[Analysis of cropping pattern in black soil region of Northeast China based on geo-information Tupu.] / 基于地学信息图谱的东北黑土区种植模式分析.

Different cropping patterns have their own economic and ecological significance. Developing cropping patterns suitable for local conditions is needed to protect and make good use of black soils. At present, the cropping patterns and their spatial characteristics in the black soil region of Northeast China is poorly understood. Based on the crop classification data in 2017-2019, we used geo-information Tupu methods, distribution index model, and bivariate spatial autocorrelation to examine the cropping patterns. The results showed that: 1) The main cropping patterns in the black soil region of Northeast China were continuous maize cropping, continuous rice cropping, continuous soybean cropping, and maize-soybean rotation, accounting for 38.3%, 18.5%, 10.3% and 26.0%, respectively. The maize-soybean rotation included maize-soybean two-year rotation, maize-maize-soybean three-year rotation, and soybean-soybean-maize three-year rotation, accounting for 44.1%, 34.5% and 21.4% of the rotation area, respectively. 2) Various cropping patterns had obviously horizontal differentiation. For instance, continuous maize cropping had very obvious gradient differentiation characteristics in temperature and humidity, but soybean continuous cropping and maize-soybean rotation showed no gradient differentiation, while continuous rice cropping had gradient differentiation only in humidity. 3) Various cropping patterns had obviously spatial clustering characteristics. They had spatial transition characteristics from soybean continuous cropping, soybean-soybean-maize three-year rotation, maize-soybean two-year rotation, maize-maize-soybean three-year rotation, to continuous maize cropping. The cropping pattern in black soil region of Northeast China was dominated by continuous cropping. Understanding its distribution pattern can provide a basis for future spatial optimization of crop rotation.

Berbamine ameliorates ethanol-induced liver injury by inhibition of hepatic inflammation in mice.

Alcoholic liver disease (ALD) has become one of the leading causes of death in the world. Berbamine (BM), a natural product mainly derived from Berberis vulgaris L, possesses multiple bioactivities as a traditional medicine. However, the protective effect of BM on ALD remains unknown. In this study, we investigated the effect of BM on ethanol-induced hepatic injury in mice and its underlying mechanism. It was shown that BM at 0.3125-40 µmol·L-1had no effect on macrophages and hepatocytes proliferation. BM at 5-20 µmol·L-1 significantly inhibited lipopolysaccharide (LPS) or acetate-induced IL-1ß and IL-6 mRNA expression in RAW264.7 cells. Moreover, BM treatment significantly inhibited LPS-induced p65 and STAT3 phosphorylation in RAW264.7 cells. Hepatic histopathology analysis showed that inflammatory cells infiltration and lipid accumulation were suppressed by 25 and 50 mg·kg-1 BM administration in ethanol-induced hepatic injury mouse model. Meanwhile, BM treatment significantly inhibited serum ALT and AST levels in ethanol-fed mice. Oil red O staining results showed that BM administration ameliorated hepatic lipid accumulation in ethanol-fed mice. Preventions of ethanol-induced hepatic injury by BM were reflected by markedly decreased serum and hepatic triglyceride (TG) and total cholesterol (TC) contents. Real-time PCR results showed that BM treatment significantly inhibited pro-inflammatory cytokines mRNA expression in ethanol-fed mouse liver. Remarkably, the mechanism of action of BM was related to the reduction of ethanol-induced NF-κB and STAT3 phosphorylation levels in liver. In addition, BM treatment significantly inhibited ERK phosphorylation but not JNK and p38 of MAPK pathway. Taken together, our results demonstrate a beneficial effect of BM on ethanol-induced liver injury via a mechanism associated with inactivation of NF-κB, STAT3 and ERK pathway, which gives insight into the further evaluation of the therapeutic potential of BM for ALD.

[Cultivated landscape pattern change due to the rice paddy expansion in Northeast China: A case study in Fujin].

On the background of global climate change, agriculture in North China has been experiencing substantial modifications to adapt to the ongoing regional warming. One of the most significant land use change is the conversation from upland cropland to paddy cropland, which is characterized by the dramatic changes of agricultural landscape pattern. In this study, we generated land use maps in Fujin City in 2000 and 2013 by using Landsat TM imagery, and analyzed the landscape pattern changes (cropland composite, special distribution, and patch characteristics, etc.) of croplands by using landscape indices and empirical approach. The results indicated a rapid cropland increase from 512400 hm2(reclamation ratio 60.4%) in 2000 to 699300 hm2(reclamation 82.4%) in 2013, especially, the paddy cropland proportion in the total cropland increased from 6.7% to more than half (54.1%) , that is, the agricultural land use mode had changed from the initial stage of paddy agriculture to the intermediate stage. The reclamation area and common agricultural area showed different paddy agriculture development characteristics: in 2000, the paddy field ratios in the common agricultural area and reclamation area were similar (5.5% and 8.3% respectively); however, in 2013, the paddy field ratio in the common agricultural area (33.6%) was significantly lower than that in reclamation area (83.4%). In 2000, the total number of cropland patches was 2311 in the study, including 1010 patches from the common agricultural area and 1301 patches from the reclamation area. The coefficient of variation (CV) , and shape index (SI) of cropland patches in upland cropland were always higher than in paddy cropland. Upland cropland had larger mean patch size with the plaque area index above 60% and higher connectivity. The patch density of upland cropland was lower than that of paddy cropland. In the conversions to the intermediate and later stages of paddy agriculture, the patch number of cropland increased rapidly with different rates in upland and paddy croplands. The CV of paddy cropland patches increased while fluctuated in upland cropland. The SI of paddy cropland increased first and then decreased, while that of upland cropland decreased continuously. The mean patch sizes of paddy and upland croplands increased and decreased respectively. The patch density increased in upland cropland while decreased in paddy cropland. The connectivity of upland cropland decreased while that of paddy cropland increased. The staggered degree of both cropland types was enhanced from 2000 to 2013. In general, the paddy agriculture was becoming the dominated agricultural land use mode in the study area while the convesions had different rates in two administrative regions (reclamation and common agricultural areas).

[Planning of monitoring points for agricultural products security based on integrated weighted clustering method].

Integrated weighted clustering method was applied to plan the monitoring points for agricultural products security. Definite amounts of key monitoring sampling points were mined out from enormous monitoring objects to make the fewer monitoring sampling points cover the product categories, yields, and regions as more as possible. Among the 10172 agricultural products security enterprises all over the China, 2.46% of them were selected. The tested categories, yields, and regions of agricultural safety products covered 32.71%, 44.29%, and 75% of the total, and their coverage increased by 2.80%, 10.85%, 5.56%, respectively, compared with that by using conventional monitoring and management methods, which suggested that it could be more effective to apply integrated weighted clustering method in setting the monitoring points for agricultural products security.