Application of Two-and Three-Parameter Isotherm Models: Biosorption of Acid Red 88 onto Azolla microphylla

Biosorption potential of Azolla microphylla for acid red 88 from aqueous solution was investigated under laboratory conditions as a function of initial pH and temperature. The algal biomass exhibited the highest dye sorption capacity at optimum conditions of pH 3 and temperature 30°C. The experimental isotherms were analyzed using five two-parameter models (Langmuir, Freundlich, Temkin, Dubinin-Radushkevich, and Flory-Huggins) and five three-parameter models (Redlich-Peterson, Sips, Khan, Radke-Prausnitz, and Toth). Three error analysis methods were used to evaluate the experimental data: correlation coefficient, residual root mean square error (RMSE), and chi-square test to find the best fitting isotherm. In particular, Langmuir (two-parameter) and Khan (three-parameter) models described the dye biosorption isotherm data well at all pH and temperature conditions examined.     

A novel isoflavone glycoside fromCaragana alaica

3-O-Rhamnopyranosylisorhamnetin, 3-O-glucopyranosylisorhamnetin, 7-O-galactopyranosylluteolin, quercitrin, isoquercitrin, wistin, and a novel isoflavonoid, 3′-hydroxy-6,4′-dimethoxy-7-O-β-D-glucopyranosylisoflavone, were isolated from the aerial parts ofaragana alaica. Of these, the previously described compounds were identified on the basis of their physicochemical and spectral characteristics, whereas the spectral analysis and conversion to a known compound, cladrastin, allowed the structural elucidation of the novel isoflavone glycoside.     

科尔沁沙地典型固沙人工林地土壤水分时空特征及其对环境因子的响应

土壤水分时空动态特征对于干旱地区人工林的可持续经营与管理起着至关重要的作用。以位于科尔沁沙地南缘的樟子松和柠条固沙人工林为对象，于2018年11月-2019年11月连续观测了林地0-200 cm土壤剖面的含水量、温度及微气象因子，系统分析了土壤水分的时空变化特征及其对环境因子的响应。研究期内，两种林地土壤水分的季节变化可分为冻结期、补充期、消耗期和稳定期；依据土壤剖面的水分特征可分为易变层、活跃层和稳定层，但两种林地的分层深度有一定差异。在生长季内（5-10月），土壤含水量对大气降雨的响应随着土层深度的增加而减弱；降雨对樟子松人工林0-20 cm层土壤水分的影响极显著（P<0.01），对柠条人工林0-10 cm层的影响极显著（P<0.01）、20-60 cm层显著（P<0.05）。在土壤冻融周期内（2018年11月-2019年4月），两种林地的土壤均表现为"单向冻结"和"双向融化"的特点；土壤温度是影响冻融期内土壤含水量的关键因素，两者呈极显著的指数函数关系；樟子松和柠条人工林土壤的最大冻结深度分别为170 cm和190 cm，前者10 cm土层解冻时间要比后者晚11 d，可能与乔木树冠的遮阴作用有关。潜在蒸散与柠条林0-60 cm层、樟子松林0-20 cm和200 cm层的土壤水分呈极显著相关（P<0.01），而与樟子松林60 cm和160 cm层呈显著相关（P<0.05），这与树木蒸腾和土壤蒸发等综合作用有关。研究表明，由于两种人工林的树种组成、树冠大小、郁闭程度和根系分布等结构特征不同会导致林地土壤水分时空特征的异质性及其对环境因素响应的差异。     

Is the removal of aboveground shrub biomass an effective technique to restore a shrub‐encroached grassland?

Encroachment of woody plants into grasslands is a global phenomenon that has substantial impacts on pastoral productivity and ecosystem services. Over the past half century, pastoralists and land management agencies have explored various options to control woody plants in order to improve ecosystem services in shrub‐encroached grasslands. We examined the effectiveness of controlling the encroachment of the shrub Caragana microphylla into grassland in Inner Mongolia, China. We cut and removed all of the aboveground biomass from 450 shrubs, predicting that the effectiveness of this technique to control shrubs would depend on shrub morphology. Specifically, we expected that larger shrubs with more biomass would be more difficult to kill by cutting than smaller shrubs. A year after treatment, we found that cutting killed only 11% of the 450 treated shrubs, and of these, three‐quarters of the locations that they occupied reverted to grasses and one‐quarter to bare soil. Shrubs that survived the cutting treatment produced more stems and leaf biomass, and therefore had a greater leaf to stem ratio. Shrubs that died after cutting had a lower crown area and basal area, and less stem biomass than shrubs that resprouted within 12 months of cutting. There were no effects of shrub height on the fate of treated shrubs. Cutting had no effect on understory plant cover or richness, but reproductive plants were taller under shrubs that were not cut. Overall, our study showed that removing aboveground shrub biomass by cutting is an ineffective technique for “restoring” the original grassland community unless shrubs are very small. Strategic targeting of small shrubs would be a more effective technique for controlling the spread of C. microphylla in the long term.     

积水和网孔大小对青藏高原高寒沼泽化草甸优势种黑褐苔草叶片凋落物早期分解的影响

2013年5月,在青藏高原高寒沼泽化草甸收集优势种黑褐苔草(Carex atrofusca)立枯体凋落物。6月初,选择3个样带:长期积水带、周期性积水带和无积水带,并结合凋落物分解袋的方法,在每个样带区设置网孔大小分别为大(4.5 mm)、中(2.0 mm)、小(0.1mm)的3种凋落物分解袋,研究积水状态和网孔大小对凋落物早期分解的影响。结果显示:长期积水显著抑制凋落物的分解,而周期性积水和无积水环境中凋落物的质量损失率在大、中、小网孔凋落物袋中没有显著性的差异;网孔显著影响凋落物质量损失率,表现为大网孔中网孔小网孔;在早期分解过程中,凋落物的氮、磷均表现为富集;积水状态显著影响凋落物分解后氮、磷的富集;网孔大小对凋落物氮富集的影响显著,而对磷富集的影响不显著;积水状态和网孔大小对凋落物氮富集影响的交互作用极显著,但对磷富集没有显著的交互作用。研究发现,积水状态和网孔大小影响高寒沼泽化草甸凋落物分解以及氮、磷养分动态,由于不同网孔对凋落物分解的影响可用来反映不同土壤生物对凋落物分解的影响,因此,积水和土壤生物对维持高寒沼泽化草甸生态系统的结构和功能起着非常重要的作用。     

锦鸡儿属两种植物种子萌发生理研究

对不同种源柠条锦鸡儿、小叶锦鸡儿种子在培养过程中可溶性蛋白质、可溶性糖含量变化及其吸水特性进行分析,以探讨不同种源种子的萌发生理.结果表明:(1)随种子培养时间的延长,各种源柠条锦鸡儿、小叶锦鸡儿种子中可溶性蛋白质、可溶性糖含量呈总体降低趋势,并且0～24 h是种子中可溶性蛋白质、可溶性糖含量降解转化速率较快的时期.(2)各种源柠条锦鸡儿、小叶锦鸡儿种子的相对吸水量随时间变化表现不一,并且柠条锦鸡儿、小叶锦鸡儿的吸水增量有两个明显峰值,第一个峰值均出现在24 h,第二个峰值分别出现在96 h和120 h.(3)各种源柠条锦鸡儿、小叶锦鸡儿的种子活力大小表现为N-5＞X-1＞X2＞N-4＞N1＞N-2＞N-3.     

Photosynthetic and morphological characters of Caragana microphylla in different slope aspects and positions

In order to find out how small scale topographical factors affect growth and physiological characters of Caragana microphylla, which is a widely distributed shrub species and has an important role in restoring degraded grassland in natural ecosystem, a natural population of C. microphylla was chosen in a typical steppe community in June, 2009. The population was 34 km to the southeast of Xilinhot City, China, and a total of 54 shrubs were selected from different slope aspects and positions. We investigated the photosynthetic and morphological characters of these shrubs and analyzed the relationship between plant traits of C. microphylla and soil nitrogen and phosphorus availability. Moreover, the relationship between plant traits of C. microphylla and herbaceous aboveground biomass was studied. (1) The maximum net photosynthetic rate (Pn_max) was significantly lower on shady slopes than that on sunny slopes and higher on upper slopes than that on lower slopes. Stomatal conductance (Gs), net photosynthetic rate/intercellular CO₂ concentration (Pn/Ci) and intercellular CO₂ concentration (Ci) under saturated irradiance showed similar trends with slope aspect and position. Likewise, the maximum photochemical efficiency of PSII (Fv/Fm), PSII potential activity (Fv/Fo) and the first-year shoot morphological characters of C. microphylla were also correlated with slope aspect and position. (2) Soil nitrogen availability showed no significant effect on photosynthetic or morphological traits of C. microphylla, however, there were several significant relationships between soil phosphorus availability and plant traits. Dry weight, shoot length, compound leaf size, and leaflet length of first-year shoots of C. microphylla were significantly negatively correlated with soil C:P ratio. Though not significant, photosynthetic parameters under saturated light and other morphological characters of first-year shoots were negatively correlated with soil C:P ratio, i.e., these traits increased with increasing soil phosphorus availability. These suggested that the difference of soil phosphorus availability played an important role in making C. microphylla having different photosynthetic and morphological characters on different slope aspects and positions. The individuals grown in relatively P-rich site had longer shoots and larger leaves and grew better. Low phosphorus content was thought to limit photosynthetic activity through several different mechanisms, including both stomatal and non-stomatal limitations, the latter being more likely in the present study. (3) Photosynthetic and morphological characters of C. microphylla were all negatively correlated with herbaceous aboveground biomass, though only Pn/Ci and length of first-year shoot were significantly correlated with it. This indicated that the difference in plant community was a factor making C. microphylla have different growth and physiological characters on different aspects and positions of slope. A number of studies showed that grazing of the herbaceous layer promoted the establishment and proliferation of woody species, and then led to grassland deterioration; but in arid and semi-arid ecosystems, some widely distributed shrub species like C. microphylla created resource islands and provide favorable microhabitat for grass species. In the present study, we found negative correlations between traits of C. microphylla and herbaceous aboveground biomass. We suggested that the removal of livestock grazing result in the decrease of the distribution C. microphylla and increase of grass coverage, and lead to the restoration of the typical steppe.     

极东锦鸡儿幼胚子叶的体细胞胚胎发生和植株再生

以极东锦鸡儿未成熟合子胚子叶为外植体进行其体细胞胚胎发生和植株再生研究。在添加不同BA与NAA或2,4-D,外加500mg·L~（-1）水解酪蛋白、30g·L~（-1）蔗糖和8g·L~（-1）琼脂的MS培养基上诱导产生了体细胞胚。在5mg·L~（-1）NAA＋5mg·L~（-1）BA和5mg·L~（-1）2,4-D＋1mg·L~（-1）BA处理中体胚诱导率分别为14%和10%;NAA处理每外植体上诱导出的体胚数量最多为4.3个,而2,4-D为10.5个。体细胞胚经成熟培养后,在添加0.01mg·L~（-1）NAA、20g·L~（-1）蔗糖和6g·L~（-1）琼脂的MS培养基上萌发率达到58.94%。萌发的体胚在MS培养基上长成正常小植株,再生率为87%。经炼苗后的体胚苗移植到草炭土：蛭石：珍珠岩=5：4：1（V/V/V）的栽培基质中,可以正常生长,移栽成活率为40%。     

科尔沁沙地植被生产力对模拟增加降水和氮沉降的响应

采用随机区组设计,利用降水收集装置和地表施氮处理,模拟降水和氮沉降增加对科尔沁沙地典型小叶锦鸡儿群落植被生产力的影响.结果表明:降水量增加1/7,植被平均高度增加不明显,植被生物量增加了17.6%;降水量增加2/7,植被平均高度增加了23%,植被生物量增加了31.8%;模拟氮沉降处理的一年处理结果对植被生物量增加不明显;降水是影响沙地植被生产力的关键因素,植被生产力对降水量增加响应迅速,短期的氮沉降对植被生产力的影响不显著.