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热解炭化技术的开发对秸秆的能源化利用具有重要意义。试验研究了保温时间与粒度对水稻和棉花秸秆热解产物理化特性及能源转化的影响。结果表明,保温时间从0到120 min中,秸秆生物炭产率先降低后略增加,热解气中CH_4、C_nH_m和H_2百分含量增加,其高位热值和能量转化率增加,而生物炭的pH值、电导率、灰分、固定碳、C、高位热值增加,保温时间为90 min的生物炭的炭化程度最好。秸秆中能量有1.5%~5.4%保留在热解气中,有50%~57%保留在生物炭中。不同粒度相比,粗粉秸秆的生物炭的炭产率、挥发分、H、O、N及碳转化率最高,细粉秸秆热解气中CO和CH_4百分含量、高位热值和能量转化率最高,而超微秸秆生物炭的pH值、灰分、C最高。棉花秸秆生物炭的挥发分、固定碳、C、H、碳转化率、高位热值和能量转化率高于水稻秸秆生物炭。 相似文献
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项目研究了重金属修复基地水稻、玉米、油菜、高粱4种修复材料秸秆的热重反应,并首次探讨了重金属修复材料在制备生物炭过程中,不同生物炭制备条件对重金属在生物炭中留存的影响。结果表明:四种秸秆热重反应变化趋势基本一致,失重主要发生在200～400℃之间,而在400～600℃区间,基本保持恒重。水稻秸秆失重率90%明显高于其他三种秸秆失重率75%。在不同终点温度条件下(350～550℃),重金属在生物炭中浓度有增加趋势,其百分比例均随温度的升高而降低,原料利用热值则在400℃最高。在不同升温速率和保温时间下,重金属在生物炭中的含量随升温速率升高和保温时间的延长而升高,生物炭得率和秸秆综合利用热值却随之下降。因此,秸秆生物炭制备过程中为获得较低重金属含量和高热值的生物炭,建议以400℃为终点温度,升温速率不宜过快,保温时间不宜过长,分别在1℃min-1和1 h左右即可。 相似文献
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热解温度对玉米秸秆炭产率及理化特性的影响 总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2
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水热生物炭燃烧特性与动力学分析 总被引：4，自引：4，他引：0
采用热重法对锯末、玉米秸秆水热生物炭燃烧特性及动力学进行了研究,考察了不同升温速率(10、20、40℃/min)对燃烧特性的影响,分析了它们的燃烧特性及动力学参数。结果表明:1)水热炭化前后生物质燃烧质量损失集中在挥发分和固定碳燃烧阶段,升温速率快,着火温度、燃尽温度高,整体向高温区转移,综合燃烧特性指数越大;2)40℃/min时,锯末水热生物炭综合燃烧特性指数远大于玉米秸秆,在其余升温速率下区别不明显;3)以20℃/min相同升温速率时,锯末、玉米秸秆水热生物综合炭燃烧特性相对于未炭化生物质下降27%、13%;4)采用一级反应动力学模型和积分法对水热生物炭燃烧动力学进行了研究,一级反应动力学能很好的描述2种生物炭的燃烧动力学,相关系数(R2)均高于0.9,挥发分阶段活化能大于固定碳阶段的活化能。研究结果可为水热生物炭的燃烧应用能提供理论指导。 相似文献
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基于能量得率的棉秆热裂解炭化工艺优化 总被引：2，自引：2，他引：0
为了从能源利用角度设计和优化棉花秸秆热裂解制生物炭的热解炭化工艺,该文使用了产率、热值及能量得率3个指标来衡量工艺的优劣。首先,研究了热解温度、保留时间和原料粒径3个工艺条件分别对生物炭产率和热值的影响。结果表明,在3个工艺条件下生物炭产率与热值均呈负相关,即高产率和高热值目标无法同时满足。因此,引入能量得率(单位原料所产生物炭的总能量)作为全面评价生物炭产率和热值的综合指标,重点利用响应面分析法分析了3个工艺条件及其交互作用对能量得率的影响,并经过检验得到优化后的能量得率模型。模型预测结果表明,在炭化温度为429℃,保留时间为1.29 h,原料粒径为0.32 mm时,能量得率达到最大值,为78.95%,通过验证试验证明了模型的有效性。该模型能够用于指导生产高能量得率的生物炭,为生物炭能源高效利用目标的实现提供参考。 相似文献
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内加热连续式生物质炭化中试设备炭化温度优化试验 总被引：3，自引：3，他引：3
为分析内源加热与分段连续热解技术工艺条件下不同物料的热解炭化特性,探明炭化工艺参数对生物炭理化性质、生物炭得率及设备生产率的影响规律,以玉米秸秆、玉米芯和花生壳为原料,进行了设备生产工艺试验。试验结果表明,引风机转速为725 r/min,通过自动调节各进风口开度,使炉内负压维持在60 Pa左右时,不同炭化温度下的生物炭理化性质、设备生产率和生物炭得率均表现出较大差异,其中,固定碳含量和灰分等指标存在显著性差异(P0.05),玉米秸秆对炭化工艺参数最敏感。通过多指标综合评价分析,结合生产实际,玉米秸秆、玉米芯和花生壳的推荐炭化温度分别为550~600、600~650和600~650℃。该研究可为内加热连续式生物质炭化设备的推广应用提供重要的技术支撑。 相似文献
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不同炭化温度下玉米秸秆和沙蒿生物炭的结构特征及化学特性 总被引：4，自引：0，他引：4
掌握不同生物炭材料的结构特征和化学特性是合理利用生物炭的基础。通过无氧炭化法制备了不同炭化温度下的玉米秸秆生物炭和沙蒿生物炭,对比了不同材料和不同炭化温度下生物炭性质的差异。结果表明:炭化温度低于400℃时,两种材料生物炭的孔隙结构保存完整,600℃以上时,两种材料生物炭的蜂窝状结构均遭到破坏,玉米秸秆生物炭被破坏得更严重;同一炭化温度下,玉米秸秆生物炭的比表面积及总孔容和平均孔径均大于沙蒿生物炭,两种生物炭的比表面积随炭化温度的升高均增大,总孔容呈"V"形变化;两种材料的生物炭均呈碱性,炭化温度越高,pH越大,400℃~800℃,每升高10℃,玉米秸秆生物炭和沙蒿生物炭的pH均以0.02的幅度增加,同一温度下,玉米秸秆生物炭的pH大于沙蒿生物炭,在400℃、600℃和800℃下分别比沙蒿生物炭高0.31、0.35和0.29单位;随炭化温度的升高,玉米秸秆生物炭和沙蒿生物炭的C、P、K和灰分含量增加,400℃~800℃,玉米秸秆生物炭的C、P、K含量以炭化温度每升高10℃分别增加2.94、0.11、0.20 g/kg的幅度变化,沙蒿生物炭也以4.35、0.07、0.24 g/kg的幅度增加,与此同时,玉米秸秆生物炭的N、H含量以每升高10℃分别以0.13 g/kg和0.86 g/kg的幅度降低,沙蒿生物炭的N、H含量分别以0.04 g/kg和0.82 g/kg的幅度下降,S含量无明显变化,C/N和C/H增大,且不同材料生物炭的元素含量差异显著;两种材料生物炭的N、P、K有效性随炭化温度的升高均下降,400℃~600℃,玉米秸秆生物炭和沙蒿生物炭的速效N含量分别下降了57.89%和19.05%,800℃时两种生物炭的速效N均接近0 mg/kg,400℃~800℃玉米秸秆生物炭和沙蒿生物炭的速效P含量分别降低了67.41%和52.36%,此时速效K含量也分别降低了45.62%和90.16%。总之,不同材料和炭化温度对生物炭的物理特征和化学特性都有较大影响。 相似文献
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秸秆炭定向调控工艺优化试验 总被引：2，自引：2，他引：0
秸秆炭化是秸秆综合利用的重要技术路径,秸秆炭品质是市场化推广的主要指标,其生产工艺调控是关键。该研究依托连续式作物秸秆炭化联产系统,设计炭化工艺正交试验,对生产的秸秆炭测算其热工特性参数和燃烧特性参数,以秸秆炭产量、燃料比、碱性指数和无量纲综合燃烧指数等指标为秸秆炭的品质评价指标,利用灰色关联分析法和综合品质评分法对评价指标和影响因素进行分析,通过CCD中心复合试验设计的响应面法优化秸秆炭定向调控生产工艺。研究结果表明:温度是影响秸秆炭品质的首要因素,除秸秆炭产量外的五种秸秆炭品质评价指标重要性排序为,综合燃烧指数、碳氢原子含量比、燃料比、碱性指数、高位热值,生产的秸秆炭品质稳定,接近于烟煤燃烧品质。CCD响应曲面优化后的最佳工艺参数为,铡切后的玉米秸秆经600℃保温炭化50 min后,秸秆炭产量为53.05%,其综合燃烧指数为0.726 6。经验证试验,试验值与预测值相差不足0.2%,拟合模型和响应曲面优化法准确可行,且最优炭化工艺生产的秸秆炭燃烧品质有大幅度提升。通过该研究的炭化工艺可定向调控秸秆炭品质,形成了可复制推广的高品质燃料化秸秆炭精准定向调控方法,为连续式生物质炭化设备的推广应用提供支撑。 相似文献
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不同热解温度制备的水稻秸秆生物炭理化特性分析 总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1
《土壤通报》2020,(1):136-143
以不同热解温度(100～800℃)制备的水稻秸秆生物炭为研究对象,研究在不同热解温度下制成的生物炭的理化特性。结果表明,热解温度为100～300℃制成的水稻秸秆生物炭呈弱酸性,400℃以上时呈碱性;水稻秸秆生物炭表面碱性含氧官能团数量随着热解温度的升高而增加、酸性含氧官能团则减少;水稻秸秆生物炭中的官能团C=C、C-O-C、-OH和-C=O在较高的热解温度下发生缔合或消除,促进了芳香基团的形成;随着热解温度的升高,水稻秸秆生物炭的阳离子交换量(CEC)、比表面积、孔径、比孔容、氮气吸附量和颗粒表面的分型维数(D1)均先增加后降低,阳离子交换量(CEC)在300～500℃时、其它性状在400～600℃之间达到最大值;以不同热解温度制成的水稻秸秆生物炭颗粒的孔隙结构均以孔隙宽度2～50 nm的中孔为主。随热解温度的升高,水稻秸秆生物炭的产率逐渐降低;400～500℃炭化2 h,生物炭产率最高,其孔隙结构最为复杂,所以可以认为400～500℃是水稻秸秆炭化的最佳温度。 相似文献
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为有效解决现阶段生物质炭化设备存在的炭产率低、炭品质差、余气不能循环利用而污染环境、副产物不能有效分离等问题,设计并研制了一套废气自循环生物质炭化装备,对其炭化炉主体、加热系统、焦油回收装置、余气循环装置、温度压力监控系统分别进行了详细设计和参数确定,并以炭化炉主体和焦油回收装置为加热和冷却对象,采用有限元方法对其进行传热性能研究,最后对其进行了炭化试验研究。结果表明:生物质炭化装备能够满足制炭、副产物回收、废气循环利用、工艺参数精确控制等要求;炉体门框上部温度分布不均,其余炉体内部温度分布均匀,温度梯度平缓,可对生物质进行均匀加热;焦油回收装置在三级冷却水进口流速分别为0.045、0.03、0.015 m/s时,冷却温降分别为:271、111、61℃,烟气温度从500℃降温到50℃,冷却效果显著,并可对挥发分中的焦油和木醋液进行分离;影响炭产率、热值、能源得率的因素顺序为:炭化终温保温时间升温速率。炭产率与能源得率呈正相关,而两者又与热值成负相关。炭化条件在升温速率3℃/min、炭化终温450℃、保温时间3 h工况下较好,在此条件下的炭得率为54.2%,热值为25 767 k J/kg,能源得率为84.8%。 相似文献
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【目的】以富士（Fuji）、 秦冠（Qinguan）嫁接在平邑甜茶（Malus hupehensis Rehd.）上的当年生盆栽苗为试验材料,采用砂培方法,研究了缺氮胁迫和干旱对富士和秦冠生长情况、 光合参数、 植株各部位氮磷钾含量及氮素利用效率的影响,分析比较了低氮干旱条件下富士和秦冠生长及氮素利用的差异,以期为果树生产高效肥水利用提供理论指导。【方法】试验共设四个处理: 正常氮正常水（ZZ）、 低氮正常水（DZ）、 正常氮干旱（ZG）、 低氮干旱（DG）。氮素和水分均设置两个水平,分别为正常氮（6 mmol/L NO-3-N）、 低氮（0.3 mmol/LNO-3-N）、 正常供水（保持盆中砂子相对含水量为饱和含水量的80%~85%）、 干旱处理（保持盆中砂子相对含水量为饱和含水量的60%~65%）。【结果】富士和秦冠的生物量（茎和叶）、 株高茎粗等生长指标以及光合速率、 气孔导度、 蒸腾速率均为正常氮正常水（ZZ）＞低氮正常水（DZ）＞正常氮干旱（ZG）＞低氮干旱（DG）,并且相对应处理下秦冠的以上指标均高于富士;正常供水下,缺氮处理使富士、 秦冠的根冠比比正常氮处理均有所增加,富士提高了2.05%,秦冠提高了22.40%。富士和秦冠的氮、 磷、 钾含量均表现出正常氮正常水（ZZ）＞低氮正常水（DZ）＞正常氮干旱（ZG）＞低氮干旱（DG）; 氮、 钾元素含量在植株各部位的分布顺序依次是叶＞根＞茎,磷元素则是根＞叶＞茎;光合氮素利用效率（PNUE）和氮素利用效率表现为秦冠处理之间差异极显著,富士处理之间差异不显著;秦冠的PNUE和NUE明显高于富士,在低氮正常水（DZ）处理下,秦冠氮肥利用率比富士高42.07%,在低氮干旱（DG）处理下高64.14%;低氮胁迫下富士和秦冠的NUE显著提高,并且秦冠提高的幅度高于富士。【结论】施用氮肥能够显著提高富士与秦冠的干物质量,同等水肥条件下,秦冠生长优于富士;水分亏缺会减少叶片对氮的吸收,干旱条件下适度增施氮肥,可提高果树的抗旱能力;低氮干旱胁迫下秦冠的生长指标、 光合指标及氮素利用效率指标均优于富士,表现出较强的抗低氮干旱胁迫的能力。 相似文献
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Kyle Devey Michael Mucalo Gordon Rajendram Joseph Lane 《Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis》2015,46(4):72-80
Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) is a new technique for the analysis of plant material. This study investigates the application of LIBS to pasture-based plant samples. The LIBS measurements were obtained from pelletized pasture samples (100 samples) that had been also analyzed by inductively coupled plasma–optical emission spectroscopy (ICP-OES) following microwave digestion for calibration and comparison purposes. Comparisons for elements sodium (Na), potassium (K), magnesium (Mg), calcium (Ca), manganese (Mn), iron (Fe), copper (Cu), zinc (Zn), boron (B), phosphorus (P), and sulfur (S) showed that LIBS could be used for almost all the standard profile total elements with concentrations down to low mg/kg levels (observed error of Na: 0.024 percent, K: 0.18 percent, Mg: 0.016 percent, Ca: 0.073 percent, P: 0.017 percent, Mn: 31 mg/kg, Fe: 150 mg/kg, Zn: 6.6 mg/kg, and B: 1.1 mg/kg). Elemental analysis at less than mg/kg levels was not possible using LIBS. The elements S and Cu were particularly difficult to analyze with reliability using LIBS at the concentration levels found in the plant samples. Replacing microwave digestion and subsequent ICP analysis with a direct analysis of dried plant samples using LIBS has the potential to improve the productivity and reduce the cost of testing. 相似文献
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《中国生态农业学报》2014,(8)
正The Center for Agricultural Resources Research(CARR),the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology(IGDB),Chinese Academy of Sciences,invites applicants for several research group leader positions.CARR is one of the research organizations in Chinese Academy of Sciences(CAS).We seek nominations and applications from individuals who have expertise and a record of accomplishment in research areas related to ecology,agro-hydrology, 相似文献
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M.A. Callaham Jr. J.M. BlairT.C. Todd D.J. KitchenM.R. Whiles 《Soil biology & biochemistry》2003,35(8):1079-1093
The responses of tallgrass prairie plant communities and ecosystem processes to fire and grazing are well characterized. However, responses of invertebrate consumer groups, and particularly soil-dwelling organisms, to these disturbances are not well known. At Konza Prairie Biological Station, we sampled soil macroinvertebrates in 1994 and 1999 as part of a long-term experiment designed to examine the effects and interactions of annual fire, mowing, and fertilization (N and P) on prairie soil communities and processes. For nearly all taxa, in both years, responses were characterized by significant treatment interactions, but some general patterns were evident. Introduced European earthworms (Aporrectodea spp. and Octolasion spp.) were most abundant in plots where fire was excluded, and the proportion of the total earthworm community consisting of introduced earthworms was greater in unburned, unmowed, and fertilized plots. Nymphs of two Cicada genera were collected (Cicadetta spp. and Tibicen spp.). Cicadetta nymphs were more abundant in burned plots, but mowing reduced their abundance. Tibicen nymphs were collected almost exclusively from unburned plots. Treatment effects on herbivorous beetle larvae (Scarabaeidae, Elateridae, and Curculionidae) were variable, but nutrient additions (N or P) usually resulted in greater densities, whereas mowing usually resulted in lower densities. Our results suggest that departures from historical disturbance regimes (i.e. frequent fire and grazing) may render soils more susceptible to increased numbers of European earthworms, and that interactions between fire, aboveground biomass removal, and vegetation responses affect the structure and composition of invertebrate communities in tallgrass prairie soils. 相似文献
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Grete Skrede Berit Karoline Martinsen Anne-Berit Wold Stein-Erik Birkeland Kjersti Aaby 《Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica, Section B - Plant Soil Science》2013,63(3):193-208
Abstract A 3-year study was carried out to investigate quality parameters in 14 tree fruit and berry species grown in southern Norway. The species were blueberry, apple, aronia, sour cherry, sweet cherry, red raspberry, strawberry, blackcurrant, gooseberry, red currant and elderberry, harvested along with wild bilberry, cloudberry and lingonberry. Significant differences between species were identified for all quality parameters. The coefficient of variation between species was lowest for pH (12.5%), dry matter (18.9%) and soluble solids (25.3%), followed by titratable acids (59.3%), total phenolics (83.8%), antioxidant capacity FRAP (85.7%) and antiradical power by the DPPH-assay (97.8%), total monomeric anthocyanins (132%) and ascorbic acid (137%). Average coefficient of variation within species were lower and ranged from 4 (pH) to 62% (ascorbic acid). Only the FRAP values were significantly affected by harvesting year with lower levels in 2004 than in 2005 and 2006. There were significant interactions between species and harvesting year for dry matter, soluble solids, pH, ascorbic acid and FRAP. The results indicate generic ranges in composition within species independent upon growing location and climate, and the composition of the tree fruits and berries is not likely to deviate from these ranges. It is concluded that desirable composition of tree fruits and berries and their products should primarily be achieved by selection among species rather than searching fors broadened variation within individual species. 相似文献
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《Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis》2012,43(7):865-877
Potassium (K) fixation and release in soil are important factors in the long-term sustainability of a cropping system. Changes in K concentration and characteristics of K fixation and release in rhizosphere and nonrhizosphere soils in the rapeseed (Brassica napus L.)–rice (Oryza sativa L.) rotation were investigated using a rhizobox system. The concentrations of different forms of K in both rhizosphere and nonrhizosphere soils decreased with plants compared to without plants, regardless of K fertilizer application. Potassium uptake by crops mainly came from the rhizosphere soil. In the treatment without K fertilizer (–K), the main form of K supplied by the soil to the crops was 1.0 mol L?1 nitric acid (HNO3) nonextractable K, followed by nonexchangeable K, and then exchangeable K. In the treatment with K fertilizer (+K), the main K forms supplied by the soil to the crops were exchangeable K and nonexchangeable K. The amount and rate of K fixation after one cycle of the rapeseed–rice rotation was greater in rhizosphere soil than in nonrhizosphere soil. The amount and rate of K fixation of soil in the +K treatment were significantly less than in the –K treatment. The cumulative amounts of K released with 1.0 mol L?1 ammonium acetate (NH4OAc) and 1.0 mol L?1 HNO3 extraction increased with the increasing numbers of extractions, but the K-releasing power of soil by successive extraction decreased gradually and finally became almost constant. The release of K was less in rhizosphere soil than in nonrhizosphere soil. The release of K in the +K treatment was similar to that in the –K treatment in rhizosphere soil, but the K release in nonrhizosphere soil was greater with the +K than the –K treatment. Overall, the information obtained in this study will be helpful in formulating more precise K fertilizer recommendations for certain soils. 相似文献
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Y. Bashan J. J. Bustillos L. A. Leyva J.-P. Hernandez M. Bacilio 《Biology and Fertility of Soils》2006,42(4):279-285
Inoculation of wheat seedlings with the plant growth-promoting bacterium Azospirillum brasilense Cd was immobilized in alginate microbeads and, without applying any stress, significantly increased the quantity of several
photosynthetic pigments, such as chlorophyll a, chlorophyll b, and the auxiliary photoprotective pigments violaxanthin, zeaxanthin, antheroxanthin, lutein, neoxanthin, and β-carotene.
This resulted in greener plants with no apparent visible stress. After monitoring the quantity of photosynthetic pigments
for 4 weeks, we observed that inoculated plants had higher quantities of pigments in shoot and stem. The greatest difference
in the quantity of all pigments between inoculated and noninoculated plants occurred in the first week of growth. Regardless
of treatment, the quantity of pigments in stems was three to four times less than the quantity of these pigments in shoots.
Application of Azospirillum, either as liquid inoculant or as alginate microbeads, did not alter the positive effect of the bacteria on pigment production
or the positive response of the plants towards A. brasilense Cd inoculation. 相似文献
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Dhritiman Ghosh Velusamy Srinivasan Olli H. Tuovinen Aaron Peacock Mark Radosevich 《Soil biology & biochemistry》2009,41(6):1331-1334
We examined the community composition of microbes that colonized atrazine-containing beads buried in agricultural soils that differed in atrazine treatment history. Bacterial abundance was 5-40-fold greater in atrazine-fortified beads. In beads containing 20 mg atrazine kg−1 buried in soil with a history of atrazine application (conditioned soil), the abundance of Actinobacteria increased approximately 80-fold whereas in control soil, Actinobacteria were enriched only 10-fold and the gamma-Proteobacteria and Planctomycetes increased by 60- and 25-fold, respectively. The gamma-Proteobacteria were enriched by 120- and 230-fold in beads containing 200 mg atrazine kg−1 in conditioned and control soil, respectively. The results demonstrate that BioSep® beads are a suitable matrix for recruiting a diverse subset of the bacterial community involved in atrazine degradation. 相似文献
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Pilar García Juan-Vicente Monte Carlos Casanova Consuelo Soler 《Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution》2002,49(1):103-109
Arbitrary oligonucleotides were used as primers to amplifygenomic DNA of 48 wild Spanish populations of Agropyroncristatum, Elymus hispanicus,E. caninus,E. repens,Thinopyrum curvifolium, Th.junceum and Th.intermedium. Genetic diversity was analysedusing nineteen primers. The number of amplified products ranged from8 to 18 per primer and a total of 240 markers were scored. Differentlevels of intraspecific genetic diversity were found, the allogamousspecies E. repens andTh. intermedium being themost variable. Jaccard's similarity coefficients for internalmeasure within and between populations were used to produce a clusterdiagram. The results demonstrate differences in the degree ofsimilarity between taxonomic units. Interpopulational variability andinterspecific genomic relationships of these species arediscussed. 相似文献
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The effects of three commonly used fungicides on the colonization and sporulation by a mixture of three arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi consisting of Glomus etunicatum (Becker & Gerd.), Glomus mosseae (Nicol. & Gerd.) Gerd. & Trappe, and Gigaspora rosea (Nicol. & Schenck) in symbiosis with pea plants and the resulting response of the host-plant were examined. Benomyl, PCNB, and captan were applied as soil drenches at a rate of 20 mg active ingredient kg-1 soil 2 weeks after transplanting pea seedlings in a silty clay-loam soil containing the mixed inocula of AM fungi (AM plants). Effects of fungicides were compared to untreated plants that were inoculated with fungi (AM control). The effect of mycorrhizal inoculation on plant growth was also examined by including nonmycorrhizal, non-fungicide-treated plants (non-AM control). Fungicides or inoculation with AM fungi had only a small effect on the final shoot weights of pea plants, but had greater effects on root length and seed yield. AM control plants had higher seed yields and lower root lengths than the corresponding non-AM plants, and the fungicide-treated AM plants had intermediate yields and root lengths. Seed N and P contents were likewise highest in AM control plants, lowest in non-AM plants, and intermediate in fungicide-treated AM plants. All three fungicides depressed the proportion (%) of root length colonized by AM fungi, but these differences did not translate to reductions in the total root length that was colonized, since roots were longer in the fungicide-treated AM plants. Pea plants apparently compensated for the reduction in AM-fungal metabolism due to fungicides by increasing root growth. Fungicides affected the population of the three fungi as determined by sporulation at the final harvest. Captan significantly reduced the number, relative abundance, and relative volume of G. rosea spores in the final population relative to the controls. The relative volume of G. etunicatum spores was greater in all the fungicide-treated soils, while G. mosseae relative volumes were only greater in the captan-treated soil. These findings show that fungicides can alter the species composition of an AM-fungal community. The results also show that AM fungi can increase seed yield without enhancing the vegetative shoot growth of host plants. 相似文献