Effects of Different Sowing and Transplanting Time on Quality and Economic Benefit of Tobacco Variety Yunyan 105

In order to provide references for popularization and application of tobacco variety Yunyan 105,a field experiment was conducted to explore the effects of different sowing and transplanting time on agronomic traits,economic benefit and quality of Yunyan 105. Results showed that the agronomic characters,quality traits and economic benefit of the tobacco were relatively fine with sowing time February 4-14 and transplanting time April 1-10. Index scores of the physical properties of tobacco leaves were greater than 80 scores with sowing time February 14 and transplanting time April 10. The comprehensive index of conventional chemical compositions was 0. 39-0. 73. The harmony of conventional chemical compositions of lower leaves was the best with the comprehensive index of 0. 59 when the sowing time and transplanting time were February 4 and April 1 respectively. As for the middle and upper leaves the comprehensive indexes were respectively 0. 71 and 0. 73 with the sowing time February 14 and transplanting time April 10. The sensory evaluation of smoking quality and economic benefit were February 14 sowing and April 10 transplanting better,its taste of the tobacco leaves was pure and mild,the irritancy and the strength was less,the aftertaste was better,and the output value reached the highest 4 271. 17 yuan/667 m^2. The various sowing and transplanting time had no significant influence on appearance quality of tobacco leaves. The suitable sowing and transplanting time of Yunyan 105 was February 4-14 and April1-10 respectively in Xuanwei tobacco-growing area.

Surviving under the Enemy:Oral Narratives of Middle-Class Women in Japanese-Occupied China(1931-45)

In a fragmented wartime China(1931—45),the levels of violence,suffering,and resistance varied in|different regions.The Anti-Japanese War left people with different experiences and memories.To date,both Chinese-and English-language scholarship have paid insufficient attention to the more than two hundred million common Chinese who stayed in Japanese-occupied areas.To help fill this gap,this study provides a thematic analysis of interviews conducted by the author with six Chinese women of the urban middle-class about their experiences in the Japanese-occupied areas.It adds voices and perspectives of ordinary,middle-class women to the rich tapestry of everyday life of wartime China.The oral narratives of these women are everyday accounts of uncertainty,fear,and survival.More important,they are testimonies to the evolution of their gender consciousness and their determination to pursue an education as a means of resisting gender inequality.In addition,these oral narratives show how these women developed strategies in their marriages,work,and political views to reconcile with the reality of living with the enemy.Their everyday forms of resistance helped them maintain dignity in the face of foreign imperialism.