The Phytotoxicity of Various Graminicides in Durum Wheat in Greece

The effect of three herbicides, diclofop-methyl (DM), imazamethabenz-methyl (IM) and fenoxaprop-ethyl (FE), was investigated at the recommended rate (×) and double the recommended rate (2×) in a durum wheat crop. FE had the smallest effect on root system characteristics, while IM had the greatest effect. For all herbicides, the double rate treatment gave a greater statistical reduction than the single rate for root system characteristics. FE had the smallest effect on the activity of aerobic microorganisms, while DM gave the greatest reduction, 10 days after application, and all three herbicides reduced earthworm abundance. DM gave the smallest reduction in the number of tillers and in plant height, while the double rate of IM gave the greatest reduction. For all three herbicides, double the recommended rate resulted in a significant reduction in the weight of 1000 seeds, while no statistically significant deviations were noted at the recommended rate. Finally, the use of all three herbicides resulted in significantly lower statistical yields compared to the sample (control plot), although there were no significant statistical differences among them, for either recommended or double recommended rates.     

Patterns of silver eel (Anguilla anguilla L.) sex ratio in a catchment

Abstract –  Changes in the numbers and size-class structure of European silver eels, Anguilla anguilla , in the River Frémur (France) were examined over a 9-year period after installation of downstream eel passes. The number of silver eels migrating downstream peaked in 1999, then decreased strongly and steadily after 2000, reaching relatively low levels. At the same time, a gradual shift in the silver eel sex ratio from a dominance of males (size from 270 to 442 mm, age from 3 to 6 years) to females (size from 366 to 1112 mm, age from 4 to 9 years) was recorded. Possible explanations for the escapement patterns observed are environmental sex determination and the installation of eel passes on the main hydraulic engineering structures in 1992 and 1996.     

基于船舶观测的黑潮延伸体典型涡对的三维结构分析

为了理解黑潮延伸体(KE)区域活跃的中尺度过程,认识该海域中尺度涡旋的三维结构,以及中尺度涡旋在水团再分配、海-气相互作用方面起到的贡献。本文基于船舶观测和卫星遥感数据,研究了2022年6?7月之间分别分布于KE主流轴南北两侧的一个气旋式涡旋(CE)和反气旋式涡旋(AE)构成的典型涡对三维结构特征。结果表明：(1) CE存在南向跨锋运动,剪切强迫主导了该CE的运动过程;AE则相对稳定地存在;(2) CE的“冷舌”结构在海表增温和黑潮暖水扩散作用下逐渐消退;由于对CE所携带冷水的夹带作用,AE表现出“反涡旋海表面温度异常”的结构;(3) 该涡对内部温盐异常的多核结构与不同特性水团垂向再分配作用有关,AE内部流场斜压强,理查德森数小于临界值0.25的占比达50%左右,说明易引发湍流混合;CE上层垂向结构稳定,正压性强,使跨密面混合难以进行。该研究工作有助于提升对KE区域涡对特征和涡旋内部结构的认识,为进一步的涡旋动力研究提供支撑。     

中药药渣利用方法研究现状及高值化利用思考

随着中医行业发展和中医药制取技术的进步,中药渣的产生也与日俱增,现年产量已超过3500万吨。利用好中药渣资源不仅能保护环境,降低企业支出,还能创造额外的巨大经济效益。本文总结了中药渣在活性成分再提取、环境治理、作为饲料或饲料添加剂、作为有机肥料与栽培基质、作为轻工业生产原料等传统生态经济化利用现状,以及开发能源物质、膳食纤维产品、纳米纤维素类产品及复合材料等高值化利用现状,以期为中医药产业实现高质量发展提供参考。     

北纬43°地区日光暖棚牛舍的设计及其环境评价

根据不同季节的太阳高度角随地理纬度变化这一原理,确定牛舍塑料暖棚面与地面的最佳夹角,使冬季大寒(最冷)这天正午时分,太阳辐射的入射角与塑料棚面垂直,以其充分利用太阳的辐射热能,提高牛舍内的温度。通过对地处北纬43°地区通辽市科尔沁区余粮堡镇吴金宝村设计的日光暖棚牛舍的温热环境和舍内空气质量的测定表明:大寒这天舍外气温-20￣-8℃下,牛舍内的温度平均5.25℃,有害气体浓度均低于中华人民共和国国家标准,达到了防寒抗灾的目的。     

浙江省规模化生猪养殖业节水减排补偿机制研究

本文旨在探索以补偿手段为主体的规模化生猪养殖业节水减排激励机制。在构造理论框架阐释畜禽养殖业节水减排的补偿机制后,通过实地调研和回归分析确认规模化生猪养殖户节水减排的规模经济效应。结果表明:畜禽养殖业节水减排的补偿机制是指在既定目标下,将当期的节水量与减排量作为下期的节水减排补贴,同时提高单位水价与单位排污费,以经济效益为诱因,激励养殖户采纳节水减排技术,直到形成合理的价格后,逐步取消补贴,最终使补贴激励转化为价格调控;规模化生猪养殖户节水减排的规模经济效应表现为,随着养殖规模的扩大,预计节水量和预计减排量均先减速递增,呈现出规模经济的特征,达最大值后加速递减,呈现出规模不经济的特征。因此,应从"梯价补贴"政策和配套措施安排2个方面设计规模化生猪养殖业节水减排补偿制度。     

Leaf stoichiometry of Leontopodium lentopodioides at high altitudes on the northeastern Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau,China

Altitude affects leaf stoichiometry by regulating temperature and precipitation, and influencing soil properties in mountain ecosystems. Leaf carbon concentration(C), leaf nitrogen concentration(N),leaf phosphorous concentration(P), and their stoichiometric ratios of Leontopodium lentopodioides(Willd.)Beauv., a widespread species in degraded grasslands, were investigated to explore its response and adaptation strategy to environmental changes along four altitude gradients(2500, 3000, 3500, and 3...     

Inheritance of virulence in Fusarium circinatum,the cause of pitch canker in pines

Wildtype strains of Fusarium circinatum, the causal agent of pitch canker, were crossed to obtain an F₁ generation. Progeny of this cross were tested for virulence by inoculating Pinus radiata seedlings, and were found to induce a wide range of lesion lengths. Two strains from the F₁ generation that induced long lesions (= high virulence) were used as parents to produce an F₂ generation, followed by a second round of selection for high virulence to obtain an F₃ generation. Mean lesion lengths were not significantly different between the three generations (P ≥ 0.196). A parallel set of crosses was performed to select for low virulence by using progeny in the F₁ and F₂ generations that induced short lesions as parents for F₂ and F₃ generations, respectively. In this case, both rounds of selection resulted in a significant reduction in mean lesion length, from 33.8 ± 0.8 mm in the F₁ generation, to 19.7 ± 0.7 and 12.9 ± 0.7 mm in the F₂ and F₃ generations, respectively. Thus it is apparent that F. circinatum retains the genetic capacity for avirulence to pines, which could reflect a lack of strong selection for virulence in nature. Progeny of a cross between high and low virulence parents manifested nearly continuous variation in lesion lengths, consistent with virulence being a quantitatively inherited trait. Based on this cross, broad‐sense heritability (H²) was determined to be 0.74, which suggests that virulence is under strong genetic control.     

Short term soil priming effects and the mineralisation of biochar following its incorporation to soils of different pH

The aim of this work was to determine the magnitude of the priming effect, i.e. short-term changes in the rate (negative or positive) of mineralisation of native soil organic carbon (C), following addition of biochars. The biochars were made from Miscanthus giganteus, a C4 plant, naturally enriched with ¹³C. The biochars were produced at 350 °C (biochar350) and 700 °C (biochar700) and applied with and without ryegrass as a substrate to a clay-loam soil at pH 3.7 and 7.6. A secondary aim was to determine the effect of ryegrass addition on the mineralisation of the two biochars.After 87 days, biochar350 addition caused priming effects equivalent to 250 and 319 μg CO₂-C g⁻¹ soil, in the low and high pH soil, respectively. The largest priming effects occurred at the start of the incubations. The size of the priming effect was decreased at higher biochar pyrolysis temperatures, which may be a way of controlling priming effects following biochar incorporation to soil, if desired. The priming effect was probably induced by the water soluble components of the biochar. At 87 days of incubation, 0.14% and 0.18% of biochar700 and 0.61% and 0.84% of biochar350 were mineralized in the low and high pH soil, respectively. Ryegrass addition gave an increased biochar350 mineralisation of 33% and 40%, and increased biochar700 at 137% and 70%, in the low and high pH soils, respectively. Certainly, on the basis of our results, if biochar is used to sequester carbon a priming effect may occur, increasing CO₂-C evolved from soil and decreasing soil organic C. However, this will be more than compensated for by the increased soil C caused by biochar incorporation. A similar conclusion holds for accelerated mineralisation of biochar due to incorporation of fresh labile substrates. We consider that our results are the first to unequivocally demonstrate the initiation, progress and termination of a true positive priming effect by biochar on native soil organic C.     

The Role of Recreational Motivation in the Birding Participation–Environmental Concern Relationship

Previous research has generally not found a strong relationship between participation in outdoor recreation and environmental concern. Research has suggested, however, that the motivation underlying recreation can mediate this relationship for some nature-based recreation groups. We hypothesized that the motivation underlying participation in birding mediates the participation–environmental concern relationship. We collected data via mail-back surveys from 529 American Birding Association members. Using structural modeling, we compared a direct effects model with partial and full mediation models with motivation variables as the mediators. The partial mediation model was weakly supported for two out of three motivation variables. Fit indices showed all models to have less than adequate fit. The results suggested that participation may not lead to environmental concern and that other variables, including motivation, may be more influential.