Mineralogical changes with depth in a layered Andosol near Bandung, Java (Indonesia)

The mineralogy and some physical and chemical properties of an Andosol developed in four distinct layers of volcanic ash have been investigated. Analytical methods used include X-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy, particle-size analyses, infrared spectroscopy, pyrophosphate extracts of C, Al and Fe, and acid-oxalate extracts of Al, Fe and Si. Three buried A horizons in the ash were also dated by the ¹⁴C method. The dates obtained indicate burial of A horizons c. 17700, 14500 and 8600 years B.P., respectively. Halloysite dominates the weathered fraction in the ash older than 17700 B.P., whereas allophane and imogolite with molar A1/Si ratios of 1.7–2.0 are predominant in the younger ash layers. Some kaolinite also occurs in the upper two layers of ash. It is considered possible that the halloysite in the deepest ash layer formed under different climatic conditions from those prevailing at present, rather than due to resilication of allophane under the overburden of ash. The results also demonstrate the mineralogical complexity of soil developed in more than one layer of volcanic ash.     

GENESIS AND MORPHOLOGY OF SOME ALPINE PODZOL PROFILES

Some representative podzol profiles from an Alpine region are described. Their genesis is mainly a function of vegetation and drainage and is analysed by morphological, chemical, and mineralogical methods. The effect of soil management on profile development as governed by recent economic advances has been discussed. When meadows with brown soils that are preserved by careful management are abandoned, heather and bilberries start growing and podzolization processes begin. Illuviation horizons are formed that have a friable consistency when formed in these meadows, but that may be hard and brittle when developed in sandy till with only heather or bilberries. Soil physical processes lead only to a fragmentation of parent rock, whereas pronounced chemical weathering occurring in these soils—decreasing in intensity with depth—produces an active clay fraction, the composition of which is discussed. Chemical weathering was most pronounced under poor vegetation. The higher content of silt in the topsoil can be partly attributed to sedimentation of wind-blown particles. Frost action leads to sedimentation of fine soil particles on top of larger mineral fragments lying at some depth in a profile.     

基于植物功能-结构模型的玉米-大豆条带间作光截获行间差异研究

间作种植形成了异质冠层空间结构,但因此导致的作物生长、表型和光截获的行间差异目前还少有定量化。为解析条带间作生产力的行间差异,本研究基于田间观测数据构建植物功能-结构模型（Functional-Structural Plant Model,FSPM）,量化间作系统中光截获的行间差异。于2017—2018年开展了玉米和大豆单作、2行玉米和2行大豆的2:2 MS间作以及3行玉米和6行大豆的3:6 MS间作田间试验。基于植物生长平台GroIMP开发了玉米-大豆间作的FSPM,模型较好地模拟了叶面积指数（Leaf Area Index,LAI）、株高和光截获系数动态三个指标,均方根误差（Root Mean Square Error,RMSE）分别为0.24～0.70 m²/m²、0.06～0.17 m和0.06～0.10。田间试验结果表明,间作种植显著增加了玉米节间直径。受玉米遮阴影响,大豆节间变长、变细,且随大豆条带变窄差异越明显。模型模拟的2:2 MS间作玉米光截获比单作玉米高35.6%,3:6 MS边行玉米和内行玉米的光截获分别比单作玉米高27.8%和20.3%。2:2 MS与3:6 MS边行大豆的光截获比单作大豆分别少36.0%和28.8%;3:6 MS大豆内I行和内II行比单作大豆的光截获分别少4.1%和1.8%。基于三维FSPM,未来可进行不同生长环境下间作种植模式等的布局优化,以达到最佳系统光截获优势。     

Mycorrhizal fungi mitigate nitrogen losses of an experimental grassland by facilitating plant uptake and soil microbial immobilization

Nitrogen (N) is one of the most limited nutrients of terrestrial ecosystems, whose losses are prevented in tightly coupled cycles in finely tuned systems. Global change-induced N enrichment through atmospheric deposition and application of vast amounts of fertilizer are now challenging the terrestrial N cycle. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) are known drivers of plant-soil nutrient fluxes, but a comprehensive assessment of AMF involvement in N cycling under global change is still lacking. Here, we simulated N enrichment by fertilization (low/high) in experimental grassland microcosms under greenhouse conditions in the presence or absence of AMF and continuously monitored different N pathways over nine months. We found that high N enrichment by fertilization decreased the relative abundance of legumes and the plant species dominating the plant community changed from grasses to forbs in the presence of AMF, based on aboveground biomass. The presence of AMF always maintained plant N:phosphorus (P) ratios between 14 and 16, no matter how the soil N availability changed. Shifts in plant N:P ratios due to the increased plant N and P uptake might thus be a primary pathway of AMF altering plant community composition. Furthermore, we constructed a comprehensive picture of AMF’s role in N cycling, highlighting that AMF reduced N losses primarily by mitigating N leaching, while N₂O emissions played a marginal role. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi reduced N₂O emissions directly through the promotion of N₂O-consuming denitrifiers. The underlying mechanism for reducing N leaching is mainly the AMF-mediated improved nutrient uptake and AMF-associated microbial immobilization. Our results indicate that synergies between AMF and other soil microorganisms cannot be ignored in N cycling and that the integral role of AMF in N cycling terrestrial ecosystems can buffer the upcoming global changes.     

高温胁迫对杧果幼苗生理生化指标的影响

通过测定高温胁迫下四季杧与台农一号杧一年生嫁接苗叶片生理生化指标的变化,探讨其耐热的生理生化机制。结果表明:随着高温胁迫时间的延长,四季杧和台农一号杧的丙二醛(MDA)含量和相对电导率均明显上升,但四季杧的上升幅度和含量均明显高于台农一号杧。保护酶活性方面,高温胁迫处理后四季杧的SOD酶先下降后上升,而台农一号杧则是先上升后下降,且其含量明显高于四季杧;CAT酶的含量在高温胁迫后2个品种均减少,但四季杧CAT酶的含量明显高于台农一号杧。渗透调节物质游离脯氨酸在高温胁迫处理后含量明显高于处理前,但台农一号杧的上升程度明显高于四季杧。可溶性糖的含量在处理后12 h时,四季杧的含量明显高于台农一号杧,但在处理后72 h时,结果却相反。可溶性蛋白含量先下降后上升,并且四季杧的上升程度明显高于台农一号杧。胁迫处理后2个杧果品种的叶绿素含量和叶片相对含水量均下降,但四季杧的含量均明显低于台农一号杧。综合各项指标,初步推测台农一号杧比四季杧更耐热。     

黄土塬区苹果树蒸腾速率变化特征及其影响因子

报道了应用茎流计(TDP)测定黄土塬区苹果树主要生长季节蒸腾速率的试验结果,并对其影响因子做了分析。研究表明:晴天苹果树蒸腾速率的日变化为单峰曲线;逐日变化为昼高夜低、骤升骤降的特征,夜间接近于0,白天单株苹果树蒸腾速率峰值变化幅度为300~1 000 g/h;6~8月是苹果树蒸腾耗水的主要月份,其中7月份的单株平均日蒸腾量为3 038 g/d;与苹果树的生育期相联系,平均日蒸腾量最大出现在果实膨大期,随后是秋梢生长期和幼果膨大期。在测定时段,随总辐射的增强及气温的升高,苹果树蒸腾速率随之增加。     

Initial report of glufosinate and paraquat multiple resistance that evolved in a biotype of goosegrass (Eleusine indica) in Malaysia

Field and glasshouse studies have confirmed the presence of a glufosinate‐ and paraquat‐resistant goosegrass biotype that has infested a bitter gourd field in Air Kuning, Perak, Malaysia. Glufosinate and paraquat had been applied at least six times per year to the affected fields (originally a rubber plantation) for more than four consecutive years. Paraquat had been used since 1970 for weed control in the rubber plantation. An on‐site field trial revealed that the control of the goosegrass plants, measuring 20–35 cm in height, ranged from 20 to 35% 3 weeks after being treated with each herbicide at twice the recommended rate. Dose–response tests were conducted in the glasshouse, using seedlings at the three‐to‐four‐leaf stage that had been obtained from the plants that had received repeated exposure to these herbicides and a biotype with no history of any herbicide resistance. The comparison of the GR₅₀ (the herbicide rate that is required to reduce the shoot fresh weight by 50%) of the seedlings indicated that the resistant biotype of goosegrass is 3.4‐fold and 3.6‐fold more resistant than the susceptible biotype following treatment with glufosinate and paraquat, respectively. This study has demonstrated the world's first field‐evolved instance of multiple resistance in goosegrass to two non‐selective herbicides, glufosinate and paraquat.     

大土黄泥田水稻“3414”肥料效应试验研究

采用"3414"田间肥效试验,对夹江县大土黄泥田水稻栽培施用的氮、磷、钾肥肥效进行了研究。试验结果表明,水稻最佳经济效益施肥量为纯氮9.91kg/667m2、五氧化二磷3.53kg/667m2、氧化钾3.76kg/667m2,可获产量540.3kg/667m2。