The post-ovulatory rise in progesterone is lower and the persistence of oestrous behaviour longer during the first compared with the second cycle of the breeding season in mares

Mares are seasonally polyoestrous breeders. Therefore, the first ovulation of the season, following winter anoestrus, is the only cycle in which mares ovulate without the presence of an old CL from the previous cycle. The objective of this study was to compare the length of oestrous behaviour, and plasma progesterone concentrations during the early post-ovulatory period between mares after the first and second ovulation of the breeding season. Overall, 38 mares and 167 oestrous periods were used in the study. From those, 11 mares were used during the first and subsequent oestrous period to measure and compare the post-ovulatory rise in progesterone concentration, whereas all the mares were used to compare the length of the post-ovulatory oestrous behaviour between the first and subsequent cycles of the breeding season. The persistence of the post-ovulatory oestrus was longer (p < .001) following the first ovulation of the year (median of 52 h) compared with the subsequent ovulations (median of 36 h for second and later ovulations groups; n = 38 mares). The progesterone concentration at any of the four 8 h-intervals analysed (28, 36, 76 and 84 h post-ovulation) was lower (p < .01) following the first versus the second ovulation of the year. By 36 h post-ovulation the progesterone concentration of mares at the second ovulation of the year had passed the threshold of 2 ng/ml (2.1 ± 0.33 ng/ml), whereas in the first cycle it was 1.2 ± 0.13 ng/ml. In conclusion, mares had lower progesterone concentrations in their peripheral circulation and longer persistence of oestrous behaviour following the first ovulation of the year compared with the second and subsequent ovulatory periods of the breeding season.     

小麦饲料中添加木聚糖酶对高原型藏羊胃肠道发育的影响

旨在分析小麦粉中添加木聚糖酶(xylanase, Xyl)对藏羊羔羊胃肠道发育的影响。选择同质性良好的2～3月龄高原型藏羊公羔60只,随机分为两组,每组30只,各组内设置5个重复。对照组(Control group)饲喂不含木聚糖酶的日粮,试验组(Test group)饲喂含0.2%木聚糖酶的日粮,试验分为预饲期10 d和正试期90 d。饲养试验结束时,两组各随机选取5只羔羊进行屠宰,采集消化道组织置于多聚甲醛固定,并收集血液、瘤胃和空肠内容物。结果显示：1)与对照组相比,试验组瘤胃的角质层厚度、颗粒层厚度,瓣胃的乳头长度、乳头宽度、角质层厚度、颗粒层厚度,皱胃的黏膜厚度以及十二指肠的肌层厚度,空肠的绒毛高度、黏膜厚度,回肠的肌层厚度显著提高(P<0.05);2)对照组瘤胃和血清的LPS含量显著高于试验组(P<0.05);3)相较于对照组,试验组瘤胃的糜蛋白酶、胰蛋白酶、脂肪酶活性以及空肠的糜蛋白酶、α-淀粉酶活性显著提高(P<0.05);4)试验组瘤胃的总抗氧化能力水平、谷胱甘肽过氧化物酶及过氧化氢酶活性以及空肠的总抗氧化能力水平、谷胱甘肽过氧化物酶、超氧化物歧化酶...     

关于做好农业和农村节水工作的几点思考

农业用水占我国用水总量的 70 % ,开展和推进农业节水 ,是建立节水型社会的关键 ,也是实现我国水资源可持续利用的内在要求。要做好农业和农村节水工作 ,应当十分重视“预测预报、水资源保障、城乡供水、水污染防治、防洪减灾、计量监测、技术推广、投融资、抗旱服务、政策法规”等十大体系的建立和建设     

春小麦耐热性的筛选方法与指标

利用５１份春小麦材料对３种耐热性方法进行了研究评价。供试材料在田间通过晚播计算各基因型的粒重感热指数（Ｓｅ）或于籽粒浆期用塑料简棚进行遮盖处理并计算千料重感热指数（Ｓｇ）评价其耐热性，而在室骨采用膜热稳定性测定方法，以相对热损伤率（ＲＩ％）大小评价基因型的耐热性。相关分析表明：Ｓｅ在年际间和年份内的相关系数均呈极显著高度正相关，从而具有较好的重演性，而ＲＩ％与Ｓｇ呈显著正相关说明基因型的热稳定性大     

巢湖沿岸圩区稻季营养盐的输出特征研究

巢湖流域沿岸分布着很多圩区,人们在圩内进行各种农业活动,圩区营养盐的输出是造成巢湖流域非点源污染的重要因素。为了解圩区农业非点源营养盐的输出特征,笔者通过在巢湖流域河网地区选择比较典型的圩区,于2014年水稻生长期进行了较系统的野外调查观测、取样和室内水质分析,探讨在自然降雨-径流的条件下圩区各类营养盐的浓度变化及输出特征。2014年稻季共进行了9次排水,排水量总计73.09 mm,径流系数为0.37,9次排水事件总氮(TN)和总磷(TP)的平均浓度分别是3.42、0.22 mg/L,圩区水体处于富营养化水平。降雨-径流强度是影响营养盐浓度变化的重要因素,稻季生长期内TN和TP的输出量是0.28、0.017 kg/hm2,占稻季施肥总量的1.7%和0.16%。径流量是影响营养盐输出总量的关键因素,同时施肥量和施肥至排水事件的间隔天数也是是影响营养盐输出的重要因素。     

土地利用动态监测中多源影像融合方法的比较研究--以陕北黄土丘陵沟壑区为例

在陕北黄土丘陵沟壑区,采用单一传感器的遥感影像提取土地利用信息,存在着识别的土地利用类别少、某些类别混分现象较严重、分类结果的精度较低等问题。以TM多光谱数据和SPOT全色光谱数据的融合为例,提出了适宜于该地区的两种影像融合方法:主成分变换法和乘积运算法,并从影像的光谱质量、纹理信息和目视效果等方面对其进行了对比与评价。结果显示,主成分变换法为较理想的融合方法。以陕北无定河流域为实验样区的土地利用自动分类结果表明,该方法的应用使土地利用各类别的提取精度都有不同程度的提高;水体、水田和城镇用地等面积较小的类别分类正确率提高达到10%以上;坡耕地与林草地的混分明显减少,分类精度均提高了5%以上;分类总精度从82.0%提高到89.2%,取得了良好的分类效果。此研究对于遥感影像融合技术的评价与应用进行了有益的探索,同时为该地区的土地利用动态监测提供了关键技术。     

Effect of Timing and Nitrogen Fertilizer Application on Winter Oilseed Rape (Brassica napus L.). I. Growth Dynamics and Seed Yield

The field experiments conducted on the grey‐brown podzolic soil in the four growing seasons (1998–2001) at Krzeslice Farm, central‐western Poland comprised seven fertilization variants: 80_NF + 80_CAN; 80_CAN + 80_CAN; 80_AN + 80_AN; 80_NF + 50_CAN + 30_CN; 80_CAN + 50_CAN +30_CN; 80_AN + 50_AN + 30_CN (where NF – nitrofos NPK; CAN – calcium‐ammonium nitrate; AN – ammonium nitrate; CN – calcium nitrate) and control (without N) applied in split rates at the beginning of spring regrowth (80 kg N ha^?1), stem elongation (80 or 50) and flower buds visible stages (30). The yielding effect of tested fertilization variants was significant in comparison with the control (2.24 t ha^?1). The highest mean seed yield (3.64 t ha^?1) was collected from 80_AN + 80_AN and 80_CAN + 80_CAN variants. Mean values of 4 years indicate that the second N rate division (80 + 50 + 30) decreased yield, although not significantly in comparison with these two N treatments. Plants grown on these treatments have developed different patterns of growth to yield the seeds. These patterns were characterized by very high crop growth rate during flowering (above 21 g m^?2 day^?1) and negative at maturation (down to ?2.5 g m^?2 day^?1). Plants fertilized with ammonium nitrate (80_AN + 80_AN) reached maximum growth rate earlier (65 days), which lasted longer (20 days) than plants fertilized with calcium‐ammonium nitrate (71 days lasting 17.5 days). Plants grown on the control treatment reached the highest crop growth rate within 79 days (14.8 g m^?2 day^?1), which lasted 15 days.     

GA3和PP333对萝卜生长及产量的影响

通过研究不同浓度的GA3和PP333及两激素不同浓度的互作对萝卜叶面积、叶重量、叶子叶绿素含量及根冠比的影响。结果表明，两者对叶子叶绿素含量没明显影响，但GA3在促进叶子的生长，叶面积的增大上以10~30ppm效果最好，而PP333虽然能抑制叶子的生长，但在肉质根生长中后期试用50ppm浓度的PP333，抑制了叶子的生长，反而促进了光合产物输送到肉质根，起到增产的作用。适当浓度的GA3和PP333及两者结合增产效果明显     

宁南旱区苜蓿草地土壤水分消耗规律及粮草轮作土壤水分恢复效应研究

对宁南旱区不同生长年限紫花苜蓿草地土壤水分消耗及粮草轮作水分恢复效应进行了研究。结果表明:(1)随着苜蓿生长年限延长,在1￣6年内苜蓿草地土壤湿度下降迅速,产草量逐年上升,7年后土壤湿度下降趋于平缓,但苜蓿产草量下降迅速,表明苜蓿生长强烈耗水引起深层土壤干燥化,导致苜蓿生长逐渐衰败,苜蓿平均降水生产效率逐年下降;(2)苜蓿草地土壤垂直剖面可分为降水入渗恢复层(0￣200cm)、根系发达枯竭层(200￣500cm)和根系衰老缓耗层(500cm以下)三个层次。随苜蓿生长年限延长,苜蓿剖面的主要土壤干层逐渐上移,并且干层厚度呈现减小趋势;(3)耕翻的苜蓿茬后轮作粮食作物的年份越长,土壤水分恢复越好,实行草粮轮作的苜蓿最迟不超过生长的第10年。     

北方农牧交错带种植业能值分析 ——以武川县为例

应用能值理论从农户生产的角度分析了武川县种植业不同作物生产能值。结果表明：该县种植业生产系统能值投入率与产出率“双低”，应增加系统投入以提高产出水平；系统环境负荷率不高，不可更新环境资源破坏严重，应提高可更新环境资源利用效率、加强水土保持工作；辅助能值投入中有机能值略高于无机能值，应按适当比例增加辅助能值投入以提高系统生态经济效益，粮食产出能值中玉米、油菜所占比重高，系统结构调整应遵循生态经济原则，压缩马铃薯面积、提高玉米、油菜等作物播种面积。