Growth response of Ficus benjamina to limited soil volume and soil dilution in a skeletal soil container study     

Felix C.W. Loh  Jason C. Grabosky  Nina L. Bassuk 《Urban Forestry & Urban Greening》2003,2(1):53-62

The interactive effects of rooting volume and nutrient availability in a skeletal soil medium designed to meet street tree and pavement needs were observed in a containerized experiment. Benjamin fig (Ficus benjamina L.) was grown in a stone-soil blended skeletal soil material (CU-Soil™) and compared to a loam soil. The same topsoil used as the soil component in the skeletal soil material was used as the sole component in the comparison soil-only treatment.Plants grown in the skeletal soil material had reduced leaf tissue N content and depressed growth compared with plants grown in non-diluted soil. No other mineral deficiencies were found. Leaf number, chlorophyll concentration, shoot weight, and root characteristics were all affected.Reduced growth from soil dilution could be offset by the provision of an enlarged rooting volume for root development. Large containers of skeletal soil were observed to have smaller root systems compared to equivalent net volumes of loam soil at the first two harvest dates of the study. By the end of the study, the large containers of skeletal soil were observed to have developed larger root systems compared to equivalent net volumes of loam soil; resulting in comparable leaf N levels and total plant dry matter. Plants in skeletal soil had lower shoot: root ratios at the end of the study. Investing resources to further root growth in times of nutrient shortages is a probable plant reaction as evidenced by differences in specific root length between treatments. The study allowed a method for directly partitioning the containerization effect by having equivalent amounts of soil over two volumes.  相似文献   

Intake,performance, and carcass characteristics of lambs fed spineless cactus replacing wheat bran     

Sabrina Carla Rodrigues Felix  Ricardo Alexandre Silva Pessoa  Marcelo de Andrade Ferreira  Luciana Felizardo Pereira Soares  Janaina de Lima Silva  Karen Santos Felix de Abreu  Ana Caroline Cerqueira de Melo 《Tropical animal health and production》2016,48(2):465-468

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Quantification of stress sensitive markers in single fecal samples do not accurately predict excretion of these in the pig   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Carlsson HE  Lyberg K  Royo F  Hau J 《Research in veterinary science》2007,82(3):423-428

All feces produced during 24 h were collected from five pigs and cortisol and immunoreactive cortisol metabolites (CICM), and IgA were quantified. Within pigs, the concentrations of CICM and IgA varied extensively between random samples obtained from a single fecal dropping, and deviated in most cases significantly from the true concentration measured in total fecal output (CV 6.7-130%). The CICM and IgA contents varied considerably (CV 8.1-114%) within and between individual fecal droppings from the same pig compared to the total fecal excretion. In conclusion, single random samples could not be used to reliably quantify the total fecal concentration or excretion of CICM or IgA in pigs. Analyses of all feces collected during shorter periods than 24 h did not provide an accurate estimate of the daily excretion of CICM. Thus, the concentration of stress sensitive molecules in random single fecal samples as an indicator of animal welfare should be interpreted with prudence.  相似文献   

Modelling the interaction between a pest (Aculops lycopersici), two predators (Pronematus ubiquitus and Macrolophus pygmaeus) and climate variables: a 3-year greenhouse study in a tomato crop     

Rob Moerkens  Dominiek Vangansbeke  Marcus V. A. Duarte  Stijn Bellinkx  Elana De Roo  Juliette Pijnakker  Felix Wäckers 《Pest management science》2023,79(12):5362-5373

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Identity of mass-flowering crops moderates functional trait composition of pollinator communities     

Beyer  Nicole  Kirsch  Felix  Gabriel  Doreen  Westphal  Catrin 《Landscape Ecology》2021,36(9):2657-2671

Landscape Ecology - Pollinator declines and functional homogenization of farmland insect communities have been reported. Mass-flowering crops (MFC) can support pollinators by providing floral...  相似文献   

Evaluation of cultural control and resistance‐breeding strategies for suppression of whitefly infestation of cassava at the landscape scale: a simulation modeling approach     

Hazel Parry  Andrew Kalyebi  Felix Bianchi  Peter Sseruwagi  John Colvin  Nancy Schellhorn  Sarina Macfadyen 《Pest management science》2020,76(8):2699-2710

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Augmentative releases of the soil predatory mite Gaeolaelaps aculeifer reduce fruit damage caused by an invasive thrips in Mediterranean citrus     

Cristina Navarro‐Campos  Aleixandre Beltr  Altea Calabuig  Ferran Garcia‐Marí  Felix L Wckers  Apostolos Pekas 《Pest management science》2020,76(7):2500-2504

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Regional variability in landscape effects on forest bird communities     

Spake  Rebecca  Soga  Masashi  Kawamura  Kazuhiro  Cooke  Robert S.  Yamaura  Yuichi  Eigenbrod  Felix 《Landscape Ecology》2020,35(5):1055-1071

Landscape Ecology - Functional responses to landscape heterogeneity are context-dependent, hampering the transferability of landscape-scale conservation initiatives. Japan provides a unique...  相似文献   

Variation in parasitoid attraction to herbivore-infested plants and alternative host plant cover mediate tritrophic interactions at the landscape scale     

Aartsma  Yavanna  Hao  Yueyi  Dicke  Marcel  van der Werf  Wopke  Poelman  Erik H.  Bianchi  Felix J. J. A. 《Landscape Ecology》2020,35(4):907-919

Landscape Ecology - Tritrophic interactions may be affected by local factors and the broader landscape context. At small spatial scales, carnivorous enemies of herbivorous insects use...  相似文献   

Competitive ability of selected Cyclopia Vent. rhizobia under glasshouse and field conditions     

Amy C. Spriggs  Felix D. Dakora 《Soil biology & biochemistry》2007,39(1):58-67

This study tested the competitive ability of three locally isolated Cyclopia rhizobia and strain PPRICI3, the strain currently recommended for the cultivation of Cyclopia, a tea-producing legume. Under sterile glasshouse conditions, the three locally isolated strains were equally competitive with strain PPRICI3. In field soils, the inoculant strains were largely outcompeted by native rhizobia present in the soil, although nodule occupancy was higher in nodules growing close to the root crown (the original inoculation area). In glasshouse experiments using field soil, the test strains again performed poorly, gaining less than 6% nodule occupancy in the one soil type. The presence of Cyclopia-compatible rhizobia in field soils, together with the poor competitive ability of inoculant strains, resulted in inoculation having no effect on Cyclopia yield, nodule number or nodule mass. The native rhizobial population did not only effectively nodulate uninoculated control plants, they also out-competed introduced strains for nodule occupancy in inoculated plants. Nonetheless, the Cyclopia produced high crop yields, possibly due to an adequate supply of soil N.  相似文献