Application of TRIPLEX model for predicting Cunninghamia lanceolata and Pinus massoniana forest stand production in Hunan Province, southern China

2013 ◽  
Vol 250 ◽  
pp. 58-71 ◽  
Author(s):  
Meifang Zhao ◽  
Wenhua Xiang ◽  
Xiangwen Deng ◽  
Dalun Tian ◽  
Zhihong Huang ◽  
...  
Forests ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 332
Author(s):  
Min Li ◽  
Haoyun Wang ◽  
Xizhou Zhao ◽  
Zhongke Lu ◽  
Xueguang Sun ◽  
...  

Masson pine is an important afforestation species in southern China, where seasonal drought is common. The present study focused on the effects of Suillus placidus, an ectomycorrhizal fungus, inoculation on the growth and physiological and biochemical performance of masson pine seedlings under four different watering treatments (well-watered, mild drought, moderate drought, and severe drought) to evaluate the symbiotic relationship between S. placidus and masson pine seedlings. Ectomycorrhizal-inoculated (ECM) and non-inoculated (NM) seedlings were grown in pots and maintained for 60 days using the weighing method. Results showed that seedlings’ growth, dry weight, RWC, chlorophyll content, PSII efficiency, and photosynthesis decreased as drought stress intensified in both ECM and NM plants. This suggests that drought stress significantly limits the growth and photosynthetic performance of masson pine seedlings. Nevertheless, increased An/gs and proline contents in both NM and ECM prevented oxidative damage caused by drought stress. In addition, increased peroxidase (POD) activity is an essential defense mechanism of ECM seedling under drought stress. Compared with NM, ECM seedlings showed faster growth, higher RWC, and photosynthetic performance, and lower lipid peroxidation in cell membranes under drought stress, as indicated by higher POD activity and lower proline and malondialdehyde (MDA). Our experiment found that S. placidus inoculation can enhance the drought resistance of masson pine seedlings by increasing antioxidant enzyme activity, water use efficiency, and proline content, thereby enhancing growth under water-deficiency conditions. S. placidus can be used to cultivate high-quality seedlings and improve their survival in regions that experience seasonal droughts.


Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4476 (1) ◽  
pp. 118
Author(s):  
QIANQIAN WU ◽  
XUEJIAN DENG ◽  
YANJIE WANG ◽  
YONG LIU

A new freshwater goby, Rhinogobius maculagenys sp. nov., was collected from Hunan Province in Southern China. This species can be distinguished from all congeners by a combination of the following features: first dorsal fin with 6 spines; second dorsal fin with a single spine and 7–9 segmented rays; anal fin with a single spine and 6–8 segmented rays; pectoral fin with 16 segmented rays; 32–34 longitudinal scales; 9–13 transverse scales; 11+16=27 vertebrae; pore ω1 missing; head and body yellowish brown; cheek and opercle yellowish brown with over 30 small orange spots, branchiostegal membrane yellow with over 10 small orange spots in males and white and spotless in females; first dorsal fin trapezoidal in males and nearly semicircular in females, with large bright blue blotch in front of second spine; spines 4 and 5 longest, rear tip extending to base of second branched ray of second dorsal fin in males when adpressed, but just reaching or not reaching anterior margin of second dorsal fin in females; caudal fin with 5–6 vertical rows of brown spots; flank with several longitudinal rows of blackish-brown spots; and belly pale white.


CATENA ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 178 ◽  
pp. 313-321 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kunyong Yu ◽  
Xiong Yao ◽  
Yangbo Deng ◽  
Zhuangjie Lai ◽  
Lingchen Lin ◽  
...  

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Qingsong Bai ◽  
Yanling Cai ◽  
Boxiang He ◽  
Wanchuan Liu ◽  
Qingyou Pan ◽  
...  

Abstract Germplasm resource collection and utilization are important in forestry species breeding. High-through sequencing technologies have been playing increasing roles in forestry breeding. In this study, specific-locus amplified fragment sequencing (SLAF-seq) was employed to analyze 149 masson pine (Pinus massoniana) accessions collected from Guangdong in China. A large number of 471,660 SNPs in the total collection were identified from 599,164 polymorphic SLAF tags. Population structure analysis showed that 149 masson pines could not be obviously divided into subpopulations. Two core sets, containing 29 masson pine accessions for increasing resin and wood yield respectively, were obtained from the total collection. Phenotypic analyses of five traits showed abundant variations, 25 suggestive and 9 significant SNPs were associated with the resin-yielding capacity (RYC’) and volume of wood (VW) using EMMAX and FaST-LMM; 22 suggestive and 11 significant SNPs were associated with RYC’ and VW using mrMLM and FASTmrMLM. Moreover, a large number of associated SNPs were detected in trait HT, DBH, RW and RYC using mrMLM, FASTmrMLM, FASTmrEMMA and ISIS EM-BLASSO. The core germplasm sets would be a valuable resource for masson pine improvement and breeding. In addition, the associated SNP markers would be meaningful for masson pine resource selection.


2020 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tongwei Ren ◽  
Qingrong Mo ◽  
Yuxu Wang ◽  
Hao Wang ◽  
Zuorong Nong ◽  
...  

Getah virus (GETV) has caused many outbreaks in animals in recent years. Monitoring of the virus and its related diseases is crucial to control the transmission of the virus. In the summer of 2018, we conducted routine tests on clinical samples from different pig farms in Guangxi province, South China, and isolated and characterized a GETV strain, named GX201808. Cytopathic effects were observed in BHK-21 cells inoculated with GX201808. The expression of E2 protein of GETV could be detected in virus-infected cells by indirect immunofluorescence assays. Electron microscopic analysis showed that the virus particles were spherical and ~70 nm in diameter with featured surface fibers. The multistep growth curves showed the virus propagated well in the BHK-21 cells. Molecular genetic analysis revealed that GX201808 belongs to Group 3, represented by Kochi-01-2005 isolated in Japan in 2005, and it clustered closely with the recently reported Chinese strains isolated from pigs, cattle, and foxes. A comparison of the identities of nucleotides and amino acids in the coding regions demonstrated that the GX201808 showed the highest amino acid identity (99.6%) with the HuN1 strain, a highly pathogenic isolate resulting in an outbreak of GETV infection in swine herds in Hunan province in 2017. In the present study, GETV was identified and isolated for the first time in Guangxi province of southern China, suggesting that future surveillance of this virus should be strengthened.


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