Extreme weather events were analyzed based on the meteorological data from the year of 1967 to 2007 for Yamaguchi, Japan. The responses from landscape trees were also investigated mainly by the analysis of image pixel...Extreme weather events were analyzed based on the meteorological data from the year of 1967 to 2007 for Yamaguchi, Japan. The responses from landscape trees were also investigated mainly by the analysis of image pixel and spectral reflectance, Results show that after the dry, hot and windy summer in 2007, many landscape trees in Yamaguchi City tended to respond the extreme weather events by re- ducing their leaf surface area and receiving less radiation energy. Premature leaf discoloration or defoliation appeared on some landscape tree species and leaf necrosis occurred on tip and margin of many Kousa dogwood （Comus kousa） trees at unfavorable sites. Described by image pixel analysis method, the leaf necrotic area percentage （LNAP） of sampled dogwood trees averaged 41.6% and the sampled Sasanqua camellia （Camelia sasanqua） tree also showed fewer flowers in flower season of 2007 than that in 2006. By differential analysis of partial discolored crown, it presented a logistic differential equation of crown color for sweet gum （Liquidambar styraciflua） trees. It suggested that the persistent higher temperature and lower precipitation could be injurious to the sensitive landscape trees at poor sites, even in relative humid area like Yamaguchi.展开更多
Decaying mangrove detritus plays a significant role in nutrient cycling and fueling in both the forests and aquatic habitats where the detritus stems from estuarine and coastal food webs.Detrital decay rates partly de...Decaying mangrove detritus plays a significant role in nutrient cycling and fueling in both the forests and aquatic habitats where the detritus stems from estuarine and coastal food webs.Detrital decay rates partly depend on the type of detritus,but most studies have thus far focused on leaf litter decay and decomposition,whereas other detrital sources(except for roots)have largely been ignored.We compare the decay rates of Rhizophora apiculata and Xylocarpus granatum non-leafy detritus(flowers,propagules,stipules,and twigs)with mangrove leaf litter in field studies,using litter bags during the dry and the wet seasons in the tropical mangrove forest of Sibuti,Sarawak,Malaysia.We observed higher microbial decay rates of stipules,flowers,propagules,and twigs for both the R.apiculata and X.granatumduring the wet months.By contrast,leaf decay rates were higher during the dry months.Decay rates depended on the lignin content of the detrital sources of both species,both during dry and wet months.Accordingly,the half-life(T0.5)and 95%lifespan(T0.95)of non-leaf materials(flowers,propagules,stipules and twigs)for both species were remarkably longer than those of leaf litter.Slowly decaying non-leafy detritus may play a significant role in nutrient and carbon cycling over longer time,when leaf litter is either being decomposing rapidly and/or being washed away by tidal flush and river runoff.Hence,non-leafy(flowers,propagules,stipules and twigs)detritus should be taken into account when budgeting organic matter turnover in mangroves.展开更多
Symptoms of leaf necrosis or chlorosis of bamboo induced by Typhoon 0613 （T0613） were analyzed using RGB image analysis in Yamaguchi city, Japan. Results showed a closely positive relationship between Green/Red （G/...Symptoms of leaf necrosis or chlorosis of bamboo induced by Typhoon 0613 （T0613） were analyzed using RGB image analysis in Yamaguchi city, Japan. Results showed a closely positive relationship between Green/Red （G/R） value for indoor taking images of bam- boo individual leaves and chlorophyll meter value （SPAD） with regression coefficient of 0.961. The relation between G/R value of room taking images and Necrotic Area Percentage （NAP） for bamboo individual leaves showed an inverse logistic function relationship, with the correlated coefficient equaling to 0.958. Both leaf chlorosis and necrosis can be quantitatively estimated by RGB image analysis. Moreover, the variance of Green/Luminance （G/L） value for the same leaf was less than that of G/R for images taken in the conditions with large light difference, especially for green leaves. G/L value also exhibited a closer relationship with SPAD value of leaves with chlorosis than that of G/R values at the same condition. The relationship between G/L value for bamboo canopies and the Distance from Coastline （DC） was also closer than that of the G/R value for the images taken at field sites with big light difference.展开更多
Two classification and identification methods based on pattern discrimination models and the majority-vote technique were investigated for implementing a World Wide Web-based system for the identification of rice dise...Two classification and identification methods based on pattern discrimination models and the majority-vote technique were investigated for implementing a World Wide Web-based system for the identification of rice diseases. The experiment was carried out using color and shape patterns in 425 images of three rice diseases, which were classified into four classes： two classes of leaf blast, and one class each of sheath blight and brown spot. A method consisting of two discrimination steps involving application of multiple discrimination models of a support vector machine gave the best result because of its capacity to evaluate the similarity of disease types. This accuracy of the method was 88% for leaf blast （A-type）, 94% for sheath blight, and 80% for leaf blast （B-type） and brown spot; on average, the accuracy of this method was 5% greater than that of the other method when three classes were used in the model. Although the accuracy of both methods was inadequate, the results of this study show that it is possible to estimate the least number of possible or similar diseases from a large number of diseases. Therefore, we conclude that there is merit in grouping classes into subgroups rather than attempting to discriminate between all classes simultaneously and that these methods are effective in identifying diseases for web-based diagnosis.展开更多
The main reason for earthquake-induced landslides is liquefaction of soil,a process considered to occur mostly in sandy soils.Liquefaction which occurs in clayey soils has also been reported and proven in the recent l...The main reason for earthquake-induced landslides is liquefaction of soil,a process considered to occur mostly in sandy soils.Liquefaction which occurs in clayey soils has also been reported and proven in the recent liters- ture,but liquefaction in clayey soils still remains unclear and there are many questions that need to be addressed.In order to address these questions,an depth study on the liquefaction potential of clayey soils was conducted on the ba- sis of field investigation and a series of laboratory tests on the samples collected from the sliding surface of the land- slides.The liquefaction potential of the'soils was studied by means of undrained cyclic ring-shear tests.Research re- sults show that the liquefaction potential of sandy soils is higher than that of clayey soils given the same void ratio; the soil resistance to liquefaction rises with an increase in plasticity for clayey soils;relation between plasticity index and the liquefaction potential of soil can be used in practical application to estimate the liquefaction potential of展开更多
Among orchids, Cymbidiums have got a very high demand in both cut flower and pot plant trade. In the present study the effect of some polysaccharides such as chitosan and NAG （n-acetyl-glucosamine） on organogenesis ...Among orchids, Cymbidiums have got a very high demand in both cut flower and pot plant trade. In the present study the effect of some polysaccharides such as chitosan and NAG （n-acetyl-glucosamine） on organogenesis in protocorm-like-bodies （PLBs） of C. insigne was studied. Synthetic phytohormones such as BA and TDZ （cytokinins） and NAA （auxin） were used for comparison. PLBs of C. insigne were explanted on modified Murashige and Skoog medium supplemented with the single addition of chitosan and NAG, and the combination of BA （benzyladenine） and NAA （1-naphthaleneacetic acid） also with the combination of NAA and TDZ （thidiazuron） among different concentrations. Combination treatments of auxin and cytokinins, the highest percentage of PLBs formation was 73% and shoot formation was 67% when cultured on the medium supplemented with 1.0 mg L1 BA without NAA. Combination treatment of NAA and TDZ, the PLBs formation was 90% and shoot formation was 60% obtained from medium supplemented with 1.0 mg Lt of NAA ＋ 0.1 mg L^-1 TDZ. Single addition of chitosan and NAG with modified MS medium was more effective for new PLBs and shoot formation. The highest percentage of PLBs formation was 87% and shoot formation was 80% obtained from the medium supplemented with 0.1 mg L^-1 chitosan. On the other hand, the PLBs formation rate reached 93% and shoot formation rate was 87% obtained from the medium supplemented with 0.01 mg L^-1 NAG. Application of polysaccharides to in vitro orchid PLBs allows developing new PLBs and shoot to form plantlet without synthetic phytohormones.展开更多
Soil erosion and subsequent sedimentation have caused serious environmental and soil degradation problems in Okinawa Prefecture,Japan.This research aims at evaluating an availability of the Revised Universal Soil loss...Soil erosion and subsequent sedimentation have caused serious environmental and soil degradation problems in Okinawa Prefecture,Japan.This research aims at evaluating an availability of the Revised Universal Soil loss Equation（RUSLE） for predicting the range of soil loss values for the Nago watershed in Okinawa.It shows that climatic conditions substantially influence the rainfall amount as a function of the I30 of the rainfall event.The rate of soil loss is higher with increasing in altitude due to greater slope steepness.By rainfall data analysis,it is concluded that the large difference in soil loss between 2000 and 2001 was due to concentrated heavy rainfall in the rainy season or the typhoon season.展开更多
The sequestrate genus Chamonixia has been shown to have affinities to the Boletales,in particular the genus Leccinum.Australasian and Japanese species of Chamonixia were examined using morphological and molecular(ITS ...The sequestrate genus Chamonixia has been shown to have affinities to the Boletales,in particular the genus Leccinum.Australasian and Japanese species of Chamonixia were examined using morphological and molecular(ITS and nLSU rDNA)data and found to also have affinities with Leccinum and Leccinellum,however they form a distinct clade separate from the European type species C.caespitosa Rolland and North American species.A new genus,Rosbeeva T.Lebel&Orihara gen.nov.,is proposed for the Australasian,Japanese and Chinese taxa.The species R.mucosa(Petri)T.Lebel comb.nov.is restricted in distribution to Singapore and Borneo,and R.pachyderma(Zeller&C.W.Dodge)T.Lebel comb.nov.to New Zealand,with Australian collections considered to belong to a revised R.vittatispora(G.W.Beaton,Pegler&T.W.K.Young)T.Lebel comb.nov.or a new species R.westraliensis T.Lebel sp.nov.The Chinese species R.bispora(B.C.Zhang&Y.N.Yu)T.Lebel&Orihara comb.nov is transferred to the new genus based upon morphological data.Two new species from Japan,Rosbeeva eucyanea Orihara and R.griseovelutina Orihara,are also described and illustrated.A key to all species of Rosbeeva is provided.Due to the highly modified gastroid sporocarp forms of both Chamonixia and Rosbeeva,many macroscopic characters of use in agaricoid taxonomy are difficult to interpret.However,color change and texture of sporocarps are of some use to distinguish genera and species.Microscopic characters such as spore shape,dimensions,and ornamentation,and pileipellis and hymenophoral trama structure,are essential for determining genera and species.展开更多
Erratum to:Fungal Diversity DOI 10.1007/s13225-011-0109-x We wish to correct a spelling error in the original publication for a newly described genus honouring the New Zealand mycologist Ross Beever.The correct spelli...Erratum to:Fungal Diversity DOI 10.1007/s13225-011-0109-x We wish to correct a spelling error in the original publication for a newly described genus honouring the New Zealand mycologist Ross Beever.The correct spelling is Rossbeevera T.Lebel&Orihara gen.nov.A list of the species names follows.Rossbeevera bispora(B.C.Zhang&Y.N.Yu)T.Lebel&Orihara comb.nov.展开更多
文摘Extreme weather events were analyzed based on the meteorological data from the year of 1967 to 2007 for Yamaguchi, Japan. The responses from landscape trees were also investigated mainly by the analysis of image pixel and spectral reflectance, Results show that after the dry, hot and windy summer in 2007, many landscape trees in Yamaguchi City tended to respond the extreme weather events by re- ducing their leaf surface area and receiving less radiation energy. Premature leaf discoloration or defoliation appeared on some landscape tree species and leaf necrosis occurred on tip and margin of many Kousa dogwood （Comus kousa） trees at unfavorable sites. Described by image pixel analysis method, the leaf necrotic area percentage （LNAP） of sampled dogwood trees averaged 41.6% and the sampled Sasanqua camellia （Camelia sasanqua） tree also showed fewer flowers in flower season of 2007 than that in 2006. By differential analysis of partial discolored crown, it presented a logistic differential equation of crown color for sweet gum （Liquidambar styraciflua） trees. It suggested that the persistent higher temperature and lower precipitation could be injurious to the sensitive landscape trees at poor sites, even in relative humid area like Yamaguchi.
文摘Decaying mangrove detritus plays a significant role in nutrient cycling and fueling in both the forests and aquatic habitats where the detritus stems from estuarine and coastal food webs.Detrital decay rates partly depend on the type of detritus,but most studies have thus far focused on leaf litter decay and decomposition,whereas other detrital sources(except for roots)have largely been ignored.We compare the decay rates of Rhizophora apiculata and Xylocarpus granatum non-leafy detritus(flowers,propagules,stipules,and twigs)with mangrove leaf litter in field studies,using litter bags during the dry and the wet seasons in the tropical mangrove forest of Sibuti,Sarawak,Malaysia.We observed higher microbial decay rates of stipules,flowers,propagules,and twigs for both the R.apiculata and X.granatumduring the wet months.By contrast,leaf decay rates were higher during the dry months.Decay rates depended on the lignin content of the detrital sources of both species,both during dry and wet months.Accordingly,the half-life(T0.5)and 95%lifespan(T0.95)of non-leaf materials(flowers,propagules,stipules and twigs)for both species were remarkably longer than those of leaf litter.Slowly decaying non-leafy detritus may play a significant role in nutrient and carbon cycling over longer time,when leaf litter is either being decomposing rapidly and/or being washed away by tidal flush and river runoff.Hence,non-leafy(flowers,propagules,stipules and twigs)detritus should be taken into account when budgeting organic matter turnover in mangroves.
文摘Symptoms of leaf necrosis or chlorosis of bamboo induced by Typhoon 0613 （T0613） were analyzed using RGB image analysis in Yamaguchi city, Japan. Results showed a closely positive relationship between Green/Red （G/R） value for indoor taking images of bam- boo individual leaves and chlorophyll meter value （SPAD） with regression coefficient of 0.961. The relation between G/R value of room taking images and Necrotic Area Percentage （NAP） for bamboo individual leaves showed an inverse logistic function relationship, with the correlated coefficient equaling to 0.958. Both leaf chlorosis and necrosis can be quantitatively estimated by RGB image analysis. Moreover, the variance of Green/Luminance （G/L） value for the same leaf was less than that of G/R for images taken in the conditions with large light difference, especially for green leaves. G/L value also exhibited a closer relationship with SPAD value of leaves with chlorosis than that of G/R values at the same condition. The relationship between G/L value for bamboo canopies and the Distance from Coastline （DC） was also closer than that of the G/R value for the images taken at field sites with big light difference.
文摘Two classification and identification methods based on pattern discrimination models and the majority-vote technique were investigated for implementing a World Wide Web-based system for the identification of rice diseases. The experiment was carried out using color and shape patterns in 425 images of three rice diseases, which were classified into four classes： two classes of leaf blast, and one class each of sheath blight and brown spot. A method consisting of two discrimination steps involving application of multiple discrimination models of a support vector machine gave the best result because of its capacity to evaluate the similarity of disease types. This accuracy of the method was 88% for leaf blast （A-type）, 94% for sheath blight, and 80% for leaf blast （B-type） and brown spot; on average, the accuracy of this method was 5% greater than that of the other method when three classes were used in the model. Although the accuracy of both methods was inadequate, the results of this study show that it is possible to estimate the least number of possible or similar diseases from a large number of diseases. Therefore, we conclude that there is merit in grouping classes into subgroups rather than attempting to discriminate between all classes simultaneously and that these methods are effective in identifying diseases for web-based diagnosis.
文摘The main reason for earthquake-induced landslides is liquefaction of soil,a process considered to occur mostly in sandy soils.Liquefaction which occurs in clayey soils has also been reported and proven in the recent liters- ture,but liquefaction in clayey soils still remains unclear and there are many questions that need to be addressed.In order to address these questions,an depth study on the liquefaction potential of clayey soils was conducted on the ba- sis of field investigation and a series of laboratory tests on the samples collected from the sliding surface of the land- slides.The liquefaction potential of the'soils was studied by means of undrained cyclic ring-shear tests.Research re- sults show that the liquefaction potential of sandy soils is higher than that of clayey soils given the same void ratio; the soil resistance to liquefaction rises with an increase in plasticity for clayey soils;relation between plasticity index and the liquefaction potential of soil can be used in practical application to estimate the liquefaction potential of
文摘Among orchids, Cymbidiums have got a very high demand in both cut flower and pot plant trade. In the present study the effect of some polysaccharides such as chitosan and NAG （n-acetyl-glucosamine） on organogenesis in protocorm-like-bodies （PLBs） of C. insigne was studied. Synthetic phytohormones such as BA and TDZ （cytokinins） and NAA （auxin） were used for comparison. PLBs of C. insigne were explanted on modified Murashige and Skoog medium supplemented with the single addition of chitosan and NAG, and the combination of BA （benzyladenine） and NAA （1-naphthaleneacetic acid） also with the combination of NAA and TDZ （thidiazuron） among different concentrations. Combination treatments of auxin and cytokinins, the highest percentage of PLBs formation was 73% and shoot formation was 67% when cultured on the medium supplemented with 1.0 mg L1 BA without NAA. Combination treatment of NAA and TDZ, the PLBs formation was 90% and shoot formation was 60% obtained from medium supplemented with 1.0 mg Lt of NAA ＋ 0.1 mg L^-1 TDZ. Single addition of chitosan and NAG with modified MS medium was more effective for new PLBs and shoot formation. The highest percentage of PLBs formation was 87% and shoot formation was 80% obtained from the medium supplemented with 0.1 mg L^-1 chitosan. On the other hand, the PLBs formation rate reached 93% and shoot formation rate was 87% obtained from the medium supplemented with 0.01 mg L^-1 NAG. Application of polysaccharides to in vitro orchid PLBs allows developing new PLBs and shoot to form plantlet without synthetic phytohormones.
基金Supported by The United Graduate School of Agriculture Sciences of Kagoshi ma University,Japan(1366039)
文摘Soil erosion and subsequent sedimentation have caused serious environmental and soil degradation problems in Okinawa Prefecture,Japan.This research aims at evaluating an availability of the Revised Universal Soil loss Equation（RUSLE） for predicting the range of soil loss values for the Nago watershed in Okinawa.It shows that climatic conditions substantially influence the rainfall amount as a function of the I30 of the rainfall event.The rate of soil loss is higher with increasing in altitude due to greater slope steepness.By rainfall data analysis,it is concluded that the large difference in soil loss between 2000 and 2001 was due to concentrated heavy rainfall in the rainy season or the typhoon season.
基金supported by Research Fellowships for Young Scientists(No.21-6052)from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science(JSPS)the Australasian Biological Resources Study research grant program(No.206-50).
文摘The sequestrate genus Chamonixia has been shown to have affinities to the Boletales,in particular the genus Leccinum.Australasian and Japanese species of Chamonixia were examined using morphological and molecular(ITS and nLSU rDNA)data and found to also have affinities with Leccinum and Leccinellum,however they form a distinct clade separate from the European type species C.caespitosa Rolland and North American species.A new genus,Rosbeeva T.Lebel&Orihara gen.nov.,is proposed for the Australasian,Japanese and Chinese taxa.The species R.mucosa(Petri)T.Lebel comb.nov.is restricted in distribution to Singapore and Borneo,and R.pachyderma(Zeller&C.W.Dodge)T.Lebel comb.nov.to New Zealand,with Australian collections considered to belong to a revised R.vittatispora(G.W.Beaton,Pegler&T.W.K.Young)T.Lebel comb.nov.or a new species R.westraliensis T.Lebel sp.nov.The Chinese species R.bispora(B.C.Zhang&Y.N.Yu)T.Lebel&Orihara comb.nov is transferred to the new genus based upon morphological data.Two new species from Japan,Rosbeeva eucyanea Orihara and R.griseovelutina Orihara,are also described and illustrated.A key to all species of Rosbeeva is provided.Due to the highly modified gastroid sporocarp forms of both Chamonixia and Rosbeeva,many macroscopic characters of use in agaricoid taxonomy are difficult to interpret.However,color change and texture of sporocarps are of some use to distinguish genera and species.Microscopic characters such as spore shape,dimensions,and ornamentation,and pileipellis and hymenophoral trama structure,are essential for determining genera and species.
文摘Erratum to:Fungal Diversity DOI 10.1007/s13225-011-0109-x We wish to correct a spelling error in the original publication for a newly described genus honouring the New Zealand mycologist Ross Beever.The correct spelling is Rossbeevera T.Lebel&Orihara gen.nov.A list of the species names follows.Rossbeevera bispora(B.C.Zhang&Y.N.Yu)T.Lebel&Orihara comb.nov.
