Impacts of high temperature,relative air humidity,and vapor pressure deficit on the seed set of contrasting maize genotypes during flowering

Heat stress is a major constraint to current and future maize production at the global scale.Male and female reproductive organs both play major roles in increasing seed set under heat stress at flowering,but their relative contributions to seed set are unclear.In this study,a 2-year field experiment including three sowing dates in each year and 20 inbred lines was conducted.Seed set,kernel number per ear,and grain yield were all reduced by more than 80%in the third sowing dates compared to the first sowing dates.Pollen viability,silk emergence ratio,and anthesis-silking interval were the key determinants of seed set under heat stress;and their correlation coefficients were 0.89^(***),0.65^(***),and-0.72^(***),respectively.Vapor pressure deficit(VPD)and relative air humidity(RH)both had significant correlations with pollen viability and the silk emergence ratio.High RH can alleviate the impacts of heat on maize seed set by maintaining high pollen viability and a high silk emergence ratio.Under a warming climate from 2020 to 2050,VPD will decrease due to the increased RH.Based on their pollen viability and silk emergence ratios,the 20 genotypes fell into four different groups.The group with high pollen viability and a high silk emergence ratio performed better under heat stress,and their performance can be further improved by combining the improved flowering pattern traits.

A High Gain, Noise Cancelling 2515-4900 MHz CMOS LNA for China Mobile 5G Communication Application

With the development of the times,people’s requirements for communication technology are becoming higher and higher.4G communication technology has been unable to meet development needs,and 5G communication technology has emerged as the times require.This article proposes the design of a low-noise amplifier(LNA)that will be used in the 5G band of China Mobile Communications.A low noise amplifier for mobile 5G communication is designed based on Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company(TSMC)0.13μm Radio Frequency(RF)Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor(CMOS)process.The LNA employs self-cascode devices in current-reuse configuration to enable lower supply voltage operation without compromising the gain.This design uses an active feedback amplifier to achieve input impedance matching,avoiding the introduction of resistive negative feedback to reduce gain.A common source(CS)amplifier is used as the input of the low noise amplifier.In order to achieve the low power consumption of LNA,current reuse technology is used to reduce power consumption.Noise cancellation techniques are used to eliminate noise.The simulation results in a maximum power gain of 22.783,the reverse isolation(S12)less than-48.092 dB,noise figure(NF)less than 1.878 dB,minimum noise figure(NFmin)=1.203 dB,input return loss(S11)and output return loss(S22)are both less than-14.933 dB in the frequency range of 2515-4900 MHz.The proposed Ultra-wideband(UWB)LNA consumed 1.424 mW without buffer from a 1.2 V power supply.

Genetic Analysis of Segregation Distortion of Molecular Markers in Maize RIL Population

A RIL population was used in this study, which was derived from a cross between a temperate maize germplasm inbred line B31-1 and a tropical maize germplasm inbred lines Huangzao 4. A genetic linkage map was constructed comprising of 153 polymorphic markers. Among the 153 polymorphic markers, 82 markers showed the significantly segregation distortion（P〈0.05）, favoring either the marker alleles of female parent 1331-1（62.50%） or male parent Huangzao 4（37.50%）. Segregation distortion marker distribution along the present molecular maps of maize was far from uniform, with clusters of tightly linked loci and single marker. Nine segregation distortion regions were detected on 10 chromosomes, indicating that possible causes for segregation deviation of molecular markers are genetic selection.