Research on Crop Irrigation Schedules Under Deficit Irrigation—A Meta-analysis

Water Resources Management - Increasing water consumption in agriculture due to global climate change has posed considerable challenges to food security, thus improving the efficiency of water...     

CaDHN3, a Pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) Dehydrin Gene Enhances the Tolerance against Salt and Drought Stresses by Reducing ROS Accumulation

Dehydrins (DHNs) play an important role in abiotic stress tolerance in a large number of plants, but very little is known about the function of DHNs in pepper plants. Here, we isolated a Y₁SK₂-type DHN gene “CaDHN3” from pepper. To authenticate the function of CaDHN3 in salt and drought stresses, it was overexpressed in Arabidopsis and silenced in pepper through virus-induced gene silencing (VIGS). Sub-cellular localization showed that CaDHN3 was located in the nucleus and cell membrane. It was found that CaDHN3-overexpressed (OE) in Arabidopsis plants showed salt and drought tolerance phenotypic characteristics, i.e., increased the initial rooting length and germination rate, enhanced chlorophyll content, lowered the relative electrolyte leakage (REL) and malondialdehyde (MDA) content than the wild-type (WT) plants. Moreover, a substantial increase in the activities of antioxidant enzymes; including the superoxide dismutase (SOD), peroxidase (POD), catalase (CAT), ascorbate peroxidase (APX), and lower hydrogen peroxide (H₂O₂) contents and higher O₂^•− contents in the transgenic Arabidopsis plants. Silencing of CaDHN3 in pepper decreased the salt- and drought-stress tolerance, through a higher REL and MDA content, and there was more accumulation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in the CaDHN3-silenced pepper plants than the control plants. Based on the yeast two-hybrid (Y2H) screening and Bimolecular Fluorescence Complementation (BiFC) results, we found that CaDHN3 interacts with CaHIRD11 protein in the plasma membrane. Correspondingly, the expressions of four osmotic-related genes were significantly up-regulated in the CaDHN3-overexpressed lines. In brief, our results manifested that CaDHN3 may play an important role in regulating the relative osmotic stress responses in plants through the ROS signaling pathway. The results of this study will provide a basis for further analyses of the function of DHN genes in pepper.     

Effect of dispersion and ion concentration on radio frequency heating

Radio frequency (RF) heating has been applied to process foods due to its unique advantages like volumetric heating. To investigate the interaction between dispersed liquid food and electromagnetic field, four dispersion structures, formed by polypropylene pellets dispersed in the samples, and six solutions with different ion concentrations were analyzed. The Results showed that 4 mm dispersion structure and 0.01 mol/L ion concentration involved in the highest heating rate and made the heating rate increase from 1.23 °C/min to 5.53 °C/min. For materials with different ion concentrations, the maximum heating rate corresponded to the dispersion structure of different sizes. But the dispersion structure would reduce the heating uniformity of the horizontal surface of materials. It suggested that dispersion structure and an proper ion concentration could change the material into a dispersed status, further improve RF heating rate, and ensure the efficiency of sterilization as well as retain the nutrition of foodstuffs.     

A novel utilized method of tar derived from biomass gasification for fabricating binder-free all-solid-state hybrid supercapacitors

As an industrial pollutant, tar derived from biomass gasification is used as the precursor for fabricating a novel carbon-metal hydroxides composite electrode. A slurry (the mixture of tar, KOH and melamine) is daubed uniformly onto the nickel foam, which is directly carbonized to form NPC@LDH electrode material. This electrode is further coated with NiCo-LDH nanosheets using an electrodeposition method to form NF@NPC@LDH. The newly made NF@NPC@LDH electrode exhibits a high specific capacity of 9.6 F cm⁻² at a current density of 2 mA cm⁻² and good rate performance (55.3% retention). Furthermore, a hybrid NF@NPC@LDH//NF@PC all-solid-state supercapacitor is fabricated, and the device exhibits high energy density of 1.28 mWh cm⁻³ at a power density of 8.04 mW cm⁻³, low resistance and good cycling stability.     

基于LMDI和STIRPAT模型的区域用水影响因素定量分析研究

区域用水影响因素分析对落实最严格水资源管理制度、实现节水型社会建设具有重要意义。为定量表征区域用水变化和影响因素之间的关系,通过LMDI因素分解识别人口规模、经济发展水平、节水技术水平对用水变化的影响程度,采用STIRPAT模型解析用水总量对人口规模、经济发展水平、节水技术水平变化的变动响应关系,以榆林市2000—2017年用水及影响因素变化为例开展了实证研究。结果显示:人口规模和经济发展水平对用水增长起到正向促进作用,节水技术水平起到负向抑制作用。人口规模、经济发展水平、节水技术水平效应依次为8 163.124万m~3、144 238.924万m~3、-126 161.049万m~3;人口规模、经济发展水平、节水技术水平每变化1%,用水将分别变化1.208%、0.061%和0.037%;经济发展水平和节水技术水平是用水变化的主要影响因素,但用水对人口规模变化敏感程度最高。最后,结合榆林市水资源特点提出针对性措施和建议,以期为榆林市水资源规划与管理提供参考。     

径流过程分维数与其主要影响因素的定量研究

为研究分维数与其主要影响因素的定量关系,收集泾河张家山水文站的径流资料和该流域长武、环县、崆峒气象站日降雨数据以及ＮＤＶＩ遥感影像,分别选取降水不均匀系数为代表降水年内分配不均匀程度的指标和ＮＤＶＩ为反映人类活动对流域植被覆盖影响的指标,经过归一化处理后,使用ＭＴＡＬＡＢ软件得出以年为单位的泾河径流过程分维数与该流域降水不均匀系数和ＮＤＶＩ的定量关系式。结果表明分维数与降水不均匀系数呈正相关（Ｒ＝０．５５７１）,而与ＮＤＶＩ呈负相关（Ｒ＝０．２２７８）。说明降水年内分配越不均匀,植被覆盖越小,径流过程越复杂,分维数就越大,符合平常认知;泾河流域的降水对径流过程的影响较流域植被覆盖更大。     

陕北无定河流域土壤侵蚀与植被覆盖和降雨关系研究

基于2000—2014年陕北无定河流域日降水、DEM、土壤类型、MODIS NDVI等数据,利用修正通用土壤流失方程(RUSLE)估算了流域土壤侵蚀情况,定量分析了植被覆盖和降雨在土壤侵蚀中的作用,结果表明:(1)无定河流域土壤侵蚀以微度侵蚀为主,平均占流域面积的88.35%,各土壤侵蚀等级面积比例随等级的升高而降低。2000—2014年微度侵蚀面积比例为下降趋势,轻度及以上等级面积比例均为上升趋势。(2)不考虑降雨因子影响时,无定河流域仍以微度侵蚀为主,且为增加趋势,而其他土壤侵蚀等级均为下降趋势。不考虑植被覆盖因子时,流域土壤侵蚀与模型计算结果的变化趋势基本一致。(3)植被覆盖对土壤侵蚀面积比例和变化速率的贡献率分别为13.67%和24.55%,而降雨作用达到86.33%和75.44%,表明降雨是流域土壤侵蚀的主要动力和控制因子,降雨变化主导着流域土壤侵蚀变化过程。     

响应曲面法优化甘薯饮料配方的研究

以甘薯为实验材料,以甘薯浓缩汁、蔗糖、柠檬酸和甘薯香精为实验因素,利用响应曲面法进行实验设计,对甘薯饮料的最佳配方进行了研究,并对最佳配方进行了感官评价验证、理化指标检测和微生物学检测.通过对实验得到的回归方程和响应曲面分析得出甘薯饮料的最佳组合为100 mL饮料中甘薯浓缩汁1.28 mL,柠檬酸0.1 g,蔗糖5.41 g,甘薯香精2.84mL,感官评分为83.43.     

考虑接触行为的U型渠道冻胀数值模拟

U型衬砌渠道具有良好的整体性和冻胀适应性,但在冬季仍极易因土体冻胀而导致破坏。考虑渠基冻土与衬砌接触面冻结的非线性特性和冻土、混凝土材料的塑性特征,建立能分析渠道基土与衬砌间挤压、脱开及滑移等接触力学行为的渠道冻胀破坏热力耦合数值模型。以宝鸡峡灌区塬下北干渠为原型渠道,按照模型是否考虑接触分别进行冻胀数值模拟,并对模拟结果进行对比分析。结果表明:考虑接触的模型模拟结果与原型实测值更相符,更能合理地解释U型渠道冻胀在渠底与阴坡衔接处冻胀量最小;考虑接触的混凝土塑性应变最大值是不考虑接触时的3.76倍;考虑接触的法向冻胀力和切向冻结力更均匀,最大值均减少1.5~3.0倍,应力集中现象减弱,更能反映混凝土衬砌板与渠基土之间的滑移变形与破坏准则的相互作用。研究结果为U型衬砌渠道冻胀破坏规律提供了分析方法。