基于状态机的植物生长模型可视化研究

在分析植物生长形态生理变化的基础上,揭示植物生长时空状态的变化规律,提出基于状态机的植物生长模型,并引入随机矢量真实预测植物的生长。根据该模型构建植物生长的可视化算法,合理组织有关植物生长的数据,并开发一个原型系统验证了该模型的有效性。     

耕作土壤表面不平度分析

利用激光式不平度测试仪测定犁耕耕地地面、圆盘耙耙地地面和驱动耙耙地地面的不平度，测定地面不平度沿着3个方向进行，即平行、倾斜和垂直于耕作方向。对每一种地面不平度的RMS高度、自相关长度和自相关函数进行了分析，结果表明：对于短的地块，可用单一尺度来表征地表不平度的特征，地表不平度特征属于指数相关函数，RMS高度和自相关长度具有明显的相关性；对于长的地块，平整的农业地表不平度具有分形性或多尺度性，其自相关函数是一种分形过程。     

Effects of planting density on the productivity and water use of tea (Camellia sinensis L.) clones: I. Measurement of water use in young tea using sap flow meters with a stem heat balance method

Sap flow meters based on the stem heat balance method were used to measure the mass flow rates or water use in young potted tea (Camellia sinensis L.) plants of clones AHP S15/10 and BBK35. The meters were constructed on site and installed onto the stem or branch sections of field growing plants in an experiment originally designed to study the effects of plant population density and drought on the productivity and water use of young tea clones. The objective of the study was to use the SHB method as a first attempt to use sap flow meters for determining the water use of young tea growing in the field under well watered conditions in Tanzania. The results are reported and recommendation made for further work on using the technique.     

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.     

Evaluation of the RZWQM-CERES-Maize hybrid model for maize production

The root zone water quality model (RZWQM) was developed primarily for water quality research with a generic plant growth module primarily serving as a sink for plant nitrogen and water uptake. In this study, we coupled the CERES-Maize Version 3.5 crop growth model with RZWQM to provide RZWQM users with the option for selecting a more comprehensive plant growth model. In the hybrid model, RZWQM supplied CERES with daily soil water and nitrogen contents, soil temperature, and potential evapotranspiration, in addition to daily weather data. CERES-Maize supplied RZWQM with daily water and nitrogen uptake, and other plant growth variables (e.g., root distribution and leaf area index). The RZWQM-CERES hybrid model was evaluated with two well-documented experimental datasets distributed with DSSAT (Decision Support System for Agrotechnology Transfer) Version 3.5, which had various nitrogen and irrigation treatments. Simulation results were compared to the original DSSAT-CERES-Maize model. Both models used the same plant cultivar coefficients and the same soil parameters as distributed with DSSAT Version 3.5. The hybrid model provided similar maize prediction in terms of yield, biomass and leaf area index, as the DSSAT-CERES model when the same soil and crop parameters were used. No overall differences were found between the two models based on the paired t test, suggesting successful coupling of the two models. The hybrid model offers RZWQM users access to a rigorous new plant growth model and provides CERES-Maize users with a tool to address soil and water quality issues under different cropping systems.     

基于深度相机的玉米株型参数提取方法研究

提出了一种基于骨架提取的改进算法,可实现在大田环境下,使用PMD深度相机快速、无损测量玉米株型参数。首先利用深度图像RGB伪彩色和深度距离信息,提取深度图像的骨架,排除复杂背景干扰,得到单株玉米的二值骨架图像;然后利用基于角点检测的改进归类算法提取骨架图像特征点;最后建立骨架图像中特征点与深度图像的对应关系,利用空间几何数学方法,结合特征点计算出玉米的3种株型参数,即株高、茎粗、叶倾角。农田实验对比分析表明,所提方法的株高测量结果与人工测量结果的相关系数 r 为0.986,最大相对误差小于2 cm,农田作物育种抗逆性分析还表明玉米株型参数与抗倒伏性具有显著相关性。     

汇流口水流水力特性研究综述

综述了60多年来对汇流口水流的研究成果，提出汇流口分为“Y”型汇流口与“非对称型”汇流口两类。汇流口水流存在水流停滞区、流速偏向区、分离区、流速加速区、混合层区等。影响汇流口的主要控制因素有：汇流比、汇流角、河床高差、宽深比、汇流口下游干流弗劳德数等。尽管对汇流口水流的研究已经获得了丰硕的成果，但依然存在不少的问题：1、对“Y”型汇流口研究较少；2、汇流口水面形态的研究存在争论；3、有无螺旋流及螺旋流形式存在争议；4、实验室研究成果与野外实测成果存在差异。     

采用区域生长法分割根系CT图像的改进算法

提出了一种基于阈值分析和区域生长相结合的用于植物根系CT序列图像分割的算法。首先通过直方图分析,初步确定根系区域的分割阈值,再利用经过改进的区域生长法分割得到目标区域。实验结果表明,该分割算法计算量小,分割精度高,在提取目标的同时,能够有效地分离介质(背景)像素;而且对于背景复杂、噪声较大、目标像素灰度不均匀的CT图像也能取得较好的分割效果。     

河床高差对“Y”型汇流口水流水

利用美国SonTec公司生产的三维多普勒流速仪ADV对“Y”型汇流口进行模型试验研究，结果表明，“Y”型汇流口水流为螺旋流，河床高差的存在对“Y”型汇流口水流分离区，流速加速区等主要区域影响不大，但会减弱螺旋流的旋转趋势，增加汇流口水流的脉动强度。     

非邻域相干系数估计的PolInSAR树高反演算法

为了提高全极化干涉合成孔径雷达树高反演精度,提出了一种基于非邻域窗口相干系数估计的Pol In SAR树木高度反演算法。该算法首先求取4对全极化干涉SAR图像的最优干涉相位图,再以局部窗口内像素的幅度和相位联合条件概率密度为准则选取与当前像素满足独立同分布的样本,进而获得相干系数的准确估计值,最后采用三段法进行树木高度反演。对仿真数据的处理结果表明,所提算法能够提高观测场景中树木高度的反演精度,并且能够很好地保持图像中的边界细节信息。