| [food poisoning caused by mouldy rice contaminated with fusarium and t-2 toxin]. | an epidemic of food poisoning in human beings occurred in tongxiang county, zhejiang province after eating mouldy rice contaminated with fusarium and toxins. continuous rainfall took place during the rice harvest season. the number of patients poisoned was 97, the rate of incidence was 58.8%. the incubation period was 10 to 30 minutes. the chief symptoms were nausea, dizziness, vomiting, chills, abdominal distension, abdominal pain and diarrhea. the fungi isolated from the mouldy rice were predo ... | 1992 | 1298606 |
| biological monitoring of cadmium exposure and renal effects in a population group residing in a polluted area in china. | in an area of china, not previously studied in detail concerning cadmium pollution and possible adverse effects on the kidney of exposed populations, concentrations of cadmium in urine as an indicator of renal accumulation of cadmium was studied and related to indicators of renal dysfunction in order to examine if a relationship could be documented. cadmium concentrations in urine were analysed by graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry and urinary beta-2 microglobulin (ubm) and albumin ... | 1997 | 9200853 |
| assessment of rice fields by gis/gps-supported classification of modis data. | the new moderate-resolution imaging spectroradiometer (modis) satellite image offers a large choice of opportunities for operational applications. the 1-km advanced very high resolution radiometer (avhrr) image is not suitable for retrieval of field level parameter and landsat data are not frequent enough for monitoring changes in crop parameters during the critical crop growth periods. a methodology to map areas of paddy fields using modis, geographic information system (gis) and global positio ... | 2004 | 14994429 |
| [relationship between organochlorine pollution in soil and rice and the incidence of colorectal cancer in jiashan county, zhejiang province]. | to study the relationship between organochlorine and colorectal cancer. | 2004 | 15231121 |
| identification of technology options for reducing nitrogen pollution in cropping systems of pujiang. | this work analyses the potential role of nitrogen pollution technology of crop systems of pujiang, county in eastern china's zhejiang province, rice and vegetables are important cropping systems. we used a case study approach involving comparison of farmer practices and improved technologies. this approach allows assessing the impact of technology on pollution, is forward looking, and can yield information on the potential of on-the-shelf technology and provide opportunities for technology devel ... | 2005 | 16187411 |
| characterizing the risk assessment of heavy metals and sampling uncertainty analysis in paddy field by geostatistics and gis. | for many practical problems in environmental management, information about soil heavy metals, relative to threshold values that may be of practical importance is needed at unsampled sites. the hangzhou-jiaxing-huzhou (hjh) plain has always been one of the most important rice production areas in zhejiang province, china, and the soil heavy metal concentration is directly related to the crop quality and ultimately the health of people. four hundred and fifty soil samples were selected in topsoil i ... | 2006 | 16271428 |
| [surveillance on contamination of total aflatoxins in corn, peanut, rice, walnut and pine nut in several areas in china]. | to realize the contamination of total aflatoxins in corn, peanut, rice, walnut and pine nut in china, and provide the base data for establishing a china tolerance limit standard and an international control practice for total aflatoxins. | 2006 | 16620597 |
| oogenesis in summer females of the rice water weevil, lissorhoptrus oryzophilus kuschel (coleoptera: curculionidae), in southern zhejiang, china. | the rice water weevil, lissorhoptrus oryzophilus kuschel, has two generations in southern zhejiang, china. to determine oogenesis in first-generation females (summer females) and its relations to temperature, females were collected from a rice field in early and mid-july and reared on young rice plants at 28, 31 and 34 degrees c in the laboratory. percentage of females having oocytes, number of oocytes of different stages (stage-i, from early previtellogenesis to middle vitellogenesis; stage-ii, ... | 2007 | 17173360 |
| [estimation of n loss loading by runoff from paddy field during submersed period in hangjiahu area]. | as the largest bread basket in zhejiang province, hangjiahu area is facing more and more serious water pollution, while the n loss loading by runoff from the paddy field during its submersed period is the main cause of the pollution. through field experiment and fixed spot observation, the model of precipitation - runoff in yangtze delta was testified, and the results showed that the precipitation - runoff model from he baogen was basically accorded with the fact after considering the impact of ... | 2006 | 17209392 |
| genomic analysis of rice stripe virus zhejiang isolate shows the presence of an otu-like domain in the rna1 protein and a novel sequence motif conserved within the intergenic regions of ambisense segments of tenuiviruses. | the complete genome sequence of the four rnas of rice stripe virus zhejiang isolate was determined. in addition to polymerase modules, the pc1 protein encoded on rna1 harbours an ovarian tumour (otu) - like cysteine protease signature near its n-terminus, suggesting that the protein might yield the viral polymerase and one or more additional proteins by autoproteolytic cleavage and/or have deubiquitination activity. a novel inverted repeat sequence motif was found to be universal within the inte ... | 2007 | 17585367 |
| potential production simulation and optimal nutrient management of two hybrid rice varieties in jinhua, zhejiang province, china. | potential growth of two widely-grown hybrid rice varieties in the jinhua district of zhejiang province, shanyou63 for mid-rice and xieyou46 for late rice, was simulated using a crop growth model of wofost. parameters of the rice growth in wofost were calibrated through field experiments from 1999 to 2002 in jinhua. the potential yield simulated with wofost was about 12 t/ha for shanyou63 and 10 t/ha for xieyou46, which are in good agreement with the highest recorded yield obtained in this area. ... | 2007 | 17610328 |
| survey of susceptibilities to monosultap, triazophos, fipronil, and abamectin in chilo suppressalis (lepidoptera: crambidae). | to provide a foundation for national resistance management of the asiatic rice borer, chilo suppressalis (walker) (lepidoptera: crambidae), a study was carried out to determine dose-response and susceptibility changes over a 5-yr period in the insect from representative rice, oryza sativa l., production regions. in total, 11 populations were collected from 2002 to 2006 in seven rice-growing provinces in china, and they were used to examine their susceptibility levels to monosultap, triazophos, f ... | 2007 | 18232403 |
| contamination of aflatoxins in different kinds of foods in china. | to study the contamination of total aflatoxins (afs) in different kinds of foods including corn, peanut, rice, walnut, and pine nut in six provinces and two municipalities in china. | 2007 | 18348407 |
| adsorption-desorption characteristics of mercury in paddy soils of china. | mercury (hg) has received considerable attention because of its association with various human health problems. adsorption-desorption behavior of hg at contaminated levels in two paddy soils was investigated. the two representative soils for rice production in china, locally referred to as a yellowish red soil (yrs) and silty loam soil (sls) and classified as gleyi-stagnic anthrosols in fao/unesco nomenclature, were respectively collected from jiaxin county and xiasha district of hangzhou city, ... | 2008 | 18396555 |
| the domestication process and domestication rate in rice: spikelet bases from the lower yangtze. | the process of rice domestication occurred in the lower yangtze region of zhejiang, china, between 6900 and 6600 years ago. archaeobotanical evidence from the site of tianluoshan shows that the proportion of nonshattering domesticated rice (oryza sativa) spikelet bases increased over this period from 27% to 39%. over the same period, rice remains increased from 8% to 24% of all plant remains, which suggests an increased consumption relative to wild gathered foods. in addition, an assemblage of a ... | 2009 | 19299619 |
| predictions of spatially averaged cadmium contents in rice grains in the fuyang valley, p.r. china. | soils in the fuyang valley (zhejiang province, southeast china) have been contaminated by heavy metals. since rice (oryza sativa l.) is the dominant crop in the valley and because of its tendency to accumulate cd in its grains, assessment of the human health risk resulting from consumption of locally produced rice is needed. in this study, we used a regression model to predict the average cd content in rice grains for paddy fields. the multiple linear model for log(cd) content in rice grains wit ... | 2009 | 19398510 |
| heavy metal contaminations in a soil-rice system: identification of spatial dependence in relation to soil properties of paddy fields. | in order to identify spatial relationship of heavy metals in soil-rice system at a regional scale, 96 pairs of rice and soil samples were collected from wenling in zhejiang province, china, which is one of the well-known electronic and electric waste recycling centers. the results indicated some studied areas had potential contaminations by heavy metals, especially by cd. the spatial distribution of cd, cu, pb and zn illustrated that the highest concentrations were located in the northwest areas ... | 2010 | 20561748 |
| full genome sequence of brevibacillus laterosporus strain b9, a biological control strain isolated from zhejiang, china. | brevibacillus laterosporus was newly classified from bacillus laterosporus, which has ability to be used as a biological control agent in crop field. b. laterosporus strain b9 is an aerobic, motile, gram-positive, spore-forming rod that was isolated from a field of oryza sativa in zhejiang, china in 2011. this bacterium has been confirmed to be a strong antagonist against bacterial brown strip of rice caused by acidovorex avenae subsp. avenae. here we describe the features of b. laterosporus str ... | 2015 | 26022423 |
| short-chain chlorinated paraffins in soil, paddy seeds (oryza sativa) and snails (ampullariidae) in an e-waste dismantling area in china: homologue group pattern, spatial distribution and risk assessment. | short-chain chlorinated paraffins (sccps) in multi-environmental matrices are studied in taizhou, zhejiang province, china, which is a notorious e-waste dismantling area. the investigated matrices consist of paddy field soil, paddy seeds (oryza sativa, separated into hulls and rice unpolished) and apple snails (ampullariidae, inhabiting the paddy fields). the sampling area covered a 65-km radius around the contamination center. c10 and c11 are the two predominant homologue groups in the area, ac ... | 2017 | 27751635 |
| water management affects arsenic and cadmium accumulation in different rice cultivars. | paddy rice (oryza sativa l.) is a staple food and one of the major sources of dietary arsenic (as) and cadmium (cd) in asia. a field experiment was conducted to investigate the effects of four water management regimes (aerobic, intermittent irrigation, conventional irrigation and flooding) on as and cd accumulation in seven major rice cultivars grown in zhejiang province, east china. with increasing irrigation from aerobic to flooded conditions, the soil hcl-extractable as concentrations increas ... | 2013 | 23719663 |