描述:Sustainable development in agriculture is an important guideline for global agricultural development. Since year 2020 global prevalence of the COVID-19 pandemic, and pricing disturbances of fertilizer raw materials, global agricultural sectors are facing enormous pressures. To facilitate fertilizing efficiency, the demand for high efficient agricultural materials is one of the main competencies in the market. This is the first study reporting the open structure interview with farmers collecting their feedback on the performances of compound fertilizer “Daliwan” over the past 4 years of marketing in China. The most mentioned performances on temperate fruits section are better leaf greenness, fruit enlargement, and fruit size evenness, with 31.21%, 47.09% and 37.72%, of farmers responded to these performances. The three most mentioned performances in citrus fruits are bet-ter tree growth, leaf greenness, and fruit enlargement, which are 52.32%, 50.90% and 40.81%, respectively. Vegetable growers are most recognized for the fertilizer performances on bigger leaf area, better leaf greenness, and fruit size evenness, which occupied 44.04%, 43.18%, and 46.18% from the data collected. Eucalyptus tree, forestry tree mostly feedback on leaf greenness (61.54%) and faster bark skinning (45.05%). Labor-saving is the most collected in all feedbacks in all crops. All users strongly responded to feedback on labor-saving and time saving using this fertilizer. “Da-liwan” is proven to enhance efficiency and cut the burden for growers over the past four years in China.
描述:This study aimed to clarify the impact of different sources of nonpoint source (NPS) pollution on lake nitrogen and phosphorus. This study was based on a redundancy analysis method that comprehensively considered the five major sources of nonpoint source pollution in the Chaohu Lake basin including planting land, livestock and poultry breeding, aquaculture, rural domestic sewage discharge, and atmospheric deposition. The effects of NPS pollution from multiple sources on lake nitrogen and phosphorus were discussed. Additionally, the impact of different sources was analyzed on the two seasons of the normal and wet water periods. The results showed that the influence of nonpoint source pollution on lake nitrogen and phosphorus in the normal period was slightly higher than that in the wet period, and the interpretation rate of nonpoint source pollution in the normal period could reach 80.5%, whereas that in the wet period was 71.6%. Different sources of non-point source pollution showed certain variations during different rainfall periods. The pollution sources with the most obvious difference in their contribution rates were atmospheric deposition and rural domestic sewage discharge, of which the interpretation rate of atmospheric deposition could reach 46.4% in the wet season and only 6.3% in the normal season. The contribution rate of rural domestic sewage discharge showed the opposite trend. However, the total amounts of the two sources exceeded 50% in both the normal and wet seasons. The effects of nonpoint source pollution from planting land, livestock and poultry breeding as well as aquaculture on lake nitrogen and phosphorus were similar; the interpretation rates of the three factors were between 10% and 20% and the change was relatively small between normal and wet water periods. This study has shown that the impact of atmospheric deposition and discharge of rural domestic sewage on the concentrations of nitrogen and phosphorus in lakes is greatly affected by seasonal factors. Agricultural planting, livestock and poultry breeding, and aquaculture, as the three main forms of agricultural production, should be equally prioritized because of their influence on changes in nitrogen and phosphorus concentrations in lakes.
描述:Objective To observe the effects of Jiawei Liu\'an Jian (Supplemented Six-Ingredient Decoction, JWLAJ) on airway inflammation and pathological changes of pulmonary tissue remodeling in rats with cough variant asthma (CVA), and to explore its mechanism in treating CVA, so as to provide evidence for clinical treatment. Methods A total of 60 Wistar rats were randomly allocated into normal group, model group, Montelukast sodium (MS) group, and treatment groups including low-dose, mid-dose and high-dose JWLAJ groups. The rats were sensitized with albumin and aluminium hydroxide, and then inhaled albumin to replicate CVA rat models. The infiltration of pulmonary inflammatory cells, the degree of collagen deposition (collagen area and collagen volume fraction) and morphological changes of airway in the lung tissues of rats in each group were observed. Results Compared with the normal group, inflammatory cell infiltration, hyperemia and edema could be observed in the lung tissues under the microscope in the model group. Compared with the model group, the amount of inflammatory cells in the lung tissues were reduced in all treatment groups, and the degrees of hyperemia and edema were also reduced. Collagen area: Compared with the normal group, the collagen area of the model group was increased (P<0.05); compared with each other in the treatment groups, the collagen area decreased most significantly (P<0.05) in the low-dose JWLAJ group; there was no statistically significant difference between the treatment groups and the MS group (P>0.05). Collagen volume fraction: Compared with the normal group, the collagen volume fraction of the model group was increased (P<0.05); compared with each other in treatment groups, the collagen volume fraction decreased most significantly (P<0.05) in the low-dose JWLAJ group; there was no statistically significant difference between the treatment groups and MS group (P>0.05). The airway morphological parameters: Compared with normal group, there was a significant increase in smooth muscle area/bronchial basement membrane diameter (Wam/Pbm), as well as airway wall area/bronchial basement membrane diameter (Wai/Pbm) in the model group (P<0.05). Compared within the treatment groups, the Wam/Pbm, Wai/Pbm ratios were the lowest in low-dose JWLAJ group (P<0.05). There was no statistically significant difference between the MS group and treatment groups (P>0.05). Conclusion JWLAJ could be used to prevent and treat CVA, probably by reducing infiltration, hyperemia and edema of inflammatory cells in lung tissues, reducing collagen deposition surrounding the airway, as well as interfering in airway remodeling.