Analysis on Morphological Variations among Six Wild Groups of Anthocidaris crassispina from South China Sea

In order to study the morphological variations among wild Anthocidaris crassispina groups in the southeast coast of China, six groups collected from Daya Bay, Egong Bay, Hailing Island, and Nan＇ao Island in Guangzhou Province, Weizhou Island in Guangxi Province and Ningde City in Fujian Province were analyzed in this paper. Six morphometric traits were measured and the degrees of morphological variations among wild Anthocidaris crassispina groups were compared using four multivariate analyses, one-way ANOVA analysis, variation coefficient method, cluster analysis and discriminant analysis. The results of one-way ANOVA analysis showed that there were significant differences in the six morphometric traits between Weizhou Island＇s population and the other five groups. The variation coefficient analysis showed that the difference between the Weizhou Island＇s population and Hailing Is- land＇s population reached the interspecific level. The results of cluster analysis showed that the morphometric characters of Daly Bay＇s population, Egong Bay＇s population and Nan＇ao＇s population were more similar, but the groups from Weizhou Island and Ningde City were the most divergent. The discriminant analysis showed that the identification accuracy of A. crassispina was 47.8%-86%, and the total dis- criminant accuracy was 65.3%. All the analysis results above suggest that certain morphological variation has been generated among A. crassispina groups from differ- ent origins due to geographical isolation and different environmental factors.

Asymptotic analysis of outwardly propagating spherical flames

Asymptotic analysis is conducted for outwardly propagating spherical flames with large activation energy. The spherical flame structure consists of the preheat zone, reaction zone, and equilibrium zone. Analytical solutions are separately obtained in these three zones and then asymp- totically matched. In the asymptotic analysis, we derive a correlation describing the spherical flame temperature and propagation speed changing with the flame radius. This cor- relation is compared with previous results derived in the limit of infinite value of activation energy. Based on this correla- tion, the properties of spherical flame propagation are inves- tigated and the effects of Lewis number on spherical flame propagation speed and extinction stretch rate are assessed. Moreover, the accuracy and performance of different mod- els used in the spherical flame method are examined. It is found that in order to get accurate laminar flame speed and Markstein length, non-linear models should be used.

Research on the Correlation between Meteorological Factors and Flue-cured Tobacco Chemical Components in Different Altitudes of Lincang Region

In this study, the relationship between major meteorological factors and tobacco chemical components in different altitudes of Yongde County, Lincang Region of Yunnan Province was studied using correlation analysis and path analysis methods.The results showed that there was a difference on meteorological factors in different altitudes, causing different impacts on chemical components of flue-cured tobacco; contents of nicotine and total nitrogen decreased with the rising of altitude, conversely, total sugar and reducing sugar contents increased with the rising trend of altitude, and the differences on the contents of potassium （K） and chlorine（CI）, and the ratio of K to CI in different altitudes were not significant, at the altitude of 1 250-1 450 m, each chemical component indicator was better. The correlation between main meteorological factors and conventional chemical components of tobacco leaves was as follows： contents of reducing sugar and total sugar increased with the increase of rainfall and relative humidity, and decreased with the increase of sunshine duration; nicotine content increased with the increase of accumulated temperature and sunshine duration; total nitrogen （N） content increased with the increase of daily mean temperature and accumulated temperature; sugar-alkali ratio increased with the increase of rainfall. Path analysis showed that the direct effect of sunshine duration on reducing sugar and total sugar of tobacco leaves was faint, but the indirect effect was obvious; meanwhile, the direct and indirect effects of it on nicotine and total N were the greatest.

Comparison between Microwave Coherent and Incoherent Scattering Models in Corn Field

[Objective] The aim was to compare and analyze microwave coherent and incoherent scattering models in a corn field. [Method] In the research, based on a coherent scattering model （Stile）, we proposed a coherent scattering model exclusive for corn, in which, physical optics （PO） and infinite-length dielectric cylinder were used to calculate single-scattering matrices of corn leaves and stalks. In addition, coherent components produced from interaction among the scattering mechanisms were also considered and this coherent model was compared with the Michigan Mi- crowave Canopy Scattering （MIMICS） model. The measured data in a corn filed in Gongzhuling in Jilin Province were used as the input parameters of the coherent and incoherent models. We simulated backscattering coefficients of VV and HH po- larization at L and C bands and made a comparison between the simulation results. [Result] The simulation results at L-band were poor, which indicated that we could not find regularity at early growth stage of vegetation. In addition, comparisons be- tween coherent and incoherent scattering models proved that the coherence triggered by the scattering mechanism was small. [Conclusion] In the research, we analyzed differences between coherent and incoherent scattering models with change of incident angle, and further analysis on the differences with change of vegetation and soil needed to be made in future.

冬小麦东农冬麦1号在不同温度下的代谢组学差异分析

为明确东农冬麦1号耐寒越冬的生理机制,对不同温度条件下的东农冬麦1号幼苗分蘖节进行GC-TOF/MS代谢组学检测,并采用SIMCA软件对获得的代谢组学数据进行多元变量模式识别分析。结果表明,对温度变化反应明显的代谢产物有54个,对其进行KEGG分析发现,变化显著的代谢通路为:精氨酸和脯氨酸代谢;甘氨酸、丝氨酸和苏氨酸代谢;丙氨酸、天冬氨酸和谷氨酸盐代谢;丙酮酸代谢;糖酵解和糖异生以及肌醇磷酸盐代谢。分析不同温度下以上代谢通路中的差异化合物发现,室内培养组中,分蘖节中的γ-氨基丁酸、蔗糖-6-磷酸以及尿素等含量显著提高,使植株保持了较高的氮素含量,揭示了较高温度下(室内)小麦出现徒长的原因。研究结果可为进一步研究冬小麦越冬的生理特性提供新的研究思路。

VON NEUMANN STABILITY ANALYSIS OF SYMPLECTIC INTEGRATORS APPLIED TO HAMILTONIAN PDEs

Discusses the symplectic integration of separable Hamiltonian ordinary and partial differential equations (PDE). Results of a von Neumann analysis; Spectra of linearized Hamiltonian PDEs.