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    18 April 2017, Volume 28 Issue 4
    CONTENTS
    Effects of nitrogen and phosphorus addition on leaf thermal tolerance in different provenances of Quercus variabilis
    NI Yan-yan, HU Jun, LIU Jian-feng, WANG Xiao-fei, ZHANG Yu-ting, JIANG Ze-ping
    2017, 28(4):  1061-1068.  doi:10.13287/j.1001-9332.201704.039
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    To explore potential effects of soil nutrient on leaf thermal tolerance across geographical origins, five provenance, i.e., Chengbu of Hunan (CB), Zigui of Hubei (ZG), Neixiang of Henan (NX), Lincheng of Heibei (LC) and Pinggu of Beijing (PG), seedlings of Quercus variabilis were cultivated under nitrogen and phosphorus addition. Leaf thermal tolerance parameters (cold, heat and span), nutrient concentrations (nitrogen and phosphorus), nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) and phosphorus use efficiency (PUE), as well as non-structural carbohydrate (soluble sugar and starch) concentrations were analyzed. The results were shown as follows: Nutrient absorption and utilization efficiency varied between oak origins with no obvious geographical trends. PG had higher nutrient use efficiency (NUE and PUE), whereas NX had lower PUE under all treatments. CB had the highest PUE under phosphorus addition. Compared with the control, nutrient addition increased the cold tolerance of PG and LC, and to some extent, increased the heat tolerance of the three middle provenances (ZG, NX, LC). However, the thermal span was opposite to the cold tolerance, as nutrient addition decreased the thermal span of PG and LC but increased that of NX. The leaf cold tolerance had significantly positive correlation with soluble sugar concentration, while the heat tolerance negatively and positively correlated with leaf phosphorus and ratio of nitrogen to phosphorus, respectively. No significant correlation was found between leaf thermal span and leaf chemical substances. To sum up, nutrient use efficiency varying in provenances might be contributed by the original habitats and consequently presented with some local adaptation characteristics, which complicated the response of thermal tolerance to nutrient addition.
    Variations of water use efficiency and foliar nutrient concentrations in Cunninghamia lanceolata plantations at different ages
    KONG Ling-lun, HUANG Zhi-qun, HE Zong-ming, ZHENG Lu-jia, LIU Zhuo-ming, WANG Min-huang
    2017, 28(4):  1069-1076.  doi:10.13287/j.1001-9332.201704.038
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    We studied water use efficiency (WUEi), nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) status of leaves at different leaf ages (current year, 1-, 2-, and 3-year-old foliage) as well as their relationships in a subtropical chronosequence of Chinese fir (Cunninghamia lanceolata) forests (3-, 8-, 14-, 21- and 46-year-old). The results showed that foliar WUEi varied significantly with foliar age in the order of current year foliage > 1-year-old foliage > 2-year-old foliage > 3-year-old foliage, while stand age had no significant impact on foliar WUEi. Foliar N/P ranged from 11.4 to 19.6 and was higher in younger and older stands than in stands at the fast-growing stage. The foliar N and P concentrations tended to display similar trends with foliar ages in the order of current year foliage>1-year-old foliage>2-year-old foliage>3-year-old foliage. WUEi did not change significantly with stand ages, probably because the photosynthetic rates and stomatal conductance decreased simultaneously with stand age. There was no relationship between WUEi and foliar N. WUEi had significant positive correlation with foliar P and significant negative correlation with foliar N/P. It is indicated that foliar P concentration would be a key factor affecting WUEi with increasing atmospheric N deposition in subtropical forests.
    Leaf photosynthetic pigment seasonal dynamic of Quercus aliena var. acuteserrata and its spectral reflectance response under throughfall elimination
    LIU Chang, SUN Peng-sen, LIU Shi-rong, LU Hai-bo, CHEN Zhi-cheng, LIU Xiao-jing
    2017, 28(4):  1077-1086.  doi:10.13287/j.1001-9332.201704.036
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    Our objective was to explore the mechanism of spectral reflectance response to leaf photosynthetic pigment seasonal dynamic of Quercus aliena var. acuteserrata under throughfall elimination. We simulated rainfall decline through throughfall elimination (TFE) treatment in the experiment plots of Baotianman Natural Reserve in Henan, measured leaf pigment content and its spectral reflectance during growing season in both TFE and control plots. We analyzed seasonal changes of photosynthetic pigments and changes of pigments induced by TFE and their spectral reflectance responses. The results showed that all photosynthetic pigments content and pigment-ratios exhibited clear seasonal patterns. Leaf photosynthetic pigments content and ratio had differences between TFE plot and control plot during the whole growing season, and significant difference was found in chlorophyll b (Chl b) indicating that Chl b had higher sensitivity than other pigments. Carotenoids (Car) content showed minor difference compared with other pigments, indicating that Car had less sensitivity to TFE. The spectral reflectance of 550 nm was found to be the waveband most sensitive to seasonal changes of pigments, so we formulated the sample ratio index (SR750,550) based on it. The strong positive relationships between SR750,550 and Chl a, Chl b, Chl and Car contents were found with high significant level. Similarly, significant negative relationships were also been found between photochemical reflectance index (PRI) and Car/Chl. The spectral reflectance of 550 nm was most sensitive to changes of pigments induced by TFE. SR750,550 was sensitive to changes of leaf Chl a, Chl b and Chl content induced by TFE (P<0.01), but not to change of Chl a/b. PRI was sensitive to change of leaf Car/Chl induced by TFE (P<0.01).
    Different responses of growth and root development of Schima superba provenance to the adjacent plant competition in different nutrient conditions
    YAO Jia-bao, CHU Xiu-li, ZHOU Zhi-chun, TONG Jian-she, WANG Hui, YU Jia-zhong
    2017, 28(4):  1087-1093.  doi:10.13287/j.1001-9332.201704.030
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    Growth and root development of three Schima superba seedling provenances were influenced by adjacent plant competition in the homogeneous and heterogeneous nutrient environment, which revealed the reasons of S. superba competition differences in the different genotypes. The results indicated that, compared with homogeneous nutrient environment, all three S. superba provenances showed higher seedling height, more dry matter accumulation, and significant root proliferation in heterogeneous nutrient environment. Under heterogeneous nutrient environment, the seedlings of S. superba from Jian’ou of Fujian exhibited higher competitive advantage in growth than that of S. superba from Longquan of Zhejiang and Xinfeng of Jiangxi, especially standing out under mixed cultivation with seedlings of Cunninghamia lanceolata. Under mixed cultivation, the root growth parameters of S. superba such as root length, root surface area and volume increased by 20.4%-69.0% compared with the single plant, which enhanced the foraging ability and growth advantage. To some extent, however, the root development in Longquan of Zhejiang and Xinfeng of Jiangxi was suppressed when subjected to the pattern of mixed cultivation. Besides, the root growth and development of all three S. superba provenances were suppressed, which might be due to their root self-recognition in the pattern of mono cultivation. Therefore, the seedling growth in Jian’ou of Fujian decreased significantly, but seedling growth in Longquan of Zhejiang and Xinfeng of Jiangxi was not suppressed, even increased evidently, as their root physiological plasticity might play the crucial role in seedling growth. Hence the S. superba from Jian’ou of Fujian with high foraging efficiency and competition ability was suggested with the method of mixed forestation to improve the S. superba forest plantation productivity.
    Short-term responses of foliar multi-element stoichiometry and nutrient resorption of slash pine to N addition in subtropical China
    CHEN Wei-wei, KOU Liang, JIANG Lei, GAO Wen-long, YANG Hao, WANG Hui-min, LI Sheng-gong
    2017, 28(4):  1094-1102.  doi:10.13287/j.1001-9332.201704.020
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    We conducted a field experiment with three levels of N addition (0, 40 and 120 kg N·hm-2·a-1) in a Pinus elliottii plantation in subtropical China and collected green and senesced needles of P. elliottii at the peak (July) and the end (October) of each growing season in 2014 and 2015 for clarifying effects of nitrogen additions on concentrations of nine elements (C, N, P, K, Ca, Mg, Al, Fe and Mn) in the green and senesced needles and their corresponding resorption efficiency and resorption proficiency. Our results showed that N addition had positive effects on concentrations of N, Al and Mn, negative effects on the P concentration and the Ca concentration in 2014, and neutral effects on concentrations of C, K, Mg and Fe in green needles. N addition signifi-cantly increased foliar N/P. These stoichiometric responses were N level-dependent (stronger at high N rate). N addition significantly decreased N resorption efficiency in 2015 and increased that of K in 2014. Compared with the resorption efficiency, resorption proficiency responded more strongly to increased available N. N addition significantly decreased resorption proficiency of N, and increased that of P, K, and the concentration of Fe in senesced needles, however, there were no significant effects on the concentrations of Ca, Mg, Al and Mn in senesced needles. We concluded that responses of foliar stoichiometry to N addition were element-specific, and plants might cope with changing environments via adjusting internal nutrient cycle (resorption). The elevated foliar N/P and K/P suggested a shift from N and P co-limitation to P limitation with N additions, and increased concentrations of Al and Mn might imply potential toxicity of metal ions to P. elliottii.
    Distribution pattern and influencing factors of vegetation carbon storage of Tamarix chinense in the coastal wetland of Laizhou Bay, China
    XIE Lin-ping, WANG Min, WANG Bao-dong, SHI Xiao-yong, XIN Ming, WEI Qin-sheng, HE Xiu-ping, GUO Fu
    2017, 28(4):  1103-1111.  doi:10.13287/j.1001-9332.201704.033
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    The tamarisk shrub wetland located at the south of Laizhou Bay is the largest tamarisk area existing in the northern China, which is also the important part of the wetland ecological rehabilitation project ‘Southern Mangrove Northern Tamarisk’ in China. Based on the field data from Changyi National Marine Ecological Special Reserve surveyed in August 2014, we investigated the spatial patterns of vegetation, biomass, carbon content, and the associated environmental parameters in this area. The results showed that the average vegetation biomass and carbon storage were 949.0 g·m-2 and 393.1 g·m-2, respectively. They were higher in the central area than in the eastern and the western parts, and were generally the highest for the shrub part aboveground, followed by that underground, and the lowest for the litter. There were two single-species communities (dominated by Tamarix chinensis and Suaeda salsa, respectively) and four mixed communities. The carbon storage was the highest for the T. chinensis community, followed by the mixed communities and the lowest for S. salsa community. The water content and conductivity of surface soil in this area were generally low, probably due to the reduced intertidal waves blocked by the dam in the north. The vegetation carbon storage was most influenced by soil nutrients (total nitrogen and total phosphorus) and silt particle content rather than salinity. Furthermore, the alteration of the soil hydrologic condition caused the succession of vegetation communities in this area. When the salt tolerance community (e.g., S. salsa) shifted to the light salt tolerance community (e.g., Setaria viridis, Artemisia capillaries), the vegetation carbon storage increased significantly.
    Carbon storage and sequestration potential of five typical plantation ecosystems in Gansu Province, China
    CHENG Ran-ran, GUAN Jin-hong, ZHANG Jian-guo, HE Qiu-yue, DENG Lei, HOU Hao, LI Guo-qing, DU Sheng
    2017, 28(4):  1112-1120.  doi:10.13287/j.1001-9332.201704.022
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    Based on the data of the field investigation and laboratory and the database of the 8th national forestry inventory, ecosystem carbon density, storage amount, and sequestration potential of tree layer were estimated for five typical plantation ecosystems (Robinia pseudoacacia, Populus spp., Pinus tabuliformis & Pinus armandii, which were grouped as one kind of ecosystems, Larix principis-rupprechtii, and Picea asperata) in Gansu Province. The results showed that the average carbon density and total carbon storage of the five typical plantation ecosystems were 139.65 t·hm-2 and 85.78 Tg, respectively. Ecosystem carbon density varied among ecosystems. It followed the sequence of premature (250.70 t·hm-2) > mature (175.97 t·hm-2) > middle-aged (156.92 t·hm-2) > young (117.56 t·hm-2) forest. Meanwhile, carbon storage in these plantations ranked in the order of young (45.47 Tg) > middle-aged (19.54 Tg) > mature (11.84 Tg) > pre-mature (8.93 Tg) forest. Specifically, young and middle-aged plantations contributed the most and accounted for 75.9% of the total carbon storage. The realistic carbon sequestration potential (CPr) by tree layer of the five typical plantation ecosystems in Gansu Province was estimated as 7.27 Tg. The two largest contributors toCPr were R. pseudoacacia (2.49 Tg) and Populus spp. (2.10 Tg). Young plantations (3.78 Tg) showed the largest CPr, followed by middle-aged plantations (2.04 Tg), and the value of premature plantations (0.45 Tg) was the smallest. The maximum carbon sequestration potential (CPmax) might be up to 27.55 Tg, the CPmax with different plantations ranked in the order of R. pseudoacacia (9.42 Tg)> L. principis-rupprechtii (6.22 Tg) ≈ P. asperata (6.36 Tg) > Populus spp. (3.18 Tg) >P. tabuliformis & P. armandii (2.37 Tg). The CPmax of young and middle-aged plantations was estimated as 18.48 and 6.89 Tg, respectively, which accounted for 92% of the total maximum carbon sequestration potential.
    Effects of revegetation approach and terrain on plant species diversity as a result of converting croplands to forests in the Loess region of western Shanxi Province, China
    WU Wen-juan, ZHA Tong-gang, ZHANG Zhi-qiang
    2017, 28(4):  1121-1127.  doi:10.13287/j.1001-9332.201704.034
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    The plant species diversity of stands converted from croplands as affected by revegetation approaches and terrains was studied using the transect line plot sampling. The goal of the study was to provide reference for evaluation reforestation effects and forest management in the Loess region of western Shanxi Province. The results showed that revegetation approach had a great influence on plant species diversity in stands. The number of species in the natural restoration forest (NF) was 1.6 times of that of Robinia pseudoacacia plantation (RP), the Shannon index of NF was higher, and the Pielou index of NF was lower. Slope position had significant effect on the species diversity, and the three species diversity indices were all in order of bottom of loess gully > middle slope of loess gully > slope of loess hill > top of loess hill. The species diversity indices on the shady slope were higher than those on the sunny slope, while the difference was not significant. Integrated effects of terrain and revegetation approach had significant influences on species diversity. The species diversity was highest at the bottom of shady slope of NF, and the species evenness was highest at the bottom of shady slope of RP. For improving the species diversity, the afforestation design in the Loess area must consider terrain position and the natural forest recovery process following the principle of ‘selecting suitable tree species for the right site’.
    A hyperspectral assessment model for leaf chlorophyll content of Pinus massoniana based on neural network
    LIU Wen-ya, PAN Jie
    2017, 28(4):  1128-1136.  doi:10.13287/j.1001-9332.201704.035
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    The relationships between the leaf chlorophyll content (LCC) of Pinus massoniana at different growth stages and their chlorophyll content were analyzed. 7 of 36 red edge-based parameters were finally selected as the typical spectral response parameters which held the most significant statistical relationship with LCC, and then the hyperspectral assessment model for retrieving the LCC was built based on stepwise regression analysis method and B-P neural network, respectively. In the same way, four different vegetation indices (VIs) were selected as typical spectral parameters, in the meantime, the first four components of the principal component analysis (PCA) transformed from original spectral measurements were inputted into the B-P neural network, and then the hyperspectral assessment model for retrieving the LCC was built based on stepwise regression analysis method and B-P neural network, respectively. The results showed that R2 of the red edge-based stepwise regression model and the red edge-based B-P neural network model were 0.5205 and 0.7253, RMSE were 0.1004 and 0.0848, and relative errors were 6.3% and 5.7%, respectively. R2 of the VIs-based stepwise regression model and the VIs-based B-P neural network model were 0.5392 and 0.7064, RMSE were 0.0978 and 0.0871, and relative errors were at 6.2% and 6.0%, respectively. The prediction effect of PCA-based B-P neural network model was the best, R2 was 0.7475, RMSE was 0.0540, and the relative error was 4.8%.
    Effects of flash scheme on maximum chlorophyll fluorescence under illumination and its derived parameters
    TANG Xing-lin, CAO Yong-hui, ZHOU Ben-zhi, ZHOU Yan, GU Lian-hong
    2017, 28(4):  1137-1144.  doi:10.13287/j.1001-9332.201704.025
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    The maximum chlorophyll fluorescence yield under illumination (Fm) is one of the most important parameters in plant eco-physiological research, and usually was estimated with rectangular flush scheme (RF). However, the estimation accuracy of RF for Fmwas affected by the rapid turnover of photosystem Ⅱ (PSⅡ). In order to eliminate the effect of the rapid turnover of photosystem Ⅱ (PSⅡ), the multiphase flush scheme (MPF) based on the linear relationship between the flush (Q′) and chlorophyll fluorescence (F′) is proposed to estimate Fmat infinite irradiance. Leaf gas exchange and chlorophyll fluorescence of three woody species (Castanopsis sclerophylla, Cyclobalanopsis glauca, and Sapium sebiferum) were respectively measured with RF and MPF, Fm and the derived parameters [the quantum efficiency of PSⅡ (ΦPSII), the electron flux through PSⅡ (J), the maximum electron transfer rate (Jmax), mesophyll conductance (gm) and chloroplast CO2 concentration (Cc)] were compared between the two different schemes, and the effects of RF and MPF on these parameters were analyzed. The results showed that no significant difference was found in the parameters for the three species between RF and MPF at the light intensity lower than 200 μmol·m-2·s-1. Fmestimated with MPF for the three species were 3.5%-5.2%, 11.7%-18.0%, and 3.2%-7.1% higher than those with RF, respectively, at the light intensity higher than 200 μmol·m-2·s-1. The derived parameters (ΦPSII, J and Jmax) estimated with MPF for the three species were higher than those with RF, while the derived parameters(gm and Cc) estimated with MPF were lower at the light intensity higher than 200 μmol·m-2·s-1. In conclusion, estimates of parameters (Fm′, ΦPSII, and J) were not significantly affected by the two different schemes at the light intensity lower than 200 μmol·m-2·s-1. The estimates of parameters (Fm′, ΦPSII, J, Jmax, gm, and Cc) were significantly affected by the two different schemes at the light intensity higher than 200 μmol·m-2·s-1. Compared with MPF, parameters of Fm′, ΦPSII, J and Jmax estimated with RF were underestimated, while parameters of gm and Cc were overestimated.
    Seasonal variations of soil enzyme activities in typical plant communities in the Ebinur Lake wetland, China
    ZHU Hai-qiang, LI Yan-hong, LI Fa-dong
    2017, 28(4):  1145-1154.  doi:10.13287/j.1001-9332.201704.040
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    In this study, the soil catalase, phosphatase and urease activities of typical plant communities of reed (Phragmites australis) and tamarisk (Tamarix ramosissima) and their influencing factors were investigated in Ebinur Lake wetland. The results showed that three soil enzyme activities of reed and tamarisk had seasonal dynamic characteristics during different growth periods. For the reed community, the peak concentrations of soil catalase, phosphatase and urease appeared at vigorous stage with 3.26, 0.60 and 0.33 mg·g-1, respectively, and the minimum value occurred at budding stage and leaf-expansion stage. For the tamarisk community, the peak values of three soil enzyme activities appeared at withered stage with values of 6.33, 0.58 and 0.21 mg·g-1, respectively, and the valley values were observed at flowering and vigorous stages. Urease was stable during different growth periods, and it could be used as an indicator to identify the differences of soil enzyme activities in the wetlands. The enzyme activities of reed and tamarisk had significant positive correlation with soil organic matter and total P in all growth periods, while there was no significant relationship between enzyme activities and soil water content. The enzyme activities of reed had significant positive correlation with ammonium nitrogen in the rapid growth period. There were no significant relationships between enzyme activities and soil salinity in both communities. The soil enzyme activities of reed and tamarisk were controlled by many factors. Soil organic matter, soil water and soil temperature were the main factors influencing the enzyme activities in the Ebinur Lake wetland.
    Effects of the additives and the combination of plants on Pb absorption, growth and quality of Dianthus superbus
    YANG Xiao-yu, LI Cheng, MA Si-yue, LI Jian-heng
    2017, 28(4):  1155-1160.  doi:10.13287/j.1001-9332.201704.008
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    A pot experiment was conducted to study the effects of inoculation with arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi, neighboring plants (Trifolium repens), addition of EDTA and phosphate fertilizer on the performance of Dianthus superbus grown on Pb contaminated soil. The growth and quality of D. superbus were investigated to provide a theoretical basis for the scientific cultivation of Chinese herbal medicine. The results showed that the D. superbus with AM resulted in a significant inhibition of Pb uptake (P<0.05), increase of root development and root/shoot ratio compared to untreated control plants, and with the highest content of active component. The content of emodin reached 6.5 mg·g-1. When planting with T. repens the reducing effect of Pb absorption induced by AM fungi was insignificant. The quality of D. superbus decreased, and the emodin content decreased to 3.2 mg·g-1, which was lower than that in the control group. However, D. superbus showed improved growth and active ingredients, and the lowest Pb content (1.3 mg·g-1) due to AM fungal inoculation. The addition of EDTA decreased the growth of D. superbus, but promoted the absorption of Pb, with the Pb content to 340.0 mg·g-1. Calcium phosphate showed the ability to immobilize other heavy metals in the soil, therefore might be more suitable to be applied in the conditions of compound pollution. Considering all of the results, AM fungi play a positive role in protecting the safety and quality of Chinese herbal medicine.
    Effect of simulative warming on growth and antioxidative characteristics of Kobresia pygmaea and K. tibetica in the permafrost region of Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, China
    XIAO Yao, WANG Gen-xu, YANG Yan, YANG Yang, PENG A-hui, ZHANG Li
    2017, 28(4):  1161-1167.  doi:10.13287/j.1001-9332.201704.031
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    In the present study, open top chambers (OTCs) were employed to simulate temperature increase at Fenghuoshan site, located on the hinterland of Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. To explore the potential response mechanism of alpine plants under warmer temperature, the leaf morphological and antioxidative characteristics of two dominant species of alpine meadow (Kobresia pygmaea) and alpine swamp meadow (K. tibetica) were analyzed. The results showed that length and numbers of leaves in K. pygmaea increased by 40.0% and 72.7% by warming, respectively. Plant height and leaf length in K. tibetica increased by 11.9% and 19.3% by warming, respectively. Warming improved plant growth and aboveground biomass accumulation in both species. However, warming did not affect leaf membrane permeability (electrolyte leakage), active oxygen species (hydrogen peroxide and superoxide anion), activities of superoxide dismutase, peroxidase, ascorbate peroxidase and catalase, and malondialdehyde content in both species. Ascorbic acid and free proline contents in K. tibetica increased by 29.8% and 53.8%, respectively, but no change was found in K. pygmaea. In conclusion, K. pygmaea and K. tibetica could adapt under warmer temperature through keeping a steady antioxidative status.
    Effects of different fertilization regimes on soil fungal communities under Phyllostachys violascens stand
    CHEN Zhi-hao, LIANG Xue, LI Yong-chun, LI Yong-fu, XU Qiu-fang, WU Qi-feng, LI Song-hao, SHEN Zhen-ming
    2017, 28(4):  1168-1176.  doi:10.13287/j.1001-9332.201704.002
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    In order to investigate the effect of fertilization on soil fungal community of Phyllostachys violascens stand, we characterized the abundance and community structure of soil fungi using the methods of terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism (T-RFLP) and real-time quantitative PCR. The experimental treatments included blank control (CK), chemical fertilizer (CF), organic manure (M), mixture of chemical fertilizer and organic manure (CFM) and mixture of chemical fertilizer and organic manure plus mulching (CFMM). The results showed that fungal community structure and diversity were markedly affected by different fertilization regimes. In 0-20 cm soil layer, CF and CFMM treatments resulted in a significant reduction of Shannon and evenness indices. Soil fungi under CK, M, CFMM treatments in 0-20 cm soil layer and CK, CF, CFMM treatments in 20-40 cm soil layer formed independent community structures. Soil fungal abundance showed significantly positive correlation with the concentrations of soil total nitrogen, ammonium nitrogen and nitrate nitrogen. Organic matter, ammonium nitrogen, available phosphorus and available nitrogen concentrations were the main factors that influenced the variation of fungal community composition. The above findings indicated that 0-20 cm and 20-40 cm soil layers had different characteristics in response to different fertilization regimes under P. violascens stand. The soil fungal community in the 0-20 cm layer was mainly affected by soil organic matter, while that in the 20-40 cm layer was sensitive to the input of chemical fertilizer. The effect of fertilization on the diversity of fungal community mainly occurred in the 0-20 cm soil layer.
    Illumina Miseq sequencing-based fungal community of rhizosphere soils along root orders of poplar plantation
    WANG Qi-tong, GAO Ming-yu, LIU Meng-ling, WANG Hua-tian, DONG Yu-feng, WANG Yan-ping
    2017, 28(4):  1177-1183.  doi:10.13287/j.1001-9332.201704.004
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    The study on microbial community composition in rhizosphere soils surrounding different order roots is of great significance for understanding the interactions between roots and microbes. Using Illumina Miseq sequencing technology, this study analyzed the differences of fungal community structure in bulk soils and rhizosphere soils surrounding different root orders of poplar (Populus × euramericana ‘Neva) tree. The microbial species annotation showed that 128, 124, 130 and 101 fungal genera were classified in the rhizosphere soils around 1-2 order roots (R1), 3 order roots (R2), 4-5 order roots (R3) and in the bulk soils (NR), respectively. The differences of present fungal genera indicated a selectivity mechanism driving fungal community assembly in poplar rhizosphere soils. There were seven fungal genera with more than 1% of relative abundance in rhizosphere soils. Trichoderma was the dominant fungal genus in R1. Trichosporon and Aspergillus were the dominant fungal genera in R2 and R3, respectively. Alpha (α) diversity indices showed that the fungal diversity was significantly different among root orders. Specifically, the diversity of soil fungal community in the rhizosphere soils around lower order roots was significantly higher than that of higher order roots (P<0.05). Beta (β) diversity indices showed that the dissimilarity of fungal community composition increased along with the root orders. All these results implied the different composition and structure of fungal community are closely related with the function of fine root orders.
    Effects of litter and root exclusion on soil microbial community composition and function of four plantations in subtropical sandy coastal plain area, China
    SANG Chang-peng, WAN Xiao-hua, YU Zai-peng, WANG Min-huang, LIN Yu, HUANG Zhi-qun
    2017, 28(4):  1184-1196.  doi:10.13287/j.1001-9332.201704.011
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    We conducted detritus input and removal treatment (DIRT) to examine the effects of shifting above- and belowground carbon (C) inputs on soil microbial biomass, community composition and function in subtropical Pinus elliottii, Eucalyptus urophylla × Eucalyptus grandis, Acacia aulacocarpa and Casuarina equisetifolia coastal sandy plain forests, and the treatments included: root trenching, litter removal and control. Up to September 2015, one year after the experiment began, we collected the 0-10 cm soil samples from each plot. Phospholipid fatty acid (PLFA) analysis was used to characterize the microbial community composition, and micro-hole enzymatic detection technology was utilized to determine the activity of six kinds of soil enzymes. Results showed that changes in microbial biomass induced by the C input manipulations differed among tree species, and mainly affected by litter and root qualily. In E. urophylla × E. grandis stands, root trenching significantly decreased the contents of total PLFAs, Gram-positive bacteria, Gram-negative bacteria, fungi and actinomycetes by 31%, 30%, 32%, 36% and 26%, respectively. Litter removal reduced the contents of Gram-positive bacteria, fungi and actinomycetes by 24%, 27% and 24%, respectively. However, C input manipulations had no significant effect on soil microbial biomassunder other three plantations. According to the effect of C input manipulations on soil microbial community structure, litter and root exclusion decreased fungi abundance and increased actinomycetes abundance. Different treatments under different plantations resulted in various soil enzyme activities. Litter removal significantly decreased the activities of cellobiohydrolase, β-glucosidase, acid phosphatase and N-acetyl-β-d-glucosaminidase of P. elliottii, A. aulacocarpa and C. equisetifolia, root exclusion only decreased and increased the activities of β-glucosidase in P. elliottii and A. aulacocarpa forest soils, respectively. Litter removal also decreased the activities of polyphenol oxidase (PPO) and peroxidase (PER) in P. elliottii and C. equisetifolia forest soils, while root trenching had no significant effect on the activities of PPO and PER under all plantations. The properties of litter and root were the important factors in determining the soil microbial community and enzyme activity, and the change of soil microenvironment, such as temperature and moisture, caused by C input manipulations was also the important driver for the change of soil microbial property.
    Effects of nitrogen preserving agent on composting process and nitrogen loss of Eichhornia crassipes
    LI Sen, LUO Xue-mei, TU Wei-guo, FAN Hua, GOU Xiao-lin, DU Yu-long, LI Ling, WANG Qiong-yao
    2017, 28(4):  1197-1203.  doi:10.13287/j.1001-9332.201704.003
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    To study the effects of nitrogen preserving agent (NPA) on composting process and nitrogen loss of Eichhornia crassipes, an aerobic composting was conducted for 35 days using four treatments. The NPA was prepared by mixing ferrous sulfate, humic acid sodium, and superphosphate (M:M:M=75:20:5). Four treatments were included with different mass ratios of NPA, including 0% (CK), 1% (PN1), 2% (PN2), and 3% (PN3). The physical and chemical properties, N fraction concentrations, ammonia volatilization, and N loss rates were measured and explored during composting process. The results showed that the pile temperature of NPA treatments were higher than that of CK in thermophillic period, however their water contents were significantly (P<0.05) lower than that in CK in cooling period. At the end of composting, the concentrations of total nitrogen and organic nitrogen increased significantly in NPA treatments (P<0.05), and their highest concentrations in the PN3 treatment were 16.3% and 13.2% higher than those in CK, respectively. The ammonia volatilization losses of PN1, PN2 and PN3 treatments were 25.9%, 31.5% and 42.4% lower than that of CK, respectively, however, their nitrogen fixation rates reached 31.3%, 40.7% and 72.2% respectively. Therefore, adding NPA could accelerate start-up speed, shorten composting time, and also could effectively reduce ammonia volatilizations and nitrogen loss in the composting process of E. crassipes. Therefore, PN3 showed the best effects of nitrogen preserving.
    Effects of long term tillage practices on photosynthetic characteristics and grain yield of wheat
    HE Jian-ning, YU Zhen-wen, SHI Yu, ZHAO Jun-ye, ZHANG Yong-li
    2017, 28(4):  1204-1210.  doi:10.13287/j.1001-9332.201704.028
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    A field experiment was conducted to study the effects of long-term tillage practices on photosynthetic characteristics of flag leaf, dry matter accumulation and its allocation, and grain yield, with a wheat cultivar, Jimai 22, in both 2013-2014 and 2014-2015 growing seasons. Four tillage practices, namely rotary tillage (R), plowing (P), strip rotary tillage and subsoiling at an interval of 2 years (SRS), and rotary tillage and subsoiling at an interval of 2 years (RS), were conducted in field for 9 years since 2007. The results showed that the net photosynthetic rate (Pn), transpiration rate (Tr), and stomatal conductance (gs) of flag leaves under SRS treatment were significantly higher than those of other treatments from 21 to 35 days after anthesis. The SRS treatment had higher average photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) capture ratio than RS and P treatments, while the lowest values were found under R treatment during grain-filling stage. Compared with the other treatments, the plants of SRS treatment had the highest accumulation of dry matter at maturity, the highest allocation of dry matter in grains, and the highest contribution ratio of dry matter from vegetative organs to grains after anthesis. The grain yield and water use efficiency of SRS treatment were significantly higher than those of the other treatments, and the water consumption amount of SRS treatment was significantly higher than that of both R and P treatments, with no significant difference from the RS treatment. Under the current experimental condition, it was suggested that SRS would be the most effective tillage practice to increase both grain yield and water use efficiency for winter wheat production.
    Effects of short-term deep vertically rotary tillage on topsoil structure of lime concretion black soil and wheat growth in Huang-Huai-Hai Plain, China
    ZHAI Zhen, LI Yu-yi, ZHANG Li, PANG Bo, PANG Huan-cheng, WEI Ben-hui, WANG Qing-wei, QI Shao-wei
    2017, 28(4):  1211-1218.  doi:10.13287/j.1001-9332.201704.016
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    Annual rotary tillage can often create a compacted plough pan and shallow arable layer which hampers the high crop yield in Huang-Huai-Hai region. A brand new farming method named Vertically Rotary Tillage was introduced to solve this problem. One short-term field experiment was conducted to explore the effect of deep vertically rotary tillage on soil physical properties and photosynthetic characteristics at flowering stage of winter wheat. Two tillage treatments were designed including subsoiling tillage with 20 cm depth (SS20, CK) and deep vertically rotary tillage with 30 cm depth (DVR30). The result showed that compared with SS20 treatment, DVR30 treatment could thoroughly break the plow pan and loose the arable layer. The soil bulk density at 10-20 cm and 20-30 cm layers under DVR30 treatment was decreased by 9.5% and 11.2% respectively than that under SS20 treatment. Meanwhile, the penetration resistance at 20-30 cm layer under DVR30 treatment was also decreased by 42.3% than that under SS20 treatment. Moreover, water infiltration under DVR30 treatment and the soil water storage in the deep soil layers was then increased. The mass water content of soil increased significantly with the increase of soil depth. There was significant difference of mass water content of 30-40 cm 40-50 cm between SS20 and DVR30. The mass water content 30-40 cm and 40-50 cm layers under DVR30 treatment was increased by 16.9% and 10.6% compared with SS20 treatment, respectively. Furthermore, DVR30 treatment promoted the improvement of the photosynthetic capacity of wheat which could contribute to the dry matter accumulation of winter wheat. The net photosynthesis rate and SPAD at flowering stage of winter wheat leaves under DVR30 treatment were increased by 1.3% and 15.5% respectively than that under SS20 treatment, thereby the above and underground dry matter accumulation of winter wheat under DVR30 was increased significantly. Due to all the superiority of DVR30 treatment over SS20 treatment showed above, the winter wheat yield under DVR30 treatment was increased by 12.4% than that under SS20. It was concluded that deep vertically rotary tillage could provide a new and effective way to break up the compacted plough pan, build a reasonable soil structure and increase crop yield.
    Effects of nitrogen fertilizer application rate on nitrogen use efficiency and grain yield and quality of different rice varieties
    CONG Xi-han , SHI Fu-zhi , RUAN Xin-min , LUO Yu-xiang , MA Ting-chen , LUO Zhi-xiang
    2017, 28(4):  1219-1226.  doi:10.13287/j.1001-9332.201704.010
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    To provide scientific basis for reasonable application of nitrogen and create varieties with high N use-efficiency, an experiment was carried out to study the effects of nitrogen fertilizer application rate on grain yield, N use rate and quality of different rice varieties. Four different genotypic rice varieties, Nipponbare, N70, N178 and OM052 were used as tested material and three levels of nitrogen application rate (0, 120, 270 kg·hm-2) were conducted. Urea as nitrogen source was applied as basal (70%) and panicle (30%) fertilizer. The results showed that nitrogen fertilizer could raise yield mainly because of the increased effective panicles and filled grains per panicle. When the N application rate was 120 and 270 kg·hm-2, OM052 had the largest grain yield among four varieties, being 41.1% and 76.8% higher, respectively compared with control. Difference in grain yield among four varieties was due to the difference of nitrogen use efficiency. Under 120 and 270 kg·hm-2 nitrogen levels, Nipponbare had the lowest grain yield and N agronomic efficiency (NAE, 40.90 g·g-1 and 18.56 g·g-1), which was a variety with low N use-efficiency. On the contrary, OM052 had the highest grain yield and NAE (145.9 g·g-1 and 81.24 g·g-1), was a variety with high N use-efficiency. N fertilizer application increased the amylose content and protein content, lengthened gel consistency, reduced chalky kernel, chalkiness, and alkali digestion value. With the increase of N fertilizer application, hot paste viscosity, peak viscosity, consistence viscosity and breakdown viscosity were decreased gradually, and setback viscosity was increased. Correlation analysis showed that the yield and yield components had more significant correlations with appearance quality, cooking and eating quality under low N level. This study confirmed that OM052 was a double high variety with extremely high N agronomic efficiency and yield. Reasonable application of nitrogen fertilizer could significantly increase effective panicles and filled grains per panicle, improve rice quality, and ensure high yield and superior quality simultaneously.
    Establishment and application of photosynthetic production model for double cropping rice
    LI Yan-da, SHU Shi-fu, CHEN Li-cai, YE Chun, WAN Peng, WANG Kang-jun, HUANG Jun-bao
    2017, 28(4):  1227-1236.  doi:10.13287/j.1001-9332.201704.013
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    In this study, we developed a model for photosynthetic production in double cropping rice by integrating the advantages in current crop models (including the models of canopy structure, canopy light distribution, canopy photosynthesis and dry matter production). The canopy light distribution and dry matter accumulation were preliminarily validated with independent field experiment datasets. The distribution of direct radiation both on a level surface and on the leaf surface within canopy, the canopy daily photosynthate and its characteristics with varying leaf area index for three typical plant types (erect both upper and lower, upper erect and lower flat, and flat both upper and lower) were quantitatively analyzed by the model. The results indicated that there was a good agreement between the simulated and observed values. The root mean square error (RMSE), relative root mean square error (RRMSE) and correlation coefficient (r) of prediction of canopy light distribution in double cropping rice were 12.01 J ·m-2·s-1, 8.2% and 0.9929, respectively. Meanwhile, the RMSE, RRMSE and r of prediction of dry matter accumulation were 0.83 t·hm-2, 14.6% and 0.9772, respectively. It was indicated that the model had a performance. The upper erect and lower flat plant type had highest canopy daily photosynthate due to higher incident sun light received on the leaf surface, leaf photosynthetic efficiency and leaf area index.
    Effect of water-nitrogen coupling on photosynthesis and ultrastructure of cucumber leaves under CO2 enrichment
    CUI Qing-qing, DONG Yan-hong, LI Man, ZHANG Wen-dong, LIU Bin-bin, AI Xi-zhen, BI Huan-gai, LI Qing-ming
    2017, 28(4):  1237-1245.  doi:10.13287/j.1001-9332.201704.024
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    Using split plot and then-split plot design, effects of water-nitrogen coupling on photosynthesis and ultrastructure of cucumber (Cucumis sativus) (Jinyou No.35) under CO2 enrichment were investigated. The main plot had two CO2 concentrations: ambient CO2 concentration (400 μmol·mol-1, A) and doubled CO2 concentration (800±20 μmol·mol-1, E). The split plot had two treatments: no drought stress (95% of field capacity, W) and drought stress (75% of field capacity, D). The then-split plot contained low nitrogen treatment (450 kg·hm-2, N1) and high nitrogen treatment (900 kg·hm-2, N2). The results showed that under the condition of drought and high nitrogen, increasing CO2 enhanced the cucumber plant height, and no matter what kinds of water treatment, CO2 enrichment increased the leaf area significantly under high nitrogen. Under the condition of normal irrigation, the photosynthetic rate, stomatal conductance and transpiration rate of high nitrogen treatment were higher than low nitrogen treatment, while it was under the drought condition. Elevated CO2 enhanced the water use efficiency of cucumber leaf which increased with increasing nitrogen application rate. Under drought stress, cucumber adaxial surface porosity density was increased, and the CO2 enrichment and high nitrogen significantly reduced the stomatal density. Increasing nitrogen application improved the number of chloroplast, and reduced that of starch grains. Drought stress decreased the number of chloroplast, but tended to promote the number of starch grains. Drought stress increased the chloroplast length and width, and the size of the starch grains, while high nitrogen reduced the length and width of the chloroplast and starch grains. CO2 enrichment and high nitrogen increased grana thickness and layers (except ADN2), and the slice layer of EDN2 was significantly higher than that of ADN2. In conclusion, CO2 enrichment and suitable water and nitrogen could promote the development of chloroplast thylakoid membrane system, significantly increase the thickness of grana and the number of grana lamella, and effectively improve the chloroplast structure of cucumber, which would benefit the photosynthesis of cucumber plants and ability to utilize CO2 and water and nitrogen.
    Effects of sodium nitroprusside on growth and physiological characteristics of tomato seedlings under iron deficiency and NO3- stress
    HE Ming-ming, WANG Xiu-feng, GU Duan-yin, SHI Yu-liang, HAN Hui-hui, SHI Qing-hua, YANG Feng-juan, WEI Min
    2017, 28(4):  1246-1254.  doi:10.13287/j.1001-9332.201704.015
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    The solution culture method was used to study the effects of sodium nitroprusside (SNP) on plant growth, nutrient uptake and antioxidant enzyme activities of tomato seedlings under iron deficiency and NO3- stress. The results indicated that after 7 d of treatment, iron deficiency inhibited the tomato seedling growth, decreased chlorophyll (a and b) and carotenoid contents, and led to obvious chlorosis; iron deficiency also reduced the activity of SOD, POD and CAT, resulting in significant accumulation of MDA contents and higher electrolytic leakage; proline and soluble sugar contents were not significantly changed; contents of N, P, K, Ca, Mg and Fe in both leaves and roots of tomato seedlings were decreased under iron deficiency in varying degrees. The combined stress of NO3- stress and iron deficiency promoted the inhibition of plant growth, decreased chlorophyll (a and b), carotenoid contents and the activities of SOD, POD and CAT; electrolytic leakage MDA, proline and soluble sugar contents of N, P, Mg, Fe in both leaves and roots of tomato seedlings were much lower, but the contents of K and Ca were significantly increased. Compared to the treatment without SNP, adding 0.1 mmol·L-1 SNP could alleviate the growth inhibition of stressed tomato seedlings. Adding 0.1 mmol·L-1 SF (sodium ferrocyanide) also showed alleviating or promoting effect on some above indexes including the activity of SOD, POD and CAT to some degree, but the other physiological indexes were not significantly changed because iron was contained in SF.
    Modeling evapotranspiration of greenhouse tomato under different water conditions based on the dual crop coefficient method
    GONG Xue-wen, LIU Hao, SUN Jing-sheng, MA Xiao-jian, WANG Wan-ning, CUI Yong-sheng
    2017, 28(4):  1255-1264.  doi:10.13287/j.1001-9332.201704.009
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    An experiment was conducted to investigate soil evaporation (E), crop transpiration (T), evapotranspiration (ET) and the ratio of evaporation to evapotranspiration (E/ET) of drip-irrigated tomato, which was planted in a typical solar greenhouse in the North China, under different water conditions [irrigation amount was determined based on accumulated pan evaporation (Ep) of 20 cm pan evaporation, and two treatments were designed with full irrigation (0.9Ep) and deficit irrigation (0.5Ep)] at different growth stages in 2015 and 2016 at Xinxiang Comprehensive Experimental Station, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences. Effects of deficit irrigation on crop coefficient (Kc) and variation of water stress coefficient (Ks) throughout the growing season were also discussed. E, T and ET of tomato were calculated with a dual crop coefficient approach, and compared with the measured data. Results indicated that E in the full irrigation was 21.5% and 20.4% higher than that in the deficit irrigation in 2015 and 2016, respectively, accounting for 24.0% and 25.0% of ET in the whole growing season. The maximum E/ET was measured in the initial stage of tomato, while the minimum obtained in the middle stage. The Kc the full irrigation was 0.45, 0.89, 1.06 and 0.93 in the initial, development, middle, and late stage of tomato, and 0.45, 0.89, 0.87 and 0.41 the deficit irrigation. The Ks the deficit irrigation was 0.98, 0.93, 0.78 and 0.39 in the initial, development, middle, and late stage, respectively. The dual crop coefficient method could accurately estimate ET of greenhouse tomato under different water conditions in 2015 and 2016 seasons with the mean absolute error (MAE) of 0.36-0.48 mm·d-1, root mean square error (RMSE) of 0.44-0.65 mm·d-1. The method also estimated E and T accurately with MAE of 0.15-0.19 and 0.26-0.56 mm·d-1, and with RMSE of 0.20-0.24 and 0.33-0.72 mm·d-1, respectively.
    Contribution of nutrient uptake and utilization on yield advantage in maize and potato intercropping under different nitrogen application rates
    MA Xin-ling, ZHU Qi-lin, GENG Chuan-xiong, LU Ze-gang, LONG Guang-qiang, TANG Li
    2017, 28(4):  1265-1273.  doi:10.13287/j.1001-9332.201704.026
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    Intercropping of maize and potato, as an important intercropping planting pattern, has a prominent advantage of resource utilization and yield. However, contribution of nutrient uptake and utilization to crop yield advantage and its response to N application rates remain unclear. Through a 2-year plot experiment, including maize monoculture, potato monoculture and maize intercropping with potato at 4 N-fertilized levels of N0(0 kg·hm-2), N1(125 kg·hm-2), N2(250 kg·hm-2) and N3(375 kg·hm-2), nutritional contribution of yield advantage of intercropping was studied. The results showed that weighted average uptake of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium was gradually increased with N application rate in monocultures, but increase followed by a decrease in intercropping. Compared with monoculture at the same N level, nutrient uptake advantage of intercropping was the highest at N1, which increased nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium uptake by 14.9%, 38.6% and 27.8%, respectively. However, the nutrient use efficiencies were highest in intercropping at N0 and N3 with increment of 3.5%-14.3% for nitrogen, 3.5%-18.5% for phosphorus and 10.6%-31.6% for potassium. Maize and potato intercropping had a significant yield advantage at N0 and N1. Yield advantage in intercropping attributed to improvement of nutrient use efficiency at N0 while to increase of nutrient uptake at N1. To utilize the yield advantage from nutrient uptake, controlling input of nitrogen fertilizer is necessary in intercropping.
    Effects of different color paper bags on volatile constituents of Kyoho grape berries
    WANG Hai-bo, ZHANG Ke-kun, JI Xiao-hao, WANG Xiao-di, SHI Xiang-bin, WANG Bao-liang, ZHENG Xiao-cui, LIU Feng-zhi
    2017, 28(4):  1274-1280.  doi:10.13287/j.1001-9332.201704.018
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    Taking‘Kyoho’ as the test material, the effect of white, green, red and blue bags on volatile compounds in mature grape berries was explored in this study. The results indicated that bags with different colors could create special light conditions, which resulted in the difference of volatile compounds in grape berries. A total of 37, 38, 32, 34 kinds of volatile compounds which included esters, aldehydes, alcohols, ketones, terpenes and aromatic compounds, were detected in ‘Kyoho’ berries covered with the white, green, red and blue bags respectively, and 33 in the control. Compared with the control, the contents of ethyl acetate, ethyl hexanoate and some other esters decreased, while hexanal, E-2-hexenal and decanal increased in berries with white bags, the contents of the major common compounds, except ethyl 3-hexenoate, ethyl (E)-hex-2-enoate, ethyl 3-hydroxybutyrate, E-2-hexenal, (E,E)-2,4-hexadienal, decanal, and phenethyl alcohol, decreased in berries with green bags, the contents of ethyl acetate, ethyl hexanoate and hexanal, E-2-hexenal decreased in berries with red bags, the contents of ethyl acetate, ethyl hexanoate and some other esters changed slightly in berries with blue bags, except for the increase of hexanal and E-2-hexenal. For those characteristic compounds, the kinds of alcohols in berries covered with bags decreased while the kinds of terpenes and aromatic compounds increased. In general, the fruits with the blue bags had the highest volatile esters, and those with the white bags had high volatile esters and aldehydes, while those with the green and red bags had low aromatic compounds.
    Nitrogen flow characteristic and use efficiency in mixed crop-livestock system in North China Plain: Hebei Jinlong Circular Agriculture Farm as an example
    SHI Peng-fei, ZHENG Yuan-yuan, ZHAO Ping, YANG Dong-yu, JIA Liang, WANG Gui-yan
    2017, 28(4):  1281-1288.  doi:10.13287/j.1001-9332.201704.029
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    Scale and intensive development of mixed crop-livestock agriculture is inevitable in North China Plain (NCP), and nitrogen (N) is one of the key elements that linked the crop and livestock production. Here, we used Hebei Jinlong Circular Agriculture Farm as an example, to analyze the N flow and use efficiency, by using data from literature, on-farm survey and modeling. Further, several on-farm N management improvement practices were proposed and evaluated through scenario analysis, to supply technical support and scientific basis not only for achieving higher N use efficiency and productivity at the farm level, but also providing a new model of circular agriculture in NCP. Our results indicated that manure and purchased fertilizer were the main N input in crop production, which amounted to 674.6 kg N·hm-2·a-1 and accounted for 88.3% of the total N input. Of all the N input in crop production system, only 41.5% ended up in the crop products and around 190.7 kg N·hm-2·a-1 surplus. The excess input of synthetic fertilizer was the main reason for low N use efficiency and high N surplus for crop system. Purchased feed was the main N input pathway in livestock production system, and accounted for 83.2% of the total N input. The annual N excretion rate was 776.6 t N, and around 36.3% of the excreted N was recycled to the crop system. The N use efficiency was 19.7% for livestock production system. The N use efficiency was 40.7% at the whole farm level. The scenarios analysis showed that reducing purchased fertilizer N input by 50% (scenario 1) and increasing the total maize production via adjustment of cropping structure (scenario 2) would increase the N use efficiency in cropping system by 18.7% and 9.8%, respectively. The whole farm use efficiency could be increased by 19.1% through optimizing the feed compositions and regimes (scenario 3). Therefore, reducing purchased fertilizer N input, adjustment of cropping structure and optimizing the feed compositions could increase the N production capacity and achieve an environmental friendly mixed crop-livestock production system simultaneously in NCP.
    Variation characteristics of farmland soil pH in the past 30 years of Enshi Autonomous Prefecture, Hubei, China
    HU Min, XIANG Yong-sheng, ZHANG Zhi, CONG Ri-huan, HUANG Fei-yue, ZHANG Jun-qiang, SHANG Li-li, LU Jian-wei
    2017, 28(4):  1289-1297.  doi:10.13287/j.1001-9332.201704.017
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    In order to explore temporal-spatial variability of farmland soil pH at Enshi Antonomous Prefecture, Hubei, China, soil pH during the past three decades was analyzed, using the datasets of the Second National Soil Survey (1980-1983) and the Cultivated Land Quality Evaluation (2010-2013). The natural and human factors inducing the change of soil pH were evaluated to provide theoretical guidance for further soil acidification management. Results showed that acidic soil (i.e., pH<6.5) and neutral and alkaline soil (i.e., pH 6.5-8.5) were accounted for 98.4% and 1.6% in the farmland during the period of 2010-2013, respectively. The ratio increased 61.4% for the acidic soil but decreased 61.2% for the neutral and alkaline soil as compared with the period of 1980-1983. In addition, there was no alkaline soil (pH>8.5) in the region in 2010-2013. According to the dataset of the Second National Soil Survey (1980-1983), acidic soil was mainly distributed at Laifeng, Lichuan, Xuanen and Xianfeng counties, with the area ratio of 74.4%, 63.5%, 61.3% and 60.7%, respectively. For the period of 2010-2013, the ratio of acidic soil enhanced widely which was above 96% for each county. At Enshi Autonomous Prefecture, farmland soil showed an obvious acidification trend during the past three decades, with spatial variation of higher in the eastern part and lower in the western part of the region. Furthermore, soil pH decline occurred among different land use types in different areas. Overall, farmland soil pH declined 0.90 on average, with 1.14 decrease for upland and 0.87 for paddy soil, respectively. Clearly, upland soil acidification was severe than paddy soil. Factors related to soil acidification in the Enshi Autonomous Prefecture were mainly human factors such as unreasonable fertilizer combination, fertilizer ratio change, and more base cations taking away by high crop yield.
    Spatial patterns and influence factors of specialization in tea cultivation based on geographically weighted regression model: A case study of Anxi County of Fujian Province, China
    SHUI Wei, DU Yong, CHEN Yi-ping, JIAN Xiao-mei, FAN Bing-xiong
    2017, 28(4):  1298-1308.  doi:10.13287/j.1001-9332.201704.037
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    Anxi County, specializing in tea cultivation, was taken as a case in this research. Pearson correlation analysis, ordinary least squares model (OLS) and geographically weighted regression model (GWR) were used to select four primary influence factors of specialization in tea cultivation (i.e., the average elevation, net income per capita, proportion of agricultural population, and the distance from roads) by analyzing the specialization degree of each town of Anxi County. Meanwhile, the spatial patterns of specialization in tea cultivation of Anxi County were evaluated. The results indicated that specialization in tea cultivation of Anxi County showed an obvious spatial auto-correlation, and a spatial pattern with “low-middle-high” circle structure, which was similar to Von Thünen’s circle structure model, appeared from the county town to its surrounding region. Meanwhile, GWR (0.624) had a better fitting degree than OLS (0.595), and GWR could reasonably expound the spatial data. Contrary to the agricultural location theory of Von Thünen’s model, which indicated that distance from market was a determination factor, the specialization degree of tea cultivation in Anxi was mainly decided by natural conditions of mountain area, instead of the social factors. Specialization degree of tea cultivation was positively correlated with the average elevation, net income per capita and the proportion of agricultural population, while a negative correlation was found between the distance from roads and specialization degree of tea cultivation. Coefficients of regression between the specialization degree of tea cultivation and two factors (i.e., the average elevation and net income per capita) showed a spatial pattern of higher level in the north direction and lower level in the south direction. On the contrary, the regression coefficients for the proportion of agricultural population increased from south to north of Anxi County. Furthermore, regression coefficient for the distance from roads showed a spatial pattern of higher level in the northeast direction and lower level in the southwest direction of Anxi County.
    Influence of simulated acid rain on nitrogen and phosphorus contents and their stoichiome-tric ratios of tea organs in a red soil region, China
    ZHANG Yu-fei, FANG Xiang-min, CHEN Fu-sheng, ZONG Ying-ying, GU Han-jiao, HU Xiao-fei
    2017, 28(4):  1309-1316.  doi:10.13287/j.1001-9332.201704.019
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    A 25-year-old tea plantation in a typical red soil region was selected for an in situ simulated acid rain experiment treated by pH 4.5, 3.5, 2.5 and water (control, CK). Roots with different functions, leaves and twigs with different ages were collected to measure nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) contents in the third year after simulated acid rain treatment. The N/P and acid rain sensitivity coefficient of tea plant organs were also calculated. The results indicated that with the increase of acid rain intensity, the soil pH, NO3--N and available P decreased, while the absorption root N content increased. Compared with the control, the N content in absorption root was increased by 32.9% under the treatment of pH 2.5. The P content in storage root significantly decreased with enhanced acid rain intensity, and the acid rain treatment significantly enhanced N/P of absorption root. Young and mature leaf N, P contents were not sensitive to different intensities of acid rain, but the mature leaf N/P was significantly increased under pH 3.5 treatment compared with the control. The effects of acid rain treatments differed with tea twig ages. Compared with the control, low intensity acid treatment (pH 4.5) significantly increased young twig N content and N/P, while no signi-ficant differences in old twig N content and N/P were observed among four acid rain treatments. Acid rain sensitivity coefficients of absorption root, young leaf and twig N contents were higher than that of storage root, old leaf and twig, respectively. And the storage root and leaf P had higher acid rain sensitivity coefficient than other tea organs. In sum, tea organs N content was sensitive to acid rain treatment, and moderate acid rain could increase young organ N content and N/P, and change the cycle and balance of N and P in tea plantation.
    Built-up land change and its impact on ecological quality in a fast-growing economic zone: Jinjiang County, Fujian Province, China
    SHI Ting-ting, XU Han-qiu, TANG Fei
    2017, 28(4):  1317-1325.  doi:10.13287/j.1001-9332.201704.014
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    Since China’s reform and opening-up, the rapid growth of China’s economy has greatly accelerated the expansion of built-up land, which has affected regional ecological environment to a great extent. Taking Jinjiang County of Fujian Province, one of the fastest economic-developing counties in the coastal areas of southeastern China, as a case study area, this paper focused on analyzing the rapid built-up land expansion process of the county and its impact on county’s ecological quality using remote sensing techniques. Based on two Landsat images of 1996 and 2015 of Jinjiang, the built-up land of the county was extracted using the index-based built-up index (IBI) and its change was analyzed. In the meantime, the ecological status of Jinjiang was evaluated with a recently-proposed remote sensing based ecological index (RSEI) and the relationship between the built-up land dynamics and the ecological status changes of the county was quantitatively examined. The results showed that during the period from 1996 to 2015, the area of built-up land of Jinjiang had a net increase of 68.54 km2, a growth of 45%, and the expansion intensity was 0.55. The expansion of the built-up lands has caused overall degradation of the county’s ecological quality. The mean value of RSEI of the county had declined from 0.532 in 1996 to 0.460 in 2015, a drop of13.5%. The area proportion of high ecological-quality grades also significantly fell from 39% in 1996 to 21% in 2015. The built-up land expansion intensity was negatively correlated with the ecological quality change.
    Comparition of ecological security stress effects of artificial landscapes on natural landscapes in different rapid urban sprawl areas
    LIN Mei-xia, LIN Tao, QIU Quan-yi, SUN Cai-ge, DENG Fu-liang, ZHANG Guo-qin
    2017, 28(4):  1326-1336.  doi:10.13287/j.1001-9332.201704.007
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    The expansion of built-up area will cause stress effect on the regional natural ecological security pattern during urbanization process. Taking rapid expanding regions of four inland and coastal cities as study areas, including Tongzhou in Beijing, Zhengding in Hebei, Tanggu in Tianjin and Xiamen in Fujian, we constructed regional landscape stress indexes according to the principle of landscape ecology and comparatively analyzed the landscape pattern characteristics of rapid expanding regions and the differences of stress effect of artificial landscapes on four natural landscapes ecological security pattern in the process of rapid urbanization. Results showed that landscape erosion indexes of Tongzhou, Zhengding, Tanggu and Xiamen in 2015 were 1.039, 0.996, 1.239 and 0.945, respectively, which indicated that the natural landscapes were eroded significantly. Natural landscape types of those four regions presented different threatened levels. Among all natural landscape types, unused land and waters were worst threatened in Tongzhou, Zhengding and Tanggu, while in Xiamen cultivated land and waters showed the highest threat levels. The waters threat indexes of those four areas were all more than 0.743. Landscape isolation indexes of waters and unused land of the inland cities were greater than those of coastal cities, which meant water distribution of inland cities in the space was less gathered than that of coastal cities. Besides, compared with the other natural landscape, unused land and waters suffered the largest stress from artificial landscapes.
    Spatial change of the grain-size of aeolian sediments in Qira oasis-desert ecotone, Northwest China
    LIN Yong-chong, XU Li-shuai
    2017, 28(4):  1337-1343.  doi:10.13287/j.1001-9332.201704.032
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    In order to understand the environmental influence of oasis-desert ecotone to oasis ecological system, we comparatively analyzed the grain size characteristics of various aeolian sediments, including the sediments in oasis-desert ecotone, shelterbelt and the inside oasis and in Qira River valley. The results showed that the grain size characteristics (including grain-size distribution curve, grain size parameters, and content of different size classes) of sediments in the oasis-desert ecotone were consistent along the prevailing wind direction with a grain-size range of 0.3-200 μm and modal size of 67 μm. All of the sediments were good sorting and mainly composed of suspension components and saltation components, but not denatured saltation and creeping components (>200 μm). They were typically aeolian deposits being short-range transported. The grain sizes of sediments in oasis-desert ecotone were smaller than that in the material sources of Qira River valley and desert (0.3-800 μm), but very similar to those of the modern aeolian deposits in oasis-desert ecotone, shelterbelt and the inside oasis. The denatured saltation and creep components (>200 μm) were suppressed to transport into oasis-desert ecotone because of the high vegetation cover in oasis-desert ecotone. Therefore, like the shelterbelts, the oasis-desert ecotone could also block the invasion of desert. They safeguarded the oasis ecological environment together.
    Effect of terracing project on temporal-spatial variation of non-point source pollution load in Hujiashan watershed, China
    HAN Qiang, YU Xing-xiu, WANG Wei, XU Miao-miao, REN Rui, ZHANG Jia-peng
    2017, 28(4):  1344-1351.  doi:10.13287/j.1001-9332.201704.021
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    Taking Hujiashan small watershed as the study area, based on the classified result of Landsat TM/ETM images of 2005, 2010 and 2015, combined with long-term field observation data, and used the export coefficient model, our study explored the effect of small watershed management project on temporal and spatial variation of total nitrogen (TN) load of non-point source pollution under the support of GIS technology. The results indicated that, due to the implementation of slope modification project, the area of cultivated land was significantly increased, while forest and bareland were decreased. The load of non-point source TN increased from 63208 kg in 2005 to 72778 kg in 2010, but reduced to 46876 kg in 2015. The contribution rate from residential areas was higher, the average contribution rate of the three periods was 53.5%, but it showed a decreasing trend year by year. The contribution rate of land use types was 45%, which showed an increasing trend year by year. The contribution rate of livestock was always low. From the spatial distribution, TN loading intensity was changed obviously after the terracing project. High load intensity zone was mainly concentrated on the slope of 5°-15° before terracing project. Nevertheless, high load intensity zone was concentrated on the slope of 15°-35° after terracing project, and 5°-8° had become a low load strength area. The TN load intensity changed little with time on the slope of 0°-8°, and it increased first and then decreased on the slope above 8°. With the treatment of sewage, garbage and livestock manure in rural areas, the output of nitrogen in the living and livestock breeding were significantly reduced. Due to the implementation of the project, the cultivated land area increased by 31%.
    Influence of road on breeding habitat of Nipponia nippon based on MaxEnt model
    ZHANG Hui, GAO Ji-xi, MA Meng-xiao, SHAO Fang-ze, WANG Qiao, LI Guang-yu, QIU Jie, ZHOU Ke-xin
    2017, 28(4):  1352-1359.  doi:10.13287/j.1001-9332.201704.023
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    Quantitative study on effects of roads on suitable breeding habitats of wildlife is one of topics that need in-depth research in road ecology. Crested ibis (Nipponia nippon), a first class nationally protected bird species, is the species of interest in this research. Using the Maximum Entropy Models (MaxEnt) in the Species Distribution Model (SDM) toolbox of ArcGIS, autocorrelation of environmental variables were analyzed and environmental variables with r>0.8 were removed. Ten environmental variables were chosen as impact factors for the breeding habitat of crested ibis, including mean temperature of coldest quarter, landscape type, normalized difference vegetation index(NDVI), slope, aspect, distance to waters, distance to paddy field, distance to high-grade roads (expressway, national way, provincial way), and distance to low-grade roads (country road). By analyzing the contribution rate of each environmental variable, the results showed that the mean temperature of coldest quarter, landscape type, distance to paddy field, and distance to high-grade roads were the main factors determining breeding habitat of crested ibis. The suitable distribution of crested ibis’ nesting area was under the following scenarios: variable road present (scenarioⅠ), high-grade road absent (scenarioⅡ), and low-grade road absent (scenario Ⅲ). The results showed that the presence of roads affected suitable nesting areas of crested ibis with high-grade roads showing a larger influence than low-grade roads. The presence of high-grade roads and low-grade roads decreased the suitable nesting areas of crested ibis by 66.23 and 35.69 km2, respectively. The crested ibis preferred to nest in areas distant from high-grade roads, with an average road avoidance distance of 1500 m. This study was of great significance for formulating management measures to protect crested ibis and provide a reference for quantitative assessment on impacts of engineering and construction projects on wildlife.
    Monthly changes in the benthic macro-invertebrate community structure in the habitats of Phragmites australis marsh in the Dongtan wetland of the Yangtze River estuary, China
    ZHANG Heng, YE Jin-yu, LIANG Xiao-li, ZHU Xiao-jing, JIN Shao-fei, CHEN Yuan-ge, ZHANG Jia-rui, DAI Yang
    2017, 28(4):  1360-1369.  doi:10.13287/j.1001-9332.201704.001
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    Based on the data of the benthic macro-invertebrates community in the Phragmites australis marsh in the Dongtan Wetland of the Yangtze River estuary collected from May 2015 to April 2016, we evaluated the monthly variations in the species composition, biodiversity and community structure of the benthic macro-invertebrates. The results showed that the average height and degree of coverage for P. australis increased monthly from March to August, and then deceased from September. The density and aboveground biomass (dry mass, g) of P. australis peaked in July. A total of twenty species (including 2 species only identified to genus level and 2 species identified to family level) were found in the survey periods, including 11 Gastropoda, 5 Malacostraca, 2 Insecta and 2 Polychaeta. Three snail species (Assiminea latericea, Assiminea violacea and Cerithideopsis largillierti) dominated the benthic communities in terms of numerical abundance. The number of epifauna species was the most (11 species), followed by 5 burrowing species and 4 infauna species. There were significant monthly variations in the density and biomass of the macro-invertebrates. The density and biomass of benthic community reached the maximum in August. The Margalef’s species richness index (D) and Shannon index (H) showed significant differences monthly, but Pielou’s index (J) except in November. Three macro-zoobenthic assemblages were identified with the 42% similarity level. The non-Metric Multidimensional scaling plot indicates that the benthic community in May, October and November was distinct compared to that in the other months. The present study suggested the density of the benthic macro-invertebrates community in the P. australis marshes was somewhat correlated with water temperature, underground biomass and salinity. But those correlation were not significant (P>0.05). Because of the continuous impact of anthropogenic activities, the biodiversity of the benthic macro-invertebrate community has been decreasing for several years. More attention should be paid to the habitat value of the P. australis marshes in the future.
    Morphological variations and discrimination of medium form of the purple flying squid Sthenoteuthis oualaniensis in the central and southern South China Sea
    ZHU Kai, DU Fei-yan, WANG Xue-hui, QIU Yong-song, ZHANG Peng
    2017, 28(4):  1370-1376.  doi:10.13287/j.1001-9332.201704.027
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    From 3177 specimens of purple flying squid Sthenoteuthis oualaniensis collected in 2012 and 2013 in the central and southern South China Sea, the morphological indicators including mantle length (ML), arm length-I (AL1), arm length-Ⅱ (AL2), arm length-Ⅲ (AL3), arm length-Ⅳ (AL4), tentacle length (TL), fin length (FL) and fin width (FW) were measured. The morphological variations among the squid species were analyzed using principal component analysis. Results showed that the medium form could be distinguished into cohort I and cohort II which accounted for 69% and 31% of the total, respectively. The percentage of females of the two cohorts decreased first with increasing ML, then increased and reached the ratio of 100% finally. Using Logistic regressing, the MLs at first maturity for females and males of cohort I were estimated to be 164 mm and 112 mm, respectively, and those for females and males of cohort II were 158 mm and 109 mm, respectively. The cohort I concentrated in the waters of Xisha Islands and Nansha Islands, whereas the cohort II was located in the waters of Nansha Islands. Significant differences in all the 8 morphological indicators between either males or females of cohort I and cohort II were found (P<0.05). Significant differences between cohort I and cohort II in ML, AL1, AL2, AL4, TL and FW were identified in females (P<0.05), while significant differences between cohort I and cohort II in ML, AL1, AL2, AL3, AL4 and FL were found in males (P<0.01). The analysis of coefficients of difference indicated that the morphological variations between cohort I and cohort II suggested a clear division within the species.
    Genetic structure of Hemibarbus labeo and Hemibarbus medius in South China based on mtDNA COI and ND5 genes
    LAN Zhao-jun, LIN Long-feng, ZHAO Jun
    2017, 28(4):  1377-1386.  doi:10.13287/j.1001-9332.201704.006
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    Both Hemibarbus labeo and H. medius (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae: Gobioninae) are primary freshwater fishes and are widely distributed. As such, they provide an ideal model for phylogeographical studies. However, the similarity in morphological characters between these two species made the description of their distributions and the validation of species quite challenging. Here we employed variations in the DNA sequences of mitochondrial COI and ND5 genes (2151 bp) to solve this challenge and to study the population genetics structure of these two species. Among the 130 specimens belonging to 8 populations of H. labeo and 9 populations of H. medius from 17 drainage systems in southern China,196 variable sites (9.1% in the full sequences) falling into 50 haplotypes were identified. The haplotype diversity (h) and the nucleotide diversity (π) were 0.964 and 0.019, respectively, indicating a high level of genetic diversity and an evolutionary potential in both species. The result of neighbor-joining tree based on composite nucleotide sequences of the mtDNA COI and ND5 genes showed that the H. labeo and H. medius fell into two major clades (cladeⅠand cladeⅡ): cladeⅠwas composed of some specimens of Oujiang River, all the specimens of Hanjiang River and Jiulongjiang River, whereas all remaining populations fell in cladeⅡ. The genetic distance between clade I and clade II was 0.036, while that between H. labeo and H. medius was 0.027. The haplotype network analyses indicated that the populations of Hanjiang River and Jiulongjiang River had relatively high genetic variation with the rest rivers. The po-pulations of Hainan Island migrated northward to Moyangjaing River. Haplotypes of the rivers of Hainan Island and Moyangjang River had relatively higher genetic variation with the Yangtze River than Pearl River. The populations of Xiangjiang River had no genetic variation with the populations of Guijiang River and Liujiang River. Analysis of molecular variance (AMOVA) indicated that the genetic variance mainly presented in individuals between geographical regions. The genetic variation of populations among regions was 71.2%, the genetic variation among populations within regions was 16.6%, and that within populations within the regions was 12.2%, indicating that most of the genetic variations resided in the populations among regions. The results of mismatch distribution and tests of neutrality suggested that in all populations, H. labeo, H. medius, cladeⅠand cladeⅡ were relatively stable.
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    A review on the urban green space cooling effect based on field measurement of air temperature
    LIU Feng-feng, YAN Wei-jiao, KONG Fan-hua, YIN Hai-wei, BAN Yu-long, XU Wen-bin
    2017, 28(4):  1387-1396.  doi:10.13287/j.1001-9332.201704.012
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    With the development of urbanization, the effect of urban heat island has become increasingly evident. As an essential component of the urban natural landscapes, urban green space plays an important role in mitigating the effect of urban heat island. However, facing the rapid urbanization and changing environment, how to rationally plan and design the green space and realize its best cooling effect which can improve the urban environment and microclimate is still an urgent problem to be solved. So there is a strong need for mulitiscale researches on the cooling effect of urban green space. This paper systematically gave a review on the cooling effect of urban green space based on field measurement of air temperature, the main factors that influenced the cooling effect of green space were explored from three aspects including the area and shape characteristics of urban green space, the structure characteristics of vegetation and the external factors which affected the cooling effect, and the characteristics of the cooling effect of the green space were summarized from the aspect of time variation and distance decay. Then, the main problems and future research prospects of urban green space cooling effect were put forward.
    Heavy metal tolerance of Miscanthus plants and their phytoremediation potential in abandoned mine land
    WU Dao-ming, CHEN Xiao-yang, ZENG Shu-cai
    2017, 28(4):  1397-1406.  doi:10.13287/j.1001-9332.201704.005
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    Miscanthus has been recognized as promising candidate for phytoremediation in abandoned mine land, because of its high tolerance to heavy metals and bioenergy potential. Miscanthus has been reported tolerant to several heavy metal elements. However, it has not been recognized as hyperaccumulator for these elements. The detailed mechanisms by which Miscanthus tolerates these heavy metal elements are still unclear. According to recent studies, several mechanisms, such as high metabolic capacity in root, an abundance of microbes in the root-rhizosphere, and high capacity of antioxidation and photosynthesis might contribute to enhance the heavy metal tolerance of Miscanthus. Miscanthus has a certain potential in the phytoremediation of abandoned mine land, because of its high suitability for the phytostabilization of heavy metals. Moreover, Miscanthus cropping is a promising practice to enhance the diversity of botanical species and soil organism, and to improve soil physical and chemical properties. Here we reviewed recent literatures on the biological characteristics and the heavy metal tolerance of Miscanthus, and its phytoremediation potential in abandoned mine land. A basic guideline for using Miscanthus in abandoned mine land phytoremediation and an outlook for further study on the mechanisms of heavy metals tolerance in Miscanthus were further proposed. We hoped to provide theoretical references for phytoremediation in abandoned mine land by using Miscanthus.