Dry Breeding and Dry Planting Techniques for Indica Hybrid Rice in Karst Mountain Areas of Gejiu City

Based on the arable land situation in Gejiu City,upland dry planting of indica hybrid rice is being expanded in Karst mountain areas with a rainfall of over 1400 mm and an altitude of 1100-1600 m to develop grain production.This paper gives a specific description of hybrid rice upland dry seedling technology,upland transplanting technology,fertilization technology,field management,weed prevention and control technology,and disease and pest control.

Vertical variations in the bio-optical properties of seawater in the northern South China Sea during summer 2008

Vertical variability in the bio-optical properties of seawater in the northern South China Sea(NSCS)including inherent optical properties(IOPs)and chlorophyll a concentration(Chl)were studied on the basis of in situ data collected in summer 2008 using an absorption/attenuation spectrophotometer.An empirical model was developed to estimate Chl profiles based on the absorption line height at long wavelengths,with a relative root mean square error of 37.03%.Bio-optical properties exhibited large horizontal and vertical spatial variability.As influenced by coastal upwelling and the Zhujiang River(Pearl River)discharge,both IOPs and Chl exhibited high values in the surface waters of the inner shelf,which tended to decrease with distance offshore.Subsurface maximum layers of IOPs and Chl were observed in the middle and outer shelf regions,along with significantly higher values of attenuation coefficients beneath this layer that rapidly increased towards the bottom.In the open ocean,both IOPs and Chl exhibited consistent variability,with the subsurface maximum layer typically located at34–84 m.Phytoplankton were found to be one of the major components in determining the vertical variability of bio-optical properties,with their vertical dynamics influenced by both physical forcing and light attenuation effects.The depth of the subsurface maximum layer was found to be closely related to the fluctuation of the oceanic thermocline and the depth of the euphotic zone,which also affected the total integrated biomass of the upper ocean.Typically high values of attenuation coefficients observed in the bottom waters of the continental shelf reflected the transport of particulate matter over the bottom boundary layer.Our results reveal large spatial differences in bio-optical profiles in response to complex marine ecodynamics in the NSCS.From the perspective of marine research,high-resolution optical measurements are clearly advantageous over conventional bottle sampling.

Physical structure and phytoplankton community off the eastern Hainan coast during summer 2015

Based on satellite remote sensing dataset and survey data during upwelling season of 2015,the spatial structures of phytoplankton biomass and community for the first time in the eastern Hainan upwelling(EHU)and its adjacent area,the eastern Leizhou Peninsula upwelling(ELPU)were illustrated.It is found that a significant cold tongue with high salinity and low temperature along the eastern Hainan coast driven by upwelling-favorable summer monsoon.The ELPU was relative weaker than the EHU because of its wide and gentle continental slope.Due to mixing by tides and waves,DO concentration with high value(>6.0 mg/L)were almost homogenous from surface to 30 m depth at the EHU.Beneath that,low DO water(<6.0 mg/L,anoxia)were pumped upward from bottom by the upwelling.The ELPU has worse DO condition compared with the EHU where bottom DO were lower than 3.5 mg/L owing to abundant DO consumption.The phytoplankton biomass reached maximal value about 1.5 mg/m3 at 30 m depth layer rather than surface layer at the EHU indicating the impact limit of upwelling on phytoplankton growth and DO distribution.Nourished by rich nutrient input,the phytoplankton biomass at the ELPU were much higher than the EHU where the maximal value can reach about 4.0 mg/m3.The phytoplankton biomass were reduced to about 0.2–0.3 mg/m3 at the offshore areas of the EHU and ELPU which were close to the value at open sea.At the inshore of the EHU,the phytoplankton community was dominated by diatom which accounted for about 50%of phytoplankton biomass.And prokaryotes(about 40%),green algae(about 20%)and prochlorococcus(about 20%)became main species at the offshore of the EHU.At the ELPU,diatom accounted for about 80%of phytoplankton biomass followed by green algae,indicating a different ecosystem at this region compared with the EHU.