Tri-trophic interactions between fertilizer applications, cotton aphid (Aphis gossypii Golver) and associated beneficial insects were studied to investigate direct and indirect effects of fertilizers (types and ratios...Tri-trophic interactions between fertilizer applications, cotton aphid (Aphis gossypii Golver) and associated beneficial insects were studied to investigate direct and indirect effects of fertilizers (types and ratios) on potato plants under field and greenhouse conditions, A. gossypii and associated beneficial insects. Fertilizers regimes showed direct impacts on the potato plant phenology and indirect effects on both A. gossypii population and the associated beneficial insects. Our data indicated that potato plants had been influenced by fertilizer elements used within tri-trophic system comprising potato plants, cotton aphid, and certain associated beneficial insects. This demonstrates that a bottom-up interaction is robust and has a particular value in the attraction of beneficial insects towards the potato plant signals due to used fertilizers which can also have a function when plants are attacked by A. gossypii. Yet, flexibility in the use of fertilizers (as chemical cues) is conserved, and that may help beneficial insects to specifically focus on the odor of plants that carry potential plant hosts and avoid plants that are only attacked by non-hosts. These results support the still controversial notion that fertilizer elements, at least in part, help plants to serve as functional signals to attract the enemies of the harmful insects. These observations declare the benefits of the tri-trophic interactions as an ecological phenomenon in particular and the food chain in general. Additionally, this study may be useful to be used as a predictable model with the associated beneficial insects which may have key roles in overall aphid suppression or regulating its population. Impact of fertilizers on potato phenology characteristics and the cotton aphid population density seems to be variable based on types and ratios of the fertilizers. Interfacing the impact of natural enemies (plant-pest-natural enemies) through tri-trophic relationship within the food chain verified to be straightforward way of predicting on the impact of beneficial insects-guild on the cotton aphid population density.展开更多
The reaction of 2,4,6-tris（2-pyridyl）-1,3,5-triazine （tptz） and K2PdCl4 in THF/H2O （10：1） results in the hydrolysis of tptz to bis（2-pyridylcarbonyl）amide anion （bpca）, and affords complex Pd（bpca）Cl 1, w...The reaction of 2,4,6-tris（2-pyridyl）-1,3,5-triazine （tptz） and K2PdCl4 in THF/H2O （10：1） results in the hydrolysis of tptz to bis（2-pyridylcarbonyl）amide anion （bpca）, and affords complex Pd（bpca）Cl 1, which is the first example of Pd（Ⅱ）-promoted hydrolysis of ligands. Crystal data for 1： orthorhombic, space group Pbcn, a = 12.0136（17）, b = 14.180（2）, c = 6.9747（11）A, V= 1188.2（3） A3, Z = 4, Mr = 368.06, Dc = 2.058 g/cm3, F（000） = 720,μ = 1.786 mm^-1, λ（MoKα） = 0.71073 A, T= 293（2） K, 2θmax = 54.9°, GOOF = 1.085, the final R= 0.0647 and wR = 0.1051 for 1234 observed reflections with I 〉 2σ（I） （refinement on F2）. Complex 1 is connected through hydrogen bonding to give a 2D network. And weak Pd...Pd interactions are also found between adjacent molecules with the distance of 3.6074（5） A, so the complex is further extended into a 3D supramolecular structure. Thermal gravity analysis （TGA） shows that 1 exhibits high thermal stability below 310℃. X-ray powder diffraction （XRD） and UV/Vis spectrum of 1 are also discussed.展开更多
Tris(pentafluoroethyl)trifluorophosphate ([FEP])-based ionic liquids have been widely applied in many fields. For better understanding the properties of [FEP]-based ionic liquids, the interactions between 1-hexyl-3-me...Tris(pentafluoroethyl)trifluorophosphate ([FEP])-based ionic liquids have been widely applied in many fields. For better understanding the properties of [FEP]-based ionic liquids, the interactions between 1-hexyl-3-methylimidazolium ([hmim])[FEP] and small molecules were investigated by molecular dynamics simulations in this work. The small molecules are water, methanol and dimethyl ether. The united-atom (UA) force fields were proposed for methanol and dimethyl ether based on AMBER force field. The densities, enthalpies of vaporization, excess molar properties, and diffusion coefficients of the mixtures were calculated, as well as the microscopic structures characterized by radial distribution functions. Both of the results of the excess energies and microscopic properties show that the strongest interaction is between [hmim][FEP] and dimethyl ether, whereas the interaction between [hmim][FEP] and water is the weakest. Moreover, [hmim][FEP] is more hydrophobic than [hmim] hexafluorophosphate ([PF6]), and the three solutes are mainly distributed around [FEP] anion.展开更多
Exploring the factors to control Znsalen aggregation is of importance to design functional materials in catalysis, optical materials and biological imaging. In this work, we synthesized and characterized four cryptand...Exploring the factors to control Znsalen aggregation is of importance to design functional materials in catalysis, optical materials and biological imaging. In this work, we synthesized and characterized four cryptand type tri Znsalen complexes and found that cryptand structure could efficiently minimize intermolecular Zn…O interaction. More importantly, encapsulated by PLGA nanoparticles, cryptand tri Znsalen 1 displayed visible intracellular fluorescence whereas monomeric Znsalen 5 could not. These results provide a new access to design new luminescent materials with the potential application in optics and biological studies.展开更多
The solubilities of 1,2,3-trimethylbenzene, 1,2,4-trimethylbenzene and 1,3,5-trimethylbenzene in mixed solvents of t-butyl alcohol (TBA) and water at 283.15, 288.15, 293.15 and 298.15 K have been determined by spectmp...The solubilities of 1,2,3-trimethylbenzene, 1,2,4-trimethylbenzene and 1,3,5-trimethylbenzene in mixed solvents of t-butyl alcohol (TBA) and water at 283.15, 288.15, 293.15 and 298.15 K have been determined by spectmphotometry. The mole fractions of TBA [x(TBA)] in the mixed solvent are0.000, 0.010, 0.020, 0.030, 0.040, 0.045, 0.050, 0.060, 0.080 and 0.1000. The Gibbs energies of hydrophobic interaction (HI) for the aggregating process of three methane molecules with one benene molecule in the mixed solvent are studied, and the effect of solvent structure and solute aggregating state on the strength of HI is discussed.展开更多
文摘Tri-trophic interactions between fertilizer applications, cotton aphid (Aphis gossypii Golver) and associated beneficial insects were studied to investigate direct and indirect effects of fertilizers (types and ratios) on potato plants under field and greenhouse conditions, A. gossypii and associated beneficial insects. Fertilizers regimes showed direct impacts on the potato plant phenology and indirect effects on both A. gossypii population and the associated beneficial insects. Our data indicated that potato plants had been influenced by fertilizer elements used within tri-trophic system comprising potato plants, cotton aphid, and certain associated beneficial insects. This demonstrates that a bottom-up interaction is robust and has a particular value in the attraction of beneficial insects towards the potato plant signals due to used fertilizers which can also have a function when plants are attacked by A. gossypii. Yet, flexibility in the use of fertilizers (as chemical cues) is conserved, and that may help beneficial insects to specifically focus on the odor of plants that carry potential plant hosts and avoid plants that are only attacked by non-hosts. These results support the still controversial notion that fertilizer elements, at least in part, help plants to serve as functional signals to attract the enemies of the harmful insects. These observations declare the benefits of the tri-trophic interactions as an ecological phenomenon in particular and the food chain in general. Additionally, this study may be useful to be used as a predictable model with the associated beneficial insects which may have key roles in overall aphid suppression or regulating its population. Impact of fertilizers on potato phenology characteristics and the cotton aphid population density seems to be variable based on types and ratios of the fertilizers. Interfacing the impact of natural enemies (plant-pest-natural enemies) through tri-trophic relationship within the food chain verified to be straightforward way of predicting on the impact of beneficial insects-guild on the cotton aphid population density.
基金supported by 973 Program (2006CB932900)the National Natural Science Foundation of China (20571074)
文摘The reaction of 2,4,6-tris（2-pyridyl）-1,3,5-triazine （tptz） and K2PdCl4 in THF/H2O （10：1） results in the hydrolysis of tptz to bis（2-pyridylcarbonyl）amide anion （bpca）, and affords complex Pd（bpca）Cl 1, which is the first example of Pd（Ⅱ）-promoted hydrolysis of ligands. Crystal data for 1： orthorhombic, space group Pbcn, a = 12.0136（17）, b = 14.180（2）, c = 6.9747（11）A, V= 1188.2（3） A3, Z = 4, Mr = 368.06, Dc = 2.058 g/cm3, F（000） = 720,μ = 1.786 mm^-1, λ（MoKα） = 0.71073 A, T= 293（2） K, 2θmax = 54.9°, GOOF = 1.085, the final R= 0.0647 and wR = 0.1051 for 1234 observed reflections with I 〉 2σ（I） （refinement on F2）. Complex 1 is connected through hydrogen bonding to give a 2D network. And weak Pd...Pd interactions are also found between adjacent molecules with the distance of 3.6074（5） A, so the complex is further extended into a 3D supramolecular structure. Thermal gravity analysis （TGA） shows that 1 exhibits high thermal stability below 310℃. X-ray powder diffraction （XRD） and UV/Vis spectrum of 1 are also discussed.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21106146, 20976004, 20903098 and 21073194)
文摘Tris(pentafluoroethyl)trifluorophosphate ([FEP])-based ionic liquids have been widely applied in many fields. For better understanding the properties of [FEP]-based ionic liquids, the interactions between 1-hexyl-3-methylimidazolium ([hmim])[FEP] and small molecules were investigated by molecular dynamics simulations in this work. The small molecules are water, methanol and dimethyl ether. The united-atom (UA) force fields were proposed for methanol and dimethyl ether based on AMBER force field. The densities, enthalpies of vaporization, excess molar properties, and diffusion coefficients of the mixtures were calculated, as well as the microscopic structures characterized by radial distribution functions. Both of the results of the excess energies and microscopic properties show that the strongest interaction is between [hmim][FEP] and dimethyl ether, whereas the interaction between [hmim][FEP] and water is the weakest. Moreover, [hmim][FEP] is more hydrophobic than [hmim] hexafluorophosphate ([PF6]), and the three solutes are mainly distributed around [FEP] anion.
基金supported by the National Scientific Foundation of China(No.20971007)National Key Basic Research Support Foundation of China(NKBRSFC)(Nos.2013CB933402,2015CB856300)
文摘Exploring the factors to control Znsalen aggregation is of importance to design functional materials in catalysis, optical materials and biological imaging. In this work, we synthesized and characterized four cryptand type tri Znsalen complexes and found that cryptand structure could efficiently minimize intermolecular Zn…O interaction. More importantly, encapsulated by PLGA nanoparticles, cryptand tri Znsalen 1 displayed visible intracellular fluorescence whereas monomeric Znsalen 5 could not. These results provide a new access to design new luminescent materials with the potential application in optics and biological studies.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 29573144).
文摘The solubilities of 1,2,3-trimethylbenzene, 1,2,4-trimethylbenzene and 1,3,5-trimethylbenzene in mixed solvents of t-butyl alcohol (TBA) and water at 283.15, 288.15, 293.15 and 298.15 K have been determined by spectmphotometry. The mole fractions of TBA [x(TBA)] in the mixed solvent are0.000, 0.010, 0.020, 0.030, 0.040, 0.045, 0.050, 0.060, 0.080 and 0.1000. The Gibbs energies of hydrophobic interaction (HI) for the aggregating process of three methane molecules with one benene molecule in the mixed solvent are studied, and the effect of solvent structure and solute aggregating state on the strength of HI is discussed.
