A review of okara (soybean curd residue) utilization as animal feed: Nutritive value and animal performance aspects

Year by year, huge quantities of by-products are generated during the manufacturing process of soybean-based products. Okara is one of the by-products, and it is an insoluble portion of the soybean. It consists of high moisture (8.4–22.9%); on dry matter basis, it contains high metabolizable energy (9.0–14.2 MJ/kg) and other components that include crude protein (20.9–39.1%), crude fiber (12.2–61.3%), crude fat (4.9–21.5%), and ash (3.4–5.3%). Fermentation of okara improves its nutritional quality and reduces its anti-nutrient contents. Due to animals' palatability, okara can be used to replace the soybean meal/concentrate feed partially or completely in ruminant's diet and partially in nonruminant's diet. Okara feeding does not depress the intake, digestibility, growth, milk production, blood metabolic profiles, and meat quality of animals. However, this by-product decays quickly due to its high moisture content, and its heavy weight and sticky nature make it difficult to process and expensive to dry using conventional methods. This paper thoroughly summarizes the utilization of okara as animal feed in the cause of developing a general guideline with favorable levels of inclusion in the diets of animals for its exploitation and valorization. This review will encourage further research to develop eco-friendly and value added feed for animals.     

The effect of lactic acid bacterial starter culture and chemical additives on wilted rice straw silage

Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) are suitable for rice straw silage fermentation, but have been studied rarely, and rice straw as raw material for ensiling is difficult because of its disadvantages, such as low nutrition for microbial activities and low abundances of natural populations of LAB. So we investigated the effect of application of LAB and chemical additives on the fermentation quality and microbial community of wilted rice straw silage. Treatment with chemical additives increased the concentrations of crude protein (CP), water soluble carbohydrate (WSC), acetic acid and lactic acid, reduced the concentrations of acid detergent fiber (ADF) and neutral detergent fiber (NDF), but did not effectively inhibit the growth of spoilage organisms. Inoculation with LABs did not improve the nutritional value of the silage because of poor growth of LABs in wilted rice straw. Inoculation with LAB and addition of chemical materials improved the quality of silage similar to the effects of addition of chemical materials alone. Growth of aerobic and facultatively anaerobic bacteria was inhibited by this mixed treatment and the LAB gradually dominated the microbial community. In summary, the fermentation quality of wilted rice straw silage had improved by addition of LAB and chemical materials.     

稻粉虱的发生及其化学防治药剂筛选

稻粉虱Aleurocybotus indicus David et Subramaniam, 属半翅目粉虱科, 以刺吸式口器为害水稻叶片而导致产量损失, 是我国闽?赣?浙等稻区的一种偶发性水稻害虫, 近20多年已鲜有报道, 但2019年-2021年在中国水稻研究所富阳试验农场稻田暴发?本文描述了稻粉虱的为害症状和形态特征, 并配以原色照片; 克隆得到了稻粉虱线粒体DNA COⅠ基因片段, 发现其与烟粉虱Bemisia tabaci序列一致性最高(85.80%); 田间调查表明, 富阳试验农场及周边稻田稻粉虱均有不同程度的发生, 但前者发生量明显较高(每个分蘖最高可达251头), 推测可能与农场温室内的稻粉虱越冬虫源有关; 利用稻苗浸渍法评估了不同作用机制的7种杀虫剂对稻粉虱的毒力, 发现双丙环虫酯?氯虫苯甲酰胺?氟啶虫胺腈?氟啶虫酰胺和溴氰虫酰胺对稻粉虱成虫均有较好的杀虫活性, 其中前4种药剂推荐中剂量处理后72 h的校正死亡率均可达100%, 其LC50分别为3.028?3.769?6.405 mg/L和7.894 mg/L?本研究可为我国稻粉虱的识别诊断和化学防治提供重要依据?     

云厚朴SFE-CO2萃取物中厚朴酚与和厚朴酚的热稳定性考察

温度是影响云厚朴提取物稳定性的主要因素,本研究考察云厚朴提取物的热稳定性。采用高效液相色谱法,测定云厚朴SFE-CO2(二氧化碳超临界流体萃取)工艺萃取物中的和厚朴酚、厚朴酚在不同温度干燥时的含量变化并得出降解规律,干燥时降解为一级反应,在100 ℃降解较快。采用恒温加速实验,得出SFE-CO2萃取液中的和厚朴酚、厚朴酚室温25 ℃贮存期分别为1 125.6 h和975.7 h。在制剂生产中,云厚朴SFE-CO2萃取物不宜长时间贮存,以减少有效成分损失;由于热不稳定性,高温干燥会导致制剂质量不稳定,降低药效,应在较低温度下干燥。     

回流比对UASB反应器处理难降解化工综合废水运行性能的影响

本试验研究了污水回流比（R）对UASB反应器处理难生物降解的化工综合废水（BOD5／CODcr～O.3）运行性能的影响。结果表明：回流比对CODcr去除率影响明显，当R=2时（水力负荷率HLR为0.426m^3·m^-3d^-1，液体升流速UFV为0.0983m·h^-1），CODcr，最大去除率为60％，基质降解速率SDR为1.122kgCOD·m^-3d^-1。当R=3时（HLR 0.432m^3·m^-3d^-1，UFV 0.131m·h^-），CODcr最大去除率为62.2％，SDR为1.163kgCOD·m^-3d^1。回流作用强化了污染物与微生物细胞之间传质效果，可能是反应器运行性能提高的重要原因。另外，回流引起UASB反应器内部水力学特性发生改变，使基质浓度梯度减小且混合均匀，VFA的产生量减少，VFA积累引起的抑制作用被消除。     

沼液与化肥和有机肥配施对桃产量和品质的效应

采用田间试验研究了沼液在不同施肥处理中对桃产量和品质的影响。结果表明,与常规施肥相比,仅在常规施肥基础上增施沼液(T2处理)不能提高桃产量,沼液仅与钾肥配施(T3处理)还会降低桃产量,沼液配施磷钾(T4处理)或配施油饼(T5处理)能提高桃产量,且配施油饼的增产效果最显著,增产幅度最大。T4和T5处理均能增加桃果实中的Vc含量。各处理与常规施肥相比,桃果实中的还原糖含量均有所降低,以T5处理中还原糖的含量最低,仅为常规处理的48.48%。除T5处理中桃果实的有机酸含量略有增加外(1.77%),其他处理的有机酸含量都有所降低(5.42%～9.22%)。各处理的糖/酸与常规施肥相比均大幅度下降,降幅为21.42%～53.36%。     

苹果果树渗灌试验研究

1989到1991年对10年生国光和金帅苹果品种的果树进行的渗灌试验结果如下:1,能节水并可防涝;2,可增加土壤孔隙度,提高土壤养分含量;3,增加吸收根数量,促进树体的生长发育。座果率和单株(或单位面积)产量均比漫灌(对照)区高;4,到1991年,果品质量有了明显的改善;5,多孔陶土管成本低;6,田间管理方便。     

节水农业中化控技术的应用研究

抗旱节水化控技术是一种很有发展前景的农业节水技术。它具有操作简便，投入少、见效快、易推广的优点，因而是一般常规技术所无法替代的。本文介绍了几种主要的抗旱节水化控制剂（保水剂、土壤蒸发抑制剂、植物抗蒸腾剂、土壤结构改良剂和植物生长调节剂）的特性及应用效果，并提出了该技术研究中存在的一些问题，以期为化学节水技术广泛应用提供理论参考。