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Trees of the genus Ficus, integral components of indigenous rainfed agro-ecosystems of the southern dry agro-climatic zone of Karnataka, southern India, have traditionally been associated with the ecological service of soil quality enhancement in addition to various direct use benefits. We assessed the soil enrichment service of Ficus benghalensis L. a common Ficus species in these agroforestry systems, by quantifying nutrient return via litter fall. Litterfall estimation and chemical analysis of litter showed that F. benghalensis trees produce 3,512 kg ha-1 of litter annually which, on decomposition, can satisfy up to 76.70 % of N, 20.24% of P and 67.76% of K requirements of dryland crops annually per hectare. This can lead to an avoided cost of compost of US $ 36.46 ha-1·a-1 in dryland farming systems. The slow rate of decay of Ficus litter, as revealed in litter decomposition studies indicates its potential as ideal mulch for dryland soils. We discuss the complementarity between Ficus litterfall and cropping patterns in Mandya, and its implications for rainfed agricultural systems. 相似文献
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Availability of genetically modified soybean meal in rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss diets 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Pitchaya Chainark Shuichi Satoh Tokuya Hino Viswanath Kiron Ikuo Hirono Takashi Aoki 《Fisheries Science》2006,72(5):1072-1078
The use of genetically modified defatted soybean meal (GM SBM) as rainbow trout feed was investigated, in comparison with
non-GM SBM. Both SBMs were included at levels of approximately 15 and 30% in four diets (42% protein). The diets were fed
to juvenile fish (48.3 g average weight) for 12 weeks. The nutrient use showed that there was no significant difference in
growth and feed performance between GM and non-GM SBM groups at both inclusion levels at the end of 12th week. The cauliflower
mosaic virus 35S promoter fragment (220 bp) of the GM SBM was detected in the muscle of fish receiving both levels of GM SBM diet by nested
PCR, but the frequency of detection was greater at the higher inclusion level. Additionally, the promoter fragment was not
detected by the fifth day after changing the diet to non-GM. Conversely, the promoter fragment was not detected from fish
fed with the non-GM SBM diet. The results demonstrated that the availability of protein in GM SBM was similar to that of non-GM
SBM, and the promoter fragments found in the muscle of fish were not detectable after changing the diet to non-GM, verifying
the availability of the GM SBM in rainbow trout feed. 相似文献
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Caipang CM Lazado CC Berg I Brinchmann MF Kiron V 《Fish physiology and biochemistry》2011,37(3):603-612
The present study investigated the immunomodulatory activities of alginic acid and fucoidan, both derived from brown seaweeds,
on selected cellular immune responses and antibacterial activity of head kidney (HK) leukocytes of cod, Gadus morhua. Primary cultures of HK leukocytes were incubated with either 10 or 100 μg ml−1 of the substances and the effects on respiratory burst, cellular proliferation, acid and alkaline phosphatase activity and
cellular myeloperoxidase were measured at 3- and 24-h post-incubation. The antibacterial activity of the supernatants collected
from the cell cultures incubated with 100 μg ml−1 of the substances were tested against Vibrio anguillarum and Aeromonas salmonicida. Respiratory burst was significantly elevated in cells incubated with either alginic acid or fucoidan in a dose-dependent
manner. Incubation with a higher dose of alginic acid and fucoidan resulted in lower cellular proliferation at 3- and 24-h,
respectively. Both acid and alkaline phosphatase activities of HK leukocytes were not significantly modulated, except for
a slight elevation of acid phosphatase in cells incubated with 100 μg ml−1 of alginic acid for 24-h. Fucoidan, but not alginic acid significantly increased cellular myeloperoxidase activity at a concentration
of 100 μg ml−1. The growth of the bacteria in both the treated and control supernatants was significantly lower than what was observed in
the bacterial culture medium. However, the supernatants from the treated cells had significantly higher bacterial growth compared
with supernatants of the control cells. Taken together, these results showed that at the tested concentrations, both alginic
acid and fucoidan are able to differentially stimulate some cellular immune responses of cod HK leukocytes in vitro and the
respiratory burst activity was significantly stimulated by these brown algal derivatives. These substances could be tested
as potential immunostimulants in future in vivo studies. 相似文献
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Mary Jane S. Apines-Amar Shuichi Satoh Christopher Marlowe A. Caipang Viswanath Kiron Takeshi Watanabe Takashi Aoki 《Aquaculture (Amsterdam, Netherlands)》2004,240(1-4):345-358
This study aimed to evaluate the amino acid-chelated trace elements as dietary supplement to rainbow trout. Three diets were formulated containing trace elements either from the inorganic salt (SF) or amino acid-chelate (AM). Diets 1 (SF) and 2 (AM) contained the same amount of trace elements from inorganic and amino acid-chelates, respectively. Diet 3 (AM-Hf) was added with trace elements from amino acid-chelatex at one-half of their levels in Diets 1 and 2. Each diet was fed for 15 weeks to three groups of 30 fish each, with an average weight of 1.52±0.21 g. Growth of fish was not affected by the treatment (P>0.05). However, bone (P<0.01) and liver (P<0.05) Cu contents were higher in the AM than the SF group. Similarly, hematocrit level (P<0.05) and alkaline phosphatase (ALP) activity (P<0.01) were higher in the chelate-fed fish. Further, DNA polymerase and CuZnSOD expression in the AM group was highly upregulated (P<0.05) compared to the SF fed fish as quantified by RT-PCR. Absorption and whole body retention of Mn and Zn from the AM were higher (P<0.05) than the inorganic salt. Half supplementation of those fed the elements from AM was at par with the full provision from the inorganic source tested. 相似文献