LH-releasing hormone (LHRH). Blood samples were collected at 12-min intervals for 6 hr before and 1 hr after intravenous injection of LHRH in intact and castrated males. During anesthesia, LHRH was administered 4 times at 1-hr intervals and blood samples were collected every 6 min. All samples were analyzed for concentrations of LH and pooled samples were analyzed for concentrations of 17-beta estradiol (E2) and testosterone (T). In intact and castrated males, mean concentrations of LH, frequency and amplitude of pulses of LH, and concentrations of E2 and T were not different between boars of the two groups (P greater than .10). Response to exogenous LHRH was less (P less than .05) in intact males with large testes than in corresponding males from the control group (P less than .05). Fourteen days after castration, males that had larger testes before castration had less of a response to LHRH than males from the control group (P less than .05).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)     

Incidence and characterization of canine rheumatoid factor

Rheumatoid factor (RF) was found in titers greater than 1:8 in 72.2% of cases of classical or definite canine rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and in 5.9% or normal sera. Serum fractionation and immunoabsorbant studies that much of the RF present was IgG, although activity was demonstrated in all 3 major immunoglobulin classes. Evidence of involvement of both IgG and IgM to form complexes of varying sizes was obtained.     

新疆农业产业集群现状及发展对策研究

农业产业集群是推动农村经济发展的重要产业组织形式。现以新疆为研究对象,从新疆农业产业集群的发展优势和现状出发,结合区位商进行分析,发现当前新疆农业产业集群主要面临产业链条短、市场需求反应慢、支持服务体系不健全等问题,最后从产业链、科技投入、市场需求和网络体系等角度提出新疆农业产业集群发展的对策。     

“优标”水稻体系对稻田土壤环境的影响

【目的】 针对水稻生产中的减肥、减药措施,前期自主开发了水稻优标体系。本研究通过分析应用优标体系的稻米产量和污染物含量以及土壤质量,评估优标体系在实际农业生产中的应用效果,以期为该优标体系的合理设计和及时调整提供科学依据。【方法】 基于在江苏省、上海市水稻种植区连续实施1—5年的定点优标体系试验区,以常规施肥用药水稻栽培体系（简称常规体系）为对照。采集水稻籽粒和稻田土壤样品,测定稻米产量、委托SGS检测稻米农药残留和重金属含量;采用内梅罗指数法评价土壤肥力;分别采用TTC还原法、靛酚蓝比色法、3,5-二硝基水杨酸比色法测定土壤脱氢酶、脲酶、蔗糖酶活性;利用16S rDNA高通量测序分析土壤微生物多样性。【结果】 采用优标体系较常规体系在氮肥施用量减少46.8%,代以添加有机肥、EM菌剂、叶面肥、锌肥;以生物制剂为核心,协同使用低毒、低残留化学农药,保证了稻米的高安全标准。在保证水稻产量、质量安全的前提下实施优标体系显著提高了土壤全氮与有机质含量;且连续实施1—4年的优标体系土壤肥力综合评分均高于常规体系,但连续实施5年后的优标体系土壤肥力综合评分值低于常规体系。连续实施2年优标体系脲酶、脱氢酶、蔗糖酶的活性均高于常规体系。实施优标体系的稻田土壤细菌群落多样性与丰度提高,优标体系实施1年和连续实施5年的土壤细菌丰富度上升比例重复变化的菌为拟杆菌门（Bacteroidetes）和绿弯菌门（Chloroflexi）;优势菌属为Terrimonas（尚无确切名称）和黄杆菌属（Flavobacterium）。相关性分析结果显示,优标体系实施1年,土壤中拟杆菌门、绿弯菌门丰度变化分别与pH肥力指数、全磷肥力指数变化呈正相关;优标体系连续实施5年,土壤中拟杆菌门、绿弯菌门丰度变化均与pH肥力指数变化呈正相关。另外,拟杆菌门、绿弯菌门丰度变化与土壤脱氢酶活性变化呈正相关。【结论】 实施优标体系在保证水稻产量、质量安全的前提下,可有效改善土壤质量,提升土壤细菌群落多样性,进而有助于恢复土壤肥力。     

豆浆粒径与豆浆品质的关系研究

以未脱皮大豆和脱皮大豆为原料,利用3种主流家用豆浆机(九阳精磨豆浆机JY1、美的无网豆浆机MS、九阳无网豆浆机JY2)分别制备干豆及湿豆豆浆,分析不同豆浆机所制豆浆的粒径及粒度分布规律,进而分析粒径与豆浆品质及蛋白质吸收率间的关系。结果表明:JY2制备豆浆的体积平均粒径D[4,3]最大,MS豆浆的D[4,3]次之,JY1豆浆的D[4,3]最小。湿豆豆浆体积平均粒径小于干豆豆浆,蛋白质含量、蛋白吸收率及感官评分(脱皮豆除外)亦显著高于干豆豆浆,说明湿法可以减小豆浆的粒径,提高原料利用率。脱皮湿豆豆浆感官评分低的主要原因可能是浸泡过程中脂肪氧化酶被激活而产生不良风味物质。