Nitrogen Uptake and Its Association with Grain Yield in Lowland Rice Genotypes

ABSTRACT

Nitrogen is one of the most yield–limiting nutrients in lowland rice in Brazil. A field experiment was conducted for two consecutive years to evaluate nitrogen (N) uptake by five lowland rice genotypes and its association with grain yield. The nitrogen rate used was 0, 50, 100, 150, and 200 kg ha^?1. The genotypes evaluated were CNAi 8886, CNAi 8569, BRSGO Guará, BRS Jaburu, and BRS Biguá. Grain yield and dry matter yield of shoot were significantly influenced by N rate. However, response varied from genotypes to genotypes. Genotype BRSGO Guará, BRS Bigua, and BRS Jaburu were having linear response, whereas genotypes CNAi 8886 and CNAi 8569 were having quadratic response with the N application rate in the range of 0 to 200 kg ha^?1. Overall, genotypes BRSGO Guará and CNAi 8886 were the best because they produced higher yield at low as well as at higher N rates. Nitrogen uptake in shoot was having quadratic relationship with grain yield, whereas nitrogen uptake in the grain was linearly associated with grain yield.     

Effects of deficit irrigation on tomato and eggplant and their infection with the root-knot nematode under controlled environmental conditions

Deficit irrigation has been widely investigated as a valuable strategy for dry regions where water is the limiting factor in crop cultivation. Soil moisture can be one of the important factors that influence root-knot nematode (RKN) disease development. To determine how different levels of irrigation can affect disease development, irrigation regimes ranging from 20% to full field capacity (FC) were applied to tomato and eggplant plants inoculated with Meloidogyne javanica (M. javanica) under controlled conditions. In addition, in vitro bioassays were done to evaluate the effect of water potential and soil moisture content on M. javanica viability in the soil and reproduction on plant hosts. The relative egg hatching percentage decreased significantly with decreasing water potential from –0.1 to –1 MPa. The use of 80% irrigation level caused minor reductions in growth but significantly reduced nematode infection load. Nematode infection was reduced even further at lower levels of irrigation, however this also led to marked reductions in fresh and dry weights of the tomato and eggplants. Therefore, deficit irrigation could be used at a rate of 80% or 60% of FC to increase water use efficiency and reduce the level of RKN (M. javanica) infection without greatly reducing the growth performance of tomato and eggplant crops.     

MYCORRHIZAL INFLUENCE ON FRUIT YIELD AND MINERAL CONTENT OF TOMATO GROWN UNDER SALT STRESS

Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) yields are known to decrease for plants grown in saline soils. This study was conducted to determine the effects of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) inoculation on fruit yield and mineral content of salt-tolerant and salt-sensitive tomato cultivars grown with varied levels of salt. NaCl and CaCl₂were added to soil in the irrigation water in equal molar ratios to give EC_e values of 1.4 (nonstressed) and 4.9 dS m^?1 (salt stressed). Plants were grown in a greenhouse using unsterilized, low phosphorus (P) (silty clay) soil-sand mix. Mycorrhizal root colonization occurred whether cultivars were salt stressed or nonstressed, but the extent of AMF root colonization was higher in AMF inoculated than uninoculated plants. The salt tolerant cultivar ‘Pello’ generally had higher AMF root colonization than the salt sensitive cultivar ‘Marriha’. Shoot dry matter (DM) yield, fruit fresh yield, and AMF colonization were higher for plants grown under nonstressed than for plants grown under salt stressed conditions. Shoot DM and fruit fresh yields were higher in AMF inoculated than uninoculated plants grown with or without salt stress. Pello generally had higher fruit fresh yield per plant and fruit weight than Marriha, but these differences were only significant for fruit weight in unioculated plants grown under salt stressed conditions. The enhancement in fruit fresh yield due to AMF inoculation was 26 and 23% under nonstressed and 28 and 46% under salt stressed treatments for Pello and Marriha, respectively. For both cultivars, fruit contents of P, potassium (K), zinc (Zn), copper (Cu), and iron (Fe) were higher in AMF inoculated compared with uninoculated plants grown under nonstressed and salt stressed conditions. Fruit Na concentrations were lower in AMF inoculated than uninoculated plants grown under salt stressed conditions. The enhancement in P, K, Zn, Cu, and Fe acquisition due to AMF inoculation was more pronounced in Marriha than in Pello cultivar under salt stressed conditions. The results of this study indicated that AMF inoculated plants had greater tolerance to salt stress than unioculated plants.     

Efficiency of Land Utilizationand Urbanization Progress of China

Urbanization is a process that is undergoing all over the world, which will speed up in the forthcoming years, especially in China as the boom of economy. On average, urbanization level is not only depended on the speed, but theefficiency, particularly efficiency of using land resource which affects urbanization directly. This paper provided status quo of land resource utilization efficiency, indictors, methods and factors, and illustrated the reference of well land utilization, aiming at fostering urbanization in China.     

苹果开心形树冠不同部位光合与蒸腾能力的研究

 以18年生开心形富士苹果(Malus pumila Mill. ‘Red Fuji’) 为试材, 定点测定了冠层不同部位晴天时的光照分布、气孔导度、光合速率和蒸腾速率。结果表明, 树冠外围的光照强度、单叶光合能力比较高, 内膛、中部和外围叶片最大光合速率分别为13.46、14.69和15.98μmol·m^{- 2} ·s^{- 1}。气孔导度、光合速率和水分利用效率的日变化呈双峰曲线, 而蒸腾速率呈单峰曲线, 在中午外围叶片的蒸腾速率略有降低。内膛、中部和外围叶片在晴天的平均光合速率分别为4.53、6.63和6.54μmol·m^{- 2} ·s^{- 1} , 平均蒸腾速率分别为3.36、4.06和4.40μmol·m^{- 2} ·s^{- 1}。这说明苹果在冠层不同部位的光合与蒸腾能力存在一定的差别, 冠层中部的光合速率和水分利用效率最大, 外围的蒸腾能力最强, 内膛最差。     

塿土旱作区施肥对小麦产量和水分利用效率的影响

研究了黄土高原南部塿土旱作区施肥对小麦产量和水分利用效率的影响。结量表明,合理增施肥料能显著提高冬小麦产量和水分利用效率,最高施肥量分别提高了1611kg/hm~2和0.235kg/mm水分。施肥量增加使小麦叶片水势有所降低,0～200cm土层贮水量呈发育前期升高而后期下降的趋势,改善了小麦植株自身调节和保持水分的能力,提高了产量和水分利用效率。     

涌泉根灌对山地梨枣产量形成及水分利用的影响

【目的】探讨不同灌水定额下涌泉根灌对山地梨枣树生理指标、产量和水分利用效率的影响,为山地梨枣的生产管理提供参考。【方法】以8年生梨枣树为对象,采用涌泉根灌方式,设33,132,264 m³/hm² 3个灌水定额处理,同时在相同灌水定额下,以滴灌、管灌为对照,比较各灌水定额下不同灌水方式对梨枣产量形成及水分利用的影响。【结果】与滴灌和管灌相比,涌泉根灌能够维持甚至促进枣吊的生长,同时可以维持或者减少枣树的新梢生长量和落果率。随着灌水定额的增大,新梢生长量、枣吊和梨枣落果率总体上呈增加趋势,但因灌水方式不同而存在差异。在供试3个灌水定额条件下,枣树的产量、水分利用效率和灌溉水利用效率均表现为涌泉根灌和滴灌较管灌显著提高。不论采用何种灌水方式,随灌水定额的增加,枣树的产量和水分利用效率增大到一定程度后均不再持续增加,但灌溉水利用效率均随灌水定额的增大而减小。【结论】涌泉根灌是一种值得推广的高效节水灌溉技术。     

电动汽车制动能量回收系统研究

为进一步提高电动汽车的能量利用效率以改善其续驶里程,开发了一套电动汽车制动能量回收系统。系统结构简单,可靠性高,并具有机械制动备份功能。同时,考虑到电动汽车电动机和电池性能参数,开发了高效的再生制动控制策略,算法具有较强的移植性。采用硬件在环的方式对系统的控制效果和制动能量回收效率进行了仿真测试。结果表明,再生制动力和摩擦制动力可以很好地协调运作,同时有效地回收制动能量。最后,在燃料电池汽车上进行转鼓实验,很好地完成了Japan-1015循环工况,能量回收效率高达59.15%。     

不同营养水平下新疆褐牛增重效果研究

选择生长发育正常、健康无病、12月龄新疆褐牛公牛60头,随机分为低营养水平试验组与高营养水平日粮对照组。研究在不同育肥阶段,营养水平条件对新疆褐牛日增重及饲养成本的影响。结果表明:育肥全期,试验组的精料饲喂量及营养水平均低于对照组,在育肥前期,试验组的新疆褐牛日增重为1.00 kg,低于对照组0.14 kg,差异显著(P<0.05);在育肥中期,试验组新疆褐牛的日增重为0.63 kg,对照组的日增重为0.81 kg,差异极显著(P<0.01);在育肥后期,试验组新疆褐牛的日增重为0.68 kg,对照组新疆褐牛的日增重为0.49 kg,差异极显著(P<0.01)。从育肥全期经济效益来看,试验组比对照组的日平均经济收益高4.35元/头。     

基于氮平衡的种养结合沼液资源化利用研究

研究沼液经济性消纳对提高沼液资源利用率、维持沼气工程稳定运行、缓解养殖带来的环境压力、提升农业废弃物资源化利用效率和经济效益,推动种养循环一体化发展具有重要意义。为此,结合农业废弃物资源化利用方式,基于盈亏平衡分析和秸秆资源化利用模型,以沼液经济性消纳半径为核心,探究了沼气工程投资金额和处理规模之间的关系,提出了沼液经济性消纳模型。研究结果表明:沼气工程投资金额与处理规模之间关系性较强(R 2=0.9842);沼液经济性消纳半径R bsa选取的主要影响因素是运输费用和沼液中N含量,不同消纳区域农业生产系数的差异性也会对经济性消纳半径的评估产生影响。利用模型对江西新余南英垦殖场规模化沼气发电工程(SBPGP)沼液经济性消纳半径进行估算,在保证氮平衡基础下,其沼液最小消纳范围在31.94 km 2左右。沼液经济性消纳模型的构建,为以沼气工程为纽带的种养一体化循环模式提供了技术参考,从经济性视角为循环农业发展提供了理论依据,从而实现经济效益与环境效益协调发展的目标。