Improved management of Vertisols in the semiarid tropics for increased productivity and soil carbon sequestration

Abstract. This study was undertaken to test the hypothesis that an improved system of catchment management in combination with appropriate cropping practices can sustain increased crop production and improve soil quality of Vertisols, compared with prevailing traditional farming practices. Initiated in 1976, the improved system consisted of integrated land management to conserve soil and water, with excess rainwater being removed in a controlled manner. This was combined with improved crop rotation (legume based) and integrated nutrient management. In the traditional system, sorghum or chickpea was grown in the post-rainy season with organic fertilizers, and in the rainy season the field was maintained as a cultivated fallow. The average grain yield of the improved system over 24 years was 4.7 t ha⁻¹ yr⁻¹, nearly a five-fold increase over the traditional system (about 1 t ha⁻¹ yr⁻¹). There was also evidence of increased organic C, total N and P, available N, P and K, microbial biomass C and N in the soil of the improved system. A positive relationship between soil available P and soil organic C suggested that application of P to Vertisols increased carbon sequestration by 7.4 t C ha⁻¹ and, in turn, the productivity of the legume-based system, thus ultimately enhancing soil quality.     

实用光温敏核不育水稻育性稳定性鉴定方法的探讨

在对水稻光温敏核不育系的育性光温反应研究的基础上，提出了实用不育系育性稳定性鉴定的原则，并据此建立和完善了实用不育系育性稳定性鉴定的４级８组处理法，摸索建成了适用于实用不育系筛选、鉴定和提纯的人工气候实验室，借助上述条件和方法，成功地对安湘Ｓ等５个实用不育系的育性稳定性实施了鉴定。     

创伤愈合中P物质的免疫组化观察

目的：动态分析创伤愈合中中性粒细胞、成纤维细胞(fibroblast，FB)和P物质(Substance P，SP)阳性细胞的时空分布以及创伤局部SP物质的分布与变化，阐述上述变化与创伤愈合的关系。方法：取家兔皮肤创伤组织进行H．E．、免疫组化染色，分别观察局部组织与细胞的变化。结果：中性粒细胞于创后第1天最高，然后回落；FB在第3天即开始大量增殖，在上皮化接近完成，真皮重建活跃的第7天到达峰值；SP阳性物质在刨伤局部呈现强阳性反应，SP阳性细胞数在创后第1天，第3天，第5天时持续显著上升，维持在较高水平直到第15天后才回落。结论：中性粒细胞在创伤愈合早期起作用，不直接参与创伤修复，FB为刨伤修复的主要细胞，SP参与了创伤愈合的全过程。     

Intercalibrating SCOR, NORPAC and bongo nets and the consequences for interpreting decadal-scale variation in zooplankton biomass in the Gulf of Alaska

The Canadian weathership time series of zooplankton wet weight biomass, collected at Ocean Station Papa in the Gulf of Alaska from 1956 to 1981, is one of the most comprehensive of its kind in marine science. In 1966, the sampling gear changed from a white North Pacific (NORPAC) net to a black Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research (SCOR) net and it was recently discovered that insufficient intercalibration samples were collected to understand how their sampling properties differed. A Canada‐GLOBEC project to redo the intercalibration of these net types and to understand how they relate to current sampling gear (bongo net) started in 1997. Seventy replicates of the three net types were collected in deep water in the Gulf of Alaska. The major finding is that all nets have similar sampling characteristics, whereas earlier reports indicated that NORPAC biomass values should be multiplied by a factor of 1.538 to be equivalent to the SCOR net. It now appears that this factor arose because flowmeters were not used in the original 1956–81 sampling (volume filtered was estimated from tow length × mouth area). A positive bias was introduced into the SCOR values because relatively more water passed through the SCOR net (undetected without a flow meter) than through the NORPAC net. This means that the unmetered NORPAC samples from 1956 to 1966 should not be adjusted and the unmetered SCOR values should be reduced by a factor that is related to wire angle. The general effect on the entire series is to lower the average biomass estimates, but more so for the early portion of the series than the later years.     

不同方法测定生长猪内源磷排泄量及磷真消化率的比较研究

采用梯度回归法(REG法)和差量法,用豆粕和次粉作为日粮磷唯一来源,分别设计了 2 组总磷(TP)水平为0 .15%、0. 20%、0. 30%、0. 35%梯度饲粮,按4×4拉丁方设计,测定了20 kg生长猪内源磷排泄量和豆粕、次粉磷的真消化率。结果表明,在0 .15%~0 .35%TP水平范围,粪磷的排泄量与磷摄入量之间存在明显的线性关系,动物具有稳定的内源磷排泄量。不同饲料条件下REG法测定的内源磷排泄量与差量法测定结果无显著差异(P>0. 05),2种方法测定内源磷排泄量都是可行的;生长猪内源磷排泄量为0. 65~0. 68 g/kg DMI;次粉磷的真消化率显著高于豆粕(P<0. 01),分别为63.7%和52.1%。     

Two forms of cytochrome P450 cDNA from 3-methylcholanthrene-treated European eel Anguilla anguilla

ABSTRACT:     The cytochrome P450 (CYP) represents a large group of microsomal monooxygenases that catalyze drugs as well as a host of lethal environmental contaminants such as dioxins, leading to either detoxification and excretion from the animal or generation of carcinogenic intermediates. In the present study two forms of cDNA were cloned (Eu MC1 and Eu MC2) for European eel CYP1A genes by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) techniques. The cDNA of Eu MC1 was 3368 bp long coding 521 amino acid residues, and that of Eu MC2 was 2464 bp long coding 517 amino acid residues. Identities of deduced amino acid sequences between Eu MC1 and Japanese eel CYP1A1 and that between Eu MC2 and the second form of Japanese eel CYP1A were 98% and 97%, respectively, showing decisively that Eu MC1 and Eu MC2 are orthologous to Japanese eel CYP1A1 and the second form of CYP1A, respectively. A striking difference between the two eel species was that the Eu MC1 peptide was two amino acid residues longer than that of the Japanese eel CYP1A1. Existence of two loci of CYP1A in Japanese and European eels may suggest that the two forms of CYP1A exist widely among the eel species, because the divergence between the two eel species has been shown to be close to the basal divergence among eels. The identities in CYP1A may help to estimate genetic distance between European and Japanese eels.     

Bactericidal activity of cecropin B and cecropin P1 expressed in fish cells (CHSE-214): application in controlling fish bacterial pathogens

Cecropins are a group of antimicrobial peptides which have bactericidal activity against a broad range of bacteria. To date, the cecropins used in a variety of studies were either purified from their natural source or obtained by chemical synthesis. The present study was conducted to test whether bactericidally active cecropins could be expressed in a fish cell line. For this purpose, Chinook salmon embryo cells (CHSE-214) were transfected with cecropin transgene constructs: Hyalophora cecropia preprocecropin B, procecropin B, cecropin B, and porcine P₁ cecropin. From the transfected cells, single cell clones were selected and screened for the presence of cecropin gene constructs by PCR amplification. The expression of the cecropin transgene in the PCR positive clones was determined by RT-PCR reaction. Southern blot hybridization results showed that the cecropin gene constructs were integrated into the genome in a multiple integration pattern. Bactericidal activity of the cecropins, synthesized from transgene constructs, was detected using inhibition zone assay for fish pathogenic bacteria: Aeromonas hydrophila, Pseudomonas fluorescens, and Vibrio anguillarum. Cecropin antimicrobial peptides produced in CHSE-214 cells possess bactericidal activity against these three fish pathogenic bacteria.     

华山松单萜和倍半萜组分的地理变异

用气相色谱-质谱-计算机联用仪鉴定了华山松皮油树脂中12种成分。对贵州省平坝县华山松良种场华山松种源试验林中13个种源树皮含油树脂样品分析,观察到单萜总量和倍半萜总量,包括α-蒎烯、双戊烯和蛇麻烯等成分的含量与其种源产地纬度有极明显的地理变异规律。云贵高原种源为以双戊烯为主的单萜类型;秦岭—大巴山地种源是以蛇麻烯为主的倍半萜类型。     

高山禾草─嵩草型草地的磷循环

对磷在高山禾草─嵩草型草地土壤─植物─绵羊系统（７～１０月）中的循环进行了研究。结果表明，０～６０ｍ深度土壤全磷贮量４４７５．３～４７９９．８ｋｇ／ｈｍ２（ＣＶ＝３．０９％），速效磷贮量８６．５～１２３．９ｋｇ／ｈｍ２（ＣＶ＝１３．９６％）。磷在土壤─植物转化阶转化率最大值仅０．１２３５％，磷在植物─绵羊各转化阶的转化率均以１０月为分界点，１０月以后锐减。７～９月土壤库磷处于消耗状态，绵羊库磷处于积累状态。从１０月开始，土壤库磷处于积累状态，绵羊库磷处于消耗状态。磷在土壤库、植物库和绵羊库之间的分布极不平衡，土壤库占９９．８６％～９９．９３％，植物库占０．０６４２２％～０．１２８２％，而绵羊库仅占０．００７２２５％～０．０１３６３％。     

A total-continuous portal vein fistula in gastrointestinal and toxicology research

A method for the total collection of portal vein blood over extended periods has been developed. The method has been applied in gastrointestinal toxicology research involving rats. The method facilitated quantitative recovery of portal vein blood for 120 min for measurement and identification of absorbed radiolabeled components derived from a toxic lipphilic pesticide placed in the lumen of the small intestine. The method can be applied to any substance—nutrient, anutrient, xenobiotic chemical, or endocrine factor—absorbed into the portal vein from the gastrointestinal tract. The method (a) provides for collection of compounds absorbed from the gastrointestinal tract before distribution to nondigestive tissues (i.e., liver), (b) allows measurement of the compounds absorbed without the need to monitor flow rate, and (c) facilitates accumulation of sufficient material from the total portal circulation for analyses when submicrogram quantities are absorbed. The latter two features are important but impossible to attain with small samples of portal blood and are crucial in research with minute quantities of substrate. These features become requirements in metabolism and toxicology research. The method involves replacement of the portal blood with a suspension of perfluorohydrocarbons to substitute for the major functions of natural blood. The total-continuous portal vein fistula makes it possible to investigate metabolic and transport phenomena in live animals which previously could be explored only by in vitro methods. The method may be applied to conscious animals with further refinements.