Papers by Author: Pei Ling Yang

Abstract: Sunflower is an important oil crop, which is tolerant to water and salt stress and can be planted in vast areas of China. In our studies, four salinity levels of irrigation were used to irrigate one kind of sunflower (TO01244) under two irrigation low limits (65%FC and 75%FC). Plant growth, Soil salinity and leaf water status, yield and quality were researched. The results showed the means of plant heights under 2g/L, 3.5g/L and 5g/L irrigation water were 9.07%, 12.45% and 18.35% lower than the tap water respectively. In soil salinization the means of ECe increased by 271.13%, 173.22%, 132.98% and 4.73% respectively under irrigation water of four salinity levels. It can be found that the seed under 3.5g/L irrigation water had more linoleic acid, which is healthy to human and contribute to address the cardiovascnlar and cerebrovascular diseases as an important part of the sunflower oil. Facing the increasingly serious lack of fresh water resources, development and utilization of underground saline water would play an important role in agricultural production.

Abstract: Reclaimed water contains lots of contaminants such as nitrogen and phosphorus, which may cause eutrophication of reclaimed water reused as river-lake water. Growing aquatic plants and application of compound microbiological preparations is expected to become a feasible method for purifying reclaimed water in situ. Based on this, a comparison test was taken to studying the water purification ability of reclaimed water by emergent plants, floating plants and compound microbiological preparations with a method of simulation of artificial wetlands. The results show that, Emergent plants in the purifying effect of the nitrogen are better than floating plants, and it also can effectively reduce the pH value of water. The suitable varieties on the purification of recycled water by aquatic plant were chosen, which were emergent plant cattail and floating plant water hyacinth. The purifying effect of nitrite bacteria preparation is the best of all, which is able to increase the number and types of microorganisms in water, and when the applied concentration is 8 ~16g/m3, the purifying effect is the best one. But the pH is generally above 9.5 in water using compound microbiological preparations, which may cause the increase of the alkalinity of water. Therefore, it is advised to prudently use compound microbiological preparations.

Abstract: In this paper, two typical chemical agents SAP and PAM were selected to reduce NPS pollution. Soil water content, nutrient transport and soil erosion have been researched. The results showed that the water deep percolation was reduced and the moisture of root zone increased by 3.6%-12.69% after chemical agents application; PAM can immobile soil grains, and significantly reduce soil erosion on sloping land by 25.5%-53.4%. The synergies of PAM and SAP can significantly influence transport of nutrients in the soil vertical profile, moreover, the content of nutrient was enriched in root zone that the content of Nitrate-N increased 14.7% and Ammonium-N increased 9.8%. It can been found that CL2 (SAP150 kg/k㎡+PAM4.5 kg/k㎡) treatment is superior to CL1 (SAP150 kg/k㎡+PAM2.25 kg/k㎡) in soil moisture conservation and reducing NPS pollution in two slopes orchards.

Abstract: In the North China plain, serious Non-point-source (NPS) pollution and drought are two great concerns in agricultural production. In our studies, two typical chemical agents ( SAP and FA ) were selected to control drought and pollution in a cheery orchard. Soil water content, nutrient transport in soil profile have been researched. The results showed that the soil water content of treatments with chemical agents increased maximally by 19.4% relative to treatment without chemical agents, and increased by 35.2% for Ammonium-N in 20-60 cm soil layer ( main root zone ). However, in 60-120 cm deeper soil layer, the water leakage of treatments with chemical agents decreased averagely by 15.1% relative to treatment without chemical agents, and increased by 43.8% for Nitrate-N. The chemical agents hold water and nutrient in root zone and thus reducing the risk of pollutant leaching into the underground water. It can be found that treatment ( 150kg/h㎡ SAP + 300 times FA ) is the optimal combination group in all treatments. The chemical prevention technology provided a new guide for controlling drought and reducing NPS pollution in cherry planting in the North China plain.