CORRELATION BETWEEN YIELD,MUST ATTRIBUTES AND NUTRITIONAL STATUS OF THE GREEK RED WINE GRAPE VARIETY ‘AGIORGITIKO’

The appropriate tissue and sampling time for the Greek wine-grape variety ‘Agiorgitiko’ nutritional diagnosis was to be evaluated by relating leaf tissue nutrient contents with the yield and must potassium (K), pH, total soluble solids (TSS), and titratable acidity (TA). At bloom, véraison and harvest, leaves opposite the basal cluster (LOBC) and youngest mature leaves (YML) were harvested, and soil and berry samples were collected from six vineyards in Nemea, Greece. Petiole K concentration of the LOBC was found to be better correlated with the yield, TSS, TA and must K than the blade or whole leaf K content; the contrary was observed in nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P), calcium (Ca), and magnesium (Mg) concentrations. The LOBC reflected better the nutritional status of the variety compared to the YML. Regarding the sampling time, petiole K presented stronger correlations with yield and must K, TSS, TA at harvest whereas N and P at bloom and véraison.     

Potassium uptake characteristics of prunus rootstocks: Influence of solution Ca/Mg ratios and solution nickel

Abstract

Nutrient solution experiments were conducted in the growth chamber to study the influence of rootstock, solution Ca/Mg ratios and solution nickel on K uptake. The experimental plants were one‐year‐old prune trees: ‘French’ prune (Prunus domestica L.) scions grafted on Myrobalan 29C (P. cerasifera Ehrh.), Marianna 2624 (P. cerasifera x P. munsoniana?) or Nemaguard (P. persica x P. davidiana) rootstocks. Ion uptake parameters Imax, Km, and Cmin were calculated from ion depletion measurements over a 6 to 10‐hr period.

With K solution concentrations initially adjusted to 100 μM, K uptake rates of Prunus rootstocks were constant down to approximately 20–30 μM, then declined. Rootstocks were able to deplete solution K to concentrations less than 1 μM. There were no significant differences in K uptake parameters among the rootstocks tested.

Varying solution Ca/Mg ratio from 2.75/1 to 1/4 (Ca + Mg = 3.75 mM) had no effect on K uptake. Potassium uptake rates of Myrobalan 29C rootstocks in the presence of 100 μM nickel were not significantly different from those in the absence of nickel. Rates of nickel uptake were significantly lower than those of K. After eight days of pretreatment in solutions adjusted daily to 100 μM Ni(NO₃)₂, prune leaves began to show signs of interveinal chlorosis. Potassium uptake by nickel pretreated trees was not significantly different from that by control trees. Results are discussed in relation to field observations of K deficiency in prune orchards.     

Production potential and competitive indices of Indian mustard (Brassica juncea L.) based intercropping with wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) and lentil (Lens culinaris L.) under different row ratios of eastern Uttar Pradesh

A field experiment was conducted during the (rabi) seasons of 2009–2010 and 2010–2011 at the research farm, Department of Agronomy, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, to find out the suitable row ratio of Indian mustard (Brassica juncea L.) intercropping with wheat (1:9, 2:9, 1:6, 2:6) and lentil (1:4, 1:5, 2:4, 2:5) row ratios, respectively. The highest yield attributes of mustard were recorded with mustard + lentil (2:5), which was significantly superior to mustard + wheat (1:9) and mustard + lentil (1:5). Maximum seed yield and stover yield of mustard was recorded with mustard + lentil (2:4), which was being significant over other row ratios of mustard + wheat (1:6, 1:9, 2:9) but was at par with mustard + lentil (1:5) and mustard + wheat (2:6) row ratios. Mustard equivalent yield (3128 kg ha^?1) recorded under intercropping of mustard with wheat in 1:9 row ratio was significantly higher than sole cropping of mustard, wheat, and lentil, and other remaining intercropping systems. Intercropping of mustard with wheat in 1:9 row ratio showed the highest land equivalent ratio (1.51), aggressivity index (+0.15), net return (60,468 Rs ha^?1), and benefit:cost ratio (4.3) among all other intercropping treatments.     

Ratios of Nutrients in Lowland Rice Grown on Two Iron Toxic Soils in Nigeria

ABSTRACT

Iron (Fe) toxicity is a widespread nutritional soil constraint affecting rice production in the wetland soils of West Africa. Critical levels of total iron in plant causing toxicity is difficult to determine as different rice cultivars respond to excessive Fe^{2 +} in various ways in what is called “bronzing” or “yellowing” symptoms (VBS). An investigation was conducted to evaluate the relationship between plant growth and nutrient ratios at four iron levels (1000, 3000, 4000 μ g L^?1) and control. This involved two rice cultivars (‘ITA 212’ and ‘Suakoko 8’), and two soil types (Aeric Fluvaquent and Aeric Tropaquept). The experimental design was a 2 × 2 × 4 factorial in a completely randomized fashion with four replications. The results showed that nutrient ratios [phosphorus (P)/Fe, potassium (K)/Fe, calcium (Ca)/Fe, magnesium (Mg)/Fe, and manganese (Mn)/Fe), Fe content, and Fe uptake vary widely with the iron levels as well as with the age of the cultivars. The iron toxicity scores expressed as VBS increased with increasing Fe^{2 +} in the soils, resulting in simultaneous reduction of the following variables: plant height, tiller numbers/pot, relationships grain yield (GY) and dry matter yield (DMY). There were no significant difference between nutrient ratios, Fe contents, Fe uptake, the GY and DMY of both rice cultivars on both soil types. Multiple stepwise regression analysis showed that Fe uptake and Fe contents contributed 42% and 17% respectively to the variation in the grain yield of ‘ITA 212’ on Aeric Tropaquept. On both soil types and cultivars, Fe uptake and Fe content contributed between 26 and 68% to the variation in the DMY, while the nutrient ratios (P/Fe, K/Fe, Ca/Fe, and Mn/Fe) contributed between 3% and 13% DMY. Thus, it could be concluded that iron toxicity in rice is more a function of a single nutrient (Fe) rather than nutrient ratios.     

释放不同益害比多异瓢虫对设施豇豆豆蚜的防效及定殖影响

设施豇豆生产中常遭受豆蚜Aphis craccivora(Koch)为害,蚜害可导致豇豆产量、品质下降等问题出现。多异瓢虫Hippodamia variegata(Goeze)为豆蚜的重要天敌,在豇豆生产用温室内,按多异瓢虫和豆蚜益害比1:10、1:20、1:40、1:60及1:80比例分别释放多异瓢虫成虫;同时,设置未释放天敌对照区。调查豆蚜和多异瓢虫种群数量和结构动态变化,比较豆蚜虫口减退率、防治效果、多异瓢虫定殖率及种群增长率等指标,确定持续防治豆蚜的最佳益害比。结果表明,在按益害比1:10和1:20释放多异瓢虫5～35 d后,其对豆蚜防效可达90%以上;但防治后期多异瓢虫定殖率低,防治成本较高。按益害比1:80释放多异瓢虫3～7 d后,对豆蚜防效高于60%,释放后期防效持效期为7 d,防治后期瓢虫定殖率和种群定殖速度较高。益害比为1:60和1:80时防治后期防效低、持效期短,但定殖率高于其他益害比。益害比1:40则兼具防效好和定殖率高的特点,可持续控制设施豇豆豆蚜的为害,是最佳释放比例。推荐将1:40作为多异瓢虫防治豇豆上豆蚜的参考益害比。     

Vertical gradients of potential enzyme activities in soil profiles of European beech,Norway spruce and Scots pine dominated forest sites

Management of forest sites has the potential to modulate soil organic matter decomposition by changing the catalytic properties of soil microorganisms within a soil profile. In this study we examined the impact of forest management intensity and soil physico-chemical properties on the variation of enzyme activities (β-glucosidase, β-xylosidase, α-glucosidase, phenol oxidase, N-acetyl-glucosaminidase, l-leucine aminopeptidase, phosphatase) in the topsoil and two subsoil horizons in three German regions (Schorfheide-Chorin, Hainich-Dün, Schwäbische Alb). The sandy soils in the Schorfheide-Chorin (SCH) showed lower ratios of the activity of carbon (C) acquiring enzymes (β-glucosidase) relative to nitrogen (N) acquiring enzymes (N-acetyl-glucosaminidase + l-leucine aminopeptidase), and activity of C acquiring enzymes relative to phosphorous (P) acquiring enzymes (phosphatase) than the finer textured soils in the Hainich-Dün (HAI) and Schwäbische Alb (ALB), indicating a shift in investment to N and P acquisition in the SCH. All enzyme activities, except phenol oxidase activity, decreased in deeper soil horizons as concentrations of organic C and total N did, while the decrease was much stronger from the topsoil to the first subsoil horizon than from the first subsoil to the second subsoil horizon. In contrast, phenol oxidase activity showed no significant decrease towards deeper soil horizons. Additionally, enzyme activities responsible for the degradation of more recalcitrant C relative to labile C compounds increased in the two subsoil horizons. Subsoil horizons in all regions also indicate a shift to higher N acquisition, while the strength of the shift depended on the soil type. Further, our results clearly showed that soil properties explained most of the total variance of enzyme activities in all soil horizons followed by study region, while forest management intensity had no significant impact on enzyme activities. Among all included soil properties, the clay content was the variable that explained the highest proportion of variance in enzyme activities with higher enzyme activities in clay rich soils. Our results highlight the need for large scale studies including different regions and their environmental conditions in order to derive general conclusions on which factors (anthropogenic or environmental) are most influential on enzyme activities in the whole soil profile in the long term at the regional scale.     

松嫩高平原黑土区耕地资源安全的驱动机制分析

为了深入剖析影响区域耕地资源安全驱动因子的作用机理,研究区域耕地资源安全驱动机制。该文以松嫩高平原黑土区巴彦县为例,运用Matlab编程,采用遗传算法对神经网络模型进行改进,结合相关分析法,识别影响耕地资源安全的关键性因子及其与之相关的因子,应用多元回归分析和完全二次回归分析方法,阐明影响因子间的协同作用关系,进而揭示其对耕地资源安全影响的作用机理和驱动机制。结果表明：1）影响研究区耕地资源安全的协同作用关系中,不同影响因子间的协同作用正向和负向交互进行,且不同因子间协同作用大小也不尽相同;2）影响研究区耕地资源安全的自然因素、社会经济因素、生态因素中,自然因素对研究区耕地资源安全起促进作用,社会经济因素和生态因素起抑制作用,且社会经济因素对研究区耕地资源安全的抑制作用最强,生态因素的抑制作用次之;3）在主要影响因子中,土壤质地对耕地资源安全的促进作用最强,pH 值次之,黑土层厚度的促进作用最弱,而高程对耕地资源安全抑制作用最强,水土流失量仅次之,氟的抑制作用最弱。该研究成果可为黑土区耕地资源保护及耕地资源的合理利用提供参考。     

山东省多主棒孢对三种常用杀菌剂的敏感性监测及对氟吡菌酰胺的抗性

[目的]由多主棒孢(Corynespora cassiicola)引起的黄瓜靶斑病是世界公认的黄瓜三大病害之一,严重影响着黄瓜的产量和品质.随着防治药剂的连续使用,其抗药性问题日益突出.本研究旨在明确山东省多主棒孢对常用杀菌剂的抗性情况,为黄瓜靶斑病的药剂防治提供理论依据,同时筛选高效混配药剂为多主棒孢的抗药性治理提供...     

塔里木河中游胡杨(Populus euphraticu)“肥岛”的养分特征研究

利用传统统计学和地统计学方法,对塔里木河中游胡杨"肥岛"的养分特征进行了研究.结果表明:胡杨周围的土壤养分向冠幅内聚集,具有较强的富积强度,形成了明显的"肥岛"特征.大胡杨冠幅下4种养分(有机质、碱解氮、有效磷、速效钾)分别比冠幅外高64.94%,72.87%,61.70%和185.20%;中胡杨为5.36%,5.39%,47.02%和93.43%;小胡杨为27.96%,10.20%,67.48%和218.59%;但不同发育阶段土壤养分的富积率具有一定的差异,有机质表现为极显著,碱解氮和速效钾表现为显著,而有效磷没有显著差异.单株胡杨土壤养分变异系数属中等强度,半方差函数模型除碱解氮为高斯模型外,其他为球状模型, 块金值/基台值[C0/(C C0)]的比值均在25%附近,表明空间相关性强烈,整体看来土壤养分的变异性主要由结构性因素引起的.胡杨养分的"肥岛"作用范围(7.5～11.1 m)大于冠幅半径(5 m);通过克里格插值图分析,胡杨立地土壤养分表现出不同程度的"肥岛"效应.     

农抗120与多菌灵混配对棉花枯萎病菌的增效作用研究

 . 为了开发农抗120与多菌灵混配杀菌剂新品种,在室内用平皿菌落直径法测定了农抗120与多菌灵混配对棉花枯萎病菌的联合毒力与增效作用。结果表明,农抗120和多菌灵对棉花枯萎病菌EC₅₀值分别是407.4 mg·L^-1和574.5 mg·L^-1 ,多菌灵的毒力小于农抗120;农抗120与多菌灵以1：1～2：1混配增效系数（SR）为1.99～2.19,具有显著增效作用。其中,农抗120与多菌灵1∶2混配增效系数最大,达2.19,为最佳混配增效比例。实验结果为混配杀菌剂有效防治棉花枯萎病提供了一定的科学依据。