Past, present and future criteria to breed crops for water-limited environments in West Africa

Asia's Green Revolution of the 1960s and 1970s has largely bypassed West Africa, and “modern” (high-yielding, input responsive) germplasm for staple crops has found comparatively little adoption, except for systems that are have good access to markets and sufficient water resources. It is unlikely, however, that breeding objectives conserving traditional crop characteristics as found in extensive systems would have been more successful. The authors identify systems caught in the agricultural transition from subsistence to intensified, market-oriented production as the most important target for crop improvement, and provide examples of new breeding objectives for cowpea, sorghum and upland rice. In each of these cases, breeders, with the help of physiologists, have developed innovative plant-type concepts that combine improved yield potential and input responsiveness with specific traditional crop characteristics that remain essential during the agricultural transition. In the case of cowpea, dual-purpose varieties were developed that produce a good grain yield due to an erect plant habit, then produce new leaves enabling a second harvest of green foliage. For upland rice systems that are limited by labour (mainly needed to control weeds that abound due to shortened fallow periods), a weed competitive plant type was developed from Oryza sativa × Oryza glaberrima crosses. Lastly, sorghum breeders who had previously deselected photoperiod sensitivity are now re-inserting sensitivity into plants having “modern” architecture, in order to allow for flexible sowing dates while maintaining an agro-ecologically optimal time of flowering near the end of the wet season. The ecophysiological basis of these plant types, their place in current and future cropping systems, as well as the problem of under-funding for their realisation, are discussed.     

跨区作业经济效益影响因素剖析

根据2004年跨区作业调查,计算了联合收割机跨区机收的经济效益,并着重指出了跨区作业经济效益下降的实际问题;通过深入分析其中的原因,指出影响跨区作业经济效益的两大主要因素,是信息系统不完善和散机的无序流动。     

不同沙棘品种在定西的生长情况对比分析

通过对引进的7个沙棘品种的种子育苗及成苗定植，并对成活率、保存率、生长情况进行了观测，初步分析了引进的各沙棘品种类型在定西的适应性。     

多孔管的变径设计

要保证孔口压力差不超过允许范围条件下，一条多孔管可由两种管径不同的管段组成，即采用变径法设计。本文考虑了影响多孔管沿程压力的因素，导出了各种地形坡度下变径设计计算公式。这一方法可供喷灌及微灌工程设计参考。     

小麦跨区作业信息需求分析

根据2005年小麦跨区作业调研的结果,分析了机手的基本情况、跨区作业过程中的信息需求、信息获取方式、信息获取渠道等。建议建立一个短信息系统网络,通过手机短信来发送与传递信息,引导跨区作业可持续发展。     

加工专用型花生品种适宜栽培因子及加工属性研究简报

采用正交试验设计方法进行了品种(A)、穴粒数(B)及种植密度(C)三因素正交试验,同时进行品种加工属性研究。结果表明,品种和穴粒数的极差R′较大,其次是种植密度。泉花538的加工成品率和一级品率分别比对照高4.4和9.7个百分点,泉花627的加工成品率和一级品率分别比对照高5.3和9.3个百分点,这两个品种的产量分居第一、二位,而且加工属性较佳,适宜加工咸酥花生。另外还就各因素对产量影响以及最优处理组合进行了分析。     

光系列葡萄品种在福州地区的引种表现

为丰富福建葡萄品种资源结构,2014年起国家葡萄产业技术体系福州综合试验站引进河北省农林科学院昌黎果树研究所选育的‘春光’、‘蜜光’、‘宝光’、‘峰光’等4份优良鲜食葡萄品种,对其植物学特性、物候期、果实性状、生长结果习性及抗病性等进行观察,总结其在福建的综合表现。结果表明：4个欧美杂交葡萄品种较现有主栽品种巨峰具有坐果稳定、着色成熟一致、果肉硬脆耐储等优势,适宜在福建地区推广种植。     

不同批次火龙果果实品质分析与评价

【目的】为了探究不同月份采摘的火龙果果实品质之间的差异,【方法】本文以红皮红肉火龙果(‘红冠1号’、‘红冠2号’、‘湛江红肉’、‘49-3’、‘莞华红’、‘红水晶’)、红皮白肉(‘莞华白’、‘红宝石’、‘阳西白肉’)、红皮粉红肉(‘莞华红粉’)和红皮双色肉(‘双色1号’)为材料进行品质分析。【结果】火龙果红肉品种在一年内结果批次比其他品种多,产果期更长。品种间的单个品质指标在批次间有显著差异,综合指标比较发现11个品种的第7、8、9批果综合品质普遍较好,第3、4、5、6批果综合品质普遍稍差。【结论】火龙果一年间的多批次果实在品质上存在显著差异,可通过栽培技术调节来满足市场需求,本研究具有实际的应用价值,可为火龙果的生产提供理论依据。     

AACV-Rose等三个国外香蕉品种在海南试种初报

分别对AACV-Rose、TMBX-1378、Cachaco三个国外香蕉品种的植株、吸芽、叶片、花穗、果实进行描述,旨在为下一步的多点试种提供前期数据参考。     

两种生测方法对6种杀柑橘木虱药剂毒力测定结果比较

为了寻找杀虫剂对柑橘木虱成虫毒力的测定方法,分别用点滴法和药膜法测定了吡虫啉、联苯菊酯、高效氯氰菊酯、高效氟氯氰菊酯、毒死蜱、丁硫克百威等6种杀虫剂对柑橘木虱成虫的室内毒力。结果表明：用点滴法测出的6种药剂的LC50和LC95高于用药膜法的测定结果,工效只有药膜法的50%,药膜法具有快速、所有药剂都可用的优点,适宜于抗性监测和在丙酮中溶解度低的化合物的毒力测定;点滴法所用药剂不含助剂,具有准确性好,适宜于新的化合物的毒力测定的优点,但具有工效低和在丙酮中溶解度低的原药不能用的缺点。