In-field management of corn cob and residue mix: Effect on soil greenhouse gas emissions

In-field management practices of corn cob and residue mix (CRM) as a feedstock source for ethanol production can have potential effects on soil greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of CRM piles, storage in-field, and subsequent removal on soil CO₂ and N₂O emissions. The study was conducted in 2010–2012 at the Iowa State University, Agronomy Research Farm located near Ames, Iowa (42.0°′N; 93.8°′W). The soil type at the site is Canisteo silty clay loam (fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, calcareous, mesic Typic Endoaquolls). The treatments for CRM consisted of control (no CRM applied and no residue removed after harvest), early spring complete removal (CR) of CRM after application of 7.5 cm depth of CRM in the fall, 2.5 cm, and 7.5 cm depth of CRM over two tillage systems of no-till (NT) and conventional tillage (CT) and three N rates (0, 180, and 270 kg N ha⁻¹) of 32% liquid UAN (NH₄NO₃) in a randomized complete block design with split–split arrangements. The findings of the study suggest that soil CO₂ and N₂O emissions were affected by tillage, CRM treatments, and N rates. Most N₂O and CO₂ emissions peaks occurred as soil moisture or temperature increased with increase precipitation or air temperature. However, soil CO₂ emissions were increased as the CRM amount increased. On the other hand, soil N₂O emissions increased with high level of CRM as N rate increased. Also, it was observed that NT with 7.5 cm CRM produced higher CO₂ emissions in drought condition as compared to CT. Additionally, no differences in N₂O emissions were observed due to tillage system. In general, dry soil conditions caused a reduction in both CO₂ and N₂O emissions across all tillage, CRM treatments, and N rates.     

玉米芯骨料生态混凝土的制备及性能

农村大量玉米芯焚烧或占地堆放,严重污染环境且造成资源浪费。玉米芯具有轻质、保温等建筑性能,可用于制备生物质建筑材料,该研究将破碎后的玉米芯颗粒掺入再生砂浆中制备玉米芯骨料生态混凝土,通过改变胶砂比及玉米芯体积分数探讨生态混凝土的基本性能。试验结果表明:玉米芯小颗粒(4.75 mm≤直径d (27)9.5 mm)与大颗粒(9.5 mm≤d (27) 19 mm)的质量比为1∶1.5时骨料的级配较合理,生态混凝土的强度较高;生态混凝土的胶砂比对干密度影响不大,但导热系数和强度则随胶砂中再生砂比重的增加而降低;随生态混凝土中玉米芯含量的增加,混凝土的干密度、导热系数及强度均明显降低。试验范围内,生态混凝土的干密度为1 200～1 550 kg/m3,导热系数为0.20～0.26 W/m·K,28 d强度为2.0～5.7 MPa。玉米芯骨料生态混凝土的研究可为开发轻质保温的墙体材料用于农业农村建设提供参考。     

固定化细胞发酵半纤维素水解液产木糖醇的研究

固定在海藻酸钙凝胶中的热带假丝酵母(Candida tropicalis)细胞，可有效地利用玉米芯半纤维素水解液生产木糖醇。在摇瓶条件下，采用分批发酵方式，确立了适宜的发酵工艺参数为：32℃，每升氮源含酵母粉2．2g、胰蛋白胨3．7g，发酵液初始pH值6．0，分段改变摇床转速，其中0～24h为210r／min；24～72h为140r／min，固定化细胞凝胶珠与玉米芯半纤维素水解液体积比为1：4。利用固定化细胞重复进行10批次共30d发酵，木糖醇得率平均为73．7％，达到了理论值的80％。固定化细胞密度高、抗逆性强、发酵性能稳定，水解液未经脱色与离子交换便可转化成木糖醇，显示了良好的应用前景。     

玉米穗轴对穗腐病抗性鉴定体系与优异抗源的研究

穗轴作为拟轮枝镰孢菌侵染果穗引发玉米穗腐病的重要途径之一,能够影响病原菌的侵染和扩散。为了深入开展玉米穗轴对拟轮枝镰孢菌抗性的研究以及了解玉米穗腐病子粒与穗轴抗性的差异,进行抗性鉴定体系的优化,利用164份国内外玉米骨干自交系进行两年两点的接种鉴定筛选优异抗源,对发病边长、发病芯长、发病面积、发病相对面积等4个抗性指标进行研究。结果表明,发病边长能较大程度地区分不同自交系间的抗感差异且又在材料内具有较好的重演性。把发病边长确定为玉米穗腐病穗轴抗性鉴定指标,对参试自交系进行抗性评价,鉴定出CML27、BT-1、CML274等58份穗轴高抗自交系,筛选出BT-1、CML173、CML193等8份子粒与穗轴均抗穗腐病的优异抗源。     

Changes in phosphorus fractions in three tropical soils amended with corn cob and rice husk biochars

ABSTRACT

The formation of phosphorus (P) compounds including iron-P, aluminum-P and calcium-P in highly weathered tropical soils can be altered upon biochar addition. We investigated the effect of corn cob biochar (CC) and rice husk biochar (RH) pyrolyzed at three temperatures (300°C, 450°C and 650°C) on phosphorus (P) fractions of three contrasting soils. A 90d incubation study was conducted by mixing biochar with soil at a rate of 1% w/w and at 70% field capacity. Sequential P fraction was performed on biochar, soil and soil-biochar mixtures. Increase in most labile P (resin-P_i, NaHCO₃-P_i) and organic P fraction (NaHCO₃-P_o + NaOH-P_o) in CC and RH biochars were inversely related to increasing temperature. HCl-P_i and residual P increased with increasing temperature. Interaction of CC and RH with soils resulted in an increase in most labile P as well as moderately labile P (NaOH-P_i) fractions in the soils. CC increased most labile P in the soils more than RH. The increase in most labile P fraction in soils was more significant at relatively lower temperatures (300°C and 450°C) than 650°C. However, the increase in HCl-P_i and residual P of the soils was more predominant at high temperature (650°C). The study suggested that biochar pyrolyzed at 300–450°C could be used to increase P bioavailability in tropical soils.     

以企业为主体的农业技术服务模式的创新及理论探讨

农业技术服务是农业产业化发展的重要动力,对于“商品型农业技术”而言,企业是最优的推广主体。本研究以蛛网模型为理论基础,分析了以企业为主体的农业技术服务模式,并在此基础上提出了由货物流、信息流、资金流和技术流组成的新型“商品型农业技术”服务模式,在该模式中引入了由诸多农户自发选择的具有法律效力的利益代表———“农户代理”,以加强企业与农户之间的垂直协作关系;并针对目前企业与农户双方均普遍存在毁约行为,提出了通过“信用证”的方式运作资金,使企业与农户之间的关系类似于“贴牌生产”(OEM)。还呼吁通过各种金融与法律制度,引导企业加强与农户之间的垂直协作关系,以减少企业“商品型农业技术”供给对价格的弹性,进而提高企业对农户技术服务的质量。     

五种微生物发酵剂对玉米芯的发酵效果

为了筛选出适合玉米芯发酵的微生物菌剂,以不加菌剂为对照,研究了添加5种微生物菌剂对玉米芯的发酵腐熟效果和发酵过程中堆料温度、体积、营养的动态变化。结果表明:添加外源微生物菌剂能有效加快玉米芯发酵并显著影响营养元素的动态变化,其中添加"金宝贝"菌剂促进发酵的效果最好。5种处理中"金宝贝"升温速度最快,最高温度达52.6℃,50℃高温可持续5 d以上,且体积下降百分比最高达12%之多,速效营养释放量最高。与对照相比,各处理发酵至30 d时异味消失体积下降明显且表层出现大量菌丝,达到腐熟。5种处理全氮与碱解氮含量变化正好相反:全氮含量先下降后上升而速效氮含量先增加后减少;全磷、速效磷、全钾、速效钾含量均呈上升趋势;而对照升温缓慢、营养元素含量变化不明显。     

玉米芯水解液发酵生产木糖醇的研究

假丝酵母（Candida sp.)菌株经驯化后显著地提高了对水解液中发酵抑制物质的耐受力，从而增加了木糖利用率和木糖醇得率，玉米芯水解液经过石灰中和后，在30℃下采用台化后的假丝酵母菌株直接发酵生产木糖醇，对发酵条件进行了优化，优化结果为：接种量10%（体积比），种子龄17h，氮源组成：1.5g/L的酵母浸膏，2.5g/L的胰蛋白胨，250mL三角瓶装液120mL，初始pH值5.5。在此条件下，木糖的利用率达79.8%，木糖醇得率达62.4%^，该方法大大降低了预处理的成本，显示了良好的应用前景。     

不同复配基质理化性质及其对辣椒幼苗生长发育的影响

为确定适宜辣椒无土穴盘育苗基质配方,以玉米芯为发酵原料,EM酵素菌、有机物料腐熟剂、金宝贝菌剂为发酵菌剂,以筛选出最佳的发酵菌剂,后将用最佳菌剂发酵好的玉米芯与蛭石、珍珠岩按不同比例复配,进行育苗配比优化试验。结果表明,EM酵素菌为最佳发酵菌剂;玉米芯固持作用差,适合与其他基质复配,可形成理化性质良好的有机型基质,以复配基质处理A1（玉米芯：蛭石=1：1）和A4（玉米芯：蛭石：珍珠岩=2：1：1）辣椒幼苗干质量、鲜质量、壮苗指数较高,与对照水平相似,且出苗率较高,出苗期较集中。     

适宜玉米芯栽培的金针菇菌株筛选研究

对12个金针菇菌株在玉米芯粉培养基上的菌丝生长势、疏密度和生长速度进行了比较研究,从中筛选优势菌株,并对筛选的优势菌株的菌丝满袋期、原基分化期、采收期和子实体产量等进行比较.结果表明:以“F212”、“金杂19”、“玉雪1号”、“F45”、“金V1”、“158”6个菌株表现较好,初步选定该6个菌株作为后续试验菌株；通过该6个金针菇菌株的玉米芯栽培筛选试验,“F212”和“玉雪1号”为适宜玉米芯栽培的优良菌株.