{"title":"Effects of gully land consolidation on soil organic carbon, soil enzymes and its influences on maize yield","authors":"P. A. Z. Hang, IA Lihengx, EI Nal","doi":"10.3329/bjb.v52i2.68194","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3329/bjb.v52i2.68194","url":null,"abstract":"The change characteristics of 5 indicators of soil organic carbon (SOC) content, dehydrogenase activity, protease activity, catalase activity, and maize yield were analyzed at 0a before and 3, 4, and 8 years after remediation in the study area. Results showed that the coefficient of variation (CV) of each index in the study area was generally small, the variation degree of soil organic carbon content was the highest, and the variation degree of catalase activity and maize yield was the least. After the implementation of the gully land consolidation, the CV of each index in the gully showed a decreasing trend, and the distribution of each index in the gully tended to be uniform. With the increase of remediation years, SOC content, soil enzyme activity and maize first yield showed a trend of decrease and then increase, and the change trend of each index was slightly different at gully head, the middle of gully and the gully outlet, the change is significant. At the gully head, the SOC content did not return to the level of 0a after 8a of remediation, and the other indicators returned to the level of 0a or higher than that of 0a. At the gully head, at p < 0.05 level, maize yield showed a very significant positive correlation with catalase activity, and a negative correlation with protease activity. In the middle of gully, there was a significant positive correlation with organic carbon content, soil protease and catalase activities, and it was negatively correlated with dehydrogenase activity but not significantly. At the gully outlet, there was a very significant positive correlation with protease activity.\u0000Bangladesh J. Bot. 52(2): 459-466, 2023 (June) (Special)","PeriodicalId":8703,"journal":{"name":"Bangladesh Journal of Botany","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2023-08-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45330546","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effects of different tillage management on the growth and yield of maize (Zea mays l.)","authors":"Z. Liu, Huanyuan Wang, Zenghui Sun","doi":"10.3329/bjb.v52i2.68193","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3329/bjb.v52i2.68193","url":null,"abstract":"Effects of different tillage management on the growth and yield of maize were studied from early June to September 2017. The experiment was set up with three tillage treatments: traditional shallow moldboard plow tillage with straw removal (MT), sub-soiling/ plow tillage /sub-soiling rotation with straw mulch (ST) and no-till/sub-soiling/no-till rotation with straw retention (NT). The soil compaction of different soil layers, plant height, chlorophyll content, above-ground biomass and yield were determined through the three tillage practices. Results showed that NT and ST treatments helped to reduce soil compaction, and had a positive effect on maize root growth and development, plant height and chlorophyll content compared to the MT treatment. The chlorophyll value in early growth period under NT and ST increased by 31.8 and 24.6%, respectively, and the plant height was increased by 20.2 and 15.9% compared with MT, respectively. The size order of soil compaction was MT > NT > ST, and the soil compaction value was the maximum at 20 cm under MT treatment, which was 1007 kPa. Meanwhile, NT and ST also increased the plant above-ground biomass and yield of maize. Compared to MT treatment, the dry weight of plants for the NT and ST treatments significantly increased by 24.3 and 15.7%, respectively, and the grain yield significantly increased by 11.9 and 14.9%, respectively (P < 0.05). NT and ST tillage treatments are effective measures to improve structure of soil, contribute to plant growth and development and thereby increase in yield.\u0000Bangladesh J. Bot. 52(2): 451-458, 2023 (June) Special","PeriodicalId":8703,"journal":{"name":"Bangladesh Journal of Botany","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2023-08-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47144487","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Weishun Cheng, Xi Luo, Li Jiang, Lei Du, Suping Wang, Lihong Zhang, Juan Hong
{"title":"Relief effects of salicylic acid against the stress of heavy metal in fritillaria hupehensis hsiao et K.C.Hsia","authors":"Weishun Cheng, Xi Luo, Li Jiang, Lei Du, Suping Wang, Lihong Zhang, Juan Hong","doi":"10.3329/bjb.v52i20.68230","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3329/bjb.v52i20.68230","url":null,"abstract":"It is well known that salicylic acid (SA) can help plants tolerate abiotic stresses. Nevertheless, the regulatory functions of SA in plants, such as the response of Fritillaria hupehensis Hsiao et K.C.Hsia to exogenous SA rational application under heavy metal stress, remain unknown. This study aimed to assess the relief effects of SA on the damage of F. hupehensis caused by heavy metal cadmium (Cd), as measured by physiological and biochemical characteristics. The results showed that bulb germination and seedling growth of F. hupehensis Hsiao et k. c. Hsia decreased under different Cd toxicity treatments. The radicle length and mitotic index also significantly decreased under Cd stress (P < 0.05), especially under high concentrations of Cd stress. The bulb germination and seedling growth increased slightly under medium concentration treatment compared to low concentration treatment. Cd toxicity treatment significantly reduced the contents of pigment, protein, and sugar in seedlings compared with the control. The contents of total antioxidants and malondialdehyde in Cd-poisoned seedlings increased significantly. The comprehensive treatment promoted the growth of bulbs and seedlings. As a result of Cd stress, SA application significantly increased the bulb germination rate, radicle length, mitotic index, pigment, protein, and sugar content. Lipid peroxidation and total antioxidants were decreased by comprehensive treatments compared with Cd toxicity treatment. This simple study remarkably broadened our understanding of the application and protection of SA in Cd stress. Bangladesh J. Bot. 52(2): 601-606, 2023 (June) Special","PeriodicalId":8703,"journal":{"name":"Bangladesh Journal of Botany","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135946015","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Impact of environmental protection policy on non-point source pollution of planting industry","authors":"Zhaogang Fu, Shanshan Hu, Yitong Deng, Meihui Qi","doi":"10.3329/bjb.v52i20.68221","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3329/bjb.v52i20.68221","url":null,"abstract":"The control of agricultural non-point source pollution, especially the problem of planting non-point source pollution, is of great significance to comprehensively promote rural revitalization. First, based on the panel data from 2006 to 2020 and using the DID model 30 provinces were classified in China. It is found that environmental protection policies have a significant inhibitory effect on the non-point source pollution of the planting industry, and the effect is more obvious over time. From the perspective of heterogeneity analysis, the eastern region, the economic crop planting region, and the rural areas close to the provincial capital have more significant pollution control. Secondly, the environmental protection policy plays a role in reducing the non-point source pollution emissions of the planting industry through the intermediary effects such as the guiding mechanism, the economic incentive mechanism, and the supervision mechanism. Finally, the corresponding policy implications are proposed. Bangladesh J. Bot. 52(2): 559-567, 2023 (June) Special","PeriodicalId":8703,"journal":{"name":"Bangladesh Journal of Botany","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135946018","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effects of microbial-phytoremediation on plant diversity and soil physico-chemical properties in northern shaanxi coal mining area, china","authors":"Shenglan Ye, Yang Zhang, Xiaoxiao Shu","doi":"10.3329/bjb.v52i20.68290","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3329/bjb.v52i20.68290","url":null,"abstract":"Effects of different microorganisms-plant combination on the diversity of plant and soil physics in the mining area were studied. Results showed that the number of species, total number and coverage of Soil Remediation + Vetiver + Sea-buckthorn (AH) treatment were 13, 298 and 89.8%, respectively, which were significantly higher than other treatments. Soil water content in different treatments was the highest at 20 cm. The pH value of the different treatments decreased significantly, and the pH value of AH was the lowest (7.14). The total nitrogen (TN) content of GH and GS were the highest, which were 0.54 and 0.51 g/kg, respectively. The contents of phosphorus (P) and available potassium (K) were the highest in AX treatment, reaching 57.1 and 194 mg/kg. Treatment with different inoculants significantly increased soil enzyme activity. The urease activity of GH was the highest, which was 0.872 mg/g. The sucrase activity and catalase content of AH and AX were the highest, which were 8.99, 8.53 mg/g and 2.145 ml/g, 1.872 ml/g, respectively. The phosphatase activities of QH and AH treatments were the highest at 234 and 229 mg/g, which were 6 times and 5.9 times than that of CK. Comprehensive analysis showed that microbial inoculum + mixed seeding mode can effectively improve soil fertility and enzyme activity, and the effect of AH was the best. Bangladesh J. Bot. 52(2): 495-502, 2023 (June) Special","PeriodicalId":8703,"journal":{"name":"Bangladesh Journal of Botany","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135946019","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effects of different tillage management on the growth and yield of maize (Zea mays l.)","authors":"Zhe Liu, None Huanyuan Wang, None Zenghui Sun","doi":"10.3329/bjb.v52i20.68193","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3329/bjb.v52i20.68193","url":null,"abstract":"Effects of different tillage management on the growth and yield of maize were studied from early June to September 2017. The experiment was set up with three tillage treatments: traditional shallow moldboard plow tillage with straw removal (MT), sub-soiling/ plow tillage /sub-soiling rotation with straw mulch (ST) and no-till/sub-soiling/no-till rotation with straw retention (NT). The soil compaction of different soil layers, plant height, chlorophyll content, above-ground biomass and yield were determined through the three tillage practices. Results showed that NT and ST treatments helped to reduce soil compaction, and had a positive effect on maize root growth and development, plant height and chlorophyll content compared to the MT treatment. The chlorophyll value in early growth period under NT and ST increased by 31.8 and 24.6%, respectively, and the plant height was increased by 20.2 and 15.9% compared with MT, respectively. The size order of soil compaction was MT > NT > ST, and the soil compaction value was the maximum at 20 cm under MT treatment, which was 1007 kPa. Meanwhile, NT and ST also increased the plant above-ground biomass and yield of maize. Compared to MT treatment, the dry weight of plants for the NT and ST treatments significantly increased by 24.3 and 15.7%, respectively, and the grain yield significantly increased by 11.9 and 14.9%, respectively (P < 0.05). NT and ST tillage treatments are effective measures to improve structure of soil, contribute to plant growth and development and thereby increase in yield. Bangladesh J. Bot. 52(2): 451-458, 2023 (June) Special","PeriodicalId":8703,"journal":{"name":"Bangladesh Journal of Botany","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135946020","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Dynamic monitoring of vegetation coverage in weibei dry plateau based on remote sensing","authors":"None Yanan Li, None Li Qi","doi":"10.3329/bjb.v52i20.68198","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3329/bjb.v52i20.68198","url":null,"abstract":"Taking Fu County, a typical area of Weibei dry plateau, as the research object, the normalized difference vegetation index ( NDVI ) was calculated by using Landsat 8 OLI remote sensing image. On this basis, the vegetation coverage in the study area was estimated and graded according to the binary pixel model, and the dynamic changes of vegetation coverage in the study area from 2013 to 2017 were quantitatively analyzed. Results showed that the overall NDVI value in the study area increased from 2013 to 2017. The vegetation cover in the study area is dominated by extremely high vegetation cover. The coverage area of low, medium and high vegetation cover decreases, and the coverage area of extremely high and extremely low vegetation cover increases. The coverage area of high vegetation and extremely high vegetation cover accounts for more than 75% of the study area. The study area showed a transfer trend of extremely low vegetation→low vegetation→medium vegetation→high vegetation coverage. The vegetation coverage generally developed to a good trend, but there was also a transfer of high vegetation coverage to medium vegetation coverage. The areas with the greatest changes in the study area are mainly concentrated in the northwest and near the southern Damagou, and the high NDVI area of Ziwuling National Nature Reserve has moved eastward and narrowed. Accuracy assessment indicates that the dynamic monitoring using the fused image time series produces results with relatively high accuracy. Bangladesh J. Bot. 52(2): 479-486, 2023 (June) Special","PeriodicalId":8703,"journal":{"name":"Bangladesh Journal of Botany","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135946360","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Soil Salinity, Its Inversion and Spatial Distribution Characteristics in Agricultural Fields Using Remote Sensing Data","authors":"Hui Kong, Dan Wu, Liangyan Yan","doi":"10.3329/bjb.v52i20.68191","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3329/bjb.v52i20.68191","url":null,"abstract":"Soil salinization is an urgent problem in the arid and semi-arid regions that damages soil ecology and affects agricultural growths. Timely supervision and monitoring of soil salinity are essential to reach the most sustainable improvement goals in arid and semi-arid regions. In the present study, the soil of Aktau region in Xinjiang, China was collected to build a remote sensing based inversion model for identifying soil salinity hazards. Results showed that Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Normalized Difference Water Index (NDWI), and Difference Vegetation Index (DVI) were correlated (P < 0.01) with the model inversion, having correlation coefficients of -0.735, -0.858, and -0.774, respectively. All these were suitable for the construction of the soil salinity inversion model where the optimal parameters of model accuracy were above 85% and prediction results were accurate credible and consistent with the measured data. The NDWI extracted from multispectral images was used as the key parameter of the soil salinity inversion model, which could obtain a better spatial distribution of soil salinity. The remote sensing inversion model of soil salinity provides a theoretical basis for the management of soil salinization and sustainable utilization of agricultural resources in the Aktau region of Xinjiang. Bangladesh J. Bot. 52(2): 437-443, 2023 (June) Special","PeriodicalId":8703,"journal":{"name":"Bangladesh Journal of Botany","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135946364","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Soil moisture dynamics and evapotranspiration water consumption in spring maize","authors":"Jing Zhang, Jing-tang He","doi":"10.3329/bjb.v52i2.68197","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3329/bjb.v52i2.68197","url":null,"abstract":"In the present study the dynamics of soil reservoir and evapotranspiration in dry farmland were thoroughly analyzed based on the long-term positioning test and investigation of soil moisture dynamic changes of spring maize. It was found that the vertical distribution curve of annual average soil water content in spring maize field was “single peak and single valley” type. Compared with wet (high water) years, the regulation depth of soil reservoir in the field during the growth period of Spring Maize in dry years moved up and becomes shallow; The soil moisture of Spring Maize in dry (low water) years was more stable than that in wet years. Under the two precipitation years, the “water level” of soil reservoir showed the characteristics of first rising, then falling, and then rising patterns. This study clarified the water source of evapotranspiration water consumption during the growth period of spring maize, evaluated the water balance of farmland ecosystem, and a preliminary understanding of the formation and restoration process of soil dry layer, which provided data support and theoretical basis for improving the practice of existing knowledge of production practice and sustainable development of dry farming.\u0000Bangladesh J. Bot. 52(2): 473-478, 2023 (June) Special","PeriodicalId":8703,"journal":{"name":"Bangladesh Journal of Botany","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2023-08-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46001552","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
X. Ning, Rei Chen, Longxing Jiang, Nan Wu, Baiming Yang, Ying Xu, Mingkun Wang
{"title":"Effects of reciprocal cross on major characters and yield of two sweet-waxy corn (Zea Mays L.) Varieties","authors":"X. Ning, Rei Chen, Longxing Jiang, Nan Wu, Baiming Yang, Ying Xu, Mingkun Wang","doi":"10.3329/bjb.v52i2.68249","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3329/bjb.v52i2.68249","url":null,"abstract":"Two sweet-waxy corn inbred lines, Jikenuo 20 and Wannuo 2000, were used as experimental materials. A randomized block experiment was conducted to analyze the differences and similarities in plant traits, ear traits, yield, appearance quality and main cooking quality between the two sweet-waxy corn varieties. Results showed that there were no significant differences in most plant traits, ear traits and yield between the two sweet-waxy corn varieties, indicating that the inheritance of the nucleus was dominant. There were some differences in the resistance and some cooking quality of the two sweet-waxy corn varieties in the reciprocal cross combinations, which indicated that the above characters were affected by cytoplasmic inheritance to a certain extent.\u0000Bangladesh J. Bot. 52(2): 625-630, 2023 (June) Special","PeriodicalId":8703,"journal":{"name":"Bangladesh Journal of Botany","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2023-08-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44850378","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}