Finite dose diffusion studies: II. Effect of concentration and pH on NAA penetration through isolated tomato fruit cuticles

The effects of NAA [2‐(1‐naphthyl)acetic acid] concentration and pH on penetration of NAA from aqueous droplets (5 µl) through isolated tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) fruit cuticles were studied using a finite dose diffusion system. Penetration time‐courses were characterized by a lag phase, which generally extended beyond the time of droplet drying. Initially penetration rates increased, reached a maximum penetration rate, remained constant for several hours, and then decreased with time. Penetration approached a plateau within 120 h after droplet application. Increasing NAA concentration in the donor droplet increased NAA penetration in both the presence and absence of the citric acid buffer (20 mM , pH 3.2). Maximum rates of penetration and the total amount of NAA that penetrated at 120 h were both linearly related to the initial concentration of the donor droplet (ranging from 0.001 to 0.1 mM NAA). The apparent first‐order rate constants for the concentration dependence of NAA penetration rates were greater with buffer than without (0.94 × 10⁻⁸ vs 0.50 × 10⁻⁸ m s⁻¹, respectively). While pH of the receiver solution (pH 6.2 vs 2.2) did not affect penetration, decreasing donor pH from 6.2 to 2.2 increased NAA penetration at 120 h. © 2000 Society of Chemical Industry     

Deposit structure and efficacy of pesticide application. 1: Interactions between deposit size,toxicant concentration and deposit number

Application of pesticides through a hydraulic nozzle produces deposits on a plant surface which have a spatial structure with elements of deposit size, number per area, and toxin per deposit. To investigate the relative contributions of these elements to the interaction of deposit structure and toxicant efficacy, we used a stochastic cellular automaton model of diamondback moth feeding on Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt)-treated cabbage – the Pesticide Dose Simulator (PDS) model. Data were analyzed using a specialized response surface approach called a mixture design. The advantage of this design was that it integrated the effects of deposit size, number per area and toxin per deposit on toxicant efficacy. Results from PDS simulations led to the following conclusions: (1) Deposit structure plays a major role in toxin efficacy. (2) Small deposits are not always the most efficacious. (3) Uniform coverage is not the best deposit structure if one is forced to limit application rates and field persistence. (4) Since uniform deposit structures allow an insect to live longer, uniform deposit structures should result in more insects acquiring sub-lethal doses. This may result in an interaction between ‘uniform coverage’ and the development of pesticide resistance in insect populations. (5) Percentage mortality and the level of crop protection are not necessarily correlated. Overall, these results help reconcile laboratory observations that small droplets are more efficacious with field observations that application of small droplets (eg from spinning disk sprayers) does not necessarily increase field efficacy. © 1999 Society of Chemical Industry     

新疆湖泊沉积记录的气候水文变化及其环境效应

在综合分析湖泊沉积记录的西北干旱区全新世气候特征及演变规律基础上,对新疆不同时间尺度上湖泊的水文变化进行了研究.新疆不同地区全新世气候环境存在差异,北疆全新世主要经历了早期温干、中期暖湿以及后期温十的气候演化过程,但不同湖泊记录的气候转型时间有所差别.南疆全新世以来湖泊记录研究较少,对气候演变规律有不同的认识,但中全新世暖湿气候特征具有一致性.根据近千年来的湖泊沉积记录研究,近百年来新疆处于暖干化阶段.总体来看,全新世以来湖泊水位出现了明显的波动.并呈现总体下降的趋势.然而,近50年来,随着流域人口增加、社会经济发展等强烈的人类活动影响,造成流域水资源的匮乏,导致湖面的快速萎缩,引起严重的区域环境问题.地质历史时期的湖面升降,敏感地体现了气候的波动过程,由气候因子波动及人类活动趋势分析,新疆湖泊水面将继续萎缩.     

Factors influencing the association between active ingredient and adjuvant in the leaf deposit of adjuvant-containing suspoemulsion formulations

BACKGROUND: For an oil adjuvant to enhance uptake of a particulate active ingredient (AI), it is hypothesised that closer association between the two should result in higher uptake. Accordingly, factors important for the spray deposit size on grapevine leaves have been investigated for a series of model suspoemulsion formulations containing colloidal crystalline AI or fluorescent pigment particles and an emulsion of an oil adjuvant with different degrees of wetting and different spray volumes. RESULTS: Low spray volumes (<100 L ha(-1)) produced small deposits with high particle-adjuvant association. Complementary uptake studies showed increased uptake with decreasing deposit size, in agreement with the above hypothesis. Higher spray volumes produced larger deposits that consisted of annuli formed by pinning of the contact line by particles. Low surfactant concentrations favoured particles in the annulus and adjuvant separated in the centre. Intermediate surfactant concentrations produced annuli containing both particles and adjuvant, while with high surfactant concentrations the deposits were large with few annuli.CONCLUSIONS: Small deposits result in high AI-adjuvant association. With larger deposits, annulus structures allow for enhanced AI-adjuvant association (5-20 times greater). The formation of annuli appears to be important in enhancing the biodelivery of particulate AIs in adjuvant-containing suspoemulsion formulations at intermediate spray volumes.     

酵母硒和亚硒酸钠对蛋鸡蛋硒含量动态变化的影响

本试验旨在研究酵母硒和亚硒酸钠对蛋鸡蛋硒含量动态变化的影响。试验选用30周龄体况良好、产蛋率接近健康的海兰褐蛋鸡216只,随机分成3个组,每组6个重复,每个重复12只。对照组饲喂基础饲粮(不额外添加硒源),试验组在基础饲粮中分别添加0.30 mg/kg硒的亚硒酸钠和酵母硒。预试期14 d,正试期56 d。结果表明:1)各试验组产蛋率、平均蛋重、平均日产蛋重、平均日采食量、死亡率和料蛋比与对照组相比较差异均不显著(P>0.05)。2)正试期第56天,试验组常规蛋品质与对照组相比较差异不显著(P>0.05)。3)正试期第3天,酵母硒组蛋硒含量显著高于对照组和亚硒酸钠组(P<0.05);14 d后,亚硒酸钠组蛋硒含量显著高于对照组(P<0.05);正试期第3、5、7、14、21、28和56天,酵母硒组蛋硒含量比亚硒酸钠组分别显著高出了28.18%、34.98%、45.35%、47.39%、67.53%、63.35%和65.71%(P<0.05)。4)随着试验天数的增加,对照组蛋鸡蛋硒含量显著降低(P<0.05),亚硒酸钠组蛋鸡蛋硒含量呈现先降低后增加的趋势(P<0.05),酵母硒组蛋鸡蛋硒含量显著增加(P<0.05)。由此可见,33~40周龄,蛋鸡饲粮中不额外添加硒以及添加0.30 mg/kg硒的酵母硒和亚硒酸钠对生产性能和蛋品质无不良影响;相对于亚硒酸钠,酵母硒中硒向鸡蛋中的转移速度更快,效率更高;饲粮添加硒能显著提高蛋硒含量,且饲粮添加酵母硒时蛋硒含量随着饲喂天数的增加而增加。     

江淮流域白浆化土壤的矿物组成与化学特性的研究

对采自江淮流域的7个典型白浆化工土壤剖面不同粒级的矿物特性与化学组成进行了研究。结果表明：该区域白浆化土壤的质地为粉砂质壤土及粘壤土，粉粒含量为45%～76%。粘粒矿物以水云母为主，含量为60%～80%，继承了黄土母质的特性，土体硅铝率（Sa)与硅铁铝率（Saf）分别为7.70～14.05与6.43～10.24，而粘粒的分别为3.53～4.22和2.40～3.35。各剖面土体Sa与Saf以表层较高或最高，有明显富硅现象；而粘粒的Sa和Saf及矿物组成，颗粒组成的层次差异则表现出母质层次上的不连续性，白土层与粘化层的显著分异是由于全新世黄土性沉积物，经过冲积淤积交替更迭，加上后期淋溶淀积而成；脱硅、脱盐基和富铝化及氧化还原淋溶淀积是其重要成土过程，后一过程不同的利用方式，强度有所差别，以水稻土较强。     

航空静电喷雾与非静电喷雾沉积效果的比较

利用直升机R44和固定翼飞机Y5B挂载自主研制的航空静电喷雾系统设备进行机场和野外航空静电喷雾与非静电喷雾的比较试验.结果表明:静电喷雾存地面和空中靶标表面、树冠中上部叶片正面的沉积效果明显优于非静电喷雾:雾粒细小、分布均匀、沉积密度提高1倍以上,最高达1.75倍;直升机静电喷雾在叶片背面的沉积率为非静电喷雾的2.15倍,是常规航空喷雾的3.31倍.Y5B静电喷雾在叶片背面的沉积率为非静电喷雾的2.38倍,是常规航空喷雾的3.44倍.     

采选矿活动对铅锌矿区水体中重金属污染研究

以湘西境内凤凰铅锌矿区不同区域的地表水为对象,研究了铅锌矿区水体中Pb、Zn、Hg等元素的污染状况及成因。结果表明,凤凰铅锌矿区内地表水受到重金属复合污染,其中水Pb严重污染,水Zn轻度污染,水Hg中度污染。矿区地表水中Pb、Zn、Hg平均含量分别为(0.145±0.060)mg·L-1(、0.362±0.393)mg·L-1和(0.175±0.359)!g·L-1,与地表水环境质量国家标准(GB3828-2002)相比,矿区水Pb平均含量超过国标Ⅳ类水质量标准2.9倍,Zn基本符合国家Ⅲ类水水质标准,Hg超过国标Ⅲ类水质量标准1.75倍。溪流水体自净作用对水质重金属污染具有一定的修复能力,该能力受距污染源的距离、流程长度以及水质污染程度的影响。水体中Pb、Zn、Hg的含量受原生地球化学环境的控制,同时,表生地球化学作用和人为采选矿活动也深刻影响它们在水体中的分布。     

脉宽调制型变量喷雾系统雾量沉积分布

通过实验和理论分析建立了雾量分布模型,研究了雾量分布规律。研究表明:喷杆方向沉积变异系数在两喷头之间出现最低,而在两喷头正下方出现极高值;行驶方向的沉积变异系数沿着一定规律周期性变化,其周期与占空比相关;在相同压力的情况下,同一喷头的行驶方向及喷杆方向沉积变异系数的峰值均随着车速的提高而上升,随占空比的上升而下降;在研究范围内(40~60cm),变异系数的峰值随喷头高度的升高而降低;若车速和占空比均相同,110°扇形喷头的雾量分布较80°扇形喷头在时空方向上都更加均匀。     

泥石流入汇主河淤积规律的水槽试验研究

以试验为基础,研究了泥石流入汇主河后淤积规律,主要探讨了淤积量及淤积分布问题。通过试验分析认为,泥石流入汇主河后的淤积量基本随流量比的增大而增大,就其淤积速率而言,有先增大后减小的变化规律。淤积量在流量比大约为0.5时出现峰值,在流量比为0.65时出现谷值,淤积量与流量比关系变化曲线以倾斜向上的直线为对称轴,呈倾斜向上的正弦波形。各工况下淤积范围基本不变,但试验中反映出,淤积范围有随交汇角增大而增大的趋势。