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Arable production has come under increasing economic and environmental pressures, especially in the last decade. These have derived from over-production, decreased farm incomes and a concern with the possible environmental effects of intensive pesticide use associated with such intensive cultivation. A number of long-term research programmes on integrated farming systems and their sustainability have recently been completed or are currently under way. In the UK, these include the ‘Boxworth’ project, ‘SCARAB’, TALISMAN’, RISC, ‘LINK Integrated Farming Systems’, ‘LIFE’ and the demonstration-only programme ‘LEAF’. These projects are reviewed in terms of their objectives, designs and results to date, and are compared with some parallel programmes in Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland and France. 相似文献
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Kallyne A. Barros Alberto A. Esteves-Ferreira Masami Inaba Helena Meally John Finnan Susanne Barth Seth J. Davis Ronan Sulpice 《Plant, cell & environment》2020,43(6):1404-1420
Barley is described to mostly use sucrose for night carbon requirements. To understand how the transient carbon is accumulated and utilized in response to cold, barley plants were grown in a combination of cold days and/or nights. Both daytime and night cold reduced growth. Sucrose was the main carbohydrate supplying growth at night, representing 50–60% of the carbon consumed. Under warm days and nights, starch was the second contributor with 26% and malate the third with 15%. Under cold nights, the contribution of starch was severely reduced, due to an inhibition of its synthesis, including under warm days, and malate was the second contributor to C requirements with 24–28% of the total amount of carbon consumed. We propose that malate plays a critical role as an alternative carbon source to sucrose and starch in barley. Hexoses, malate, and sucrose mobilization and starch accumulation were affected in barley elf3 clock mutants, suggesting a clock regulation of their metabolism, without affecting growth and photosynthesis however. Altogether, our data suggest that the mobilization of sucrose and malate and/or barley growth machinery are sensitive to cold. 相似文献
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BRCA1‐Mediated Inflammation and Growth Activated & Inhibited Transition Mechanisms Between No‐Tumor Hepatitis/Cirrhotic Tissues and HCC
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EARLY STARVATION1 specifically affects the phosphorylation action of starch‐related dikinases
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Irina Malinova Harendra Mahto Felix Brandt Shadha AL‐Rawi Hadeel Qasim Henrike Brust Mahdi Hejazi Joerg Fettke 《The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology》2018,95(1):126-137
Starch phosphorylation by starch‐related dikinases glucan, water dikinase (GWD) and phosphoglucan, water dikinase (PWD) is a key step in starch degradation. Little information is known about the precise structure of the glucan substrate utilized by the dikinases and about the mechanisms by which these structures may be influenced. A 50‐kDa starch‐binding protein named EARLY STARVATION1 (ESV1) was analyzed regarding its impact on starch phosphorylation. In various in vitro assays, the influences of the recombinant protein ESV1 on the actions of GWD and PWD on the surfaces of native starch granules were analyzed. In addition, we included starches from various sources as well as truncated forms of GWD. ESV1 preferentially binds to highly ordered, α‐glucans, such as starch and crystalline maltodextrins. Furthermore, ESV1 specifically influences the action of GWD and PWD at the starch granule surface. Starch phosphorylation by GWD is decreased in the presence of ESV1, whereas the action of PWD increases in the presence of ESV1. The unique alterations observed in starch phosphorylation by the two dikinases are discussed in regard to altered glucan structures at the starch granule surface. 相似文献
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Functional roles of effectors of plant-parasitic nematodes 总被引:2,自引:0,他引:2
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Modelling the distribution of Bonelli's eagle in Spain: implications for conservation planning 总被引:3,自引:1,他引:2
A. Román Muñoz Raimundo Real A. Márcia Barbosa J. Mario Vargas 《Diversity & distributions》2005,11(6):477-486
Bonelli's eagle, Hieraaetus fasciatus, has recently suffered a severe population decline and is currently endangered. Spain supports about 70% of the European population. We used stepwise logistic regression on a set of environmental, spatial and human variables to model Bonelli's eagle distribution in the 5167 UTM 10 × 10 km quadrats of peninsular Spain. We obtained a model based on 16 variables, which allowed us to identify favourable and unfavourable areas for this species in Spain, as well as intermediate favourability areas. We assessed the stepwise progression of the model by comparing the model's predictions in each step with those of the final model, and selected a parsimonious explanatory model based on three variables — slope, July temperature and precipitation — comprising 76% of the predictive capacity of the final model. The reported presences in favourable and unfavourable areas suggest a source–sink dynamics in Bonelli's eagle populations. The fragmented spatial structure of the favourable areas suggests the existence of a superimposed metapopulation dynamics. Previous LIFE (The Financial Instrument of the European Union for the Environment and Nature) projects for the conservation of this species have focused mainly on the northern limit of its range, where the sharpest population decline has been recorded. In these areas, favourability is low and Bonelli's eagle populations are probably maintained by the immigration of juveniles produced in more favourable zones. However, southern populations, although stable, show signs of reduction in productivity, which could menace the population sizes in the whole study area. We suggest that conservation efforts should focus also on known favourable areas, which might favour population persistence in unfavourable areas through dispersal. 相似文献
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Gayathri Babarenda Gamage Carol Boyle Sarah J. McLaren Jake McLaren 《The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment》2008,13(5):401-411
Background, aims and scope The environmental aspects of companies and their products are becoming more significant in delivering competitive advantage.
Formway Furniture, a designer and manufacturer of office furniture products, is a New Zealand-based company that is committed
to sustainable development. It manufactures two models of the light, intuitive, flexible and environmental (LIFE) office chair:
one with an aluminium base and one with a glass-filled nylon (GFN) base. It was decided to undertake a life cycle assessment
(LCA) study of these two models in order to: (1) determine environmental hotspots in the life cycle of the two chairs (goal
1); (2) compare the life cycle impacts of the two chairs (goal 2); and (3) compare alternative potential waste-management
scenarios (goal 3). The study also included sensitivity analysis with respect to recycled content of aluminium in the product.
Materials and methods The LIFE chair models consist of a mix of metal and plastic components manufactured by selected Formway suppliers according
to design criteria. Hence, the research methodology included determining the specific material composition of the two chair
models and acquisition of manufacturing data from individual suppliers. These data were compiled and used in conjunction with
pre-existing data, specifically from the ecoinvent database purchased in conjunction with the SimaPro7 LCA software, to develop
the life cycle inventory of the two chair models. The life cycle stages included in the study extended from raw-material extraction
through to waste management. Impact assessment was carried out using CML 2 baseline 2000, the methodology developed by Leiden
University’s Institute for Environmental Sciences.
Results This paper presents results for global warming potential (GWP100). The study showed a significant impact contribution from
the raw-material extraction/refinement stage for both chair models; aluminium extraction and refining made the greatest contribution
to GWP100. The comparison of the two LIFE chair models showed that the model with the aluminium base had a higher GWP100 impact
than the model with the GFN base. The waste-management scenario compared the GWP100 result when (1) both chair models were
sent to landfill and (2) steel and aluminium components were recycled with the remainder of the chair sent to landfill. The
results showed that the recycling scenario contributed to a reduced GWP100 result. Since production and processing of aluminium
was found to be significant, a sensitivity analysis was carried out to determine the impact of using aluminium with different
recycled contents (0%, 34% and 100%) in both waste-management scenarios; this showed that increased use of recycled aluminium
was beneficial. The recycling at end-of-life scenarios was modelled using two different end-of-life allocation approaches,
i.e. consequential and attributional, in order to illustrate the variation in results caused by choice of allocation approach.
The results using the consequential approach showed that recycling at end-of-life was beneficial, while use of the attributional
method led to a similar GWP100 as that seen for the landfill scenario.
Discussion The results show that the main hotspot in the life cycle is the raw-material extraction/refinement stage. This can be attributed
to the extraction and processing of aluminium, a material that is energy intensive. The LIFE chair model with the aluminium
base has a higher GWP100 as it contains more aluminium. Sensitivity analysis pertaining to the recycled content of aluminium
showed that use of aluminium with high recycled content was beneficial; this is because production of recycled aluminium is
less energy intensive than production of primary aluminium. The waste-management scenario showed that recycling at end-of-life
resulted in a significantly lower GWP100 than landfilling at end-of-life. However, this result is dependent upon the modelling
approach used for recycling.
Conclusions With respect to goal 1, the study found that the raw-material extraction/refinement stage of the life cycle was a significant
factor for both LIFE chair models. This was largely due to the use of aluminium in the product. For goal 2, it was found that
the LIFE chair model with the aluminium base had a higher GWP100 than the GFN model, again due to the material content of
the two models. Results for goal 3 illustrated that recycling at end-of-life is beneficial when using a system expansion (consequential)
approach to model recycling; if an attributional ‘cut-off’ approach is used to model recycling at end-of-life, there is virtually
no difference in the results between landfilling and recycling. Sensitivity analysis pertaining to the recycled content of
aluminium showed that use of higher recycled contents leads to a lower GWP100 impact.
Recommendation and perspectives Most of the GWP100 impact was contributed during the raw-material extraction/refinement stage of the life cycle; thus, the
overall impact of both LIFE chair models may be reduced through engaging in material choice and supply chain environmental
management with respect to environmental requirements. The study identified aluminium components as a major contributor to
GWP100 for both LIFE chair models and also highlighted the sensitivity of the results to its recycled content. Thus, it is
recommended that the use of aluminium in future product designs be limited unless it is possible to use aluminium with a high
recycled content. With respect to waste management, it was found that a substantial reduction in the GWP100 impact would occur
if the chairs are recycled rather than landfilled, assuming an expanding market for aluminium. Thus, recycling the two LIFE
chair models at end-of-life is highly recommended. 相似文献
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《Journal of bryology》2013,35(3):261-263
AbstractMost studies on population ecology of bryophytes have involved common species. However, some studies have compared life history strategies in rare and common species. We review the life history strategies (life expectancy, sexual and asexual reproduction, spore production, spore size and dispersal) for species that are rare in relation to pattern and persistency of suitable habitat patches. In particular, we discuss the dynamics on two levels, within and among localities, for different categories of rare species. We predict that most rare species will be found to have restricted dispersal capacities but higher than average life expectancies of local subpopulations. Natural rarity is distinguished from human-induced rarity and species rare for the latter reason are distinguished as 'threatened'. 相似文献