Long-term application of animal slurries to grassland alters soil cation balance

Abstract. Soil samples from a 32-year grassland field experiment were taken from 0–5, 5–10, and 10–15 cm soil depths in February 2002. Plots received annual treatments of unamended control, mineral fertilizer, three rates of pig slurry and three rates of cow slurry, each with six replicates. Samples were analysed for cation exchange capacity (CEC), exchangeable cations (Na⁺, K⁺, Ca²⁺, Mg²⁺), pH and Olsen P. Exchangeable sodium percentage (ESP) was calculated as a sodicity indicator. Mean ESP was generally greater for slurry treatments than the control, with a trend of increasing ESP with application rate. This was particularly marked for cow slurry. At 0–5 cm depth ESP increased from 1.18 in the control to 1.75 at the highest rate of pig slurry and 5.60 at the highest rate of cow slurry. Similar trends were shown for CEC, exchangeable Na⁺, K⁺ and Mg²⁺, Ca²⁺ and Olsen P. The build-up of soil P due to slurry applications, together with this combination of physical and chemical factors, may increase the risk of P loss to surface waters, particularly from soils receiving high rates of cow slurry.     

吉林西部苏打盐碱土在不同添加物下水分入渗特性

依据土壤水动力学理论,基于室内一维土柱入渗试验,选用稻壳、玉米秸秆、河沙3种材料作为添加物,分别将添加物以不同掺量与土壤均匀混合对苏打盐碱土进行入渗试验,从累计入渗量、入渗速率、湿润锋运移距离等方面研究苏打盐碱土在不同添加物及不同掺量下水分的入渗特性.结果表明:对照组土壤入渗量为3 mm·d-1,混掺1％稻壳、玉米秸秆...     

负水头条件下的水平一维土壤吸渗特征

该文分析了不同负水头条件下土壤水分运动特征,并通过室内模拟试验研究了不同负水头条件下水平一维土壤的吸渗特征,根据Brooks-corey模型推求了描述负水头条件下土壤吸渗公式,并分析了各参量间的函数关系。分析了Philip吸渗公式在负水头条件下的适用性,并对所建立的公式进行检验。研究结果表明：上述理论关系可以很好描述负水头条件下水平一维土壤吸渗过程。     

毛乌素沙地南缘沙区水分入渗特征及其影响因素

水分入渗是土壤水分循环的重要环节。为探明毛乌素沙地生物结皮覆盖沙区水分入渗特征及其影响因素,采用双环法测定不同类型地表(裸沙、浅灰色藻类结皮、黑褐色藻类结皮和藓类结皮,依次用BS、LC、DC和MC表示)水分入渗速率及其土壤理化性质。结果表明:1与BS相比,LC、DC和MC样地初始入渗率分别减少了37.7%、59.2%和73.6%,稳定前平均入渗率分别减少了37.5%、62.2%和81.3%,稳定入渗率分别减少了13.6%、67.4%和78.9%,累计入渗量分别减少了25.8%、61.3%和78.6%。2不同类型地表达到稳定入渗所需的时间在3~8 min;相关性分析结果显示,水分入渗速率与砂粒和土壤容重呈正相关关系,与粉粒、黏粒、结皮厚度、结皮抗剪强度、结皮层容重和有机碳含量呈负相关关系。3主成分分析结果表明,黏粒、结皮抗剪强度和土壤容重是影响该地区水分入渗速率的主要因子。因此,生物结皮在沙丘表面的形成和发育过程中,通过改变土壤的理化性质,减缓了该地区水分入渗速率,增加了降水的径流流失风险。     

糖苷水解酶家族基因AghyGH1a参与莲草直胸跳甲对皂苷的代谢

为了解植物化合防御物质皂苷对专食性天敌莲草直胸跳甲Agasicles hygrophila的防御作用,测定莲草直胸跳甲2龄幼虫取食皂苷后的排泄和肠道变化,利用转录组测序筛选参与皂苷代谢的候选基因,并采用 RNA 干扰技术鉴定候选基因功能。结果发现,取食皂苷导致莲草直胸跳甲幼虫排泄量增加,肠道畸变,排泄量与取食皂苷浓度正相关。转录组测序发现,与对照相比,取食 100 mmol/L皂苷处理的莲草直胸跳甲幼虫肠道有496条差异表达基因,其中261个上调基因和235个下调基因。GO分类和KEGG分类分析发现糖苷水解酶家族1（glycoside hydrolase family1,GH1）基因集中在碳水化合物水解通路。利用RNA干扰技术鉴定发现,莲草直胸跳甲AghyGH1a基因沉默可导致幼虫取食皂苷后排泄量增加,肠道内容物颜色更暗沉。表明莲草直胸跳甲AghyGH1a参与皂苷代谢。     

RNAi及沉默通路调控研究进展

RNA干扰（RNA interference,RNAi）是由双链RNA（double-stranded RNA,dsRNA）介导的细胞内双链mRNA特异性降解的现象,属于转录后的基因沉默机制。迄今为止,RNAi已经是一种广泛应用于研究基因功能的最新和最有效的方法,并且在治疗人类和动物疾病中也有很大潜力。作者主要综述了RNAi的过程、小RNA的生物发生学及沉默通路的保护和调控。     

降雨过程中碱性坡耕地土壤侵蚀的研究

坡地土壤侵蚀的治理是水土保持工作的主要任务之一。为了研究碱性坡耕地土壤在降雨过程中的入渗和侵蚀特性,该试验采用室内人工降雨模拟器方法对两种不同碱度的壤质黄土在不同坡度条件下的入渗和侵蚀进行了调查。试验土壤的可交换钠百分比(ESP)分别为2.8和52.0,土壤表面坡度为5%～25%。试验数据显示,在降雨过程中,土壤的入渗能力随ESP的减小或表面坡度的增大而增加,土壤的可侵蚀性随土壤ESP或表面坡度的增大而增加。两种ESP的土壤在各种表面坡度情况下的土壤累积侵蚀量随累积降雨量直线增加,并随土壤坡度的增大而增加。但当土壤坡度大于15%时,高ESP土壤的累积侵蚀量随土壤坡度的增加远大于低ESP土壤的增加。USLE经验公式较好地预测了低ESP土壤的坡度系数,但不能精确计算高ESP土壤的坡度系数。由于土壤细沟侵蚀的发生,WEPP模型低估了两种ESP壤在大坡度情况下的坡度系数。     

九仙山小流域不同植物群落土壤蓄水功能研究

采用森林水文学研究方法,对九仙山小流域不同植物群落的土壤水分贮存与入渗特征进行研究。结果表明:1)森林群落具有显著提高林地土壤孔隙度、土壤贮水量和土壤入渗速率的作用,其中麻栎林要好于侧柏林、刺槐林、杨树林,而枣树林最差;2)有林地的土壤入渗率明显高于荒草坡地,说明不同森林群落具有改善土壤入渗性能的作用。其中侧柏林提高土壤入渗速率的幅度最高,随后是麻栎林、刺槐林、杨树林,最差的是枣树林;3)Horton模型比较适用于模拟研究区的土壤入渗过程,但通用幂函数模型和Philip模型的适用性较差。     

西宁盆地黄土区坡形及植被类型对坡面土壤入渗影响

为进一步探讨青藏高原东北部黄土区草本植物护坡机理,选取西宁盆地长岭沟流域自建试验区,通过设计2种不同坡形和选取适宜当地气候条件生长的3种草本植物,采用野外试验区人工模拟降雨方法,首先分析了坡面土壤水文参数(土壤入渗、坡面土体含水量)分布变化,进而探讨了影响种植草本坡面土壤水分入渗的主要因素与特征,最后对坡面土壤水分入渗过程进行模型模拟与评价。结果表明:种植垂穗披碱草阶梯形边坡产流时间相对最晚,直形裸坡阶段产流量最大,其最大阶段累积径流量在降雨试验40~45 min时,为17 730 mL;2种坡形边坡坡面平均稳定入渗速率由大到小依次为阶梯形种植垂穗披碱草边坡(0.519 mm/min)、直形垂穗披碱草边坡(0.423 mm/min)、直形老芒麦边坡(0.422 mm/min)、直形细茎冰草边坡(0.318 mm/min)、阶梯形裸坡(0.321 mm/min)和直形裸坡(0.192 mm/min),且种植垂穗披碱草和老芒麦边坡土体含水量在地表以下0—50 cm增幅相对最高,说明种植草本有助于边坡土体内部水分入渗。在此基础上,采用Horton模型、Kostiakov模型和通用经验模型进行坡面土壤水分入渗模拟,结果表明直形边坡土壤水分入渗过程以Horton模型和通用经验模型的拟合效果相对较为理想;阶梯形边坡则以Horton模型得到的土壤水分入渗拟合效果相对最优;最后,通过Pearson相关性分析得出,区内边坡土壤水分入渗特性主要影响因素为土壤有机质与植被覆盖度,且土壤有机质与初始入渗率间呈显著正相关关系(R²为0.986),植被覆盖度与稳定入渗率间则呈极显著相关关系(R²为0.997)。研究结果对于科学有效防治高寒半干旱区水土流失以及研究不同植被类型及坡形水土保持能力具有理论研究价值和实际指导意义。     

Near‐surface macropore flow and saturated hydraulic conductivity in drained and restored blanket peatlands

The impacts of blanket peatland management on water tables, near‐surface macropore flow and saturated hydraulic conductivity were investigated using automated dipwells and mini‐disc tension infiltrometers. Three neighbouring hillslopes which were undisturbed, drained and restored by drain blocking were studied. Mean water table depths at the undisturbed sites were slightly shallower than at the restored site and water tables at both sites were significantly shallower relative to the drained treatment. Through time, however, the water table at the restored treatment behaved in a markedly different way to that at the undisturbed site. Water tables reached the peat surface for only 2% of the time for the drained and restored treatments compared to 18% for the undisturbed treatment. The proportion of runoff flowing through macropores in the near‐surface layers of the peat was found to be large (≥60%) across all three treatments, yet functional macroporosity was found to be significantly greater in the undisturbed peat relative to the two other treatments. Meanwhile, saturated hydraulic conductivity was found to be significantly higher at the restored treatment relative to the two other treatments, with mean conductivities ca. 1.5 times greater, suggesting a form of heightened soil–water interaction. Combined, the results indicate that although restoration by ditch blocking may result in a relatively successful water table recovery, there may not be the full reinstatement of peatland hydrological processes.