Growth, herbivore distribution, and herbivore damage of timber trees in a tropical silvopastoral reforestation system     

Judith Riedel  Silvia Dorn  Mirco Plath  Karsten Mody 《Annals of Forest Science》2013,70(1):75-86

Context

The reforestation of degraded tropical pastures requires innovative tree planting systems that consider land user needs.

Aim

We established a silvopastoral reforestation system and assessed the effects of companion trees on the native timber tree Tabebuia rosea in Panama. Timber tree individuals were established in (1) solitary plantings (TSol) or in companion plantings with (2) Guazuma ulmifolia (TGua) or (3) the nitrogen-fixing Gliricidia sepium (TGli).

Methods

We quantified growth characteristics and herbivory of T. rosea, and analyzed leaf chemistry (including the stable isotopes ??¹⁵N and ??¹³C) and structure (leaf mass per area).

Results

Companion trees significantly affected stem diameter growth of T. rosea. Stem diameter growth was as high in TGli trees as in TSol trees but was reduced in TGua trees. Furthermore, TGua trees had higher leaf water content, and lower ??¹³C and lower leaf mass-to-area ratio than TGli trees, suggesting there were effects of shading by G. ulmifolia on T. rosea. Herbivory was high but not affected by planting regimes. Leafing phenology did not differ between planting regimes and G. sepium did not increase nitrogen content in T. rosea leaves.

Conclusion

Companion tree planting can support timber tree growth in silvopastoral reforestations, but adequate species selection is crucial for successful implementation of this planting system. Tree?Ctree interactions seem to be more relevant for timber tree growth than herbivory in the studied system.  相似文献   

Isolation of Wheat Puroindoline‐b from Flour by Preparative Acid Electrophoresis     

Luciano Galleschi  Marta Ingrosso  Silvia Ghiringhelli  Lucia Calucci  Roberto Lorenzi 《Cereal Chemistry》2003,80(1):99-101

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Response to domestication and selection for growth in the European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) in separate and mixed tanks     

Marc Vandeputte  Mathilde Dupont-Nivet  Pierrick Haffray  Hervé Chavanne  Silvia Cenadelli  Katia Parati  Marie-Odile Vidal  Alain Vergnet  Béatrice Chatain 《Aquaculture (Amsterdam, Netherlands)》2009,286(1-2):20-27

Selective breeding of European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) receives a growing interest, as the estimated heritability of growth is medium to high. In this study, we compared the offspring of four groups of sea bass sires, mated with the same wild dams: wild (W), first generation of domestication (D), first generation of mass selection for length (M), first generation of PROSPER-like selection for length (P). The comparison was done both in replicated tanks (separate rearing) and in mixed tanks (mixed rearing) where sire origins were recovered by genotyping of eight microsatellite markers. Weight, length and growth rate were measured from day 238 post-fertilization (69 g mean weight) to day 611 post-fertilization (390 g mean weight). Both in mixed and separate tanks, both selected groups (P, M) were larger than unselected groups (W, D). No difference was seen at any time between W and D, nor between M and P. The selection response estimate on weight was larger in mixed tanks when compared to separate tanks (+ 42% in mixed tanks, + 23% in separate tanks at day 611), yielding realized heritability estimates of 0.60 and 0.34, respectively, and confirming the excellent potential of the species for growth improvement through selective breeding. Both selection response and the amplification effect between mixed and separate tanks decreased as rearing density increased. Our hypothesis is that selection response is magnified by competition in mixed tanks, while sub-optimal rearing conditions lower the observed selection response, more in separate tanks (where selected thus larger fish are at a higher density than unselected ones) than in mixed tanks (where all fish experience the same density effects).  相似文献   

Habitat characterization,anthropogenic impacts and conservation of rhodolith beds off southeastern Malta     

Luke Tabone  Leyla Knittweis  Ricardo Aguilar  Helena Alvarez  Joseph A. Borg  Silvia Garcia  Patrick J. Schembri  Julian Evans 《水产资源保护:海洋与淡水生态系统》2024,34(4):e4148

Downy mildew resistance evaluation in 28 grapevine hybrids promising for breeding programs in Trentino region (Italy)     

Silvia Vezzulli  Antonella Vecchione  Marco Stefanini  Luca Zulini 《European journal of plant pathology / European Foundation for Plant Pathology》2018,150(2):485-495

Downy mildew is a major grapevine disease caused by the biotrophic oomycete, Plasmopara viticola. Numerous disease resistance studies of diverse Vitis germplasm have been previously carried out to identify downy mildew resistance sources; however, ratings were mainly reported using leaf disc in vitro testing and foliage field assessment, or upon leaf and cluster field evaluations. In the current study, 28 grapevine hybrid cultivars were screened using leaf disc bioassay, for disease resistance characterization of both existing and wild-collected materials. 16 hybrids were identified as highly resistant or resistant, and will serve as relevant resistance donors in future pre-breeding and breeding programs. All grapevine hybrids were evaluated for foliar and cluster downy mildew resistance in an untreated field trial over three successive years. This study showed that the leaf disc bioassay provided some information on the resistance level of the genotypes under scrutiny, but it was a weak predictor of their resistance level under field conditions on leaves and even more on bunches. These findings are relevant to future applications in both traditional and marker-assisted breeding programs which promote sustainable viticulture.  相似文献   

Multidisciplinary study of a Lateglacial-Holocene sedimentary sequence near Bologna (Italy): insights on natural and anthropogenic impacts on the landscape dynamics     

Vittori Antisari  Livia  Bianchini  Gianluca  Cremonini  Stefano  Di Giuseppe  Dario  Falsone  Gloria  Marchesini  Marco  Marvelli  Silvia  Vianello  Gilmo 《Journal of Soils and Sediments》2016,16(2):645-662

Journal of Soils and Sediments - This study investigated a Lateglacial to Holocene sedimentary sequence derived from a small catchment located at San Lazzaro di Savena in the surroundings of...  相似文献   

Massive wood material for sustainable building design: the Massiv–Holz–Mauer wall system     

Silvia Santi  Francesca Pierobon  Giulia Corradini  Raffaele Cavalli  Michela Zanetti 《Journal of Wood Science》2016,62(5):416-428

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Weak effects of habitat type on susceptibility to invasive freshwater species: an Italian case study          下载免费PDF全文

Angela Boggero  Alberto Basset  Martina Austoni  Enrico Barbone  Luca Bartolozzi  Isabella Bertani  Alessandro Campanaro  Antonella Cattaneo  Fabio Cianferoni  Giuseppe Corriero  Ambrosius Martin Dörr  A. Concetta Elia  Gentile Francesco Ficetola  Lyudmila Kamburska  Gianandrea La Porta  Sara Lauceri  Alessandro Ludovisi  Elda Gaino  Enzo Goretti  Massimo Lorenzoni  Marina Manca  Aldo Marchetto  Giuseppe Morabito  Francesco Nonnis Marzano  Alessandro Oggioni  Cataldo Pierri  Nicoletta Riccardi  Giampaolo Rossetti  Nicola Ungaro  Pietro Volta  Silvia Zaupa  Diego Fontaneto 《水产资源保护:海洋与淡水生态系统》2014,24(6):841-852

Development of an in vitro model to assess protein bioavailability in diets for common octopus (Octopus vulgaris)     

Mariam Hamdan  Ana Tomás‐Vidal  Silvia Martínez  Jesus Cerezo‐Valverde  Francisco J Moyano 《Aquaculture Research》2014,45(12):2048-2056

An in vitro model designed to assess protein bioavailability in diets for growing Octopus was developed. The model required a previous assessment of some functional features of protein digestion in this species like the main producing organs, optimum pH for activity and total production per g tissue. The main producing organs identified were the salivary glands and the hepatopancreas (HP), being optimum pH for protease activity quite different in both organs (mostly alkaline in the posterior salivary glands and acid in the HP). In spite of the high‐specific protease activity measured in the salivary glands, a major role of the HP in protein hydrolysis is suggested due to the much bigger size of this viscera. All this information was used as a basis to develop an in vitro two‐step hydrolysis process, which simulated protein hydrolysis performed by these two organs using the Octopus enzymes. The assay was used to evaluate differences in amino acid bioavailability from several protein sources (casein, gelatin, fish meal, squid meal and krill meal) that could be used as feed ingredients for this species. As significant differences were detected both in total amount and in rate of release of the amino acids from such proteins, the model is proposed as a complementary tool in the selection and nutritional evaluation of protein ingredients to be used in diets for Octopus.  相似文献   

Inclusion of fish and krill meal in extruded diets for Octopus vulgaris (Cuvier, 1797): assessment of acceptance     

Pablo Querol  Piedad S Morillo‐Velarde  Jesus Cerezo Valverde  Martinez Llorens Silvia  Andres Vicente Moñino  Miguel Jover Cerdá  Ana Tomás Vidal 《Aquaculture Research》2014,45(8):1421-1424

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