Inhibitory effect of high soil pH on growth and mineral metabolism of rice and its reversal by zinc

Increasing soil pH retarded growth, tillers and bio-mass production of rice cultivar Sarjoo-52. Application of 10 to 15 kgZn ha(-1) increased the bio-mass by 33 to 41% at pH 8.5 and 27 to 32% at pH 10.3. Panicle length, rachis branches, total spikelets, filled grains, grain size were all adversely affected to the tune of 19, 23, 40, 74 and 21%, respectively by higher soil alkalinity at pH 10.3. Alkalinity resulted in 19, 31 and 65% spikelet sterility which reduced to 3, 21 and 55% at pH 8.5, 9.5 and 10.3, respectively by Zn applied @ 15 kg ha(-1). Grain yield reduced to 50% at pH 10.3 but Zn in general, raised the yield levels by 1.6 to 2.3, times. The chlorophyll decreased by 36 to 50% whereas carbonic anhydrase activities decreased only by 13% due to increase in soil sodicity and alkalinity. Further, increase in pH caused significant decrease in Zn, Ca, Mg, P and K concentrations but phenomenal rise in Na content Zinc application, apart from increasing tissue Zn content, elevated Ca :Na and K :Na ratio resulting in improved growth and yield of rice under soil sodicity and alkalinity.     

苏打盐碱土地区水田水盐运移模拟与预测研究

井灌种稻虽然是近年来松嫩平原西部土地苏打盐碱化治理的有效途径,但苏打盐碱地种稻改良对土壤盐分状况的长期影响,却缺乏定量化评价。作者选择该区代表性地点,通过田间观测与建立模型相结合的方法,对现有种植条件下的水田盐分动态变化进行了模拟和检验。研究发现,经过一定开垦年限土壤剖面平均含盐量下降到1.5g·kg-1左右后,在降水量正常的条件下,土壤盐分已基本达到平衡,不再随着开垦年限增加而进一步下降。相反,如遇干旱年份土壤盐分还会略有增加。需要进一步采取增加排水次数、改善土壤通透性等其它技术措施,才能使苏打盐碱地种稻改良达到更加理想的效果。     

不同品种水稻对Cu积累分配的差异

以21个水稻品种（包括常规稻、二系杂交稻、三系杂交稻）为材料,通过室内盆栽试验探讨了Cu在不同品种水稻根-茎-叶-籽粒（糙米）中的积累分配的差异。结果表明,供试水稻品种根、茎、叶、籽粒中Cu含量的均值分别是67.35、16.24、8.29、11.62mg·kg-1,多数水稻品种Cu的含量顺序是根茎籽粒（糙米）叶,但也有少部分水稻品种Cu的含量顺序是根籽粒（糙米）茎叶。各器官的Cu含量在不同品种间存在显著差异,其中以根和籽粒Cu含量的差异最大,茎次之,叶最小。常规稻根部Cu含量显著低于杂交稻,而叶中Cu含量显著高于杂交稻,但两者的茎和籽粒中Cu含量没有明显的差异。三系杂交稻根、茎、籽粒Cu含量显著高于二系杂交稻,而叶的Cu含量两者差异不显著。不同遗传背景的水稻各器官对Cu积累也存在不同程度的差异。相关分析结果表明,不同品种水稻相邻器官（根与茎,茎与叶）的Cu含量呈极显著正相关,相间器官（根与叶、籽粒,茎与籽粒）的Cu含量呈显著正相关,地上部各器官Cu的转运系数相互之间呈极显著的正相关。     

植物耐盐研究概况与展望

概述了植物耐盐性有关领域的研究进展，包括环境因素对植物耐盐性影响、植物耐盐种质资源评价、植物耐盐的生理生化基础、植物耐盐分子生物学和耐盐植物的开发利用等5个方面。同时对植物耐盐性研究的意义和展望进行了简要探讨。     

科尔沁沙地植被恢复及其对土壤的改良效应

探讨了对科尔沁沙地乌兰敖都地区流动沙丘采取生物和工程措施建立起人工固沙植被的相关配套技术,并就植被恢复程度对土壤改良效应进行了对比研究.结果表明:在流动沙丘进行人工固沙时采用1.0 m×1.0 m草方格内播种小叶锦鸡儿(Caragana microphylla)种子的措施具有较好的固沙效果,一般经过2年可使沙丘表面得到固定.在围栏封育条件下实施适宜的植被恢复措施,一般可在23年获得明显的固沙效果.小叶锦鸡儿人工固沙群落内土壤养分随着群落的生长发育而发生变化,在030 cm土层中,有机质、速效钾、全氮、水解性氮、全磷、有效磷含量都表现为:11年生群落＞6年生群落＞流动沙丘;小叶锦鸡儿人工群落的建立可大幅度提高土壤微生物生物量,并随着年龄的增加,微生物生物量C、N、P的含量均呈现增加趋势.     

一株高效解磷细菌的紫外诱变选育及其在红壤稻田施用效果

红壤对磷有强大吸附固定力,磷肥易被土壤中活性铁、铝固定而使有效态磷转化为各种形态的非有效磷,从而大大降低磷肥的利用率。解磷菌能使土壤中难溶性或不溶性的磷转化为易于被植物吸收利用的磷。通过对江西鹰潭红壤分离筛选并经过紫外诱变获得一株性状稳定的高效解磷细菌Y8。经鉴定,菌株Y8为蜡状芽孢杆菌（Bacillus cereus）。通过与生产中应用的徐州华龙高效复合菌肥厂的解磷细菌X3相比,菌株Y8降解有机磷、溶解Ca3（PO4）2的能力均比较高,分别为155.3mg·L^-1和240.1mg·L^-1。研究各种理化因子对菌株Y8解磷能力的影响,确定了菌株Y8的最佳培养条件为葡萄糖20g·L^-1、NH4（SO4）21.5g·L^-1、pH7.0、温度为35℃,在该条件下菌株Y8溶解Ca3（PO4）2的量为295.6mg·L^-1。在江西鹰潭红壤稻田的施用试验表明,将菌株Y8制成微生物菌剂施用于水稻田可起到减施化肥的作用。     

Effect of organic materials and rice cultivars on methane emission from rice field

A field experiment was conducted for two years on a sandy loam (Typic Ustochrept) soil of Punjab to study the effect of organic materials and rice cultivars on methane emission from rice fields. The methane flux varied between 0.04 and 0.93 mg m(-2) hr(-1) in bare soil and transplanting of rice crop doubled the methane flux (0.07 to 2.06 mg m(-2) hr(-1)). Among rice cultivars, significantly (p < 0.05) higher amount of methane was emitted from Pusa 44 compared to PR 118 and PR 111. Application of organic materials enhanced methane emission from rice fields and resulted in increased soil organic carbon content. The greatest seasonal methane flux was observed in wheat straw amended plots (229.6 kg ha(-1)) followed by farmyard manure (111.6 kg ha(-1)), green manure (85.4 kg ha(-1)) and the least from rice straw compost amended plots (36.9 kg ha(-1)) as compared to control (21.5 kg ha(-1)). The differential effect of organic materials in enhancing methane flux was related to total carbon or C:N ratio of the material. The results showed that incorporation of humified organic matter such as rice straw compost could minimize methane emission from rice fields with co-benefits of increased soil fertility and crop productivity.     

土壤锌自然消减的研究进展

从影响土壤锌自然消减的因素方面，阐述了锌自然消减的研究进展。土壤锌自然消减受温度、水分、pH值、有机质、改良剂、化学肥料、栽培植物等因素的影响。温度降低、pH升高和淹水均使土壤中锌的有效性降低。种植超积累植物如遏蓝菜、紫花苕子、印度芥菜等，可以超量吸收土壤中的锌，加速锌的消减。土壤中的某些动物和微生物有吸收利用锌的特性，蚯蚓对锌有良好的富集作用。采取农业措施如施用有机肥、化肥、加入改良剂，栽培植物等，都能降低污染土壤中锌的有效性。文章还提出了该方面今后的研究重点。     

Water management affects arsenic and cadmium accumulation in different rice cultivars

Paddy rice (Oryza sativa L.) is a staple food and one of the major sources of dietary arsenic (As) and cadmium (Cd) in Asia. A field experiment was conducted to investigate the effects of four water management regimes (aerobic, intermittent irrigation, conventional irrigation and flooding) on As and Cd accumulation in seven major rice cultivars grown in Zhejiang province, east China. With increasing irrigation from aerobic to flooded conditions, the soil HCl-extractable As concentrations increased significantly and the HCl-extractable Cd concentrations decreased significantly. These trends were consistent with the As and Cd concentrations in the straw, husk and brown rice. Water management both before and after the full tillering stage affected As and Cd accumulation in the grains. The intermittent and conventional treatments produced higher grain yields than the aerobic and flooded treatments. Cd concentrations in brown rice varied 13.1–40.8 times and As varied 1.75–8.80 times among the four water management regimes. Cd and As accumulation in brown rice varied among the rice cultivars, with Guodao 6 (GD6) was a low Cd but high-As-accumulating cultivar while Indonesia (IR) and Yongyou 9 (YY9) were low As but high-Cd-accumulating cultivars. Brown rice Cd and As concentrations in the 7 cultivars were significantly negatively correlated. The results indicate that As and Cd accumulated in rice grains with opposite trends that were influenced by both water management and rice cultivar. Production of ‘safe’ rice with respect to As and Cd might be possible by balancing water management and rice cultivar according to the severity of soil pollution.     

水稻根系生长发育对CO2浓度升高的响应及其品种间的差异

Minirhizontrons是一种非破坏性、定点、可直接观测和研究植物根系的新方法。利用微根管Minirhizotrons在试验田的温室大棚内研究CO2浓度升高作用下的水稻根系生长发育,试验采用完全随机处理,探讨CO2浓度升高（800μmol·mol-1）对水稻（Oryza sativa L.）生物量和根系形态的变化差异。结果表明,与CO2对照相比,CO2浓度升高显著增加4个水稻品种（2种杂交籼稻和2种常规籼稻）的地上部生物量,增幅为8.58%-12.66%,平均增加10.61%。CO2浓度升高条件下,根的生物量分别增加了3.16%-12.13%,平均增加8.64%。高CO2浓度对根系形态的影响表明,4种水稻根系对CO2浓度升高都有积极的响应。CO2浓度升高条件下,各根系指标在水稻不同生育期都有显著增加,根长密度、表面积、体积和根数的平均增幅分别为10%-27%、21%-24%、20%-58%和4%-18%。但在水稻生长发育过程中,品种间也存在着差异。CO2浓度升高和对照处理,籼型杂交稻威优644（V644）和金优207（JY207）的根长密度和根数表现出相似的变化趋势;高CO2浓度处理时其根长密度平均都增加了10%,根数平均增加4%和8%。CO2浓度升高和对照处理,2种籼型杂交水稻的根体积和表面积表现出较快的增长幅度,都呈现出近线性的生长趋势;CO2浓度升高处理下其根体积平均增加40%和25%,表面积平均都增加了24%。CO2浓度升高和对照处理,籼型常规稻湘晚12号（XW12）和丰华占（FHZ）的生长变化趋势表现一致,生长发育后期达到一个近似饱和的拐点。CO2浓度升高条件下其根长密度、根数和根体积分别平均增加27%和24%、18%和11%、58%和20%,根表面积平均都增加了21%。     

生活垃圾堆填区周边土壤的性状变化及其污染状况

对北京西郊某垃圾堆放场周边土壤的污染状况进行了分析研究。结果表明,受垃圾渗滤液的浸蚀影响,垃圾区周围土壤酸性增大,养分含量增高;垃圾区土壤的重金属含量明显高于对照区土壤,表明垃圾区周围土壤已受到渗滤液的重金属污染,土壤性状发生明显变化。     

施用营养型土壤改良剂对水稻产量和土壤肥力的效应

探讨了营养型土壤改良剂(简称改良剂)对水稻产量、土壤酸度、土壤养分、土壤肥力和土壤物理性能的效应。连续2年4造水稻试验结果表明,施用改良剂比对照稻谷产量增加8.6%~11.3%(平均10.3%),增产达极显著水平,并且有良好后效。施用土壤改良剂具有提高pH,降低活性Al,增加N、P、K有效养分和代换性K、Ca和Mg的效果。     

不同木豆品种耐铝性的基因型差异及其机理研究

以6个品种的木豆为材料，探讨了木豆品种间耐铝性的基因型差异及其机制。铝对根伸长的抑制大小及苏木精对根尖的染色模式的研究结果表明，不同品种木豆的耐铝性基因型差异明显。在铝胁迫条件下，去除根尖吸附的粘胶，耐铝的基因型MD2和敏感的基因型MD5根的伸长率均减少，而根尖被苏木精染色程度加深；去除粘胶对MD2的影响大于MD5，说明粘胶对根尖的保护是木豆抵御铝毒的一个重要机制。虽然铝胁迫可诱导木豆根系分泌柠檬酸和苹果酸，但根系苹果酸的分泌量在MD2和MD间无显著差异，MD2柠檬酸的分泌量甚至低于MD5。     

不同改良剂对重金属污染农田水稻产量和重金属吸收的影响

探讨了石灰、过磷酸钙和有机物等改良剂的应用对水稻(oryzasativa)产量和重金属吸收的影响。实验共四种处理:T1,对照;T2,石灰(0.25kg·m-2);T3,石灰 过磷酸钙(0.40kg·m-2);T4,石灰 过磷酸钙 有机物(0.90kg·m-2)。叶面喷施的处理方法研究不多,因此结合在水稻的孕穗期喷施KH2PO4(0.3%)溶液研究喷施途径的处理效果。结果显示,T3处理即石灰 过磷酸钙(0.40kg·m-2),对于降低水稻体内的重金属含量效果最好,与对照相比,米中的Pb、Zn和Cd分别下降了61.8%、14.1%和45.1%,同时也使水稻茎叶中的Pb和Zn分别比对照下降8.1%和4.3%。另外,在水稻的叶面喷施KH2PO4溶液将水稻的产量从0.61kg·m-2提高到0.68kg·m-2,并且这种喷施措施也能有效地降低水稻中的重金属含量。     

Consistent effects of nitrogen fertilization on soil bacterial communities in contrasting systems

Ecosystems worldwide are receiving increasing amounts of reactive nitrogen (N) through anthropogenic activities. Although the effects of increased N inputs on plant communities have been reasonably well studied, few comparable studies have examined impacts on whole soil bacterial communities, though they play critical roles in ecosystem functioning. We sampled soils from two long-term ecological research (LTER) experimental N gradients, both of which have been amended with NH4NO3; a grassland at Cedar Creek (27 years of N additions) and an agricultural field at Kellogg Biological Station (8 years of N additions). By examining shifts in bacterial communities across these contrasting ecosystem types, we could test competing hypotheses about the direct and indirect factors that might drive bacterial responses to elevated N inputs. Bacterial community structure was highly responsive to N additions. We observed predictable and consistent changes in the structure of the bacterial communities across both ecosystem types. Our results suggest that bacterial communities across these gradients are more structured by N and/or soil carbon availability than by shifts in the plant community or soil pH associated with the elevated nitrogen inputs. In contrast to the pronounced shifts in bacterial community composition and in direct contrast to the patterns often observed in plant communities, increases in N availability did not have consistent effects on the richness and diversity of soil bacterial communities.     

亚热带和温带生态条件下粳稻品种产量潜力评价

对2001-2002年滇超2号、滇超4号、云粳436、云光8号、云光9号五个中国和Hwadong、Nongan、Jinmi、Sangju、Singeumo五个韩国粳稻(Oryza sativa)品种为材料,在亚热带生态环境下的云南省宾川县和温带环境下的韩国水原进行试验,结果表明:亚热带生态条件下实际产量和产量潜力分别比温带条件下高2.46 t·hm-2和4.04 t·hm-2,达极显著水平.亚热带生态下具有较高的产量潜力的主要原因是具有较多的颖花量,每平方米比温带生态条件下多19 200朵,同时收获指数和生物产量较高,两种生态条件下差异达极显著水平.对产量构成因子进行通径分析结果表明,亚热带生态条件下对产量的影响顺序是:穗粒数＞有效穗＞结实率＞千粒质量,温带生态条件下对产量的影响顺序是:结实率＞穗粒数＞千粒质量＞有效穗.因而,在亚热带生态条件下,增产的途径是在稳定穗粒数的基础上,适当降低有效穗而大力增加结实率;而温带生态条件下应在稳定结实率的基础上,适当降低穗粒数而大力增加有效穗.     

红壤双季稻田不同施肥下的氨挥发损失及其影响因素

在红壤双季稻田上采用密闭气室法测定了施用等氮量化肥(尿素)、有机肥(猪粪)及化肥有机肥(有机氮无机氮各占一半)配施下氨挥发及其田间表面水NH4 -N含量、温度和pH动态变化,研究氨挥发损失及影响因素.结果表明,与施用尿素相比,单施有机肥及化肥有机肥配施显著降低了稻田氨挥发,施用尿素的早稻和晚稻氨挥发损失率分别达41.4%和39.9%,单施有机肥的分别为0.3%和0.9%,化肥有机肥配施的分别为19.6%和8.9%.施肥后,短期内田面水NH4 -N含量和pH均显著上升,其与氨挥发速率均呈显著正相关.     

Comparison of drinking water,raw rice and cooking of rice as arsenic exposure routes in three contrasting areas of West Bengal,India

Remediation aimed at reducing human exposure to groundwater arsenic in West Bengal, one of the regions most impacted by this environmental hazard, are currently largely focussed on reducing arsenic in drinking water. Rice and cooking of rice, however, have also been identified as important or potentially important exposure routes. Quantifying the relative importance of these exposure routes is critically required to inform the prioritisation and selection of remediation strategies. The aim of our study, therefore, was to determine the relative contributions of drinking water, rice and cooking of rice to human exposure in three contrasting areas of West Bengal with different overall levels of exposure to arsenic, viz. high (Bhawangola-I Block, Murshidibad District), moderate (Chakdha Block, Nadia District) and low (Khejuri-I Block, Midnapur District). Arsenic exposure from water was highly variable, median exposures being 0.02 μg/kg/d (Midnapur), 0.77 μg/kg/d (Nadia) and 2.03 μg/kg/d (Murshidabad). In contrast arsenic exposure from cooked rice was relatively uniform, with median exposures being 0.30 μg/kg/d (Midnapur), 0.50 μg/kg/d (Nadia) and 0.84 μg/kg/d (Murshidabad). Cooking rice typically resulted in arsenic exposures of lower magnitude, indeed in Midnapur, median exposure from cooking was slightly negative. Water was the dominant route of exposure in Murshidabad, both water and rice were major exposure routes in Nadia, whereas rice was the dominant exposure route in Midnapur. Notwithstanding the differences in balance of exposure routes, median excess lifetime cancer risk for all the blocks were found to exceed the USEPA regulatory threshold target cancer risk level of 10⁻⁴–10⁻⁶. The difference in balance of exposure routes indicate a difference in balance of remediation approaches in the three districts.     

Latitudinal variation in top-down and bottom-up control of a salt marsh food web

The shrub Iva frutescens, which occupies the terrestrial border of U.S. Atlantic Coast salt marshes, supports a food web that varies strongly across latitude. We tested whether latitudinal variation in plant quality (higher at high latitudes), consumption by omnivores (a crab, present only at low latitudes), consumption by mesopredators (ladybugs, present at all latitudes), or the life history stage of an herbivorous beetle could explain continental-scale field patterns of herbivore density. In a mesocosm experiment, crabs exerted strong top-down control on herbivorous beetles, ladybugs exerted strong top-down control on aphids, and both predators benefited plants through trophic cascades. Latitude of plant origin had no effect on consumers. Herbivorous beetle density was greater if mesocosms were stocked with beetle adults rather than larvae, and aphid densities were reduced in the "adult beetle" treatment. Treatment combinations representing high and low latitudes produced patterns of herbivore density similar to those in the field. We conclude that latitudinal variation in plant quality is less important than latitudinal variation in top consumers and competition in mediating food web structure. Climate may also play a strong role in structuring high-latitude salt marshes by limiting the number of herbivore generations per growing season and causing high overwintering mortality.     

Possible cause of inhibition of seed germination in two rice cultivars by heavy metals Pb2+ and Hg2+

Seeds of two rice cultivars (Oryza sativa) cv. PR-116 and Pant Dhan-12 subjected to heavy metal lead (Pb²⁺) and mercury (Hg²⁺) exposure showed an inhibition in germination percentage, shoot and root length, and lower fresh and dry weight after 7 days. Both Pb²⁺ and Hg²⁺ inhibited the solubilization process of starch due to reduction in α-amylase activity, which is also evident from greater starch content and reduced soluble carbohydrate content of endosperms of treated seeds of the two cultivars. Mercury was more tolerated by Pant Dhan-12 when grown under in vitro culture medium containing 2% sucrose. The inhibitory effect of Pb²⁺ on embryo growth was not only abolished but also accelerated by 2% sucrose. The inhibitory effect, however, was not significantly blocked in Hg²⁺-treated embryos grown in vitro in sucrose containing medium. Embryos did not grow normally in a medium devoid of sucrose in either case. Data indicated that Pb²⁺ inhibited germination and seedling growth by impairing the solubilization of endosperm starch without markedly affecting the embryo, while Hg²⁺ inhibited germination and seedling growth by damaging the embryo itself.