Rapid and cost effective quantification of lignocellulosic components （cellulose, hemicelluloses and lignin） of agricultural biomass （barley, canola, oat and wheat） is essential to determine the effect of various ...Rapid and cost effective quantification of lignocellulosic components （cellulose, hemicelluloses and lignin） of agricultural biomass （barley, canola, oat and wheat） is essential to determine the effect of various pre-treatments （such as steam explosion） on biomass used as feedstock for the biofuel industry. Fourier Transformed Infrared （FTIR） spectroscopy was considered as an option to achieve this objective. Regression equations having R2 values of 0.89, 0.99 and 0.98 were developed to predict the cellulose, hemicelluloses and lignin compounds of biomass, respectively. The average absolute difference in predicted and measured cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin in agricultural biomass was 7.5%, 2.5%, and 3.8%, respectively.展开更多
Of the factors affecting migration and bioavailability of toxic metals in heavy metal contaminated soil, DOC （dissolved organic carbon） provides binding sites for metal cations and reduces the fixation and adsorptio...Of the factors affecting migration and bioavailability of toxic metals in heavy metal contaminated soil, DOC （dissolved organic carbon） provides binding sites for metal cations and reduces the fixation and adsorption of heavy metals by soil solid phase. Elevation of DOC level due to the direct incorporation of crop residues may lead to enhanced accumulation of toxic metals in crop body grown in polluted farmland. In this study, an incubation experiment and a pot experiment were conducted respectively to investigate the effects of wheat straw incorporation on DOC level, cadmium availability, and Cd accumulation in rice plant, and to establish the relation between Cd solubility and DOC level. A Cd-contaminated rice soil was used and incorporated with different rates （0%, 0.5% and 1%） of wheat straw in both experiments. Results showed that the change pattern of Cd in soil solution was very similar to that of DOC level. Wheat straw addition significantly elevated Cd and DOC level in soil solution while NH4NO3-extrated Cd was not affected. There existed a close linear correlation between soluble Cd and DOC level. Enhanced Cd accumulation in rice plant, grown in a Cd contaminated soil, induced by wheat straw incorporation was observed in this study.展开更多
文摘Rapid and cost effective quantification of lignocellulosic components （cellulose, hemicelluloses and lignin） of agricultural biomass （barley, canola, oat and wheat） is essential to determine the effect of various pre-treatments （such as steam explosion） on biomass used as feedstock for the biofuel industry. Fourier Transformed Infrared （FTIR） spectroscopy was considered as an option to achieve this objective. Regression equations having R2 values of 0.89, 0.99 and 0.98 were developed to predict the cellulose, hemicelluloses and lignin compounds of biomass, respectively. The average absolute difference in predicted and measured cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin in agricultural biomass was 7.5%, 2.5%, and 3.8%, respectively.
文摘Of the factors affecting migration and bioavailability of toxic metals in heavy metal contaminated soil, DOC （dissolved organic carbon） provides binding sites for metal cations and reduces the fixation and adsorption of heavy metals by soil solid phase. Elevation of DOC level due to the direct incorporation of crop residues may lead to enhanced accumulation of toxic metals in crop body grown in polluted farmland. In this study, an incubation experiment and a pot experiment were conducted respectively to investigate the effects of wheat straw incorporation on DOC level, cadmium availability, and Cd accumulation in rice plant, and to establish the relation between Cd solubility and DOC level. A Cd-contaminated rice soil was used and incorporated with different rates （0%, 0.5% and 1%） of wheat straw in both experiments. Results showed that the change pattern of Cd in soil solution was very similar to that of DOC level. Wheat straw addition significantly elevated Cd and DOC level in soil solution while NH4NO3-extrated Cd was not affected. There existed a close linear correlation between soluble Cd and DOC level. Enhanced Cd accumulation in rice plant, grown in a Cd contaminated soil, induced by wheat straw incorporation was observed in this study.
