Agronomic measures are the key to promote the sustainable development of ratoon rice by reducing the damage from mechanical crushing to the residual stubble of the main crop, thereby mitigating the impact on axillary ...Agronomic measures are the key to promote the sustainable development of ratoon rice by reducing the damage from mechanical crushing to the residual stubble of the main crop, thereby mitigating the impact on axillary bud sprouting and yield formation in ratoon rice. This study used widely recommended conventional rice Jiafuzhan and hybrid rice Yongyou 2640 as the test materials to conduct a four-factor block design field experiment in a greenhouse of the experimental farm of Fujian Agricultural and Forestry University, China from 2018 to 2019.The treatments included fertilization and no fertilization, alternate wetting and drying irrigation and continuous water flooding irrigation, and plots with and without artificial crushing damage on the rice stubble. At the same time, a 13C stable isotope in-situ detection technology was used to fertilize the pot experiment. The results showed significant interactions among varieties, water management, nitrogen application and stubble status.Relative to the long-term water flooding treatment, the treatment with sequential application of nitrogen fertilizer coupled with moderate field drought for root-vigor and tiller promotion before and after harvesting of the main crop, significantly improved the effective tillers from low position nodes. This in turn increased the effective panicles per plant and grains per panicle by reducing the influence of artificial crushing damage on rice stubble and achieving a high yield of the regenerated rice. Furthermore, the partitioning of 13C assimilates to the residual stubble and its axillary buds were significantly improved at the mature stage of the main crop, while the translocation rate to roots and rhizosphere soil was reduced at the later growth stage of ratooning season rice. This was triggered by the metabolism of hormones and polyamines at the stem base regulated by the interaction of water and fertilizer at this time. We therefore suggest that to achieve a high yield of ratoon rice with low stubble height under mechanized harvesting, the timely application of nitrogen fertilizer is fundamental,coupled with moderate field drying for root-vigor preservation and tiller promotion before and after the mechanical harvesting of the main crop.展开更多
The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of long-term grazing sheep in cotton stubble on variation of biochemistry components and free gossypol residual in the blood. The survey found that 15% ewe of ...The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of long-term grazing sheep in cotton stubble on variation of biochemistry components and free gossypol residual in the blood. The survey found that 15% ewe of grazing group suffered miscarriage or premature birth,compared with the captive group ewes without this phenomenon. Blood test result shows that the free gossypol concentration in serum of grazing group was significantly higher than in indoor captive feeding group( P < 0. 01). In order to ensure the health of sheep grazing on cotton stubble and improve breeding rate,there is a need to do further reasonable research of grazing and feeding methods.展开更多
To ascertain the influence of wheat stubble management options and chemical weed control methods on weed growth and productivity of dry direct-seeded fine rice, a two years' field study was undertaken at the Agron...To ascertain the influence of wheat stubble management options and chemical weed control methods on weed growth and productivity of dry direct-seeded fine rice, a two years' field study was undertaken at the Agronomic Research Farm, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan in 2013 and 2014. Different wheat stubble management methods, viz., incorporation, burning and retention were executed during seed-bed preparation. While, herbicide treatments comprised of a weed check, weed free, pendimethalin followed by tank mixture of fenoxaprop p-ethyl+ethoxysulfuron ethyl, and bispyribac sodium followed by tank mixture of fenoxaprop p-ethyl+ethoxysulfuron ethyl. Results revealed that weed control efficacy of both herbicide treatments ranged from 84 to 94%. Herbicide treatments significantly reduced weed density(88–90%) and dry weight(86–88%), while improved the rice growth attributes compared with weed check. Application of bispyribac sodium followed by tank mixture of fenoxaprop p-ethyl+ethoxysulfuron ethyl in stubble retention recorded 226 and 273% increase in kernel yield over weedy check in 2013 and 2014, respectively. In stubble incorporation, pendimethalin followed by tank mixture of fenoxaprop p-ethyl+ethoxysulfuron ethyl was more effective in increasing(256–293%) rice yields over weedy check. Among different treatment combinations, the maximum net benefits(1 397.49^(–1) 472.22 USD ha^(–1)), net returns(636–700 USD ha^(–1)), benefit cost ratio(1.77^(–1).83) and marginal rate of return(2 187–2 330%) were recorded with the application of bispyribac sodium followed by fenoxaprop p-ethyl+ethoxysulfuron ethyl in stubble retention. In crux, application of bispyribac sodium followed by tank mixture of fenoxaprop p-ethyl+ethoxysulfuron ethyl in stubble retention is efficient approach to control weeds, and get maximum rice productivity and net economic returns under dry seeded system.展开更多
Reduced tillage provides ecological and economic benefits to arable land on the Loess Plateau of China, where soil erosion has long been a serious problem and soil water availability is largely restricted. However, hi...Reduced tillage provides ecological and economic benefits to arable land on the Loess Plateau of China, where soil erosion has long been a serious problem and soil water availability is largely restricted. However, high abundances of weeds in reduced tillage systems cause significant yield losses. In this study, we explored the effects of no-tillage and stubble retention on the number and density of weeds and weed seeds in a 12-year maize-winter wheat-common vetch rotation on the Loess Plateau. Four treatments including conventional tillage, no-tillage, conventional tillage＋stubble retention and no-tillage＋stubble retention were designed and applied. We found that no-tillage increased the number of weed species and weed density in most of the crops, while stubble retention decreased weed density in maize and tended to suppress weeds in both no-tillage treatments（no-tillage and no-tillage＋stubble retention）. No-tillage led to an increase in the number of weed species in the weed seedbank and tended to increase seed density during the spring growth of winter wheat, but it decreased seed density during post-vetch fallow. Stubble retention tended to reduce seed density during the spring growth of winter wheat and post-vetch fallow. We concluded that no-tillage can promote weeds in the experimental crop rotation, while stubble retention suppresses weeds in untilled fields. The combined effects of stubble retention and no-tillage on weed suppression varied among the three crops. Based on these results, we recommend stubble retention in untilled legume-crop rotations on the Loess Plateau to improve the control of weeds.展开更多
By a pot experiment, two kinds of crop stubble (wheat, soybean) were added into continuous cropping soil of cucumber according to different quantity (0.5%, 1% and 2%), the effects of different kinds of stubble and qua...By a pot experiment, two kinds of crop stubble (wheat, soybean) were added into continuous cropping soil of cucumber according to different quantity (0.5%, 1% and 2%), the effects of different kinds of stubble and quantity on the continuous cropping soil and growth of cucumber were investigated. The results showed that two kinds of crop stubble significantly decreased soil bulk density, and increased total porosity of soil. Each of all treatments significantly decreased the accumulation of salinity in soil within the entire growth period of cucumber. 2% wheat stubble treatment had the biggest drop in soil EC in the later period of cucumber growth. Soybean stubble treatment had the lesser effect on soil EC. Wheat and soybean stubble promoted the growth of cucumber, increased the yield of cucumber, and improved the quality of cucumber. 2% of wheat stubble treatment had a biggest increase in cucumber yield, which increased the yield by 34.23% compared with the control.展开更多
[Objective] The aim was to select a cultivation method suitable for sandy lands in Liaoning Province. [Method] The research explored effects of autumn plowing, autumn rotary cultivation, autumn ridging, and rotary cul...[Objective] The aim was to select a cultivation method suitable for sandy lands in Liaoning Province. [Method] The research explored effects of autumn plowing, autumn rotary cultivation, autumn ridging, and rotary cultivation before spring sowing on physical and chemical properties. [Result] By autumn plowing, surface soils were seriously eroded, more water was evaporated, and more nutrients lost; by autumn rotary cultivation, surface soils were seriously eroded also, reducing wa- ter content and nutrients; by autumn ridging, surface soils were slightly eroded, so that evaporation was light and fewer nutrients lost; by rotary cultivation before spring sowing, soil erosion was the lightest, with more water and nutrients maintained. [Conclusion] It is effective for improving anti-wind erosion by no-tillage during fallow period and land reclamation before sowing in semi-dry areas.展开更多
With the improvement of agricultural mechanization equipment levels, the mechanized wheat harvesting level has been above 80% and the rate of wheat straw returned has increased significantly in the main wheat producti...With the improvement of agricultural mechanization equipment levels, the mechanized wheat harvesting level has been above 80% and the rate of wheat straw returned has increased significantly in the main wheat production of wheat of northern countryside in China. Chinese government popularized the beneficial agronomic measures in the process of wheat straw returned field by mechanization. The agronomic measure was reducing the wheat straw stubble height(WSSH) not more than 20 cm.However, local government didn't apply and disseminate the measure, because in practice the cost of fuel consumption was high, and the operation time of harvesting was longer than ever. The machinery operators and farmers needed to support extra fuel cost and time if they took government's advice. In fact, the objective subsidy policy of fuel cost on reducing WSSH was not been formulated by all levels of government. Therefore, the set of agronomic measure couldn't be popularized in main wheat production area of North China. Our research addressed to master the changing feature of fuel cost and mechanical efficiency,seeking suitable subsidy standard, providing some useful and constructive suggestions to improve subsidy policy of fuel consumption cost for national government department. The study carried out the tracking experiments of the operation efficiency and fuel costs of farm harvester in the situation of different WSSH in 2010 in Xushui District of Hebei Province. In conclusion, the operation time of harvesting decline and machinery fuel consumption cost increased along with the decreasing of WSSH. First for the older harvester, the operation efficiency would decline by 18.7% when the WSSH changed from 20 cm to 10 cm, the cost would increase 4.7%, exact cost was 152.2CNY per hectare. For the new harvester, the operation efficiency would decline by 39.9% when the WSSH changed from 20 cm to 15 cm, the cost would increase 4.6%, exact cost was 368.4CNY per hectare. We provided about 375 CNY per hectare to the mechanical operators and farmer who attended this project, and they were willing to accept the subsidies. We also put forwards some policy suggestions on promoting agronomic measures of reducing WSSH including strengthen the construction of agricultural machinery service system, practise a special fuel consumption subsidies of agricultural machinery and open up new paths for combine sales and circulation.展开更多
The experiment was conducted with the traditional manual harvesting and mechanical harvesting of sugarcane,to compare the effects of different harvesting method on the sugarcane stubble quality and the growth of ratoo...The experiment was conducted with the traditional manual harvesting and mechanical harvesting of sugarcane,to compare the effects of different harvesting method on the sugarcane stubble quality and the growth of ratoon.The experimental results are as follows.(i) The stubble height and breaking stubble rate of mechanical harvesting was significantly higher than manual harvesting,the stubble height of lodging species and difficult defoliation species increased in mechanical harvesting condition.Varieties with higher levels of fiber had lower rate of broken stubble.(ii) The effects of mechanical harvesting on germination of next year ratoon were quite different due to different varieties,indicating that the better perennial species have less impact than the poor perennial species.(iii) Compared with manual harvesting,mechanical harvesting had slightly higher plant height and single-stem weight and less effective stems number,the difference of cane yield was not significant,but sucrose content increased 0.53%.(iv) Mechanical harvesting combining with leaves crushing could reduce the impact on the germination of ratoon,improve the single-stem weight and increase the effective number of stems.展开更多
[Objective]The paper was to study the effects of mowing on nutrients of forage mulberry.[Method]With forage mulberry as the research object,the effects of mowing stubbles and mowing stages on nutrient content of forag...[Objective]The paper was to study the effects of mowing on nutrients of forage mulberry.[Method]With forage mulberry as the research object,the effects of mowing stubbles and mowing stages on nutrient content of forage mulberry were studied.[Result]With the increase of mowing frequency,the crude protein and crude ash content of forage mulberry decreased,but the crude fiber content increased,and the quality of forage mulberry decreased correspondingly.The crude protein content decreased most obviously from 25.78%in the first stubble to 21.63%in the third stubble.In the first and third stubble,the nutrients at 28±1 d after the last mowing were higher than that at 38±1 d after the last mowing.That is,with the growth of forage mulberry,the accumulated nutrients were also used for their own growth.[Conclusion]From the perspective of nutrient content,the forage mulberry mowed earlier has higher nutritional value and better palatability.展开更多
Ratooning is common practice done in sugarcane with purpose of reducing the total cost of cultivation and early cane maturity.More than 35%of sugarcane productivity is lost due to improper attention of the farmers tow...Ratooning is common practice done in sugarcane with purpose of reducing the total cost of cultivation and early cane maturity.More than 35%of sugarcane productivity is lost due to improper attention of the farmers towards ratoons.Majority of farmers reported that the ratoonability wasn’t good when harvested in December-January.This experiment was carried out to find the appropriate ratoon shaving time with response to different varieties in sugarcane ratoon crop in the year 2018/19 at national sugarcane research project,Jitpur,Bara.The experiment was conducted in split plot design with four levels of cane genotypes as Co–0238,CoLk–94184,Co–0233 and CoS–07250 as the main plot factor while four harvesting dates as sub plot factor with three replications.Observations of a number of millable canes,single cane weight,plant height and single cane diameter were recorded,tabulated and analyzed in R-studio.Ratoon stubble shaving in the month of November had the highest number of millable canes(88079/ha)which wasn’t significantly different from the stubble shaving in the month of December,January.Likewise,highest cane yield(60.04 mt/ha),single cane weight(0.757 kg),cane diameter(2.11 cm),plant height(1.82 m)were found in early stubble shaving dates.Cane Yield and various yield parameter shows better performance in early ratoon shaving periods i.e.from November to January than late ratoon shaving dates.展开更多
The Indian states including Punjab,Haryana,Bihar,Uttar Pradesh,Madhya Pradesh,and Himachal Pradesh follow combine harvesting method followed by burning of crop stubble to prepare the fields for next crop.Crop stubble ...The Indian states including Punjab,Haryana,Bihar,Uttar Pradesh,Madhya Pradesh,and Himachal Pradesh follow combine harvesting method followed by burning of crop stubble to prepare the fields for next crop.Crop stubble burning is the reason of annual increment in pollution concentrations which lead to massive winter pollution in the region.However,the state governments have taken several initiatives for proper management of crop stubble through various departments and institutions but still air pollution level is increasing.Instead of burning the crop residue,it can be used in other ways,which are beneficial to humanity.In the direction of rising issues due to burning of the crop stubble,efforts have been carried out to explore the options to utilize the crop stubble rather than burning of it.Present experimental study is an attempt to outline alternative use of crop stubble like utilization of rice straw for electricity generation through microbial fuel cell.In 10 days experimental set up,the MFC produced the maximum voltage of 0.002 V corresponding to the maximum current of 2.5 mA which results in power output of 0.05 mW.The experiments'results of the study accentuate the significance of biomass by utilizing the rice paddy straw for generating the electricity by means of microbial fuel cells.The electricity generated through crop stubble can be used as a sustainable source of energy in the remote areas.It is also focused on suggesting policies to the government so that air pollution can be minimized in affected areas.展开更多
Given the technical problems of low maize stubble breaking efficiency,large cutting torque and high power consumption faced during springtime no-till planting in Northeast China,we designed a high-performance coupling...Given the technical problems of low maize stubble breaking efficiency,large cutting torque and high power consumption faced during springtime no-till planting in Northeast China,we designed a high-performance coupling bionic stubble cutting device capable by integrating the structure(multi-segment and serrate)and cutting mode(isokinetic and symmetrical)of locust mouthparts.Methods of bionic construction,mechanism design,theoretical analysis,parameter optimization,Arduino systems and intelligent control were combined to design a planetary gear mechanism and an intelligent speed control system.In particular,the bionic cutting blade could reconstruct the multi-segment and serrate structure of locust mouthparts,while the planetary gear mechanism and the intelligent speed control system jointly comprised the bionic drive system,which could simulate the isokinetic and symmetrical cutting mode,thereby bionically coupling morphological structures and movement patterns.Analysis of comparative tests showed the coupling bionic cutting device could reduce the cutting torque by 26.6%-31.6%and the power consumption by 21.9%-26.1%.This work confirmed that coupling bionic method can significantly improve the stubble cutting efficiency,which was a valuable contribution to the design of stubble cutting device for no-till planter.展开更多
Due to the influence of complex working environment and artificial factors,it is easy to cause crop up over or less tillage problem when straw returning machine is working in paddy field.A new method for path detectio...Due to the influence of complex working environment and artificial factors,it is easy to cause crop up over or less tillage problem when straw returning machine is working in paddy field.A new method for path detection suitable for rice,rape and wheat high crop stubble tilling environments was proposed.First the distribution characteristics of rice,rape and wheat high crop stubble images in paddy field based on RGB color model were analyzed,and rice,the color images of rape and wheat high crop stubble were converted into gray ones using custom factor combination R+G-2B;Then,the gray images of rice,rape and wheat high crop stubble were segmented from soil background by means of luminance mean texture descriptor;Next,the binary image through custom shear-binary-image algorithm was cut to remove big noise blobs in high crop stubble’s tilled area;Finally,navigation path from navigation points by using the least square method was derived.The experimental results indicated that the navigation path detection algorithm was fast and effective to obtain navigation path in rice,rape and wheat high crop stubble tilling environments with up to 96.7% of segmentation accuracy within 0.6 s of processing time.展开更多
Under the conditions of straw returning operation,there are three major technical bottlenecks in the Phaeozem region of northeast China,namely low stubble breaking rate,poor tillage depth consistency,and high fuel con...Under the conditions of straw returning operation,there are three major technical bottlenecks in the Phaeozem region of northeast China,namely low stubble breaking rate,poor tillage depth consistency,and high fuel consumption.In this research,a bionic stubble-deep loosening combined tillage machine(BSD)was designed through bionic prototype analysis,coupled bionic analysis,coupled bionic design,theoretical analysis and application of intelligent control techniques.It consists of a bionic stubble breaking device and a bionic self-excited vibratory deep loosening device.Based on the unique biting pattern of locust mouthparts on maize rootstocks,the bionic stubble breaking device adopted a new multi-segment serrated bionic structure and a symmetrical rotational motion,which could significantly increase the stubble breaking rate(p<0.05)and reduce the resistance to stubble breaking operations(p<0.05).Based on the unique biology of the hare’s paws,toes and nails,the bionic self-excited vibration deep loosening device adopted a new series-parallel composite bionic elastic system and an intelligent tilling depth control system with a fuzzy algorithm,which significantly improved the tilling depth consistency(p<0.05).The operational performance of the BSD was verified at different operating speeds through comparative experiments and reveals the mechanism of its excellent performance through theoretical analysis.The final experiment results showed that,at the same operating speed,the BSD improved the stubble breaking rate by 9.62%and 10.67%,reduced the stubble breaking torque by 28 N·m and 33 N·m,reduced the tillage depth coefficient of variation by 12.73%and 13.48%,and reduced the specific fuel consumption by 36 g/km·h and 40 g/km·h compared to the two most common models.The operating performance of the three kinds of machines will decrease with the increase of operating speed,and the BSD has the least decrease.展开更多
The authors report the results of aethalometer black carbon(BC)aerosol measurements carried out over a rural(pristine)site,Panchgaon,Haryana State,India during the winter months of 2021-2022 and 2022-2023.They are com...The authors report the results of aethalometer black carbon(BC)aerosol measurements carried out over a rural(pristine)site,Panchgaon,Haryana State,India during the winter months of 2021-2022 and 2022-2023.They are compared with collocated and concurrent observations from the Air Quality Monitoring Station(AQMS),which provides synchronous air pollution and surface meteorological parameters.Secular variations in BC mass concentration are studied and explained with variations in local meteorological parameters.The biomass burning fire count retrievals from NASA-NOAA VIIRS satellite,and backward airmass trajectories from NOAA-ERL HYSPLIT Model analysis have also been utilized to explain the findings.They reveal that the north-west Indian region contributes maximum to the BC mass concentration over the study site during the study period.Moreover,the observed BC mass concentrations corroborate the synchronous fire count,primary and secondary pollutant concentrations.The results were found to aid the development of mitigation methods to achieve a sustainable climate system.展开更多
Pre-harvest yield prediction of ratoon rice is critical for guiding crop interventions in precision agriculture.However,the unique agronomic practice(i.e.,varied stubble height treatment)in rice ratooning could lead t...Pre-harvest yield prediction of ratoon rice is critical for guiding crop interventions in precision agriculture.However,the unique agronomic practice(i.e.,varied stubble height treatment)in rice ratooning could lead to inconsistent rice phenology,which had a significant impact on yield prediction of ratoon rice.Multi-temporal unmanned aerial vehicle(UAV)-based remote sensing can likely monitor ratoon rice productivity and reflect maximum yield potential across growing seasons for improving the yield prediction compared with previous methods.Thus,in this study,we explored the performance of combination of agronomic practice information(API)and single-phase,multi-spectral features[vegetation indices(VIs)and texture(Tex)features]in predicting ratoon rice yield,and developed a new UAV-based method to retrieve yield formation process by using multi-temporal features which were effective in improving yield forecasting accuracy of ratoon rice.The results showed that the integrated use of VIs,Tex and API(VIs&Tex+API)improved the accuracy of yield prediction than single-phase UAV imagery-based feature,with the panicle initiation stage being the best period for yield prediction(R^(2) as 0.732,RMSE as 0.406,RRMSE as 0.101).More importantly,compared with previous multi-temporal UAV-based methods,our proposed multi-temporal method(multi-temporal model VIs&Tex:R^(2) as 0.795,RMSE as 0.298,RRMSE as 0.072)can increase R^(2) by 0.020-0.111 and decrease RMSE by 0.020-0.080 in crop yield forecasting.This study provides an effective method for accurate pre-harvest yield prediction of ratoon rice in precision agriculture,which is of great significance to take timely means for ensuring ratoon rice production and food security.展开更多
As a special form of allelopathy, autotoxicity is common in cucurbits, and it is one of main factors inducing： continuous cropping obstacles. Therefore, the autotoxicity research has both theoretical and practical si...As a special form of allelopathy, autotoxicity is common in cucurbits, and it is one of main factors inducing： continuous cropping obstacles. Therefore, the autotoxicity research has both theoretical and practical significance on overcoming continuous cropping obstacles. In this review, commencing on the concept of autotoxicity, research results of autotoxicity in watermelon in recent years were summarized. The significance of researches on autotoxicity in watermelon, watermelon root exudate and its autotoxicity, and the autotoxicity of watermelon stubble and the mechanisms were explained. Meanwhile, some questions needed to be further studied.展开更多
In temperate agroecosystems, avian responses in abundance and distribution to landscape attributes may be exacerbated by the coupling of natural seasons and farming practices. We assessed the sea- sonal roles of field...In temperate agroecosystems, avian responses in abundance and distribution to landscape attributes may be exacerbated by the coupling of natural seasons and farming practices. We assessed the sea- sonal roles of field type, field use in the surroundings, and distance from a field to the nearest woodlot on the abundance of seed-eating birds in a 225,000 km2 study area in the Pampas of central Argentina. During spring-summer and autumn of 2011-2013, we randomly selected 392 fields and used transect samples to collect data on abundance and presence of seed-eating bird species. We recorded a total of 11,579 individuals belonging to 15 seed-eating bird species. We used generalized lineal mixed models to relate bird abundance to field type, field use in the surroundings, and distance to the nearest woodlot. In spring-summer （breeding season） most bird responses were associated with their nesting requirements. Species that build their nests in trees, such as eared doves Zenaida auriculata, picazuro pigeons Patagioenas picazuro, and monk parakeets Myiopsitta monachus, were more abundant in fields closer to woodlots, whereas grassland yellow-finches Sicalis luteola, which nest at areas with tall grasses, were more abundant in fields with livestock use patches in the field surroundings. In au- tumn （non-breeding season）, most bird responses were associated with foraging and refuge needs. The high abundance of eared doves in crop stubbles and the association of pigeons at field surroundings dominated by croplands or at crop stubbles surrounded by livestock use fields revealed the intimate association of these species to sites with high availability of food resources. In addition, both picazuro pigeons and spot-winged pigeons Patagioenas maculosa were associated with woodlots, which provide suitable roosting sites. Our results show that in temperate agroecosystems, the relationships between field characteristics and seed-eating bird abundances vary with season.展开更多
Objective: This paper mainly discusses the Allelopathic potential of Wheat. Methods: This paper is prepared by reviewing the latest academic literatures. Result: The green revolution in the 1960s caused an increase in...Objective: This paper mainly discusses the Allelopathic potential of Wheat. Methods: This paper is prepared by reviewing the latest academic literatures. Result: The green revolution in the 1960s caused an increase in the demand for food. The agricultural sector and farmers tended to spend more time on the agricultural work but the crop yield was suppressed by the weeds. Hence, the usage of herbicide insecticides, fungicides and others chemicals had been increased. Although herbicides are efficient for weed controls, the continuous uses had gradually stimulated the weeds developing an effecttive resistance to the chemicals. Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) is known as allelopathic against crops and weeds. Allelopathy of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) has been extensively examined for its potentials in weeds management. The allelopathic activity of wheat has been attributed to hydroxamic acids, the related compounds and phenolic acids. Therefore, it could effectively reduce herbicide uses in order to maintain an eco-friendly environment and a cost-effective weed control.展开更多
基金supported by the National Nature Science Foundation of China,the National Key Research and Development Program of China(302001109,2016YFD0300508,2017YFD0301602,2018YFD0301105)the Fujian and Taiwan Cultivation Resources Development and Green Cultivation Coordination Innovation Center,China(Fujian 2011 Project,2015-75)the Natural Science Foundation of Fujian Province,China(2022J01142)。
文摘Agronomic measures are the key to promote the sustainable development of ratoon rice by reducing the damage from mechanical crushing to the residual stubble of the main crop, thereby mitigating the impact on axillary bud sprouting and yield formation in ratoon rice. This study used widely recommended conventional rice Jiafuzhan and hybrid rice Yongyou 2640 as the test materials to conduct a four-factor block design field experiment in a greenhouse of the experimental farm of Fujian Agricultural and Forestry University, China from 2018 to 2019.The treatments included fertilization and no fertilization, alternate wetting and drying irrigation and continuous water flooding irrigation, and plots with and without artificial crushing damage on the rice stubble. At the same time, a 13C stable isotope in-situ detection technology was used to fertilize the pot experiment. The results showed significant interactions among varieties, water management, nitrogen application and stubble status.Relative to the long-term water flooding treatment, the treatment with sequential application of nitrogen fertilizer coupled with moderate field drought for root-vigor and tiller promotion before and after harvesting of the main crop, significantly improved the effective tillers from low position nodes. This in turn increased the effective panicles per plant and grains per panicle by reducing the influence of artificial crushing damage on rice stubble and achieving a high yield of the regenerated rice. Furthermore, the partitioning of 13C assimilates to the residual stubble and its axillary buds were significantly improved at the mature stage of the main crop, while the translocation rate to roots and rhizosphere soil was reduced at the later growth stage of ratooning season rice. This was triggered by the metabolism of hormones and polyamines at the stem base regulated by the interaction of water and fertilizer at this time. We therefore suggest that to achieve a high yield of ratoon rice with low stubble height under mechanized harvesting, the timely application of nitrogen fertilizer is fundamental,coupled with moderate field drying for root-vigor preservation and tiller promotion before and after the mechanical harvesting of the main crop.
基金Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(31360565)
文摘The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of long-term grazing sheep in cotton stubble on variation of biochemistry components and free gossypol residual in the blood. The survey found that 15% ewe of grazing group suffered miscarriage or premature birth,compared with the captive group ewes without this phenomenon. Blood test result shows that the free gossypol concentration in serum of grazing group was significantly higher than in indoor captive feeding group( P < 0. 01). In order to ensure the health of sheep grazing on cotton stubble and improve breeding rate,there is a need to do further reasonable research of grazing and feeding methods.
文摘To ascertain the influence of wheat stubble management options and chemical weed control methods on weed growth and productivity of dry direct-seeded fine rice, a two years' field study was undertaken at the Agronomic Research Farm, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan in 2013 and 2014. Different wheat stubble management methods, viz., incorporation, burning and retention were executed during seed-bed preparation. While, herbicide treatments comprised of a weed check, weed free, pendimethalin followed by tank mixture of fenoxaprop p-ethyl+ethoxysulfuron ethyl, and bispyribac sodium followed by tank mixture of fenoxaprop p-ethyl+ethoxysulfuron ethyl. Results revealed that weed control efficacy of both herbicide treatments ranged from 84 to 94%. Herbicide treatments significantly reduced weed density(88–90%) and dry weight(86–88%), while improved the rice growth attributes compared with weed check. Application of bispyribac sodium followed by tank mixture of fenoxaprop p-ethyl+ethoxysulfuron ethyl in stubble retention recorded 226 and 273% increase in kernel yield over weedy check in 2013 and 2014, respectively. In stubble incorporation, pendimethalin followed by tank mixture of fenoxaprop p-ethyl+ethoxysulfuron ethyl was more effective in increasing(256–293%) rice yields over weedy check. Among different treatment combinations, the maximum net benefits(1 397.49^(–1) 472.22 USD ha^(–1)), net returns(636–700 USD ha^(–1)), benefit cost ratio(1.77^(–1).83) and marginal rate of return(2 187–2 330%) were recorded with the application of bispyribac sodium followed by fenoxaprop p-ethyl+ethoxysulfuron ethyl in stubble retention. In crux, application of bispyribac sodium followed by tank mixture of fenoxaprop p-ethyl+ethoxysulfuron ethyl in stubble retention is efficient approach to control weeds, and get maximum rice productivity and net economic returns under dry seeded system.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31572460)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(lzujbky-2017-ot01)the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2016YFC0400302)
文摘Reduced tillage provides ecological and economic benefits to arable land on the Loess Plateau of China, where soil erosion has long been a serious problem and soil water availability is largely restricted. However, high abundances of weeds in reduced tillage systems cause significant yield losses. In this study, we explored the effects of no-tillage and stubble retention on the number and density of weeds and weed seeds in a 12-year maize-winter wheat-common vetch rotation on the Loess Plateau. Four treatments including conventional tillage, no-tillage, conventional tillage＋stubble retention and no-tillage＋stubble retention were designed and applied. We found that no-tillage increased the number of weed species and weed density in most of the crops, while stubble retention decreased weed density in maize and tended to suppress weeds in both no-tillage treatments（no-tillage and no-tillage＋stubble retention）. No-tillage led to an increase in the number of weed species in the weed seedbank and tended to increase seed density during the spring growth of winter wheat, but it decreased seed density during post-vetch fallow. Stubble retention tended to reduce seed density during the spring growth of winter wheat and post-vetch fallow. We concluded that no-tillage can promote weeds in the experimental crop rotation, while stubble retention suppresses weeds in untilled fields. The combined effects of stubble retention and no-tillage on weed suppression varied among the three crops. Based on these results, we recommend stubble retention in untilled legume-crop rotations on the Loess Plateau to improve the control of weeds.
文摘By a pot experiment, two kinds of crop stubble (wheat, soybean) were added into continuous cropping soil of cucumber according to different quantity (0.5%, 1% and 2%), the effects of different kinds of stubble and quantity on the continuous cropping soil and growth of cucumber were investigated. The results showed that two kinds of crop stubble significantly decreased soil bulk density, and increased total porosity of soil. Each of all treatments significantly decreased the accumulation of salinity in soil within the entire growth period of cucumber. 2% wheat stubble treatment had the biggest drop in soil EC in the later period of cucumber growth. Soybean stubble treatment had the lesser effect on soil EC. Wheat and soybean stubble promoted the growth of cucumber, increased the yield of cucumber, and improved the quality of cucumber. 2% of wheat stubble treatment had a biggest increase in cucumber yield, which increased the yield by 34.23% compared with the control.
文摘[Objective] The aim was to select a cultivation method suitable for sandy lands in Liaoning Province. [Method] The research explored effects of autumn plowing, autumn rotary cultivation, autumn ridging, and rotary cultivation before spring sowing on physical and chemical properties. [Result] By autumn plowing, surface soils were seriously eroded, more water was evaporated, and more nutrients lost; by autumn rotary cultivation, surface soils were seriously eroded also, reducing wa- ter content and nutrients; by autumn ridging, surface soils were slightly eroded, so that evaporation was light and fewer nutrients lost; by rotary cultivation before spring sowing, soil erosion was the lightest, with more water and nutrients maintained. [Conclusion] It is effective for improving anti-wind erosion by no-tillage during fallow period and land reclamation before sowing in semi-dry areas.
基金Supported by National Nonprofit Institute Research Grant of CAAS(IARRP-2015-7)Key Laboratory of Nonpoint Source Pollution Control,Ministry of Agriculture,P.R.China,Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences Science and Technology Innovation Project in 2017the Public Welfare Industry Science and Technology Projects for financing the research (no.200903011)
文摘With the improvement of agricultural mechanization equipment levels, the mechanized wheat harvesting level has been above 80% and the rate of wheat straw returned has increased significantly in the main wheat production of wheat of northern countryside in China. Chinese government popularized the beneficial agronomic measures in the process of wheat straw returned field by mechanization. The agronomic measure was reducing the wheat straw stubble height(WSSH) not more than 20 cm.However, local government didn't apply and disseminate the measure, because in practice the cost of fuel consumption was high, and the operation time of harvesting was longer than ever. The machinery operators and farmers needed to support extra fuel cost and time if they took government's advice. In fact, the objective subsidy policy of fuel cost on reducing WSSH was not been formulated by all levels of government. Therefore, the set of agronomic measure couldn't be popularized in main wheat production area of North China. Our research addressed to master the changing feature of fuel cost and mechanical efficiency,seeking suitable subsidy standard, providing some useful and constructive suggestions to improve subsidy policy of fuel consumption cost for national government department. The study carried out the tracking experiments of the operation efficiency and fuel costs of farm harvester in the situation of different WSSH in 2010 in Xushui District of Hebei Province. In conclusion, the operation time of harvesting decline and machinery fuel consumption cost increased along with the decreasing of WSSH. First for the older harvester, the operation efficiency would decline by 18.7% when the WSSH changed from 20 cm to 10 cm, the cost would increase 4.7%, exact cost was 152.2CNY per hectare. For the new harvester, the operation efficiency would decline by 39.9% when the WSSH changed from 20 cm to 15 cm, the cost would increase 4.6%, exact cost was 368.4CNY per hectare. We provided about 375 CNY per hectare to the mechanical operators and farmer who attended this project, and they were willing to accept the subsidies. We also put forwards some policy suggestions on promoting agronomic measures of reducing WSSH including strengthen the construction of agricultural machinery service system, practise a special fuel consumption subsidies of agricultural machinery and open up new paths for combine sales and circulation.
基金Special Fund of Sugarcane Industry Technical System of National Modern Agriculture (CARS-20-3-2)Nanning Key Scientific and Technological Project (201102027B)+1 种基金Special Fund of Agriculture Mechanization Administration of Nanning (2010)Project of Guangxi Graduate Education Innovation (2010)
文摘The experiment was conducted with the traditional manual harvesting and mechanical harvesting of sugarcane,to compare the effects of different harvesting method on the sugarcane stubble quality and the growth of ratoon.The experimental results are as follows.(i) The stubble height and breaking stubble rate of mechanical harvesting was significantly higher than manual harvesting,the stubble height of lodging species and difficult defoliation species increased in mechanical harvesting condition.Varieties with higher levels of fiber had lower rate of broken stubble.(ii) The effects of mechanical harvesting on germination of next year ratoon were quite different due to different varieties,indicating that the better perennial species have less impact than the poor perennial species.(iii) Compared with manual harvesting,mechanical harvesting had slightly higher plant height and single-stem weight and less effective stems number,the difference of cane yield was not significant,but sucrose content increased 0.53%.(iv) Mechanical harvesting combining with leaves crushing could reduce the impact on the germination of ratoon,improve the single-stem weight and increase the effective number of stems.
基金Supported by Performance Incentive and Guidance Special Project of Scientific Research Institutes in Chongqing City(19537)Special Research and Development Project of Chongqing Rongchang Agriculture and Animal Husbandry High-tech Industry(20209)Diversification Development Research Office of Chongqing Modern Mountain Characteristic Benefit Agriculture(Sericulture)Technology System(18304).
文摘[Objective]The paper was to study the effects of mowing on nutrients of forage mulberry.[Method]With forage mulberry as the research object,the effects of mowing stubbles and mowing stages on nutrient content of forage mulberry were studied.[Result]With the increase of mowing frequency,the crude protein and crude ash content of forage mulberry decreased,but the crude fiber content increased,and the quality of forage mulberry decreased correspondingly.The crude protein content decreased most obviously from 25.78%in the first stubble to 21.63%in the third stubble.In the first and third stubble,the nutrients at 28±1 d after the last mowing were higher than that at 38±1 d after the last mowing.That is,with the growth of forage mulberry,the accumulated nutrients were also used for their own growth.[Conclusion]From the perspective of nutrient content,the forage mulberry mowed earlier has higher nutritional value and better palatability.
文摘Ratooning is common practice done in sugarcane with purpose of reducing the total cost of cultivation and early cane maturity.More than 35%of sugarcane productivity is lost due to improper attention of the farmers towards ratoons.Majority of farmers reported that the ratoonability wasn’t good when harvested in December-January.This experiment was carried out to find the appropriate ratoon shaving time with response to different varieties in sugarcane ratoon crop in the year 2018/19 at national sugarcane research project,Jitpur,Bara.The experiment was conducted in split plot design with four levels of cane genotypes as Co–0238,CoLk–94184,Co–0233 and CoS–07250 as the main plot factor while four harvesting dates as sub plot factor with three replications.Observations of a number of millable canes,single cane weight,plant height and single cane diameter were recorded,tabulated and analyzed in R-studio.Ratoon stubble shaving in the month of November had the highest number of millable canes(88079/ha)which wasn’t significantly different from the stubble shaving in the month of December,January.Likewise,highest cane yield(60.04 mt/ha),single cane weight(0.757 kg),cane diameter(2.11 cm),plant height(1.82 m)were found in early stubble shaving dates.Cane Yield and various yield parameter shows better performance in early ratoon shaving periods i.e.from November to January than late ratoon shaving dates.
文摘The Indian states including Punjab,Haryana,Bihar,Uttar Pradesh,Madhya Pradesh,and Himachal Pradesh follow combine harvesting method followed by burning of crop stubble to prepare the fields for next crop.Crop stubble burning is the reason of annual increment in pollution concentrations which lead to massive winter pollution in the region.However,the state governments have taken several initiatives for proper management of crop stubble through various departments and institutions but still air pollution level is increasing.Instead of burning the crop residue,it can be used in other ways,which are beneficial to humanity.In the direction of rising issues due to burning of the crop stubble,efforts have been carried out to explore the options to utilize the crop stubble rather than burning of it.Present experimental study is an attempt to outline alternative use of crop stubble like utilization of rice straw for electricity generation through microbial fuel cell.In 10 days experimental set up,the MFC produced the maximum voltage of 0.002 V corresponding to the maximum current of 2.5 mA which results in power output of 0.05 mW.The experiments'results of the study accentuate the significance of biomass by utilizing the rice paddy straw for generating the electricity by means of microbial fuel cells.The electricity generated through crop stubble can be used as a sustainable source of energy in the remote areas.It is also focused on suggesting policies to the government so that air pollution can be minimized in affected areas.
基金This work was supported by the project of National Key R&D Program of China(No.2018YFA0703300)and the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant no.51705194)+1 种基金and Science and Technology Project of Jilin(20190301023NY)and National Natural Science Foundation of Jilin(20180101090JC).
文摘Given the technical problems of low maize stubble breaking efficiency,large cutting torque and high power consumption faced during springtime no-till planting in Northeast China,we designed a high-performance coupling bionic stubble cutting device capable by integrating the structure(multi-segment and serrate)and cutting mode(isokinetic and symmetrical)of locust mouthparts.Methods of bionic construction,mechanism design,theoretical analysis,parameter optimization,Arduino systems and intelligent control were combined to design a planetary gear mechanism and an intelligent speed control system.In particular,the bionic cutting blade could reconstruct the multi-segment and serrate structure of locust mouthparts,while the planetary gear mechanism and the intelligent speed control system jointly comprised the bionic drive system,which could simulate the isokinetic and symmetrical cutting mode,thereby bionically coupling morphological structures and movement patterns.Analysis of comparative tests showed the coupling bionic cutting device could reduce the cutting torque by 26.6%-31.6%and the power consumption by 21.9%-26.1%.This work confirmed that coupling bionic method can significantly improve the stubble cutting efficiency,which was a valuable contribution to the design of stubble cutting device for no-till planter.
基金financially supported by the Special Fund for Agro-scientific Research in the Public Interest(No.201203059)the Natural Science Foundation of China(No.51275196).
文摘Due to the influence of complex working environment and artificial factors,it is easy to cause crop up over or less tillage problem when straw returning machine is working in paddy field.A new method for path detection suitable for rice,rape and wheat high crop stubble tilling environments was proposed.First the distribution characteristics of rice,rape and wheat high crop stubble images in paddy field based on RGB color model were analyzed,and rice,the color images of rape and wheat high crop stubble were converted into gray ones using custom factor combination R+G-2B;Then,the gray images of rice,rape and wheat high crop stubble were segmented from soil background by means of luminance mean texture descriptor;Next,the binary image through custom shear-binary-image algorithm was cut to remove big noise blobs in high crop stubble’s tilled area;Finally,navigation path from navigation points by using the least square method was derived.The experimental results indicated that the navigation path detection algorithm was fast and effective to obtain navigation path in rice,rape and wheat high crop stubble tilling environments with up to 96.7% of segmentation accuracy within 0.6 s of processing time.
基金The authors acknowledge that the research was financially supported by the National Key Research and Development Project of China(Grant No.2017YFD0700701)the Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.52075215)+1 种基金the Science and Technology Development Plan Project of Jilin Province(Grant No.20190301023NY,20190701055GH and 20200404008YY)China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(Grant No.2020M67085).
文摘Under the conditions of straw returning operation,there are three major technical bottlenecks in the Phaeozem region of northeast China,namely low stubble breaking rate,poor tillage depth consistency,and high fuel consumption.In this research,a bionic stubble-deep loosening combined tillage machine(BSD)was designed through bionic prototype analysis,coupled bionic analysis,coupled bionic design,theoretical analysis and application of intelligent control techniques.It consists of a bionic stubble breaking device and a bionic self-excited vibratory deep loosening device.Based on the unique biting pattern of locust mouthparts on maize rootstocks,the bionic stubble breaking device adopted a new multi-segment serrated bionic structure and a symmetrical rotational motion,which could significantly increase the stubble breaking rate(p<0.05)and reduce the resistance to stubble breaking operations(p<0.05).Based on the unique biology of the hare’s paws,toes and nails,the bionic self-excited vibration deep loosening device adopted a new series-parallel composite bionic elastic system and an intelligent tilling depth control system with a fuzzy algorithm,which significantly improved the tilling depth consistency(p<0.05).The operational performance of the BSD was verified at different operating speeds through comparative experiments and reveals the mechanism of its excellent performance through theoretical analysis.The final experiment results showed that,at the same operating speed,the BSD improved the stubble breaking rate by 9.62%and 10.67%,reduced the stubble breaking torque by 28 N·m and 33 N·m,reduced the tillage depth coefficient of variation by 12.73%and 13.48%,and reduced the specific fuel consumption by 36 g/km·h and 40 g/km·h compared to the two most common models.The operating performance of the three kinds of machines will decrease with the increase of operating speed,and the BSD has the least decrease.
文摘The authors report the results of aethalometer black carbon(BC)aerosol measurements carried out over a rural(pristine)site,Panchgaon,Haryana State,India during the winter months of 2021-2022 and 2022-2023.They are compared with collocated and concurrent observations from the Air Quality Monitoring Station(AQMS),which provides synchronous air pollution and surface meteorological parameters.Secular variations in BC mass concentration are studied and explained with variations in local meteorological parameters.The biomass burning fire count retrievals from NASA-NOAA VIIRS satellite,and backward airmass trajectories from NOAA-ERL HYSPLIT Model analysis have also been utilized to explain the findings.They reveal that the north-west Indian region contributes maximum to the BC mass concentration over the study site during the study period.Moreover,the observed BC mass concentrations corroborate the synchronous fire count,primary and secondary pollutant concentrations.The results were found to aid the development of mitigation methods to achieve a sustainable climate system.
基金supported by the Key Research and Development Program of Heilongjiang,China(Grant No.2022ZX01A25)Cooperative Funding between Huazhong Agricultural University and Shenzhen Institute of Agricultural Genomics(Grant No.SZYJY2022014)+2 种基金Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities,Beijing,China(Grant Nos.2662022JC006 and 2662022ZHYJ002)National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.32101819)Huazhong Agriculture University Research Startup Fund,China(Grant Nos.11041810340 and 11041810341).
文摘Pre-harvest yield prediction of ratoon rice is critical for guiding crop interventions in precision agriculture.However,the unique agronomic practice(i.e.,varied stubble height treatment)in rice ratooning could lead to inconsistent rice phenology,which had a significant impact on yield prediction of ratoon rice.Multi-temporal unmanned aerial vehicle(UAV)-based remote sensing can likely monitor ratoon rice productivity and reflect maximum yield potential across growing seasons for improving the yield prediction compared with previous methods.Thus,in this study,we explored the performance of combination of agronomic practice information(API)and single-phase,multi-spectral features[vegetation indices(VIs)and texture(Tex)features]in predicting ratoon rice yield,and developed a new UAV-based method to retrieve yield formation process by using multi-temporal features which were effective in improving yield forecasting accuracy of ratoon rice.The results showed that the integrated use of VIs,Tex and API(VIs&Tex+API)improved the accuracy of yield prediction than single-phase UAV imagery-based feature,with the panicle initiation stage being the best period for yield prediction(R^(2) as 0.732,RMSE as 0.406,RRMSE as 0.101).More importantly,compared with previous multi-temporal UAV-based methods,our proposed multi-temporal method(multi-temporal model VIs&Tex:R^(2) as 0.795,RMSE as 0.298,RRMSE as 0.072)can increase R^(2) by 0.020-0.111 and decrease RMSE by 0.020-0.080 in crop yield forecasting.This study provides an effective method for accurate pre-harvest yield prediction of ratoon rice in precision agriculture,which is of great significance to take timely means for ensuring ratoon rice production and food security.
文摘As a special form of allelopathy, autotoxicity is common in cucurbits, and it is one of main factors inducing： continuous cropping obstacles. Therefore, the autotoxicity research has both theoretical and practical significance on overcoming continuous cropping obstacles. In this review, commencing on the concept of autotoxicity, research results of autotoxicity in watermelon in recent years were summarized. The significance of researches on autotoxicity in watermelon, watermelon root exudate and its autotoxicity, and the autotoxicity of watermelon stubble and the mechanisms were explained. Meanwhile, some questions needed to be further studied.
文摘In temperate agroecosystems, avian responses in abundance and distribution to landscape attributes may be exacerbated by the coupling of natural seasons and farming practices. We assessed the sea- sonal roles of field type, field use in the surroundings, and distance from a field to the nearest woodlot on the abundance of seed-eating birds in a 225,000 km2 study area in the Pampas of central Argentina. During spring-summer and autumn of 2011-2013, we randomly selected 392 fields and used transect samples to collect data on abundance and presence of seed-eating bird species. We recorded a total of 11,579 individuals belonging to 15 seed-eating bird species. We used generalized lineal mixed models to relate bird abundance to field type, field use in the surroundings, and distance to the nearest woodlot. In spring-summer （breeding season） most bird responses were associated with their nesting requirements. Species that build their nests in trees, such as eared doves Zenaida auriculata, picazuro pigeons Patagioenas picazuro, and monk parakeets Myiopsitta monachus, were more abundant in fields closer to woodlots, whereas grassland yellow-finches Sicalis luteola, which nest at areas with tall grasses, were more abundant in fields with livestock use patches in the field surroundings. In au- tumn （non-breeding season）, most bird responses were associated with foraging and refuge needs. The high abundance of eared doves in crop stubbles and the association of pigeons at field surroundings dominated by croplands or at crop stubbles surrounded by livestock use fields revealed the intimate association of these species to sites with high availability of food resources. In addition, both picazuro pigeons and spot-winged pigeons Patagioenas maculosa were associated with woodlots, which provide suitable roosting sites. Our results show that in temperate agroecosystems, the relationships between field characteristics and seed-eating bird abundances vary with season.
文摘Objective: This paper mainly discusses the Allelopathic potential of Wheat. Methods: This paper is prepared by reviewing the latest academic literatures. Result: The green revolution in the 1960s caused an increase in the demand for food. The agricultural sector and farmers tended to spend more time on the agricultural work but the crop yield was suppressed by the weeds. Hence, the usage of herbicide insecticides, fungicides and others chemicals had been increased. Although herbicides are efficient for weed controls, the continuous uses had gradually stimulated the weeds developing an effecttive resistance to the chemicals. Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) is known as allelopathic against crops and weeds. Allelopathy of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) has been extensively examined for its potentials in weeds management. The allelopathic activity of wheat has been attributed to hydroxamic acids, the related compounds and phenolic acids. Therefore, it could effectively reduce herbicide uses in order to maintain an eco-friendly environment and a cost-effective weed control.
