Crop biomass and humidity related factors reflect the spatial distribution of phytopathogenic <Emphasis Type="Italic">Fusarium</Emphasis> fungi and their mycotoxins in heterogeneous fields and landscapes     

Marina E. H. Müller  Sylvia Koszinski  Donovan E. Bangs  Marc Wehrhan  Andreas Ulrich  Gernot Verch  Alexander Brenning 《Precision Agriculture》2016,17(6):698-720

Fusarium head blight (FHB) is a global problem in small-grains agriculture that results in yield losses and, more seriously, produces harmful toxins that enter the food chain. This study builds on previous research identifying within-field humidity as an important factor in infection processes by Fusarium species and its mycotoxin production. Environmental variables describing topographic control of humidity (TWI), soil texture and related moisture by electrical conductivity (ECa), and canopy humidity by density (NDVI) were explored in their relationship to the fungal infection rates, the abundance of trichothecene-producing Fusarium spp. as determined by TRI 6 gene copies and mycotoxin accumulation. Field studies were performed at four field sites in northeastern Germany in 2009 and 2011. In the wet year 2011, a high Fusarium infection rate resulted in a high abundance of trichothecene-producing fungi as well as high concentrations of mycotoxins. Simultaneously, Fusarium spp. inhibited the development of other filamentous fungi. Overall, a very heterogeneous distribution of pathogen infections and mycotoxin concentrations were displayed in each field in each landscape. The NDVI serves as an important predictor of the occurrence of phytopathogenic Fusarium fungi and their mycotoxins in a field and landscape scale. In addition, the ECa reflects the distribution of the most frequently occurring mycotoxin deoxynivalenol within the fields and landscapes. In all cases, TWI was not found to be a significant variable in the models. All in all, the results extend our knowledge about suitable indicators of FHB infection and mycotoxin production within the field.  相似文献   

Influence of low fertility and vine killing on sugar development in apical and basal portions of Russet Burbank potatoes     

W. M. Iritani  L. Weller 《American Journal of Potato Research》1978,55(5):239-246

Russet Burbank tubers from plants which died prematurely (low fertility plots) accumulated significantly greater amounts of reducing sugars in storage than tubers from plants which were adequately fertilized. Also, a significantly greater difference in relative amounts of reducing sugars between the apical and basal portions was obtained from tubers of the low fertilizer regime. The basal portion had a three times greater amount of sugars than the apical portion. This is of particular interest to processors of French fries who try to obtain uniformity of color in processed fries. The difference in total reducing sugar accumulation in storage between tubers of high and low fertilizer regimes was greater at the lower storage temperatures. Tubers allowed to mature in the ground (second harvest date) accumulated less sugars in storage than tubers dug shortly after vine kill.  相似文献   

Relationship of relative maturity and storage temperatures to weight loss of potatoes in storage     

W. M. Iritani  C. A. Pettibone  L. Weller 《American Journal of Potato Research》1977,54(7):305-314

Harvest date had no significant influence on weight loss in storage of tubers which were grown under a low fertilizer regime (vines died prematurely). However under a higher fertilizer regime, tubers harvested 21–45 days after vine kill lost significantly less weight than those harvested 2–13 days after vine kill. An average of 4 years’ data indicates that tubers stored continuously at 45 F (7.2 C) lost significantly less weight than those stored at 42 F (5.5 C) or 48 F (8.9 C). This is attributed to lack of suberization and delayed maturation of tubers at 42 F resulting in increased weight loss and to higher respiration at 48 F in comparison to tubers held at 45 F storage. Considerable seasonal differences in weight loss were recorded. The 1971 growing season which was characterized by a prolonged period of extremely high temperatures resulted in tubers which lost significantly more weight during storage than was the case in the other seasons. Air ventilization rates from 20 to 80 cfm/T were used to cool potatoes from 60 F to ambient temperatures of 48 F. No significant differences in weight loss were obtained after 3 week’s continuous cooling with air at 93–95% R. H. regardless of air ventilation rate.  相似文献   

The influence of physiological age,stem numbers and fertility on yield and grade of Russet Burbank potatoes     

W. M. Iritani  D. L. Weller 《American Journal of Potato Research》1987,64(6):291-299

The present study was initiated to determine if increased stem numbers produced by physiologically older seed can be compensated for by increased fertilizer rate. Seed tubers held for 2 months at 16 C (physiological older seed) which averaged 3.7 main stems were compared in yield parameters to physiologically younger seed kept at 4 C (average 2.4 stems). The comparison was made at three levels of fertilizer 0, 140, and 280 kg/ha of nitrogen applied in a 16:16:16 (N-P²O⁵-K²O) formulation. Seed size and spacing were equal. Total and U.S. No. 1 yield were significantly higher for the younger seed. The greatest difference was that the younger seed at 140 kg/ha fertilizer yielded significantly more large size (over 280 g size) tubers than the older seed at equal to or double (280 kg/ha) the fertilizer rate indicating that additional fertilizer was not sufficient to overcome the effects of higher stem numbers from older seed. On the other hand, the older seed produced significantly higher yield of the undesirable small sizes.  相似文献   

A method for growing potatoes by combining water culture and pot culture techniques     

A. Ulrich  K. Ohki  K. H. Fong 《American Journal of Potato Research》1972,49(1):35-39

A combined water culture and pot culture technique was developed for the study of the K nutrition of potatoes. The water culture technique permitted control of the K nutrient supply while the pot culture technique provided support for plant growth and for tuber development in a low K medium. Both plant growth and tuber quality reflected the K supply of the culture solution.  相似文献   

Climate‐driven winter variations of Calanus sinicus abundance in the East China Sea          下载免费PDF全文

Juan Carlos Molinero  Li‐Chun Tseng  Lucia Lopez‐Lopez  Ulrich Sommer  Sami Souissi  Jiang‐Shiou Hwang 《Fisheries Oceanography》2016,25(6):555-564

Global environmental changes threaten the sustainable use of resources and raise uncertainties regarding marine populations' responses in a changing Ocean. The pelagic copepods of the genus Calanus play a central role in shelf ecosystems transferring phytoplankton carbon to harvested populations, from boreal to temperate regions. Here we examined a 15‐yr time series of Calanus sinicus abundance in regards to climate forcing in the East China Sea. We identified a compound effect of the Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO) and the East Asian Winter Monsoon (EAWM) on environmental conditions in the East China Sea. Such climate influences not only a southward transport of C. sinicus from its population centres into the Taiwan area, but favours advantageous thermal conditions for the species as well. On the interannual scale, our results show that the population size of C. sinicus echoes climate‐driven temperature changes. Hence, the possibility of using the PDO and EAWM variability for assessing and predicting interannual abundance changes of C. sinicus in the East China Sea is considered. The observed close relationship between climate and C. sinicus may promote bottom‐up controls in the pelagic food web, further influencing the southern edge of the species' geographic distribution. Owing to the prominent role this species plays in food web dynamics these results might help integrative fisheries management policies in the heavily exploited East China Sea.  相似文献