Determining the bioavailability of contaminants and assessing the quality of sediments

Background, Aims and Scope  

Our study determined if and when an avoidance or attraction behavioural response would be displayed by Ilyanassa obsoleta when presented with a choice between harbour and reference sediments. Our goal was to develop a non-lethal approach that could be used in future assessments of the environmental quality of field sediments.     

Dietary phosphorus requirement of GIFT strain of Nile tilapia Oreochromis niloticus reared in freshwater

A study was conducted to estimate the optimum requirement of dietary available phosphorus for GIFT strain of Nile tilapia Oreochromis niloticus. Six purified diets were formulated to contain graded levels (0 (control diet), 2.9, 4.8, 7.6, 9.1 and 10.9 g kg^?1 diet) of available phosphorus. Each diet was fed to triplicate groups of 12 fish with initial average weight (46.03 ± 2.14) g for 8 weeks. The results showed that fish fed the three lowest phosphorus diets (0, 2.9 and 4.8 g kg^?1) had significantly lower weight gain rate, specific growth rate (SGR) and feed efficiency than those fed the other diets (P < 0.05). The survival rate of fish fed the control diet was significantly lower than that of the fish fed the other diets (P < 0.05). Whole body viscerosomatic index and crude lipid content decreased significantly with increasing dietary available phosphorus levels (P < 0.05), while the contents of crude ash, calcium, phosphorus in the whole body and vertebrae showed the opposite trend (P < 0.05). The blood chemistry analysis showed that dietary available phosphorus had significant effects on serum phosphorus concentration, enzyme activities of alkaline phosphatase and parathyroid hormone level. Quadratic curve analysis based on SGR indicated that the minimum dietary requirement of available phosphorus for maintaining optimal growth of tilapia was 8.6 g kg^?1.     

中职学校德育课课程改革初探

随着新一轮的中职学校德育课课程改革的深入开展和中职学生主体意识的增强,传统的德育课教学有许多方面需要进一步改进和完善.在中职学校德育课教学中实施高效良性的师生互动,能提高德育课的教学实效和学生的思想道德素质,为学生职业生涯发展奠定基础.     

Integrated disease management of ascochyta blight in pulse crops

Ascochyta blight causes significant yield loss in pulse crops worldwide. Integrated disease management is essential to take advantage of cultivars with partial resistance to this disease. The most effective practices, established by decades of research, use a combination of disease-free seed, destruction or avoidance of inoculum sources, manipulation of sowing dates, seed and foliar fungicides, and cultivars with improved resistance. An understanding of the pathosystems and the inter-relationship between host, pathogen and the environment is essential to be able to make correct decisions for disease control without compromising the agronomic or economic ideal. For individual pathosystems, some components of the integrated management principles may need to be given greater consideration than others. For instance, destruction of infested residue may be incompatible with no or minimum tillage practices, or rotation intervals may need to be extended in environments that slow the speed of residue decomposition. For ascochyta-susceptible chickpeas the use of disease-free seed, or seed treatments, is crucial as seed-borne infection is highly effective as primary inoculum and epidemics develop rapidly from foci in favourable conditions. Implemented fungicide strategies differ according to cultivar resistance and the control efficacy of fungicides, and the effectiveness of genetic resistance varies according to seasonal conditions. Studies are being undertaken to develop advanced decision support tools to assist growers in making more informed decisions regarding fungicide and agronomic practices for disease control.     

广西玉米纹枯病菌培养性状及其致病力研究

从广西玉米主产区的8个县市秋玉米的纹枯病病株中分离出8个玉米纹枯病菌株,经生物性状的观察和菌丝融合群测定表明,它们都属于立枯丝核菌AGk-1-IA融合群;腐生定殖能力和致病力测定表明,菌株GX4、GX1的腐生定殖能力和致病力最强。     

河北省滨海平原区设施类型及灌水技术发展分析

为解决河北省蔬菜设施存在的诸如设施老化,结构不合理,参数不合理,灌水技术落后等问题,本研究对河北省滨海平原区的秦皇岛、山海关、昌黎至滦河口片的设施类型及灌水方式进行调研,了解了该分区设施类型及灌水方式的发展演变过程,并且提出适合该分区发展的理想设施类型为第四类日光温室,合理的前屋面采光角应该为33°5′~33°18′;后屋面角应为34°~35°。这一结果为研究区以后发展新日光温室及旧温室改造工作提供参数参考依据。     

中国真径茧蜂属Euagathis Szepligeti一新种及一新记录（膜翅目：茧蜂科：窄径茧蜂亚科）

窄径茧蜂亚科是鳞翅目幼虫的重要内寄生蜂．该亚科在中国大陆的区系尚无研究报道．本文记述真径茧样属ＥｕａｇａｔｈｉｓＳｚｅｐｌｉｇｅｔｉ的中国一新种—多刺真径茧蜂ＥｕａｇａｔｈｉｓｓｅｎｔｏｓｕｓＣｈｅｎ＆Ｙａｎｇ．及一中国分布新记录—透翅真径茧蜂Ｅｕａｇａｔｈｉｓｐｅｎｅｔｒａｎｓ（Ｓｍｉｔｈ），并提供了该属中国已知７种的分种检索表．新种的模式标本保存于福建农业大学植物保护系益虫研究室．     

贵州省六盘水市低碳农业发展探讨

从六盘水市低碳农业发展现状及低碳农业存在的问题着手,分析总结了六盘水市低碳农业发展对策后认为,在发展低碳经济方面,农业潜力巨大,低碳农业将是六盘水市实现低碳经济的根本保证和重要领域。     

黄腐酸对油菜生理和产量的影响

在开花期，用０、５０、１００和２００ｍｇ／ｋｇ黄腐酸溶液喷洒白菜型油菜（ＢｒａｓｓｉｃａＣａｍｐｅｓｔｒｉｓ），结果表明，黄腐酸能提高叶绿素含量，降低叶片电导率，提高叶片相对含水量，降低其水分饱和亏缺，从而增强了油菜抗旱能力．喷洒黄腐酸还显著提高油菜的干物质积累量和籽粒产量。     

Estimating spatial mean soil water contents of sloping jujube orchards using temporal stability

Estimating spatial mean soil water contents from point-scale measurements is important to improve soil water management in sloping land of semiarid areas. Temporal stability analysis, as a statistical technique to estimate soil water content, is an effective tool in terms of facilitating the upscaling estimation of mean values. The objective of this study was to examine temporal stability of soil water profiles (0–20, 20–40, 40–60 and 0–60 cm) in sloping jujube (Zizyphus jujuba) orchards and to estimate field mean root-zone soil water based on temporal stability analysis in the Yuanzegou catchment of the Chinese Loess Plateau, using soil water observations under both dry and wet soil conditions. The results showed that different time-stable locations were identified for different depths and the temporal stability of soil water content in 20–40 cm was significantly (P < 0.05) weaker than that in other depths. Moreover, these time-stable locations had relatively high clay contents, relatively mild slopes and relatively planar surfaces compared to the corresponding field means. Statistical analysis revealed that the temporal stability of root zone soil water (0–60 cm) was higher in either dry or wet season than that including both, and soil water exhibited very low temporal stability during the transition period from dry to wet. Based on the temporal stability analysis, field mean soil water contents were estimated reasonably (R² from 0.9560 to 0.9873) from the point measurements of these time-stable locations. Since the terrains in this study are typical in the hilly regions of the Loess Plateau, the results presented here should improve soil water management in sloping orchards in the Loess Plateau.