Spatio-temporal variation of anisotropy of saturated hydraulic conductivity in a tilled sandy loam soil

Knowledge on anisotropy of saturated hydraulic conductivity can improve the understanding of transport phenomena in soil. We hypothesized that saturated hydraulic conductivity (K_s) in the upper part of the root zone of an agricultural sandy loam soil was anisotropic at different soil depths and times after tillage. K_s was measured on undisturbed 100 cm³ core samples taken in the horizontal and vertical directions in up to four soil layers (Surf: surface layer (0–5 cm); Top: topsoil (10–15 cm); Trans: transition layer between topsoil and subsoil; Sub: subsoil (40–60 cm)) 1, 8 and 32 months, respectively, after mouldboard ploughing and drilling. The ratio between estimated geometric mean values for K_s in the vertical and the horizontal directions (K_ms,v/K_ms,h) was used to test the hypotheses. A total of 669 soil samples were analysed.K_ms,v/K_ms,h varied with time after tillage and between soil layers. One month after ploughing, K_ms,v/K_ms,h was <0.23 (P = 0.975) in the Trans layer with an average value of 0.084, i.e. K_ms,h was 12 times larger than K_ms,v. Anisotropy could not be documented in this layer 8 or 32 months after ploughing, i.e. K_ms,v/K_ms,h was not significantly different from 1.0. For the Surf and Top layers 32 months after ploughing, K_ms,v/K_ms,h was in the intervals 1.4–50 and 3.1–77, respectively, (P = 0.95) with average values of 8.4 and 15, respectively. Thus, K_ms,v was 8.4 respectively 15 times larger than K_ms,h in the two layers. Anisotropy was not found in these layers 1 or 8 months after tillage. Strong anisotropy was found in the Sub layer with K_ms,v/K_ms,h averaging to 14 and 32, respectively, 8 and 32 months after tillage. K_ms,v and K_ms,h generally decreased with time in the Surf, Top and Trans layers, except in the vertical direction in the Top layer between 8 and 32 months after ploughing, and in the Trans layer between 1 and 8 months after ploughing. Overall, the geometric means of K_s varied between 10^−4.0 and 10^−7.1 m s⁻¹.The results may reflect systematic effects of soil settlement and drying/wetting phenomena coupled with biological activity and the existence of stable, vertically oriented biopores in the subsoil. It appears to be necessary to consider anisotropy of K_s and its variation in the analysis and modelling of water flow and chemical transport in agricultural soils, particularly to explain heterogeneous flow phenomena at the plot and field scales.     

Soil chemical and microbiological properties along a chronosequence of Caragana microphylla Lam. plantations in the Horqin sandy land of Northeast China

Caragana microphylla Lam., a leguminous shrub, is a dominant native plant species widely planted to stabilize the moving and semi-moving sand dunes in the semi-arid Horqin sandy land of Northeast China. The objective of this study was to determine how C. microphylla plantations affected the physical, chemical and microbiological properties of a sandy soil. Soil samples at the depths of 0–10, 10–20, 20–30, 30–40, and 40–50 cm were collected from the C. microphylla plantations with an age sequence of 0, 5, 10, and 23 years. The results showed that shrub growth altered microclimate, increased litter input, and hence, improved soil water holding capacity, contents of total carbon, total N and microbial biomass C and N, electrical conductivity, and activities of urease, phosphomonoesterase, protease, dehydrogenase and polyphenol oxidase, and decreased soil bulk density. These trends increased with increasing plantation age but decreased with increasing soil depth. C. microphylla establishment could be an effective and applicable measure to restore vegetation and control desertification in the Horqin sandy land, and recommended for adoption in semi-arid sandy areas on a large scale.     

土壤结构性质和磷脂剖面的联合保存: 三种干燥技术的比较

There is a need to simultaneously preserve evidence of interactions between the biological community and soil structural properties of a soil in as near an intact （natural） state as possible. Three dehydration techniques were implemented and assessed for their ability to minimise disruption of both biological and physical properties of the same arable soil sample. Dehydration techniques applied until samples were at constant weight were i） air-drying at 20℃ （AD）; ii） -80 ℃ freeze for 24 h, followed by freeze-drying （-80FD）; and iii） liquid nitrogen snap freeze, followed by freeze-drying （LNPD） and were compared to a moist control. Physical structure was determined and quantified in three dimensions using X-ray computed tomography and microbial phenotypic community composition was assessed using phospholipid fatty acid （PLPA） profiling. This study confirms that any form of dehydration, when preparing soil for simultaneous biological and physical analysis, will alter the soil physical properties, and cause some change in apparent community structure. Freeze-drying （both the LNFD and -80FD treatments） was found to minimise disruption （when compared to the moist control soil） to both the soil physical properties and the community structure and is a preferable technique to air-drying which markedly alters the size and character of the pore network, as well as the phenotypic profile. The LNFD was the preferred treatment over the -80FD treatment as samples show low variability between replicates and a fast turn-around time between samples. Therefore snap freezing in liquid nitrogen, followed by freeze drying is the most appropriate form of dehydration when two sets of data, both physical and biological, need to be preserved simultaneously from a soil core.     

超高压微射流对花生蛋白结构的影响（简报）

为了探讨超高压微射流对花生蛋白理化性质和结构的影响,该文研究了花生蛋白溶液经超高压微射流处理后的颗粒大小、游离巯基基团、疏水基团和紫外吸收基团的变化规律。结果表明：花生蛋白的颗粒尺寸和游离巯基基团含量随着超高压微射流均质压力的增大而显著减小;疏水基团和紫外吸收基团的含量则随着均质压力的增大而显著增大,说明超高压微射流处理可破坏花生蛋白的内部基团,使蛋白的结构发生变化。     

胡萝卜复合火腿和香肠的质构特性及显微结构(简报)

为探索蔬菜复合肉制品品质特性的评价方法,分别用物性分析仪和扫描电镜研究了胡萝卜复合火腿和香肠的质构特性和显微结构。质构测定结果表明:与对照组相比,HLB-1复合火腿(鲜胡萝卜25%)和HLB-2复合火腿(胡萝卜粉2.5%)的硬度分别降低了70.94%和57.23%,咀嚼度分别降低了64.81%和34.86%;与对照组比较,胡萝卜复合香肠(鲜胡萝卜25%)的硬度和咀嚼度分别降低了30.84%和51.30%。感官评定结果表明:与对照组比较,胡萝卜复合火腿和香肠的口感更柔和细腻、嫩度更好。通过扫描电镜对产品结构的观察表明:在添加了鲜胡萝卜的火腿和香肠中均发现了圆形光滑的小颗粒状物质,复合肉制品内部的细微结构均匀、结构比较膨松,这在一定程度上解释了胡萝卜复合火腿和香肠的感官和质构特征。     

火烧对不同林型下森林土壤水分物理性质的影响

通过对大兴安岭松岭林区白桦林、落叶松林以及白桦落叶松混交林的当年高强度火烧迹地与对照样地的土壤水分物理性质进行测定和比较研究。结果表明:在火烧迹地和对照样地无论是土壤容重、土壤孔隙度、土壤持水量还是贮水能力,0~10 cm土层土壤都较10~20 cm土层土壤优越,火烧没有改变随深度变化的趋势,但相差明显增高。3种林型相比,在对照样地,白桦林土壤通气性优于落叶松林,而在火烧迹地,落叶松林优于白桦林。无论是在对照样地还是火烧迹地,落叶松林土壤的持水量平均值均大于白桦林,而白桦林土壤的平均贮水能力优于落叶松林。总体上看,在研究地区无论是土壤通气性、土壤持水量还是贮水能力,白桦林和落叶松林都较白桦落叶松混交林优越。火烧迹地与对照样地相比,火烧对3种林型的影响趋势相同,即土壤容重增加,土壤平均孔隙度以及土壤持水量减小。     

Effect of land use on some soil properties related to the risk of loss of soil phosphorus

Although land use clearly modifies soil properties, the intensity of the modifications depends on the management procedures and also on the soil properties themselves. To enable construction of models that describe soil nutrient losses, extensive databases corresponding to soils under different land use must be made available. Analysis of 404 samples of soils (from Galicia, NW Spain), under different types of use revealed that most of the soil properties underwent changes in the following order: forest use (least modified) ‐ grassland ‐ arable (most modified). Decreases in the contents of organic matter, extractable oxides and P‐adsorption capacity followed the same order, as did increases in the contents of available P (total, inorganic and organic), P desorbed with distilled water, and degree of P saturation. In general, in all of the soils, independently of their use, the amount of P desorbed (whether total P, molybdate reactive P or particulate P) was more closely related to the degree of P saturation than to the levels of P extracted with bicarbonate. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

金纳米三角片对家蚕生长状况和蚕丝性质的影响研究

本研究通过足部注射的方式将金纳米三角片导入五龄家蚕幼虫的体内,通过研究家蚕的生长状况以及蚕丝性质的变化,对金纳米三角片的生物安全性进行了评估。结果显示,金纳米三角片的摄入大幅度降低了家蚕的成活率,存活下来的家蚕的平均体重、体长相比起空白对照组有所降低,但外貌无显著变化。X射线衍射（XRD）和红外（FTIR）结果表明,与空白组蚕丝相比,摄入金纳米三角片的实验组的蚕丝的晶体或二级结构并未遭到破坏。该研究为金纳米三角片的生物安全性提供了一定参考。     

黄土高原风蚀水蚀交错区农田生物结皮对土壤渗透性的影响

为了明确黄土高原风蚀水蚀交错区农田生物结皮的分布状况及其对土壤渗透性的影响,本文以该区农田（春玉米）土壤自然发育的生物结皮为对象,通过野外调查,探索了该区农田生物结皮盖度及组成。并在此基础上,以裸土为对照,采用环刀法和双环法测定了土壤水分入渗参数,研究了农田藻结皮及藓结皮对土壤渗透性的影响。结果表明：风蚀水蚀交错区水浇地和旱地中均有生物结皮分布,平均盖度为42.11%,其中藻结皮盖度为33.74%,藓结皮盖度为8.37%。生物结皮显著降低了农田土壤饱和导水率,与裸土相比,藓结皮和藻结皮覆盖下土壤0~5 cm土层土壤饱和导水率分别降低55.14%和23.54%;藓结皮使土壤的稳定入渗速率、平均入渗速率及累积入渗量分别显著降低了51.11%、47.71%和46.50%,藻结皮使土壤的稳定入渗速率、平均入渗速率及累积入渗量分别降低了 25.56%、21.10%和 20.91%,但与裸土差异不显著。藓结皮的形成能够降低农田土壤砂粒含量,提高土壤黏粒含量,进而降低农田土壤渗透性。综上,生物结皮的形成导致了农田土壤渗透性的降低,这可能会进一步影响农作物对土壤水分的有效利用。     

The effects of maltodextrin/starch in soy protein isolate–wheat gluten on the thermal stability of high-moisture extrudates

This study aimed to investigate the interaction between maltodextrin/starch of different molecular weight distributions and soy protein isolate (SPI)–wheat gluten (WG) matrix during high-moisture extrusion. Two maltodextrins (dextrose equivalent (DE): 10 and 20) and wheat starch were extruded with SPI–WG blend in a system of 65, 70, and 75% moisture to investigate their effects on texture and thermal stability. Incorporating 5% maltodextrin (DE10) in the SPI–WG matrix improved the fiber structure and thermal stability. When wheat starch was thoroughly gelatinized during subsequent sterilization, the fiber structure and thermal stability were also improved. It was found that the plasticization caused by small-molecular weight saccharides and enhanced phase separation caused by large-molecular weight saccharides changed the melting temperature of blends and significantly improved the texture and thermal stability of extrudates.