Persistence of oxyfluorfen in soil and detection of its residues in rice crop

Oxyfluorfen is a post-emergence herbicide used for control of annual and perennial broad-leaf weeds and sedges in rice. There is increasing concern about persistence of pesticide residues in soils, agricultural products and sub-sequent contamination of ground water through runoff, leaching and drift. Thus, persistence of oxyfluorfen was evaluated under field conditions in a rice cropping system. Oxyfluorfen was sprayed at 240 and 500 g ai ha^?1 application rates to the rice crop as post-emergence herbicide. Paddy grains, straw and soil samples were collected at harvest and analyzed for oxyfluorfen residues by HPLC. Straw samples contained 0.01 and 0.03 µg g^?1 oxyfluorfen residues at 240 and 500 g ha^?1 concentrations, respectively. In the soil, 0.028 and 0.03 µg g^?1 of oxyfluorfen residues were detected when applied at 240 and 500 g ai ha^?1, respectively. However, in rice grains, 0.018 and 0.106 µg g^?1 of oxyfluorfen residues were found in 240 and 500 g ai ha^?1 treated plots. In light of the potential adverse effects of oxyfluorfen, it is important to determine herbicide levels in these crops.     

Monitoring toxicity of an azo dye methyl red and a heavy metal Cu,using plant and animal bioassays

Toxicities of an azo dye methyl red and a heavy metal copper (Cu) were quantified, using growth and mortality as end points, in four plant species and three animal species by subjecting them to short-term (4 days for animals, 10 days for plants) static bioassays. Lemna aequinoctialis Welwitch (EC₅₀: 7–16 ppm) was found to be the most sensitive species for methyl red, Ceratophyllum demersum L. (EC₅₀: 25 ppm) and Lactuca sativa L. (EC₅₀: 56 ppm) were intermediate, while Oryza sativa L. shows reduction in seedling vigor (9–27%) of <50%, being the least sensitive amongst the tested plant species. Methyl red toxicity is almost 3–5-fold higher in growing medium (pH = 5.8–6.0), even at high nutrient levels, while Cu toxicity is higher in nutrient-poor alkaline medium at alkaline pH (8.3–8.7; EC₅₀: Ceratophyllum = 104–200 ppb; Lemna = 100–170 ppb) compared to nutrient-rich acidic medium (pH = 5.4–5.7; EC₅₀: Ceratophyllum = 2600–3175 ppb; Lemna = 4350–4715 ppb). Rice tolerance (EC₅₀: 6500 ppb) was found to be higher than hydrophytes while lettuce was most tolerant to Cu. Fish sensitivity toward the test chemicals was almost parallel to Ceratophyllum and Lemna [Gambusia affinis Baird and Gerard (LC₅₀: 250 ppb for Cu) and Poecilia reticulata Peters (LC₅₀: 24 ppm for methyl red)]. Similar to the plants, dye toxicity increased markedly (LC₅₀: 7 ppm) in the acidic medium (pH = 6.0). Amongst the tested organisms, Daphnia was found to be most sensitive to methyl red (EC₅₀: 6 ppm) while its sensitivity to Cu (EC₅₀: 230 ppb) was similar to hydrophytes and fish. Initially, the combination of dye and Cu (at their sublethal concentrations) had additive effects in duckweed, while dye concentration ruled afterward. These results indicate that hydrophytes and animals are equally sensitive toward the test chemicals. Dye toxicity in hydrophytes and fish was pH dependent, while in the case of Cu, it is related to the nutrient status of the growth medium of plants.     

Species-level study on arsenic availability from dietary components

Arsenic (As) contaminated water and foodstuffs are of major concern. Samples of drinking–cooking water (n = 50), raw rice (n = 50), common vegetables (eight types), and common pulses (three types) were collected from households in the endemic region. The study found up to 70% As reduction by using safe water for cooking of rice and vegetables. Speciation study reflected more arsenate than arsenite and other organic arsenicals in all the types of samples. Male intake of 293 μg As through drinking water contained 38 μg arsenite and 246 μg arsenate, and female intake of 199 μg As contained 167 μg arsenate and 25 μg arsenite. In cooked rice, 108 μg As contained 69 μg arsenate and 17 μg arsenite with 9 μg dimethylarsonic acid (DMA). Total As consumption from cooked vegetables was 45 μg with 34 and 4 μg of arsenite and arsenate, respectively, and 5 μg of DMA. Data indicate that cooking with As-free water removes arsenic in already contaminated foodstuffs but without interconversion of the As species, from toxic inorganic to less toxic organic forms.     

多金属硫化物矿区不同品种水稻根际土壤酶活的变化

选取酸性矿山废水污灌形成的多重金属污染水稻土,采用多格层根际箱模拟水稻根际环境,研究高镉积累水稻长香谷fOryzasativaL．cv．Choukoukoku）和低镉积累水稻金农丝苗（OryzasativaL．cv．Jinnongsimiao）2个品种水稻生育中后期（分蘖期、孕穗期、扬花期、蜡熟期）根际土壤脲酶、酸性磷酸酶和过氧化氢酶活性的变化特征。结果表明：高镉积累水稻比低镉积累水稻各时期根际土壤脲酶活性低,随着生育期的延长,2个品种水稻土壤脲酶活性先降低后升高（分蘖期酶活性最高）,2种水稻土壤脲酶活性均在根际s0层达到最高,但其他各层土壤脲酶活性与根系距离无显著关系。随着水稻生育期的延长,高镉积累水稻根际土壤酸性磷酸酶活性先升高（在孕穗期酶活性达最高）,随后降低;低镉积累水稻土壤酸性磷酸酶活性则在分蘖期最高,之后逐渐降低。除分蘖期高镉积累水稻土壤酸性磷酸酶活性低于低镉积累水稻酶活性外,其他2个时期前者酸性磷酸酶酶活性均高于后者的酶活。2个品种水稻土壤过氧化氢酶活性随生育期延长不断升高,在整个生育后期,高镉吸收水稻比低镉吸收水稻各时期土壤过氧化氢酶活性高,但在蜡熟期时两者无显著差异;在各时期2种水稻过氧化氢酶活性在根系S0层达到最大,随着与水稻根系距离的增加呈先降低后增加的趋势。可见,在多重金属污染矿区,土壤酶活性明显受水稻品种、水稻生长时期和水稻根系的影响。该结果可以为研究多重金属污染矿区分析土壤酶活性与不同重金属积累程度的水稻品种作物相关关系提供数据支持,给农业生产及土壤修复提供依据。     

水稻覆膜节水综合高产技术对稻田CH4排放的影响

采用静态箱-气相色谱法观测了常规栽培和水稻覆膜节水综合高产技术下川中丘陵地区稻田的CH4排放通量,探究覆膜节水综合高产技术对稻田CH4排放的影响。结果表明：整个水稻生长期,常规栽培与水稻覆膜节水综合高产技术稻田CH4排放总量分别为(35.0±3.5)和(5.1±1.0) g·m-2,后者较前者减少稻田CH4季节排放量的(86±4)%。二者CH4平均排放通量在不同水稻生长时期存在如下关系：孕穗期>抽穗期>成熟期>分蘖期。水稻各生长时期,覆膜节水综合高产技术均降低稻田CH4排放,在稻田CH4排放盛期（孕穗期）降幅达79%。在不同土壤水分状况下,水稻覆膜节水综合高产技术稻田CH4平均排放通量存在如下关系：烤田期>烤田后>烤田前;而常规栽培则为烤田期>烤田前>烤田后。不同于常规栽培,烤田对水稻覆膜节水综合高产技术下稻田 CH4排放无明显影响,烤田后降雨促进其 CH4排放。土壤水分状况由低变高更易促使覆膜节水综合高产技术下稻田CH4排放。覆膜节水综合高产技术栽培全生育期内,厢面CH4排放通量与土温、土壤Eh无显著相关性（P>0.05）。厢沟CH4排放与土温显著正相关（r=0.447*,P<0.05）。水稻移栽至烤田前,厢面CH4排放通量与土壤Eh显著负相关（r=0.624*,P<0.05）。     

不同生育期类型水稻对镉积累的研究

以江苏省有代表性的早熟中粳、中熟中粳、迟熟中粳、早熟晚粳和中熟晚粳5种生育期类型的56个粳稻品种为材料,在Cd污染农田中研究不同生育期类型粳稻品种Cd积累特性.结果表明,56个供试水稻品种籽粒Cd含量变化范围为0.014～0.054 mg·kg-1,水稻籽粒Cd含量在品种间差异显著(P＜0.05),其中籽粒Cd含量最高的品种是ELTO,扬粳687、泗阳1382、广陵香粳和武香粳9号水稻籽粒Cd含量较低.不同生育期类型水稻籽粒Cd含量以早熟中粳较高,中熟中粳较低,分别为0.024和0.020 mg·kg-1.不同生育期类型水稻籽粒Cd富集系数差异不显著,而不同生育期类型间转运系数存在差异.     

砷污染土壤中不同基因型水稻根表铁膜的形成及其对砷吸收和转运影响

采用土壤盆栽试验法,研究6个不同基因型水稻品种根表铁膜形成及其对As吸收、转运的影响。结果表明,水稻形成根表铁膜在不同基因型品种之间差异显著（p<0.001）,其中品种94D-22形成铁膜量（以Fe含量计）是品种圭630的1.5~1.8倍,添加As处理对水稻根表铁膜形成影响不显著。低As含量的对照土壤中,水稻根表铁膜量与根系As含量存在着显著的正相关关系（r=0.657,n=24,p<0.01）,与As转移系数呈显著的负相关关系(r=-0.612,n=24,p<0.01）。土壤添加As后,水稻根表铁膜量与茎叶As含量存在显著的正相关关系（r=0.653-0.673,n=24,p<0.01）,与As转运之间无显著相关性。比较生长于As污染土壤的不同水稻品种,科优1360茎叶积累As较少,且其根系转运As能力也较差,而品种94D-22正好相反。研究结果表明,在As含量较低的土壤中,水稻根表铁膜的存在可成为根系As的障碍层,阻止As向地上部转运;但在As含量较高的土壤,根表铁膜的存在却促进了水稻茎叶对As的积累,其对As的转运没有显著影响。人们可通过作物品种筛选来防治土壤As污染危害、降低As对人体健康的威胁。     

镉胁迫对两品种水稻生长及抗氧化酶系统的影响

水稻Oryza sativa L.被认为是Cd吸收最强的大宗谷类作物,本研究采用网室盆栽实验研究2个籽粒镉积累水平不同的水稻品种（中浙优1号、高Cd品种和J196、低Cd品种）,研究不同浓度Cd处理对水稻幼苗生长和抗氧化酶系统的影响。结果表明：高Cd水稻品种的Cd耐性高于低Cd水稻品种,表现为前者体内的MDA含量低于后者,而SOD、CAT、POD活性高于低Cd品种;在Cd胁迫下,高Cd品种的SOD 活性、CAT活性随Cd处理浓度增加先增后降,在10 mg·kg-1时达到峰值,POD活性则为先降后增,在Cd浓度为5 mg·kg-1时达到峰值;而低Cd品种随着外源Cd浓度增长,3种酶活性在25 mg·kg-1达到峰值,除SOD比对照降低外,CAT和POD分较对照升高38.07%和62.10%,表明在本试验处理下,Cd胁迫下,两品种中3种抗氧化酶保护作用不同,高Cd品种CAT的保护性最强,低Cd品种POD的保护作用最强。但本研究对两品种生长性状的研究却发现,高Cd品种的根系耐受指数及根系鲜质量显著低于低Cd品种,这可能和水稻对Cd的耐受原因多元化,且本实验条件下的Cd处理未产生植株生长抑制,Cd敏感品种自身的保护机制有关。     

宁夏盐池四儿滩湿地-干草原植被群落稳定性研究

以宁夏盐池县四儿滩湿地-干草原为研究对象,根据四儿滩湿地植被特征,将其由湿地中心向外依次划分为湿生带、交错带、旱生带。通过2012年7—9月份的野外调查,利用改进的M.Godron稳定性测定方法,研究其植被群落的稳定性。结果表明：（1）3条样地带的植被群落稳定性交点坐标分别为(18.39,81.61)、(24.75,75.25)、(22.85,77.15),即湿生带植被群落稳定性最高(欧氏平方距离为5.1802),旱生带次之（欧氏平方距离为16.2677）,可见水分对植被群落稳定性有着正相关作用;而由于交错带位于湿生带和旱生带之间,同时湿地面积不断缩减,因而交错带处于不断演替的阶段,其植被群落稳定性最低。（2）3条样带的植被种类数量表现为,交错带数量最多（23种）,旱生带次之（21种）,湿生带的种类最少（12种）,主要与旱生带土壤含水量低,湿生带土壤盐碱化严重的现象密切相关,而交错带由于处于旱生带和湿生带之间,同时具备了土壤含水量适中,土壤盐碱化较弱的优点,故植被种类最多。整体上,四儿滩湿地植被群落趋于稳定,且植被种类较多。这与近年来盐池县实施的草场封育措施密切相关,大大降低了放牧对湿地植被的破坏,利于植被生长和恢复。此外,今年雨水较往年多,很大程度地提高了干旱半干旱区植被的覆盖率和多样性,提高其稳定性。     

天津市区景观生态及物种多样性

天津市区的景观生态系统,由于受地域、气候等因素的限制,品种比较单一,春、夏、秋三季缺乏彩色,冬季缺乏绿色。为了改变这种现状,可以结合春季干旱、夏季炎热、冬季寒冷、降水量少且不均匀的气候特点,根据乔灌草混合立体栽种的绿化美化原则,因地制宜地引进一些适合本地环境和气候条件的具有"彩色"、"长绿"和"香味"特点的美化绿化树种,和本地的传统树种搭配种植,达到优化城市生态系统、丰富植物种群和提高观赏效果的目的。根据各种植物对光的补偿点不同的原理,最大限度地创造绿量,让城市生态环境向良性循环的方向发展。