超声辅助提取-固相萃取净化-高效液相色谱法测定沉积物中的2甲4氯残留

[目的]2甲4氯(MCPA)是农业生产和市政管理中一种广泛使用的除草剂,具有使用量大、生物毒性强、易迁移累积于水体沉积物等特点。针对其在沉积物中潜在环境风险大的现状,一种简单、有效的残留测定方法迫切需要建立。[方法]建立了一种C18为分离色谱柱,甲醇-水(体积比80:20)为流动相,PDA为检测器,检测波长为280 nm的MCPA高效液相检测法,并比较了不同提取方法和净化方法对检测的影响。[结果]对于提取方法,回收率:超声萃取2次>超声萃取1次>涡旋振荡萃取;对于净化方法,回收率:固相萃取净化法>QuEChERS法>未净化法。因此,应采用2次超声辅助提取-固相萃取净化作为前处理方法。所建立的方法在0.5~40 mg/L范围内线性良好,检出限为0.02 mg/kg,定量限为0.06 mg/kg;在0.08~0.8 mg/kg的添加水平范围内,回收率为85.12%~98.66%,相对标准偏差为2.86%~4.24%。[结论]该方法准确性高、稳定性好,适用于沉积物中MCPA的测定。     

改进型加权KNN算法的不平衡数据集分类

K最邻近(KNN)算法对不平衡数据集进行分类时分类判决总会倾向于多数类.为此,提出一种加权KNN算法GAK-KNN.定义新的权重分配模型,综合考虑类间分布不平衡及类内分布不均匀的不良影响,采用基于遗传算法的K-means算法对训练样本集进行聚类,按照权重分配模型计算各训练样本的权重,通过改进的KNN算法对测试样本进行分类.基于UCI数据集的大量实验结果表明,GAK-KNN算法的识别率和整体性能都优于传统KNN算法及其他改进算法.     

Degradation of acephate and its metabolite methamidophos in rice during processing and storage

The degradation of acephate and its metabolite methamidophos during different stages of commercial processing, homing processing, and storage was assessed. Residues were determined by a simple gas-chromatographic method using a flame photometry detector. Acephate and methamidophos mostly remained in rice hull fractions, and hulling significantly reduced acephate and methamidophos in rice. Commercial processing caused the loss of 86% of acephate and 35.9% of methamidophos from rough brown rice to polished rice, whereas home processing caused the loss of 83.9% of acephate and 70% of methamidophos from polished rice to cooked rice. Washing for 5, 15, and 30 min (with tap water, 0.9% NaCl, and 0.1% Na₂CO₃) caused an average loss in the range of 9.8%-35.3% of acephate and 9.7%-45.2% of methamidophos. Extending washing time and adding a small amount of soda into the washing solution can efficiently eliminate acephate and methamidophos. The stability of acephate and methamidophos in polished rice was studied at different storage intervals, from 7 to 42 days at ambient temperatures (25 °C). Methamidophos was found to be more persistent than acephate.     

Olfactory responses of Stegobium paniceum to different Chinese medicinal plant materials and component analysis of volatiles

Stegobium paniceum (L.) (Coleoptera: Anobiidae) is among the major pests of stored products, causing great damage to stored Chinese medicinal plant materials (CMPMs) in China. Effective control strategies are urgently needed. The aim of this study was to explore the role of volatile organic compounds in the host preference of S. paniceum. First, the olfactory behavioral responses of S. paniceum adults to volatiles from four CMPMs (Panax notoginseng, Angelica sinensis, Gastrodia elata, and Peucedanum praeruptorum) were tested in Y-tube olfactometer experiments. Then, the volatile composition of these plant materials were analyzed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). S. paniceum showed significant preferences for volatiles from the four CMPMs, compared with clean air (CA). When S. paniceum was presented with choices among different CMPMs, it showed the strongest preference for P. notoginseng, followed by A. sinensis, then G. elata, and P. praeruptorum. GC-MS analysis identified 43, 34, 28 and 60 components in the volatile profiles of P. notoginseng, A. sinensis, G. elata, and P. praeruptorum, respectively. Falcarinol (14.4%), 3-n-butyl phthalide (78.7%), p-cresol (40.1%), and β-pinene (29.1%) were the most abundant components of the volatiles of P. notoginseng, A. sinensis, G. elata, and P. praeruptorum, respectively. The olfactory responses of S. paniceum to the four CMPMs demonstrated that host-related volatiles play an important role in the host-searching process by adult beetles. This information will be useful for the development of safe and effective trapping strategies for this pest.     

Design and Synthesis of Novel Chromophore with Multi-Carboxyl Groups

In order to explore the application of organic conjugated small molecules in bioimaging, a novel functional chromophore with A-π-D-π-A structure (Cr-3) was synthesized through Knoevenagel condensation reaction, consisting of carbazole unit as electron donor and cyanoacetic acid as electron acceptor groups. To improve the water solubility of this conjugated molecule, three carboxyl groups were introduced to chromophore Cr-3. Compared to the traditional D-π-A chromophores, chromophore Cr-3 showed the great improvement in water with the solubility of 2000 ppm. Also, the thermal stability of chromophore Cr-3 was also studied. The thermal decomposition temperature (Td) of Cr-3 was approximately 180°C, which was attributed to the dehydration of the carboxyl groups. Though the second harmonic generation (SHG) effect was not very high, it is large enough for the detection of SHG signal in water solution (0.28 pm/V).     

Lysin Motif (LysM) Proteins: Interlinking Manipulation of Plant Immunity and Fungi

The proteins with lysin motif (LysM) are carbohydrate-binding protein modules that play a critical role in the host-pathogen interactions. The plant LysM proteins mostly function as pattern recognition receptors (PRRs) that sense chitin to induce the plant’s immunity. In contrast, fungal LysM blocks chitin sensing or signaling to inhibit chitin-induced host immunity. In this review, we provide historical perspectives on plant and fungal LysMs to demonstrate how these proteins are involved in the regulation of plant’s immune response by microbes. Plants employ LysM proteins to recognize fungal chitins that are then degraded by plant chitinases to induce immunity. In contrast, fungal pathogens recruit LysM proteins to protect their cell wall from hydrolysis by plant chitinase to prevent activation of chitin-induced immunity. Uncovering this coevolutionary arms race in which LysM plays a pivotal role in manipulating facilitates a greater understanding of the mechanisms governing plant-fungus interactions.     

Factors affecting forestland owners' allocation of non-forested land to pine plantation for bioenergy in Virginia

Studies have shown that woody bioenergy can have potential economic, social, and environmental benefits. One of the ways to meet the growing biomass demand for woody bioenergy is by allocating currently non-forested land for growing feedstocks such as pine. Towards this end, we conducted a survey on 900 randomly selected private forestland owners in Virginia and asked what proportion of their non-forested land they would allocate for loblolly pine at given bid prices. We then used recursive partitioning based Tobit regression to analyze data. Our results suggest that the experience of having supplied wood for chip-n-saw mills in the past five years, large land holding, prior experience with state/federal financial/technical support programs, among other factors, lead to smaller proportion of non-forested land being allocated for pine. However, a higher price offer, stronger preference for producing non-timber forest products such as evergreen boughs and grapevine, and lesser dependence on working the land for annual income lead to larger proportion of non-forested land being allocate for pine. Our results could assist policy makers in developing and improving land use and energy policies, certification programs, and extension and outreach services. Our contribution also includes the use of threshold analyses to delineate tipping points in variables associated with different response rates and showing the different effect of variables in terms of how they affect the supply of biomass and the supply of land for bioenergy purposes.     

Simultaneous determination of three pesticides and their metabolites in unprocessed foods using ultraperformance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry

We have developed a rapid, multi-compound analytical method for measuring residues of the pesticides thiamethoxam and its metabolite, clothianidin; fipronil and its three metabolites, fipronil sulfone, fipronil sulfide, and fipronil desulfinyl; and pyraclostrobin in unprocessed foods (rice, corn, cucumbers, tomatoes, apples, and bananas) by ultra-performance liquid chromatography coupled to tandem mass spectrometry. Acetonitrile was used as the extraction solvent, and an octadecylsilane-dispersive SPE was used to clean up the analytes, which were then separated through a UPLC HSS T3 column connected to a tandem mass spectrometer via an electrospray ionisation source. The linearity of this method for the target analytes was excellent (R² ≥0.990) in the concentration range of 5–1000 μg kg^–1. The average recoveries of the seven compounds at concentrations of 10, 100, and 1000 μg kg^–1 from six spiked matrix samples ranged from 73.6 to 110.6%, all with RSD values of ≤19.7%. The limit of quantification was 10 μg kg^–1. The method validated the effectiveness of the method for routine monitoring the residue of these pesticides and their metabolites in foods.     

苏云金芽孢杆菌对印度谷螟幼虫的致死作用

根据8株苏云金芽孢杆菌(Bacillus thuringiensis,简称Bt)的菌悬液对印度谷螟幼虫的生物测定结果,筛选出5株对该幼虫致死作用较好的Bt菌株。提取出5株Bt菌株的杀虫晶体蛋白,再对印度谷螟幼虫进行生物测定,结果表明:0.06 mL/g(饲料)的SC1-B3菌株杀虫晶体蛋白对印度谷螟幼虫的致死率达到100%,同样浓度的Bt33菌株杀虫晶体蛋白对印度谷螟幼虫的致死率超过70%,其余3株Bt的杀虫晶体蛋白致死率较低,致死率小于22.2%,但对印度谷螟幼虫的羽化有明显的抑制作用。     

粘帚霉可湿性粉剂助剂的初步研究

可湿性粉剂是生物农药的重要剂型。通过平板培养法，测定菌落形成单位数（cfu值1，开展了可湿性粉剂多种常用助剂对高效生防真菌粉红粘帚霉67．1菌株孢子的生物学相容性研究。所试载体中，滑石粉等4种处理与对照没有显著性的差异，对粘帚霉孢子活力影响不明显；所试润湿分散剂中，木质素磺酸钙与对照没有显著性差异，对粘帚霉孢子活力影响不明显；所试紫外保护剂均对孢子活力无显著影响，但在紫外灯照射3min的条件下，只有腐植酸和糊精能有效保护孢子活力；常用稳定剂CMC—Na（羧甲基纤维素钠）对孢子活力无影响。上述多种与粘帚霉孢子具良好生物学相容性助剂的确定，为粘帚霉可湿性粉剂的研究提供重要依据。