The impact of increasing farm size and mechanization on rural income and rice production in Zhejiang province,China   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

M. Marrit Van den Berg  Huib Hengsdijk  Joost Wolf  Martin K. Van Ittersum  Wang Guanghuo  Reimund P. Roetter 《Agricultural Systems》2007

Economic growth in China’s agricultural sector lags behind growth in industry and services, creating an ever widening rural–urban income gap. Development of the non-agricultural sectors offers new opportunities for farmers in China’s more advanced provinces such as Zhejiang. Increased income in the urban sector creates markets for new products, and migrating farmers rent their land to those staying. Until now, the prevailing rice-based systems have been managed mainly using manual labour and animal traction, but the larger farms resulting from migration may facilitate, or even require mechanization. In this study, we use a simulation model of the farm household to analyse the effects of increasing farm size and the transition from rice to vegetable production, while also studying the effects of mechanization.  相似文献   

Recruitment of sympatric vendace (Coregonus albula) and whitefish (C. lavaretus) is affected by different environmental factors          下载免费PDF全文

Arne N. Linløkken  Odd T. Sandlund 《Ecology of Freshwater Fish》2016,25(4):652-663

Vendace and whitefish in Lake Osensjøen (boreal south‐east Norway) were studied by means of gillnet test fishing (1976–2013) and hydro acoustic acquisition (1986–2011). Vendace increased in number between 1998 and 2009 while growth and size at maturity decreased. The relative density of whitefish decreased in the pelagic habitat, whereas growth and size remained the same. Both species exhibited varying year‐class strength. Whereas strong year‐classes of both species became less frequent after 1980 than before this, this seemed to change after 2000, especially for vendace. Generalised additive models suggested a strong positive relationship between July/August mean air temperature and year‐class strength of both vendace and whitefish. Whitefish recruitment was also negatively affected by the new regulation regime implemented since 1981, and positively correlated with water level after hatching and by late ice off. The reason for the diverging impacts of environmental factors on the two species may be that vendace spawn in deeper waters that whitefish do. The results indicate that increasing summer temperatures benefit recruitment of both species, whereas low water level and early ice off will harm whitefish recruitment. Both trends are caused by climate warming. It may be speculated that increased density of the specialised plankton feeding vendace may affect the algal community through increased predation on herbivorous zooplankton and potentially affect the trophic state of the lake.  相似文献   

Population studies of the citrus psylla,trioza erytreae: factors influencing dispersal     

M. A. Van Den Berg  Susan H. Anderson  Valerie E. Deacon 《Phytoparasitica》1991,19(4):283-289

More adults of the citrus psylla,Trioza erytreae (Del Guercio) (Hemiptera: Triozidae), dispersed when the number of eggs, nymphs or adults on the citrus increased (positive correlations) and also when new leaves that were present decreased (negative correlation). More psylla were trapped close to high obstacles than in an open area, even though the obstacles were at a distance from the psylla-infested orchard.  相似文献   

PCR-based detection of Xanthomonas campestris pathovars in Brassica seed     

T. Berg  L. Tesoriero  D. L. Hailstones† 《Plant pathology》2005,54(3):416-427

Xanthomonas campestris is a seedborne bacterium that causes black rot of crucifers. Substantial crop losses may result from the rapid spread of the bacteria under favourable conditions, especially those occurring during seedling production. A PCR-based method has been developed for the rapid and sensitive detection of the pathovars of X. campestris that affect crucifers. Primers were designed to specifically amplify a 619 bp fragment of the hrpF gene from X. campestris . Amplification products were not detected from other Xanthomonas species, or from other pathogenic or epiphytic bacteria occurring on these plants. To avoid false-negative results arising from the presence of amplification inhibitors in plant extracts, primers targeting a 360 bp section of the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region from Brassica spp. were included in a multiplex PCR. The assay readily detected X. campestris pv. campestris infections in diseased plants and from bacterial colonies isolated on growth media, and was more sensitive and specific than traditional plating methods and a commercially available ELISA. A seed-washing protocol was optimized to allow the detection of a single artificially infected seed among 10 000 healthy seeds using the multiplex PCR.  相似文献   

Liste des nématodes phytoparasites (Tylenchida et Dorylaimida) des départements français d'Amérique (Guadeloupe, Martinique et Guyane) et dispositions réglementaires     

P. Quénéhervé  et E. Van den Berg 《EPPO Bulletin》2005,35(3):519-530

Cet article présente les premières listes de nématodes parasites des plantes (Tylenchida et Dorylaimida) des départements français d'Amérique: Guadeloupe, Martinique et Guyane. Ces listes ont étéétablies suite aux nombreuses enquêtes faunistiques en nématologie conduites dans ces départements depuis les premiers résultats d'analyses nématologiques de Scotto La Massèse en 1968. L'inventaire général comporte 171 entrées taxinomiques, réparties en 42 genres et 18 nouvelles espèces. Ainsi, à la Guadeloupe, 82 espèces ont été inventoriées dont 3 espèces nouvelles; à la Martinique, 87 espèces ont été inventoriées dont 7 espèces nouvelles; et en Guyane, 97 espèces ont été inventoriées dont 8 espèces nouvelles. Quelques-unes de ces espèces sont sur les listes A1 et A2 de l'OEPP ( Aphelenchoides besseyi A2/122, Radopholus similis A2/126, Xiphinema americanum sensu lato A1/150 et Xiphinema rivesi A2/262). L'intérêt de telles études en nématologie est discuté ainsi que les dispositions réglementaires quant à la présence d'espèces économiquement importantes ou réglementées, au regard de l'accroissement des échanges inter-îles ou intercontinentaux et des risques phytosanitaires encourus, que ce soit dans les départements français d'outre-mer (DOM) ou les pays et territoires d'outre-mer (PTOM).  相似文献   

Social effects on crowding preferences of urban forest visitors     

Arne Arnberger  Wolfgang Haider 《Urban Forestry & Urban Greening》2005,3(3-4):125-136

An image-based stated choice approach was used to investigate the conditions determining why visitors to an urban forest in Vienna feel crowded or not. Respondents (N=213) evaluated several sets of images depicting trail use scenarios with different levels of social crowding conditions and several types of social interferences. Forest users were segmented into three groups based on their global evaluations of use levels during weekends and work days, resulting in a crowding-averse, a crowding-tolerant, and a crowding-indifferent segment. Crowding-averse respondents reacted much more negatively to scenarios with high-use levels, heterogeneous trail use conditions, and violations of personal minimum spatial requirements caused by the presence of others. This user group felt overcrowded because social conditions experienced in the area interfered with their main visiting goals, especially to walk with their dog unleashed and to recreate. By contrast, crowding-tolerant respondents disliked very low-use and high-use situations, and preferred a certain amount of social stimulation in the form of some encounters, and more heterogeneous trail use conditions.  相似文献   

Identification of several stilbene derivatives in bovine urine by means of high performance liquid chromatographic fractionation and immunochemical detection     

E H Jansen  R H van den Berg  H van Blitterswijk  R Both-Miedema  R W Stephany 《The Veterinary quarterly》1984,6(1):5-7

Radioimmunochemical detection (RIA) following fractionation of urine extracts via high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) turned out to be a very specific method for the identification of stilbene derivatives in bovine urine. Combination of the high resolution of the HPLC with a specific RIA is a suitable method to discriminate between the presence of different stilbene derivatives like diethylstilboestrol (DES), dienoestrol (DE) and hexoestrol (HEX) or other unknown compounds interfering in the celite-RIA used in the screening. Using this screening method 8200 samples of bovine urine were investigated on the presence of stilbene derivatives of which 133 were classified as 'positive'. In 106 'positive' urines the presence of DES was shown and in 19 'positive' urines the presence of DE or HEX, using the method described in this report whereas in 8 'positive' urines an unknown immunochemical active compound was detected. During 1.5 year of comparative investigation no qualitative discrepancies occurred between the results of the HPLC-immunogram procedure and the final confirmation by high resolution gas chromatography-mass spectometry (GCMS).  相似文献   

Efficacy of ethylenediamine dihydriodide in the prevention of naturally occurring foot rot in cattle     

J Maas  L E Davis  C Hempstead  J N Berg  K A Hoffman 《American journal of veterinary research》1984,45(11):2347-2350

The efficacy of an ethylenediamine dihydriodide containing salt mixture was evaluated with regard to the prevention of naturally occurring foot rot in pastured cattle. Ninety-six cattle were assigned to the treatment group and 96 were assigned to the control group. The groups were allowed consumption of salt-mineral mixtures, ad libitum, that were identical, except with respect to iodine concentration. The control group's mixture contained 0.0025% iodine and the treatment group's mixture contained 0.125% iodine (0.156% ethylenediamine dihydriodide). The incidence of foot rot was measured, as was the severity of the lesions and accompanying lameness. The incidence of foot rot in the control group (20.8%) was significantly (P less than 0.05) greater than the incidence in the treatment group (8.3%). The severity of foot rot was greater (P = 0.024) in the control calves vs the treatment calves. Total serum iodine concentrations were measured in the 2 groups on days 0, 46, and 130 of the experiment. The serum iodine values of the treatment group on day 46 (46 +/- 19.8 g/dl) and day 130 (23 +/- 12.3 g/dl) were significantly different (P less than 0.01) than the serum iodine concentrations of the control animals and the pretreatment values (day 0) of both groups. Production was measured via calf weaning weights. There were no detectable differences between the 205-day adjusted weaning weights of the calves in the control group vs the calves in the treatment group. Clinical signs of iodism were not observed in the cattle involved in this study.  相似文献   

Effect of Germination Initiation on Competitive Capacity of Trichoderma atroviride P1 Conidia     

Hjeljord LG  Tronsmo A 《Phytopathology》2003,93(12):1593-1598

ABSTRACT Trichoderma biocontrol isolates are most effective as highly concentrated inocula. Their antagonism to other fungi may be a result of pregermination respiration. In a nutrient-rich medium, almost all Trichoderma atroviride P1 (P1) conidia initiated germination processes and increased respiration, even in dense suspensions. When 1 x 10(7) P1 conidia/ml were coinoculated with 1 x 10(5) Botrytis cinerea conidia/ml, dissolved oxygen fell to <1% within 2 h and the pathogen failed to germinate. More dilute P1 suspensions consumed oxygen slowly enough to allow coinoculated B. cinerea to germinate. On nutrient-poor media, fewer P1 conidia initiated germination. Oxygen consumption by the inoculum and inhibition of B. cinerea were enhanced when P1 conidia were nutrient activated before inoculation. Pregermination respiration also affected competitive capacity of the antagonist on solid substrates, where respiratory CO(2) stimulated germination rate and initial colony growth. These parameters were directly correlated with inoculum concentration (R(2) >/= 0.97, P < 0.01). After initiating germination, Trichoderma conidia became more sensitive to desiccation and were killed by drying after only 2 h of incubation on a nutrient-rich substrate at 23 degrees C. These results indicate that nutrient-induced changes preceding germination in Trichoderma conidia can either enhance or decrease their biological control potential, depending on environmental conditions in the microhabitat.  相似文献   

Esophageal achalasia and secondary megaesophagus in a dog          下载免费PDF全文

Boria PA  Webster CR  Berg J 《The Canadian veterinary journal. La revue veterinaire canadienne》2003,44(3):232-234

A 5-year-old, castrated male, golden retriever was presented with a history of regurgitation. An esophagram revealed normal peristalsis with failure of the lower esophageal sphincter to open, supporting the diagnosis of esophageal achalasia. Prior to surgery, the dog developed megaesophagus. Heller's esophagomyotomy resolved the clinical signs and the esophageal dilation.  相似文献