Effects of Different Parameters of Electrostatic Field on Removal of Ethylene in Fruit and Vegetable Storage Environment

[Objectives]The effects of different parameters of electrostatic field on the removal of ethylene from fruit and vegetable storage environment were studied. [Methods]The high voltage electrostatic field technology was used to simulate the removal of ethylene from fruit and vegetable storages, and its influencing factors were tested and analyzed. [Results] The removal effect of needle-plate electrodes was better than that of needle electrodes. The removal effect of ethylene at high voltage was better than that at low voltage. The length of gas chamber was positively correlated with the time required for ethylene removal. Increasing the voltage could produce more ozone, thus improving the removal effect of ethylene. [Conclusions] This study provides theoretical basis and technical support for the use of high-voltage electrostatic field to remove ethylene in controlled atmosphere storages.

Remediation Technologies for Cadmium Contamination in Greenhouse Vegetable Fields

Based on the literature and experimental results, three kinds of soil amendments, namely rice biochar, hydroxyapatite and potassium dihydrogen phosphate(KH2PO4), and deeper ploughing were selected to evaluate the field application effect of soil amendments and agronomic measures on the remediation of Cd contamination in greenhouse vegetable fields. Cd-contaminated greenhouse screening was conducted from 2015 to 2017. In September 2017, comparative tests of eight treatments were performed, and a preferred test was performed in September 2018. The screening results of the contaminated areas indicated that the distribution of over-standard sites was uneven, and Cd content was significantly different. Over-standard rate of No.4 greenhouse was 83.33% and was the highest, and the average content of Cd in soil was 0.535 mg/kg. It was used as a comparative test greenhouse for eight treatments. No.1 greenhouse was selected as the preferred test greenhouse, with three over-standard plots having average Cd concentrations of 0.530, 0.568 and 0.792 mg/kg. The comparative test results showed that after 8 months of remediation, the content of available Cd in the treatment of hydroxyapatite+rice biochar+deeper ploughing(T6) was reduced by 32.55% compared with CK(the control) and 24.96% than 2 months of remediation. The content of available Cd using the treatment of potassium dihydrogen phosphate+rice biochar+deeper ploughing(T7) decreased by 47.88% compared with CK and 31.00% than 2 months of remediation. The preferred remediation test results showed that in the treatment of hydroxyapatite+rice biochar+deeper ploughing: the mean Cd content decreased from 0.489 to 0.372 mg/kg, reducing by 23.86%, and the mean did not exceed the standard. Compared with CK, the mean content of available Cd decreased by 10.71% after 8 months, and the lowest content of available Cd in three treatments was 0.133 mg/kg. In addition, the Cd content, bioconcentration factor(BCF) and translocation coefficient(TF) of bean aboveground plants were decreased by 15.86%, 23.68% and 25.77%, respectively when compared with CK. Rice biochar+hydroxyapatite +deeper ploughing is a favoured technology for the remediation of Cd-contaminated greenhouse vegetable fields.

Emission Characteristics of Soil Nitrous Oxide from Typical Greenhouse Vegetable Fields in North China

To make clear the emission characteristics of soil N20 from typical green- house vegetable fields in North China, an experiment was conducted in greenhouse tomato field in Shouguang city, Shandong province, China＇s ＂Home of Vegetables＂. The N2O fluxes were observed in four experimental treatments, as follows： none N fertilizer （CK）, single organic fertilizer （OM）, conventional fertilization （FP） and opti- mized and reduced nitrogen fertilization （OPT）, by a close chamber-gas chromato- graph method. The effects of different fertilization treatments on N2O emission and tomato yield were analyzed. The results showed that following the fertilization and ir- rigation, the pulsed emissions of N2O were measured. The N2O emission peak ap- peared after basal fertilizer application and irrigation and could be maintained for about 20 days. While the N2O emission peak caused by topdressing was smaller and last only 3-5 days. The statistical analysis showed that the N2O fluxes were affected by air temperature, soil temperature and WFPS at soil depth of 3 cm. The total contents of soil N2O fluxes had significant differences among experimental groups. The total content orderly was FP of 14. 77 kg/hm^2, OPT of 9. 73 kg/hm^2, OM of 6.84 kg/hm^2 and CK of 2.37 kg/hm^2. The N~：~ emission coefficient ranged from 0.83%-1.10%,which was close to or more than the recommended value （1.0%） by IPCC. Compared with the FP treatment, the tomato yield in OPT treatment, whose application rate of chemical N fertilizer decreased by about 60%, increased by 2.2%. Under the current management measures, the reasonable reduction on ap- plicaUon rate of organic manure and chemical nitrogen fertilizer could effectively re- duce the N=O emissions in greenhouse vegetable fields.

Nitrogen Leaching in Vegetable Fields in the Suburbs of Shanghai

Nitrogen (N) leaching in vegetable fields from December 2002 to May 2003 with equal dressings of total N for asequential rotation of Chinese flat cabbage (Brassica chinensis L. var. rosularis) and lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) in asuburban major vegetable production base of Shanghai were examined using the lysimeter method to provide a scientificbasis for rational utilization of nitrogen fertilizers so as to prevent nitrogen pollution of water resources. Results showedthat leached N consisted mainly of nitrate N, which accounted for up to more than 90% of the total N loss and couldcontribute to groundwater pollution. Data also showed that by partly substituting chemical N (30%) in a basal dressingwith equivalent N of refined organic fertilizer in the Chinese flat cabbage field, 64.5% of the leached nitrate N was reduced,while in the lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) field, substituting 1/2 of the chemical N in a basal dressing and 1/3 of the chemicalN in a top dressing with equivalent N of refined organic fertilizers reduced 46.6% of the leached nitrate N. In the two-year sequential rotation system of Chinese flat cabbage and lettuce, nitrate-N leaching in the treatment with the highestamount of chemical fertilizer was up to 46.55 kg ha-1, while treatment plots with the highest amount of organic fertilizerhad only 17.58 kg ha-1. Thus, partly substituting refined organic fertilizer for chemical nitrogen in the first two seasonshas a great advantage of reducing nitrate-N leaching.

Profile Characteristics and Potential EnvironmentalEffect of Accumulated Phosphorusin Soils ofVegetable Fields in Beliing

Profile characteristics of accumulated P in 10 representativesoils of vegetable fields in suburban districts of Beijing wereinvestigated. Bioavailability of the accumulated P and its potentialeffect n the environment were studied in a greenhouse pot experimentand a soil column experiment. The results showed that theconcentration of Olsen-P in the 0～20 cm soil samples of thevegetable fields ranged from 2.1 to 358.0 mg kg^-1, which was 2 to 10times higher than that of the crop field sin the suburbs of Beijing.Most of the excessive phosphorus was accumulated in the topsoils.

Denitrification Losses and N_2O Emissions from Nitrogen Fertilizer Applied to a Vegetable Field

A field experiment was conducted on Chinese cabbage （Brassica campestris L. ssp. pekinensis （Lour.） Olsson） in a Nanjing suburb in 2003. The experiment included 4 treatments in a randomized complete block design with 3 replicates： zero chemical fertilizer N （CK）; urea at rates of 300 kg N ha^-1 （U300） and 600 kg N ha^-1 （U600）, both as basal and two topdressings; and polymer-coated urea at a rate of 180 kg N ha^-1 （PCU180） as a basal application. The acetylene inhibition technique was used to measure denitrification （N2 ＋ N2O） from intact soil cores and N2O emissions in the absence of acetylene. Results showed that compared to （3K total denitrification losses were significantly greater （P ≤ 0.05） in the PCU180, U300, and U600 treatments,while N2O emissions in the U300 and U600 treatments were significantly higher （P ≤ 0.05） than （3K. In the U300 and U600 treatments peaks of denitrification and N2O emission were usually observed after N application. In the polymer-coated urea treatment （PCU180） during the period 20 to 40 days after transplanting, higher denitrification rates and N2O fluxes occurred. Compared with urea, polymer-coated urea did not show any effect on reducing denitrification losses and N2O emissions in terms of percentage of applied N. As temperature gradually decreased from transplanting to harvest, denitrification rates and N2O emissions tended to decrease. A significant （P ≤0.01） positive correlation occurred between denitrification （r = 0.872） or N2O emission （r = 0.781） flux densities and soil temperature in the CK treatment with a stable nitrate content during the whole growing season.

Applicability of an eddy covariance system based on a close-path quantum cascade laser spectrometer for measuring nitrous oxide fluxes from subtropical vegetable fields

The soil of subtropical vegetable fields is an important source of the atmospheric greenhouse gas nitrous oxide（N2O）. In a field study in subtropical China, the authors used an eddy covariance（EC）system based on a close-path quantum cascade laser（QCL） spectrometer to measure N2O fluxes from a vegetable field. During the experimental period from 9 October 2014 to 18 February 2015,the observed half-hourly N2O fluxes ranged from.10.7 to 1077.4 μg N m^-2h^-1, with a mean value of99.3 μg N m^-2h^-1. The detection limit（95% confidence level） of the EC system for half-hourly fluxes was estimated at 18.5 μg N m^-2h^-1, i.e. smaller than 97.5% of all measured fluxes, and within the range of the lower limit of reported N2O emissions from subtropical vegetable fields. The random uncertainties in the half-hourly fluxes were estimated at 60% on average, of which 62% was due to stochastic variations caused by turbulence and 38% by instrumental noise. The flux systematic uncertainties were estimated at.18% on average, mainly due to the spectral attenuation; however,this negative bias had already been corrected for by calculating half-hourly fluxes. In conclusion,the close-path QCL-based EC technique is capable of measuring the N2O fluxes from the subtropical vegetable fields of China with high reliability and accuracy.

A Study on Remediation Technologies for Cadmium Contamination in Greenhouse Vegetable Fields

Based on the literature and experimental results, three kinds of amendments, namely, rice biochar, hydroxyapatite and potassium dihydrogen phosphate(KH2PO4), and deeper ploughing were selected to evaluate the field application effect of soil amendments and agronomic measures on the remediation of Cd contamination in greenhouses. Cd-contaminated greenhouse screening was conducted from 2015 to 2017. In September 2017, comparative tests of eight treatments were performed in September 2017, and a selective test was performed in September 2018. The results of the screening of contaminated areas indicated that the distributions of over-standard sites and Cd content were significantly different. Greenhouse No. 4, in which the highest over-standard rate was 83.33% and the average content of Cd in soil was 0.535 mg/kg, was used as a comparative test experimental site for eight treatments. Greenhouse No. 1 was selected as the optimum test greenhouse for selective testing, with three plots having average Cd concentrations of 0.530, 0.568 and 0.792 mg/kg. The 8 months following comparative treatment showed that the content of available Cd following the treatment of rice biochar+hydroxyapatite+deeper ploughing(treatment T6) was reduced by 32.55% and 24.96% compared with the CK(the control) and 2 months following treatment, respectively. The content of available Cd using rice biochar+KH2PO4+deeper ploughing(treatment T7) treatment decreased by 47.88% and 31.00% compared with the CK and 2 months following treatment. The selective test results showed that in rice biochar+hydroxyapatite+deeper ploughing: the total Cd content of decreased from 0.489 to 0.372 mg/kg(23.86% lower), compared with the CK, and the mean content of available Cd decreased by 10.71% after 8 months, which was the lowest available Cd measured(0.133 mg/kg). In addition, the bean plant Cd content, bioconcentration factor(BCF) and translocation coefficient(TF) decreased by 15.86%, 23.68% and 25.77%, respectively. Rice biochar+hydroxyapatite+deeper ploughing is a favoured technology for the remediation of Cd-contaminated protected vegetable fields.

Optimal design of vegetation in residential district with numerical simulation and field experiment

Vegetation plays a key role in improving wind environment of residential districts,and is helpful for creating a comfortable and beautiful living environment.The optimal design of vegetation for wind environment improvement in winter was investigated by carrying out field experiments in Heqingyuan residential area in Beijing,and after that,numerical simulation with SPOTE(simulation platform for outdoor thermal environment) experiments for outdoor thermal environment of vegetation was adopted for comparison.The conclusions were summarized as follows:1) By comparing the experimental data with simulation results,it could be concluded that the wind field simulated was consistent with the actual wind field,and the flow distribution impacted by vegetation could be accurately reflected;2) The wind velocity with vegetation was lower than that without vegetation,and the wind velocity was reduced by 46%;3) By adjusting arrangement and types of vegetation in the regions with excessively large wind velocity,the pedestrian-level wind velocity could be obviously improved through the simulation and comparison.

Changing Land Use Pattern in India and Its Impact on Supply of Fresh Vegetables

The investment opportunities created by economic policies and increasing urbanization have enhanced demand for urban and peri-urban land. Fertile agricultural land is being converted to other uses. Around 1/3 more of the existing area under forests is needed to meet the targets of national forest policy. In the last two decades, 9% pastures have disappeared. The hills being removed cause threat to environment. The farmers seem to overuse land and other inputs. In the peri-urban areas agricultural fertile lands are many times forcefully acquired for non-agricultural uses, which result in violent protests and judicial interventions. A few cases of vast land use change, motive forces for such change, effect of change in land use on livelihood and on quality and costs of fresh vegetable supply are discussed in this paper. The partially used and unused data collected for earlier studies and some data collected for this paper have been used. The increase in land prices due to enhanced income of some sections, future need of prime land and returns from other than agricultural uses seem to be the driving force for change in land use, affecting the livelihood of people dependent upon farming who are migrating to nearby areas. Each shift of peri-urban agriculture will result in loss of quality, increase wastage by 6% and enhance costs of leafy vegetables by more than 5.5%. For an ideal urban land use, a balanced multi land use policy emphasizing peri-urban agriculture and forestry is suggested.

Vegetation field spectrum denoising via lifting wavelet transform

Field spectrum pretreatment experiments were carried out, and denoising numerical experiment via lifting wavelet transform （LWT） was designed, and several famous test signals including blocks, bumps, heavy sine and doppler were processed via Lw＇r in these experiment. And the field spectrum was processed via Lw＇r. Experiments proved that SNRG-tO-SNRN curves have similar feature and they all have a peak. And SNRG of almost all employed wavelets have higher value with SNRN between 0 and 20 dB. When signal is at high SNR, the SNRG is very little, and the MSED of denoised signal became little by little. LWT is more suite to denoise the low SNR or heavy noise contaminated signals. Bior4.4 have wider SNRN interval for denoising comparing with other five wavelets, includ- ing haar, db6, sym6, bior2.2 and bior3.3. Original field spectrum is processed by 3 stage liftings based on bior4.4 to denoise the trivial noise-contaminated regions. On processing the water band signal, logarithm transform is firstly taken. And then the spectrum is denoised via LWT based on bior4.4. The results show that an excellent denoised spectrum can be get, especially between 350 nm and 1 800 nm, and between 1 960 nm to 2 500 nm. While there is still a bump around 1 900 nm, this maybe due to the spectrum machine＇s limited precision.

Dynamicity of Land Use/Land Cover(LULC):An analysis from peri-urban and rural neighbourhoods of Durgapur Municipal Corporation(DMC)in India

The availability of better economic possibilities and well-connected transportation networks has attracted people to migrate to peri-urban and rural neighbourhoods,changing the landscape of regions outside the city and fostering the growth of physical infrastructure.Using multi-temporal satellite images,the dynamics of Land Use/Land Cover(LULC)changes,the impact of urban growth on LULC changes,and regional environmental implications were investigated in the peri-urban and rural neighbourhoods of Durgapur Municipal Corporation in India.The study used different case studies to highlight the study area’s heterogeneity,as the phenomenon of change is not consistent.Landsat TM and OLI-TIRS satellite images in 1991,2001,2011,and 2021 were used to analyse the changes in LULC types.We used the relative deviation(RD),annual change intensity(ACI),uniform intensity(UI)to show the dynamicity of LULC types(agriculture land;built-up land;fallow land;vegetated land;mining area;and water bodies)during 1991-2021.This study also applied the Decision-Making Trial and Evaluation Laboratory(DEMATEL)to measure environmental sensitivity zones and find out the causes of LULC changes.According to LULC statistics,agriculture land,built-up land,and mining area increased by 51.7,95.46,and 24.79 km^(2),respectively,from 1991 to 2021.The results also suggested that built-up land and mining area had the greatest land surface temperature(LST),whereas water bodies and vegetated land showed the lowest LST.Moreover,this study looked at the relationships among LST,spectral indices(Normalized Differenced Built-up Index(NDBI),Normalized Difference Vegetation Index(NDVI),and Normalized Difference Water Index(NDWI)),and environmental sensitivity.The results showed that all of the spectral indices have the strongest association with LST,indicating that built-up land had a far stronger influence on the LST.The spectral indices indicated that the decreasing trends of vegetated land and water bodies were 4.26 and 0.43 km^(2)/a,respectively,during 1991-2021.In summary,this study can help the policy-makers to predict the increasing rate of temperature and the causes for the temperature increase with the rapid expansion of built-up land,thus making effective peri-urban planning decisions.

Characterization of Woody Vegetation in Different Land Uses in the Commune of Coubalan (Bignona Department, Senegal)

Woody vegetation provides a number of ecosystem services, including soil protection, carbon sequestration and oxygen production. Despite its important role in maintaining ecological balance, woody vegetation is currently undergoing continuous degradation due to climatic hazards and anthropogenic actions. As a result, it is essential to gather information for the sustainable and rational management of woody formations. It is with this in mind that this study aims to contribute to a better understanding of the state of woody vegetation in the different land-use types in Basse Casamance. To this end, stratified random sampling of woody vegetation was carried out in the different land-use types (fields, fallow land and forests) of the Coubalan commune. The sampling unit for fields and fallows was a 2500 m2 plot, and for forests was a 900 m2 plot. A total of 53 species, divided into 48 genera belonging to 22 families, were inventoried in the commune. Structural parameters were higher in the forest, with 1321.3 ± 635.8 individuals/ha, 13.09 ± 0.1 m2 and 79.25% ± 21.08% respectively for observed density, basal area and cover rate. As for dendrometric parameters, they are higher in the fields, with 20.4 ± 13.6 cm and 7.4 ± 3.8 m respectively for trunk diameter and woody height. Fallow land is characterized by species with low dendrometric parameters. These results provide a useful database for rational management of the various land-use types in the commune of Coubalan.

2023年天津市蔬菜田头市场价格分析与未来展望

蔬菜是人们生活中必不可少的重要食品,市场供应水平关系到菜农和消费者利益以及社会的稳定。本研究选取天津市25种蔬菜田头价格开展分析与研究,结果表明,2023年天津市蔬菜田头价格走势相对平稳,与历年的走势大致相当,呈现“W”型特征,即3个高位期、两个低位期。从价格波动特点看,蔬菜田头价格波动受气象条件影响明显,蔬菜上市期气象条件好,价格通常走低;如遇到极端天气,价格短期内迅速上涨。天津作为超大城市,建议完善蔬菜市场信息监测预警机制,健全部门信息共享机制,提升地产蔬菜稳产保供能力。

电动叶菜收获机速度协同控制系统设计与试验

针对电动叶菜收获机切割、输送和行走三者速度不协调导致的叶菜损伤率高、功耗大和收获效率低等问题,开发了一种电动叶菜收获机速度协同控制系统。系统以可编程逻辑控制器为核心,利用信息传感模块对割刀电机的电流、电压和转速进行数据采集;主控模块根据速度协同控制算法对采集信号进行处理,得到负载信息并协同切割、输送和行走三者速度。田间试验结果表明:系统稳定可靠,能够根据收获情况动态协同各部件速度参数,叶菜损伤率为8.88%;与传统定速控制方法相比,收获机功耗降低了13.1%,收获效率提升了33.4%。

果蔬隧道式气流冲击干燥流场模拟及其设备结构优化

为解决隧道式气流冲击干燥设备中风速流场不均匀的问题,利用计算流体动力学对气流冲击干燥过程的流场进行模拟分析,提出2种改进方案,并且每种方案选择9组模型,通过对比分析每组模型的速度均匀性和流场分布情况,以速度不均匀性为指标,得到结构参数为高度H=630 mm、半径R=60 mm圆柱扰流装置,并在此基础上,进行气流分配口大小调整,将上层和下层气流分配口调整为25 mm,中层气流分配口调整为20 mm的模型为最优结构。最优结构气流分配口速度不均匀系数减小到20.4%,物料层截面速度不均匀系数减小到16.89%,极大地改善气流冲击干燥的均匀性。对改进的模型进行试验验证,模拟值与试验测量值的相对误差均在11%以内。研究为相关干燥设备的结构优化提供参考。

全生物降解地膜对湖南不同地区果蔬生长的影响

针对塑料地膜使用造成土壤环境污染的问题,研究以白色/黑色全生物降解地膜和普通塑料地膜为参试材料,在湖南省长沙市、沅江市、汉寿县等地区开展了西瓜、莴苣、秋葵等作物的覆膜试验,探究全生物降解地膜对不同作物的生长、品质、产量及土壤性质等指标的影响,观察全生物降解地膜的降解情况。结果发现,两种全生物降解地膜对湖南各地区果蔬生产均起到提质增效的作用。沅江地区黑色降解地膜覆盖栽培西瓜,西瓜单瓜重增加25.8%,叶片数增加45.5%,显著高于未覆膜处理;覆盖白色降解地膜的秋葵叶片长度比对照高42.1%,叶片宽度比对照高55.9%,叶片数增加43.2%,产量增加55.5%。普通塑料地膜在作物收获后未能降解,白色和黑色全生物降解地膜的降解率分别为80.3%~90.7%和63.0%~80.3%。综合不同地区的试验结果,认为两种降解地膜均可作为普通塑料地膜的潜在替代品,具有较大的推广前景。

北京市菜田废弃物处置产业现状、对策与展望

菜田废弃物的有效处置可有效解决环境污染问题,促进蔬菜产业提质增效、农业农村绿色发展。为了掌握北京市菜田废弃物处置现状,对北京市规模园区、合作社、生产类企业等存在的废弃物处置方面的问题进行了初步研究。基于对不同作物单位面积产废量、产废系数及产废时间的调查,从不同作物、不同区域等角度分别估算了菜田废弃物产生量,梳理了菜田废弃物处置的主要技术措施,总结了北京市各区菜田废弃物处置模式;围绕政策、资金、技术装备、宣传、监管等层面剖析了菜田废弃物处置存在的问题,从加大资金支持力度、加快配套技术装备研发、健全相关法律法规等方面研提了相应的对策及建议,并指出了菜田废弃物处置产业中肥料化处理、区域化集中处理和社会化服务方式的发展方向。

基于“田间课堂,问题式教学”的蔬菜生产技术教学改革与实践

在职业教育工作中,仅向学生传递理论知识往往不能够让学生掌握真正的技能,将理论教学结合于实践,才能让学生在实践中体会知识,进而提高学习质量,掌握真正的技能。该文对结合江苏泰供海诞现代农业发展有限公司蔬菜生产基地、基于“田间课堂,问题式教学”开展的蔬菜生产技术课程教学改革与实践进行探讨,希望能够为相关从业人员提供参考。

河北省露地菜田固碳增活对策及解决方案

河北省是蔬菜生产大省,但露地蔬菜生产中养分管理较为粗放,长期存在有机物料施用种类单一、偏施化学氮肥、肥料养分配比失衡等问题,导致土壤有机质水平低、有效养分供应能力弱、连作障碍频发。针对露地蔬菜生产中存在的施肥问题,建立了固碳增效与沃土增活综合施肥技术,制定了全程施肥解决方案。有助于改善与提升菜田土壤质量,促进蔬菜稳产增产和菜农增收,具有广阔的应用前景。