Expecting that agricultural yield is highly dependent on climatic conditions, particularly water availability and suitable temperature, an agroclimatic study was carried out on rice crops during three different season...Expecting that agricultural yield is highly dependent on climatic conditions, particularly water availability and suitable temperature, an agroclimatic study was carried out on rice crops during three different seasons in four regions of Bangladesh. Data on climate (surface air temperature and precipitation) and seasonal rice production were examined for the period 1986-2006 from 18 rice growth observatories. The relationship between climate and rice production was statistically analyzed by removing long-term trends so that the effects of improved irrigation, which results in a general increase in crop production, may be removed. The analysis involved both single and multiple regressions. The results suggested that, during monsoon and summer, higher temperatures had negative effects on rice production, especially in the northwestern (NW) region. In winter, positive effects were observed throughout Bangladesh. Since the annual mean temperature was positively correlated with those in the three seasons individually, the annual temperature had negative effects on the annual rice production only in the NW region, while it had positive effects in the central and southern regions. With the exception of the NW region, it was basically dry, excessive rainfall both in summer and monsoon yielded floods and reduced rice yield. In winter, more rainfall showed positive effects on crop production only in the central region, which was least irrigated. These findings suggested that accelerated atmospheric warming would result in serious damage to crops during summer and monsoon. Reliable prediction of future crop production will rely on the temperature and rainfall trends in individual seasons.展开更多
Buffering exogenous perturbation is crucial to maintain transcriptional homeostasis during development.While mi RNAs have been speculated to play a role in stability maintenance, previous studies seeking to check this...Buffering exogenous perturbation is crucial to maintain transcriptional homeostasis during development.While mi RNAs have been speculated to play a role in stability maintenance, previous studies seeking to check this conjecture focused on measurements of transcript levels at steady state or involved individual mi RNA targets. We measured whole-genome expression dynamics by introducing a transient perturbation and establishing a perturbation and recovery system in Drosophila larvae. We inhibited all transcription and assayed transcriptomes at several time points during recovery from inhibition. We performed these experiments in the wild type and mi RNA-deficient genetic backgrounds. Consistent with theories about mi RNAs’ function in stabilizing the transcriptome, we find that attenuating mi RNA expression leads to weak impairment in degradation of targets but strong destabilization of target genes when transcription is re-activated. We further fitted a model that captures the essential aspects of transcription dynamics in our experiments and found that the mi RNA target transcripts uniformly overshoot the original steady state as they recover from a general inhibition of transcription if global mi RNA levels are reduced. Collectively, our results provide experimental evidence for the idea that mi RNAs act cumulatively to stabilize the transcriptional regulatory network. We therefore found a promising approach to assess the effect of these molecules on transcription dynamics.展开更多
The reductive transformation of CO_2 to energy related products including formic acid, CO, formamide, methanol and methylamine could be a promising option to supply renewable energy. In this aspect, ruthenium has foun...The reductive transformation of CO_2 to energy related products including formic acid, CO, formamide, methanol and methylamine could be a promising option to supply renewable energy. In this aspect, ruthenium has found wide application in hydrogenation of various carbonyl groups, and has successfully been applied to reductive transformation of CO_2 with high catalytic efficiency and excellent selectivity. In addition, ruthenium complexes have also served as effective photosensitizers for CO_2 photoreduction.Classified by reductive products, this review summarizes and updates advances in the Ru-catalyzed reduction of CO_2 along with catalyst development on the basis of mechanistic understanding at a molecular level.展开更多
文摘Expecting that agricultural yield is highly dependent on climatic conditions, particularly water availability and suitable temperature, an agroclimatic study was carried out on rice crops during three different seasons in four regions of Bangladesh. Data on climate (surface air temperature and precipitation) and seasonal rice production were examined for the period 1986-2006 from 18 rice growth observatories. The relationship between climate and rice production was statistically analyzed by removing long-term trends so that the effects of improved irrigation, which results in a general increase in crop production, may be removed. The analysis involved both single and multiple regressions. The results suggested that, during monsoon and summer, higher temperatures had negative effects on rice production, especially in the northwestern (NW) region. In winter, positive effects were observed throughout Bangladesh. Since the annual mean temperature was positively correlated with those in the three seasons individually, the annual temperature had negative effects on the annual rice production only in the NW region, while it had positive effects in the central and southern regions. With the exception of the NW region, it was basically dry, excessive rainfall both in summer and monsoon yielded floods and reduced rice yield. In winter, more rainfall showed positive effects on crop production only in the central region, which was least irrigated. These findings suggested that accelerated atmospheric warming would result in serious damage to crops during summer and monsoon. Reliable prediction of future crop production will rely on the temperature and rainfall trends in individual seasons.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31801094 to C.L. and 31771416 to X.L.)the Key Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (KFZD-SW-220-1 to X.L.)+3 种基金CAS “Light of West China” Program (to X.L.)the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31900417 to G.L.)the National Key Basic Research Program of China (2014CB542006 to C.L.)China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (2019M653162 to G.L.)。
文摘Buffering exogenous perturbation is crucial to maintain transcriptional homeostasis during development.While mi RNAs have been speculated to play a role in stability maintenance, previous studies seeking to check this conjecture focused on measurements of transcript levels at steady state or involved individual mi RNA targets. We measured whole-genome expression dynamics by introducing a transient perturbation and establishing a perturbation and recovery system in Drosophila larvae. We inhibited all transcription and assayed transcriptomes at several time points during recovery from inhibition. We performed these experiments in the wild type and mi RNA-deficient genetic backgrounds. Consistent with theories about mi RNAs’ function in stabilizing the transcriptome, we find that attenuating mi RNA expression leads to weak impairment in degradation of targets but strong destabilization of target genes when transcription is re-activated. We further fitted a model that captures the essential aspects of transcription dynamics in our experiments and found that the mi RNA target transcripts uniformly overshoot the original steady state as they recover from a general inhibition of transcription if global mi RNA levels are reduced. Collectively, our results provide experimental evidence for the idea that mi RNAs act cumulatively to stabilize the transcriptional regulatory network. We therefore found a promising approach to assess the effect of these molecules on transcription dynamics.
基金supported by the National Key Research and Development Program(2016YFA0602900)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(21472103,21672119)+2 种基金the Natural Science Foundation of Tianjin Municipality(16JCZDJC39900)Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education(20130031110013)MOE Innovation Team(IRT13022)of China
文摘The reductive transformation of CO_2 to energy related products including formic acid, CO, formamide, methanol and methylamine could be a promising option to supply renewable energy. In this aspect, ruthenium has found wide application in hydrogenation of various carbonyl groups, and has successfully been applied to reductive transformation of CO_2 with high catalytic efficiency and excellent selectivity. In addition, ruthenium complexes have also served as effective photosensitizers for CO_2 photoreduction.Classified by reductive products, this review summarizes and updates advances in the Ru-catalyzed reduction of CO_2 along with catalyst development on the basis of mechanistic understanding at a molecular level.