Gardens benefit bees and enhance pollination in intensively managed farmland     

Ulrika Samnegård  Anna S. Persson  Henrik G. Smith 《Biological conservation》2011,144(11):2602-2606

The recent loss of pollinating insects and out-crossing plants in agricultural landscapes has raised concern for the maintenance of ecosystem services. Wild bees have been shown to benefit from garden habitats in urban and suburban areas. We investigated the effects of distance from garden habitats on wild bees and seed set of a native out-crossing plant Campanula persicifolia, in intensively managed agricultural landscapes in Southern Sweden. Bee abundance and species richness, as well as plant seed set, were higher closer to gardens (<15 m) than further away (>140 m). This highlights private gardens as a landscape wide resource for pollinators but also the lack of sufficient pollination of wild plants in contemporary agricultural landscapes.  相似文献   

Resistance of Malus domestica fruit to Botrytis cinerea depends on endogenous ethylene biosynthesis     

Akagi A  Dandekar AM  Stotz HU 《Phytopathology》2011,101(11):1311-1321

The plant hormone ethylene regulates fruit ripening, other developmental processes, and a subset of defense responses. Here, we show that 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid synthase (ACS)-silenced apple (Malus domestica) fruit that express a sense construct of ACS were more susceptible to Botrytis cinerea than untransformed apple, demonstrating that ethylene strengthens fruit resistance to B. cinerea infection. Because ethylene response factors (ERFs) are known to contribute to resistance against B. cinerea via the ethylene-signaling pathway, we cloned four ERF cDNAs from fruit of M. domestica: MdERF3, -4, -5, and -6. Expression of all four MdERF mRNAs was ethylene dependent and induced by wounding or by B. cinerea infection. B. cinerea infection suppressed rapid induction of wound-related MdERF expression. MdERF3 was the only mRNA induced by wounding and B. cinerea infection in ACS-suppressed apple fruit, although its induction was reduced compared with wild-type apple. Promoter regions of all four MdERF genes were cloned and putative cis-elements were identified in each promoter. Transient expression of MdERF3 in tobacco increased expression of the GCC-box containing gene chitinase 48.  相似文献   

Dietary patterns, food and macronutrient intakes among adults in three ethnic groups in rural Kenya     

Hansen AW  Christensen DL  Larsson MW  Eis J  Christensen T  Friis H  Mwaniki DL  Kilonzo B  Boit MK  Borch-Johnsen K  Tetens I 《Public health nutrition》2011,14(9):1671-1679

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Occurrence and associated lesions of Pasteurella multocida in porcine bronchopneumonia     

Pors SE  Hansen MS  Bisgaard M  Jensen HE 《Veterinary microbiology》2011,150(1-2):160-166

With the aim to extend the present knowledge on possible systemic spreading of Pasteurella multocida in pigs with bronchopneumonia, the occurrence and associated lesions of P. multocida were described by comparing cultural detection, pathological evaluation and in situ hybridization of P. multocida in lungs, hearts and kidneys from cases of porcine bronchopneumonia. P. multocida was cultivated from the lung lesions in 114 out of a total of 148 cases of porcine bronchopneumonia. Among the 114 cases, P. multocida was also cultivated from the pericardial sacs of 40 pigs and the kidneys of seven pigs. Gross lesions and histological findings included a variety of type and stages of bronchopneumonia in connection to the isolation of P. multocida. Furthermore, chronic fibrous pericarditis, interstitial nephritis and a high proportion of lympho-histocytic nephritis were observed. In situ hybridization identified P. multocida in the majority of the lungs, none of the hearts and in half of the kidneys examined. The results show a possible low rate of systemic spreading of P. multocida from lung lesions in pigs with bronchopneumonia.  相似文献   

Susceptibility of Muscovy (Cairina Moschata) and mallard ducks (Anas Platyrhynchos) to experimental infections by different genotypes of H5N1 avian influenza viruses     

Phuong do Q  Dung NT  Jørgensen PH  Handberg KJ  Vinh NT  Christensen JP 《Veterinary microbiology》2011,148(2-4):168-174

It is a fact that in Viet Nam, Muscovy ducks are raised in large populations (approximately 8 million), usually kept in small flocks together with mallards and chickens. As a result, it is a great concern for epidemiologists to elucidate possible differences in relation to these species being exposed to infection with H5N1. To do this, an experimental study on infections with different genotypes of H5N1 in mallards and Muscovy ducks have been conducted, where it was found that the mortality of the inoculated Muscovy ducks was at least 80%, regardless of the virus strain employed. In contrast, the mortality of the mallards ranged from nil to 100%, which suggests that Muscovy ducks are more susceptible to HPAIV H5N1 infection in terms of disease development and mortality. It was also found that higher virus titers developed in vital organs of Muscovy ducks compared to mallards, particularly in the brain. Due to their high susceptibility, it is unlikely that Muscovy ducks act as a silent reservoir. The virus strains used in this study, to a certain degree, differed in their virulence properties to the bird species in question.  相似文献   

Understory succession in post-agricultural oak forests: Habitat fragmentation affects forest specialists and generalists differently     

Jörg Brunet  Karin ValtinatMarian Lajos Mayr  Adam FeltonMatts Lindbladh  Hans Henrik Bruun 《Forest Ecology and Management》2011,262(9):1863-1871

The herbaceous understory forms the richest stratum in temperate broadleaved forests in terms of plant diversity. Understanding the process of understory succession is thus of critical importance for the development of management guidelines for biodiversity restoration in post-agricultural plantation forests.We studied effects of stand age, forest fragmentation, and soil and canopy conditions on species richness and abundance of four species groups in the understory of post-arable oak plantations in southern Sweden: herbaceous forest specialists, habitat generalists and open-land species, and woody species.The group of forest specialists may approach the richness of continuously forested sites after 60-80 years in non-fragmented plantations, but many forest species were sensitive to habitat fragmentation. Open-land species richness decreased during succession, while the richness of woody species and of generalists remained stable, and was not affected by fragmentation. Abundance of generalists gradually decreased in non-fragmented plantations, probably due to competition from colonizing forest specialists. Soil pH in post-arable stands remained consistently higher than in continuously forested stands, which maintained differences in species composition. The development of a shrub layer seemed to imply a competitive advantage for forest specialists compared to generalist species.For successful recovery of a rich understory, we suggest that post-arable plantations should be established on loamy soils of intermediate to high pH proximate to older forest with source populations, and that a continuous overstory canopy cover of 70-80% is maintained by regular light thinnings and promotion of a shrub layer.  相似文献   

Fine‐needle aspiration of cutaneous,subcutaneous, and intracavitary masses in dogs and cats using 22‐ vs 25‐gauge needles     

Shiori Arai  Paul Rist  Noel Clancey  Cornelia Gilroy  Henrik Stryhn  Pierre Amsellem 《Veterinary clinical pathology / American Society for Veterinary Clinical Pathology》2019,48(2):287-292

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Using pseudogold standards and latent-class analysis in combination to evaluate the accuracy of three diagnostic tests   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Nérette P  Stryhn H  Dohoo I  Hammell L 《Preventive veterinary medicine》2008,85(3-4):207-225

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Predicting silage maize yield and quality in Sweden as influenced by climate change and variability     

Henrik Eckersten  Antje Herrmann  Alois Kornher  Magnus Halling  Erik Sindhøj  Elisabet Lewan 《Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica, Section B - Plant Soil Science》2013,63(2):151-165

Abstract

In recent decades European silage maize production has extended northwards, into Scandinavia, and the importance of maize in fodder production has increased substantially. For the northward expansion of maize production it is of interest to evaluate both the role of climate change that has occurred already, and scenarios for possible future climate change. The aim of this study was to assess for Swedish climatic conditions, the annual variation in silage maize yield and quality (dry weight and starch contents) of cultivars currently grown in Germany.

The MAISPROQ simulation model currently used in German maize production was applied to evaluate the effects of (i) cultivar differences (four cultivars; four sites; 2003–2009), (ii) intra-regional variation among ten sites representing three regions (two cultivars; 2003–2009), and (iii) climatic variability among two historical periods during 1961–2009 and three future periods during 2011–2100 using A2-emission climate scenarios and the Delta-method (two cultivars; four sites).

Forage quality assessments strongly influenced the assessments of harvest time and thereby the yield. Changes in simulated yield of the tested cultivars were high for the past climate, but relatively small under future climatic conditions due to earlier harvest caused by improved forage quality. By the end of the 21st century an appropriate fodder quality would be achieved every year in the south of Sweden, whereas in the middle of Sweden (60°N) about 30% of the years would not be successful, even for the earliest cultivar. In the east, increased water stress counteracted the positive effect of a prolonged growing season. It was concluded that adaptation of field experiments to model calibration requirements remains to be done, in order to enable extrapolation of observations from Swedish field trials to a changing future climate.  相似文献   

Screening for intrinsic water use efficiency in a potato dihaploid mapping population under progressive drought conditions     

Henrik Bak Topbjerg  Kacper Piotr Kaminski  Kirsten Kørup  Kåre Lehmann Nielsen  Hanne Grethe Kirk  Mathias Neumann Andersen 《Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica, Section B - Plant Soil Science》2013,63(5):400-411

A drought screening experiment focusing on intrinsic water use efficiency (WUE_i) was carried out among 132 clones belonging to a dihaploid potato mapping population. The clones were exposed to progressive soil drying during a five-day period in a greenhouse pot experiment. Analysis of the underlying variables was done based on a multivariate data analysis strategy. The strategy successfully divided the clones into WUE_i performance categories. Differences between clonal WUE_i responses were traced back to differences in the net photosynthetic rate. Stomatal conductance (g_s) did not vary significantly between the clones. Leaf abscisic acid (ABA) concentration and leaf water potential were found to reflect known isohydric behaviour for potato, and a non-linear relationship could be established for g_s and leaf ABA concentration across the WUE_i groups. Similarly, a common non-linear relationship between leaf ABA concentration and soil water potential was found. The latter findings suggest that the investigated population did not harbour significant genetic variation as to ABA production as function of soil desiccation level or with respect to the sensitivity of stomatal aperture vis-à-vis leaf ABA concentration and soil water potential.  相似文献