Mechanisms behind soil N dynamics following cover restoration in degraded land in subtropical China

Purpose

Nitrogen (N) is an important nutrient for re-vegetation during ecosystem restoration, but the effects of cover restoration on soil N transformations are not fully understood. This study was conducted to investigate N transformations in soils with different cover restoration ages in Eastern China.

Materials and methods

Soil samples were collected from four degraded and subsequently restored lands with restoration ages of 7, 17, 23, and 35 years along with an adjacent control of degraded land. A ¹⁵N tracing technique was used to quantify gross N transformation rates.

Results and discussion

Compared with degraded land, soil organic carbon (SOC) and total N (TN) increased by 1.60–3.97 and 2.49–5.36 times in restoration land. Cover restoration increased ammonium and nitrate immobilization, and dissimilatory nitrate reduction to ammonium (DNRA) by 0.56–0.96, 0.34–2.10, and 0.79–3.45 times, respectively, indicating that restoration was beneficial for N retention. There were positive correlations between SOC content and ammonium and nitrate immobilization and DNRA, indicating that the increase in soil N retention capacity may be ascribed to increasing SOC concentrations. The stimulating effect of SOC on ammonium immobilization was greater than its effect on organic N mineralization, so while SOC and TN increased, inorganic N supply did not increase. Autotrophic and heterotrophic nitrification increased with increasing SOC and TN concentrations. Notably, heterotrophic nitrification was an important source of NO₃^??N production, accounting for 47–67% of NO₃^??N production among all restoration ages.

Conclusions

The capacity of N retention was improved by cover restoration, leading to an increase in soil organic carbon and total N over time, but inorganic N supply capacity did not change with cover restoration age.

     

Biochar-induced soil phosphate sorption and availability depend on soil properties: a microcosm study

Journal of Soils and Sediments - The effects of soil properties on biochar-induced soil phosphate sorption and availability are not well investigated. An alkaline biochar-induced soil phosphate...     

江西省水资源利用时空变化特征及区域差异

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夹指链式残膜回收机脱膜装置设计与试验

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基于有效积温的玉米冠层图像特征参数分析

为揭示滴灌水肥一体化玉米冠层图像颜色特征参数随有效积温的动态变化规律,明确有效积温对玉米冠层图像三基色RGB的动态变化影响机理,比较图像特征参数的拟合精度。以宁夏主栽品种天赐19为试验材料,于2018年在宁夏平吉堡农场开展6个不同氮素处理的小区试验,利用防抖手持云台搭载手机相机遥控获取玉米冠层垂直地面图像,提取图像色彩特征参数,以有效积温为自变量,对玉米冠层数字图像特征参数进行拟合分析并比较,并分析图像参数与叶片氮浓度的相关性。结果表明:有效积温与红光值(R)符合有理函数关系,与绿光值(G)和蓝光值(B)符合对数函数关系,通过比较可以看出,各图像特征参数中R拟合效果最好,B和G次之,均达到显著水平,图像参数与叶片氮浓度十叶期的相关系数高于六叶期。因此,数字图像参数R的拟合效果最好,可作为宁夏滴灌玉米图像监测指标和群体结构分析的参考依据,十叶期可作为该地区滴灌玉米氮素营养诊断的关键生育时期。     

缓释肥侧位深施及用量对油菜产量和肥料利用率的影响

为明确红壤稻田直播油菜缓释肥（N-P2O5-K2O:25-7-8）侧位深施效果及适宜用量,该研究连续2 a在两熟制和三熟制2种种植模式下开展缓释肥侧位深施效果对比试验（设置不施肥、土表撒施和侧位深施3个施肥方式）和施用量试验（设置0、300、450、600、750和900 kg/hm2 共6个施肥水平）,研究缓释肥侧位深施及不同用量对油菜产量形成和肥料利用率的影响。结果表明,施肥方式对红壤稻田油菜产量形成和肥料利用率均有显著影响,且对两熟制油菜影响更为显著。相比传统土表撒施,侧位深施显著促进了油菜产量和肥料利用率的提高。缓释肥侧位深施明显提高了各时期油菜干物质量,尤其是显著增加了初花期至成熟期的干物质积累量,促进了花后根部与地上部干物质同步增长;促进了根系对N、P、K的吸收,提高了油菜产量和肥料利用率。菜籽产量与缓释肥用量呈线性加平台关系,适宜施肥量可保证较大的收获密度,并协同产生较多的每株角果数和每角粒数,从而提高籽粒产量、肥料利用率和经济效益。两熟制和三熟制油菜缓释肥侧位深施的适宜用量分别为715和585 kg/hm2,产量潜力可分别达2 450和1 700 kg/hm2。研究表明,侧位深施适量缓释肥可显著提高红壤稻田直播油菜生产力,建议结合机械化种植因地制宜推广应用。     

基于迁移学习的棉花叶部病虫害图像识别

针对传统图像识别方法准确率低、手工提取特征等问题,该研究以棉花叶部病虫害图像为研究对象,利用迁移学习算法并辅以数据增强技术,实现棉花叶部病虫害图像准确分类。首先改进AlexNet模型,利用PlantVillage大数据集训练取得预训练模型,在预训练模型上使用棉花病虫害数据微调参数,得到平均测试准确率为93.50%;然后使用数据增强技术扩充原始数据集,在预训练模型上再训练,得到最终平均测试准确率为97.16%。相同试验条件下,该研究方法较支持向量机(Support Vector Machine,SVM)和BP(Back Propagation,BP)神经网络以及深度卷积模型(VGG-19和GoogLeNet Inception v2)分类效果更好。试验结果表明,通过迁移学习能把从源领域(PlantVillage数据集)学习到的知识迁移到目标领域(棉花病虫害数据集),数据增强技术能有效缓解过拟合。该研究为农作物病虫害识别技术的发展提供了参考。     

Design,Semisynthesis, Insecticidal and Antibacterial Activities of a Series of Marine-Derived Geodin Derivatives and Their Preliminary Structure–Activity Relationships

To enhance the biological activity of the natural product geodin (1), isolated from the marine-derived fungus Aspergillus sp., a series of new ether derivatives (2–37) was designed and semisynthesized using a high-yielding one-step reaction. In addition, the insecticidal and antibacterial activities of all geodin congeners were evaluated systematically. Most of these derivatives showed better insecticidal activities against Helicoverpa armigera Hübner than 1. In particular, 15 showed potent insecticidal activity with an IC₅₀ value of 89 μM, comparable to the positive control azadirachtin (IC₅₀ = 70 μM). Additionally, 5, 12, 13, 16, 30 and 33 showed strong antibacterial activity against Staphylococcus aureus and Aeromonas salmonicida with MIC values in the range of 1.15–4.93 μM. The preliminary structure–activity relationships indicated that the introduction of halogenated benzyl especially fluorobenzyl, into 1 and substitution of 4-OH could be key factors in increasing the insecticidal and antibacterial activities of geodin.     

高寒城市郊区外来园林树种适应性评价

为了确定外来园林树种在高寒城市郊区的适应性,以典型区域——青海西宁市火烧沟外来园林树种为对象,基于野外定株监测及室内统计分析,对其抗寒性、性状稳定性及生长发育能力等进行了研究,并综合评价了不同树种的适应能力。结果表明：（1）乔木树种紫叶稠李主干基部在晚冬期出现轻微冻裂,其他3种乔木在早春期发生了严重的抽条及轻度的冻害,4者叶色或叶形均明显改变,适应能力依次为：紫叶稠李>金叶复叶槭>金枝国槐>金叶榆。（2）小乔木类树种均发生了较严重的抽条,芽、叶、花出现了明显的冻斑,花朵变色或畸形率低于10%,适应性强弱依次为：西府海棠>独干红叶榆叶梅=绚丽海棠>红叶碧桃。（3）几种丁香属植物抵御冻害能力较强,仅部分物种一年生枝发生了轻微的抽条,但一些物种后期生长发育能力较差,例如黄丁香不发育花器官,综合适应能力大小为：紫罗兰丁香=波峰丁香=红叶丁香>辽东丁香>其他5者。（4）小灌木类树种胶东卫矛和小叶黄杨冬季地上部全部冻干,其他小灌木也发生了不同程度的冻害和抽条,球冠类适应能力为：榆叶梅=珍珠绣线菊>金叶榆>圆柏,绿篱类为：水蜡=紫叶矮樱>金...