Policy incentives for reducing nitrate leaching from intensive agriculture in desert oases of Alxa, Inner Mongolia, China

Excessive irrigation and nitrogen applications result in substantial nitrate leaching into groundwater in intensively cropped oases in desert areas of Alxa, Inner Mongolia. An integrated modelling approach was developed and applied to compare policy incentives to reduce nitrate leaching. The integrated model consists of a process-based biophysical model, a meta-model, a farm economic model and an assessment of policy incentives. The modelling results show that there are “win-win” opportunities for improving farm profitability and reducing nitrate leaching. We found that 4471 Yuan ha⁻¹ of farm gross margin could be obtained with a reduction in nitrate leaching of 373 kg ha⁻¹. Farmers’ lack of knowledge about water and nitrogen in soil, and on crop requirements for water and nitrogen could explain the differences, so that agricultural extension is an appropriate policy incentive for this area. When the economic optimum is obtained reductions in nitrate leaching are not achievable without profit penalties and there is a “trade-off” relationship between farm profitability and groundwater quality protection. The combination of low elasticity of nitrate leaching and large elasticity of farm gross margin against water price increases results in very high costs for reducing nitrate leaching (105.6 Yuan kg⁻¹). It is suggested that if the water price increases were coupled with subsidies for adopting nitrate leaching mitigation practices, environmental gains could come at a lower cost.     

Promoting the use of home-mixed supplements as alternatives to commercial supplements in smallholder beef production systems in the subhumid region of Zimbabwe

The economic and performance effect of supplementing smallholder cattle by substituting commercial feed with iso-nitrogenous and iso-energetic diets based on alternative protein sources was investigated in two trials. In trial 1, three diets (commercial concentrate, commercial concentrate partially substituted with mucuna, and commercial concentrate partially substituted with lablab–cowpea) compared with veld grass were allocated to 12 cattle in a complete randomised block design. In trial 2, a double complete randomised block design with 40 cattle assigned to four forage legume-based diets, a poultry-based diet and a commercial beef concentrate was carried out. Diets were offered at 1.5% of body weight daily over 56 d. Average daily weight gain (ADWG) was measured weekly in trial 1 and fortnightly in trial 2. In trial 1, ADWG was significantly (p < 0.05) higher for animals on supplements compared with non-supplemented cattle. In trial 2, ADWG was significantly highest on the groundnut stover-based diet and least on the poultry litter diet. Supplementation had a positive effect on ADWG and economic performance of smallholder beef cattle. Substitution of commercial concentrates with alternative protein sources reduced diet costs and significantly improved gross margins.     

Comparative Morphology and Morphometry of Six Biotypes of Bemisia tabaci （Hemiptera： Aleyrodidae） from China

Morphology and morphometry of six biotypes(B,Q,Cv,ZHJ-1,ZHJ-2 and ZHJ-3) of Bemisia tabaci(Gennadius) from China on cotton plants were studied by using microscopes.Nymphal body sizes and characters were measured and observed,especially on the 4th instar(pupal case),including the vasiform orifice,operculum,lingula,length and thickness of anterior and posterior wax margins,width of thoracic tracheal combs.Adult characters of both sexes were investigated including the body size,compound eyes,antennal segments,vasiform orifice,hind tarsi and genitals.The results indicated that differences of some morphological characters or morphometrics were significant among the six biotypes of B.tabaci in China:(1) Pupal sizes of the exotic biotypes(B and Q) were significantly larger than the indigenous biotypes with the following order as B>Q>ZHJ-1>Cv>ZHJ-3>ZHJ-2;(2) for both male and female adults,sizes of all characters investigated in the invading biotypes(B and Q),especially B,were much larger than those of the indigenous ones.     

Management of newly established field margins on nutrient-rich soil to reduce weed spread and seed rain into adjacent crops

We studied the effect of different ways to establish and to maintain unfertilised field margins on the development of potential weeds and seed dispersal into adjacent crops. Plant communities in field margins either developed spontaneously or were sown with different seed mixtures of grasses and forbs. Margins were mown twice a year and the cuttings were either removed or left in situ. Three years after establishment, the importance of the unsown rhizomatous species Elytrigia repens and Urtica dioica was significantly higher in the unsown community or when cuttings were not removed after mowing. Seed dispersal from the margin into adjacent crops was important in the unsown community during the first year after establishment. Between 82% and 99% of the seeds were disseminated within 4 m from the margin strip. Overall risk of contaminating the adjacent crop with weeds originating from the field margin strip was concentrated within a few metres of the crop edge. In order to minimise the dissemination of weed species and invasion by noxious vegetatively propagated weeds on nutrient‐rich land, it is recommended that field margins are established by sowing and cuttings removed after each cut.     

基于参考机的单机等面积暂态稳定分析

提出了相对参考机的单机稳定裕度评估方法.研究了单一机组功角曲线的表达方式，将多机系统中单机功角曲线表达为本机相对参考机转子角度的函数，提出了基于泰勒级数的功角曲线预测拟合方法.提出了稳定裕度的预测评估方法与事后评估方法，比较了事后评估与预测评估所得稳定裕度的差异.SGEAC方法在判别系统是否稳定时没有任何假设，不需要进行动态二群的识别.实例验证了所提方法的有效性.     

沿江双季稻北缘区晚稻适宜品种类型及高产群体特征

研究沿江双季稻北缘区晚季籼稻和粳稻产量差异,明确适宜类型品种及高产形成机制。试验于2018—2019年在安徽庐江进行,以当地常规种植的17个籼稻和17个粳稻优质品种(系)为研究对象,比较和分析籼稻和粳稻在产量及构成、物质积累和生育进程方面的差异。结果表明,粳稻与籼稻总体上产量水平相当,但粳稻产量限制因子少,安全齐穗性有优势,具有更高的产量稳产性和生态安全性。高产粳稻主要是通过增加移栽–抽穗期干重来增加总干物质积累,以提高总颖花量和产量。不同穗型粳稻品种生育前中期不同阶段的干物质积累对总颖花量的影响差异较大,其中大穗型(每穗粒数102.3～112.0)和小穗型粳稻(每穗粒数52.0～99.7)干物质优势积累期分别为移栽–穗分化期和穗分化期–抽穗期,与总颖花量的相关系数达到0.709和0.829。进一步分析发现,大穗型粳稻品种移栽–穗分化期干物质积累受穗分化期分蘖数显著影响,而小穗型粳稻品种穗分化–抽穗期干物质积累由抽穗期分蘖数和单茎干重共同影响。综上所述,本研究认为粳稻是沿江双季稻北缘区适宜的双季晚稻品种类型,高产粳稻群体颖花量为33.8×10~3～41.0×10~3 m^–2<...     

近期中国农产品贸易特点与展望

近期中国农产品贸易保持较快增长,进口增速反弹,出口基本平稳,贸易逆差扩大。谷物、油籽、乳制品等进口大幅增加,棉花、食糖、植物油等进口下降,但仍保持高位,水产品、蔬菜、水果等优势农产品出口小幅增加。进口大幅增加的主要原因是国内需求强劲增长和国内外农产品价差扩大。预计2014年中国大宗农产品进口将保持较高水平,需要妥善应对进口压力。     

黄土丘陵沟壑区沟沿线边缘植被特征初步研究

 通过对黄土丘陵沟壑区安塞纸坊沟沟沿线边缘植被特征的调查,共发现隶属26科的66个物种,其中豆科、禾本科和菊科物种分别占19.70%1、5.15%和13.64%;物种中出现最多的是多年生草本,其次依次是1年生草本、灌木、小灌木、乔木、藤本和小乔木,其中灌乔物种多为主要物种且多为当地优势灌木虎榛子和酸枣等,指示着研究区植被恢复的方向;调查植物种基本包含了陕北黄土高原森林草原带次生演替各个阶段的主要植物种,是研究区次生演替的一个缩影;从沟沿线边缘植被的分布看,灌木远多于草本,其中以灌木为主的沟沿线区段植被的宽度、盖度均比以草本为主的沟沿线区段大,沟沿线防蚀效益较好。     

改进的内模PD参数整定及其在水

PID控制是一种广泛应用的工业控制算法，但由于其控制参数整定的复杂性，因而其应用常常受到一定的限制[1，2]。为了更有效地解决这一问题，在内模参数整定的基础上,提出了用系统频域参数配置的方法来对过程某些变化较大的参数进行估计，并用过程估算的参数来对内模PID参数进行整定，同时把它应用于水轮机调节系统的控制，仿真结果显示了良好的控制效果,尤其是对模型失配严重的系统其效果更加显著。