Correlation and SVD Analysis of Anomalous Spring Precipitation in Northwest China and Sea Surface Temperature in Key Region in Recent 50 Years

[Objective] The aim was to study the relationship between spring precipitation anomaly in Northwest China and sea surface temperature anomaly (SSTA) in Key region in recent 50 years. [Method] Based on monthly average precipitation in Northwest China and global monthly sea surface temperature (SST) grid data, the effects of SSTA in equatorial central and eastern Pacific on spring precipitation in Northwest China were discussed by means of correlation and SVD analysis. [Result] For spring precipitation in Northwest China, the key period of SST was from August to September in the former year, and the equatorial central and eastern Pacific (125°-85° W, 5° S-10° N) was named 'Key region'. Correlation analysis showed that there was obviously positive correlation between spring precipitation in Northwest China and SST (monthly average from August to September in the former year) in equatorial central and eastern Pacific, especially Key region. SVD analysis revealed that spring precipitation anomaly in Northwest China distributed in phase, while SST in equatorial central and eastern Pacific from August to September in the former year had higher positive correlation coefficient, and there was obviously positive couple correlation in Key region. [Conclusion] The study could provide theoretic foundation for the prediction of drought and flood in Northwest China.

Dissecting the key genomic regions underlying high yield potential in common wheat variety‘Kenong 9204’

The foundation parents play key roles in the genetic improvement of both yield potential and end-use quality in wheat.Characterizing the genetic basis that underlies certain beneficial traits in the foundation parents will provide theoretical reference for molecular breeding by a design approach.‘Kenong 9204’(KN9204)is a candidate foundation parent characterized by ideotype,high yield potential,and particularly high nitrogen fertilizer utilization.To better understand the genetic basis of its high yield potential,high throughput whole-genome re-sequencing(10×)was performed on KN9204,its parental lines and its derivatives.A high-resolution genetic composition map of KN9204 was constructed,which showed the parental origin of the favorable genomic segments based on the identification of excellent yield-related quantitative trait loci(QTL)from a bi-parental mapping population.Xiaoyan 693(XY693),a wheat–Thinopyrum ponticum partial amphidiploid,contributed a great deal to the high yield potential of KN9204,and three major stable QTLs from XY693 were fine mapped.The transmissibility of key genomic segments from KN9204 to its derivatives were delineated,indicating that haplotype blocks containing beneficial gene combinations were conserved along with directional selection by breeders.Evidence for selection sweeps in the breeding programs was identified.This study provides a theoretical reference for the breeding of high-yield wheat varieties by a molecular design approach.

DEFPOS Hα observations of the W80 Complex

We present Hα emission line measurements of the W80 nebula complex. A total of 26 regions have been observed inside the nebula with the Dual Etalon Fabry- Perot Optical Spectrometer system at the f/48 Coud6 focus of the 150 cm RTT150 telescope located at TUBITAK National Observatory in Antalya, Turkey. The inten- sities, local standard of rest velocities, heliocentric radial velocities and linewidths for full width at half maximum of the Hα emission lines have been determined from these observations. They lie in the range of 259 to 1159 Rayleigh （R; 1R = 106/47r pho- tons cm-2 sr-1 S-1 = 2.41 × 10-7 erg cm-2 sr-1 S-1 at Ha）, 4 to 12 km s-1, -3 to -11 km s-1 and 44 to 55 km s-i, respectively. The radial velocity measurements show that there are several maxima and minima inside W80. The new results confirm findings in the literature that the complex seems to be rather uniform in terms of radial velocity and no turbulent motion is seen inside the complex. The average value of the calculated emission measure for the region is 3.1 pc cm-6.