Synergism between potassium sorbate dips and brief exposure to high CO2 or O2 at curing temperature for the control of citrus postharvest green and blue molds

Synergistic effects and very effective control of citrus postharvest green and blue molds, caused by Penicillium digitatum and Penicillium italicum, respectively, were observed on artificially inoculated ‘Valencia’ oranges and ‘Clemenules’ and ‘Ortanique’ mandarins after a potassium sorbate (PS) treatment was followed by 2 days of storage in atmospheres of elevated CO₂ or O₂ at a curing temperature. A combined treatment consisting of 60-s dips in aqueous solutions of 3% PS heated to 62 °C was followed by 48-h exposure to air, 15 kPa CO₂ or 30 kPa O₂ at 33 °C. Control treatment was a 60-s water dip at 20 °C followed by 24-h exposure to air at 20 °C. Synergism was observed on citrus fruit either incubated at 20 °C for up to 22 days, simulating direct commercialization, or stored at 5 °C for up to 45 days, simulating commercial cold storage. This research offers potential new tools to the citrus industry for implementation of nonpolluting integrated postharvest disease management programs, especially devoted to high added value organic markets or export markets with zero residue tolerance.     

Energy Assessement for Procedure Rationality of Recycling Materials from Wastes

The mathematical relationship for assessing total energy consumption within a material life cycle is presented in this paper. According to the relationship,the procedure rationality of recycling waste may be assessed quantitatively.     

高产优质商品玉米生产模式：—三种遗传效应集成利用（TEU）

通过大量详实资料，对玉米杂种优势、雄性不育，油分基因花粉直感等3种遗传效应的研究现状作了详细概述，根据相关的遗传理论与实践，提出了将三种遗传效应进行技术集成的可能性，从而形成一种高产高油玉米生产模式，有可能是未来玉米生产的发展方向。     

玉米中耕除草复合导航系统设计与试验

为了实现玉米中耕除草过程中的自动导航作业,提高自动除草的效率和准确性,设计了一种玉米中耕除草复合导航系统。系统由基于GNSS的农机自动导航部分和基于机器视觉的农具自动导航部分组成,可通过GNSS位置信息进行农机自动导航,同时根据摄像头获取的玉米作物行信息控制农具铲刀进行行间除草。对农机的转向控制部分和前轮转角检测部分进行了机械改装,以PLC和步进电机驱动器为基础设计了农机转向控制电路和农具液压控制电路;以横向偏差和横向偏差变化率作为模糊控制的输入变量设计了自适应模糊控制方法;采用摄像头获取玉米作物行,通过扫描滤波方法进行作物行检测。农机独立导航除草试验和农机具复合导航试验结果表明：在车速为0.6 m/s时,农机自动导航最大横向偏差为10.04 cm,平均偏差为4.62 cm;农机具复合导航时的最大偏差为6.35 cm,平均偏差为2.73 cm;农机具复合导航系统能较好地满足玉米中耕除草的要求。     

优化运行理论在泵站综合自动化系统中的应用

利用改进的神经元网络构建了泵站流量以及效率预测模型，并利用改进的遗传算法构建了泵站优化模型。将这两个模型应用到泵站综合自动化系统中，可以完成对泵站流量及效率的准确预测，并在此基础上实现泵站的优化运行。讨论了泵站优化运行理论在泵站综合自动化系统中应用的步骤和方法。     

An integrated modelling toolbox for water resources assessment and management in highland catchments: Model description

Water and land resource competition and environmental degradation pose difficult questions for resource managers. In particular, the ensuing trade-offs between economic, environmental, and social factors and their spatiotemporal variability must be considered when implementing management policies. This paper describes an integrated modelling toolbox that has been developed for highland catchments – specifically the Mae Chaem catchment in Northern Thailand. This toolbox contains models of crop growth, erosion and rainfall-runoff, as well as household decision and socioeconomic impact models. The approach described advances and complements previous approaches by: considering more complex interactions between land-use decisions and the hydrological cycle; modelling household decisions based on uncertain expectations; and assessing impacts of changes not only on flows and household income, but also on subsistence production and erosion. An example of the types of trade-offs and scenarios that can be assessed using the integrated modelling toolbox is also presented. This demonstrates that for the scenarios presented, the magnitude and direction of impacts simulated by the model is not dependent on climate. Further testing of the model is demonstrated in a companion paper. Overall, the plausibility of the model is shown.     

江淮丘陵和黄河故道不同施肥处理葡萄园葡萄十星叶甲Oides decempunctata与其天敌的关系

在运用葡萄丰产栽培措施的同时,为合理保护和利用自然天敌进行葡萄十星叶甲的综合防治,对安徽省萧县和肥东县喷施钕肥、镧肥、醋肥和清水的葡萄园葡萄十星叶甲及其主要天敌进行系统调查,并用灰色系统分析法和生态位分析法对两者之间在数量、时间和空间格局等方面的关系进行分析。经综合排序,萧县十星叶甲主要天敌喷水处理区为龟纹瓢虫、草间小黑蛛和拟环纹狼蛛,喷醋处理区为拟环纹狼蛛、龟纹瓢虫和异色瓢虫,喷钕处理区为草间小黑蛛、异色瓢虫和龟纹瓢虫,喷镧处理区为龟纹瓢虫、异色瓢虫和草间小黑蛛。肥东县十星叶甲主要天敌喷水处理区为草间小黑蛛、八斑球腹蛛和拟环纹狼蛛,喷醋处理区为拟环纹狼蛛、草间小黑蛛和龟纹瓢虫,喷钕处理区为草间小黑蛛、拟环纹狼蛛和八斑球腹蛛,喷镧处理区为八斑球腹蛛、草间小黑蛛和拟环纹狼蛛。萧县和肥东县两地间各处理的十星叶甲主要天敌的种类和位次差异明显。喷水区两地相同的两种主要天敌是草间小黑蛛和拟环纹狼蛛,喷醋区两地相同的两种主要天敌是拟环纹狼蛛和龟纹瓢虫,喷钕区和喷镧区两地相同的主要天敌都是草间小黑蛛。     

稻虾共作模式氮和磷循环特征及平衡状况

稻虾共作模式是我国长江中下游地区一种新兴的稻田复合种养生态模式,研究稻虾共作系统中氮（N）和磷（P）的循环特征及盈亏状况,对合理调控稻虾共作系统养分循环和平衡,指导系统N和P优化管理具有重要的意义。本文通过田间试验,采用投入产出法,以中稻单作模式作为对照,研究了稻虾共作模式下N和P的循环特征及平衡状况。结果表明：克氏原螯虾子系统N和P的输出/输入比分别为0.62和0.44,且子系统中N和P以饲料输入最大,占总输入的92.9%和96.4%,以成虾N和P输出最大,分别占总输出的53.3%和59.5%;在目前投入水平下,两种模式土壤子系统中N和P表观平衡均出现盈余,且稻虾共作模式土壤子系统N的盈余量高于中稻单作模式,而P的盈余量则低于中稻单作模式;稻虾共作模式和中稻单作模式的N和P输出/输入比均小于1,且稻虾共作模式的N和P输出/输入比均小于中稻单作模式;稻虾共作模式增加了土壤截存的N和P量,其土壤截存的N和P量较中稻单作模式分别提高49.2 kg·hm^-2和9.1 kg·hm^-2;稻虾共作模式提高了系统N和P表观损失量,其系统N和P表观损失量较中稻单作模式分别提高10.2 kg·hm^-2和1.0 kg·hm^-2。可见稻虾共作模式降低了N和P输出/输入比,促进了土壤中N和P的累积,但增加了系统N和P表观损失量。     

无人驾驶高速AWID-AWIS车辆运动控制研究

无人驾驶AWID-AWIS车辆是一种全部车轮均可独立驱动/制动、独立转向的先进车辆,对其运动控制这一基础问题进行了研究.首先建立一种适于无人驾驶AWID-AWIS车辆的分层式运动控制体系结构,其上层为运动控制器,中层为控制分配器,底层为独立车轮伺服控制器;然后使用扩张状态观测器(ESO)和自抗扰控制(ADRC)方法设计车辆运动学/动力学集成式运动控制器;最后开展多种工况下的运动控制仿真,证明了控制方法的有效性,指出运动控制目标不能被简单地确定.     

Nutrients removed by Kappaphycus alvarezii (Rhodophyta, Solieriaceae) in integrated cultivation with fishes in re-circulating water

The potential of the red alga Kappaphycus alvarezii to remove nutrients was tested to treat effluents of Trachinotus carolinus fish cultivation, and the production of carrageenan in this condition was analyzed. Experiments were conducted in four tanks of 8000 L with approximately 1200 fishes of 30 g each integrated with three tanks of 100 L with 700 g of K. alvarezii, as initial biomass per tank. Seawater was re-circulated between tanks with seaweed and with fish. As a control, three tanks with seawater circulating in an open system were utilized. Seawater samples were collected daily for 10 days and concentrations of nitrate, nitrite, ammonium and phosphate were determined in the inflow and outflow water of the tanks. Significant differences between both collecting points were considered as nutrient removal by the seaweed. Growth rates and carrageenan yields were also analyzed in seaweed cultivated in seawater and in effluents. Growth rates of seaweed cultivated in tanks were lower than those obtained in open sea and in laboratory cultivation. Effluents had concentrations of nitrate and nitrite ca. 100 times higher than in the control. Maximum values of nutrient removal on effluents were: nitrate = 18.2%; nitrite = 50.8%; ammonium = 70.5% and phosphate = 26.8%. All plants survived throughout the experimental period, but some developed “ice–ice”, a disease associated with physiological stress. After the experimental period, some plants selected and cultivated in open sea presented higher growth rates in 40 days, indicating nutrient storage. No significant differences between carrageenan yields of K. alvarezii cultivated in seawater and in the effluents were observed. Our results show that K. alvarezii can be utilized as a biofilter for fish cultivation effluents, reducing the eutrophication process and can also be processed for carrageenan production, which provides an additional benefit to the fisheries.