JOURNAL OF INTEGRATIVE AGRICULTURE Vol.15 2016 CONTENTS No. 1 Crop GenetiCs • BreedinG • Germplasm resourCes 1 Identification of QTLs for grain size and characterization of the GAO Xuan, ZHU Xu-dong, FANG Na, DUAN Peng-gen, WU beneficial alleles of grain size genes in large grain rice variety BL129 Ying-bao, LUO Yue-hua, LI Yun-hai 10 A genetic evidence of chromosomal fragment from bridge parent ZHAO Pei, WANG Ke, LIN Zhi-shan, LIU Hui-yun, LI Xin, DU existing in substitution lines between two common wheat varieties Li-pu, YAN Yue-ming, YE Xing-guo 18 Mapping of QTL conferring leaf rust resistance in Chinese wheat QI Ai-yong, ZHANG Pei-pei, ZHOU Yue, YAO Zhan-jun, LI Zai- lines W014204 and Fuyu 3 at adult plant stage feng, LIU Da-qun 29 Genome-wide identification, phylogeny and expression analysis of ZHANG Wei, LI Bei, YU Bin the SBP-box gene family in maize (Zea mays) 42 Identification of additional QTLs for flowering time by removing the LU Si-jia, LI Ying, WANG Jia-lin, NAN Hai-yang, CAO Dong, effect of the maturity gene E1 in soybean LI Xiao-ming, SHI Dan-ning, FANG Chao, SHI Xin-yi, YUAN Xiao-hui, Jun Abe, LIU Bao-hui, KONG Fan-jiang physioloGy • BioChemistry • Cultivation • tillaGe 50 Suitable growing zone and yield potential for late-maturity type of WEI Huan-he, LI Chao, XING Zhi-peng, WANG Wen-ting, DAI Yongyou japonica/indica hybrid rice in the lower reaches of Yangtze Qi-gen, ZHOU Gui-shen, WANG Li, XU Ke, HUO Zhong-yang, River, China GUO Bao-wei, WEI Hai-yan, ZHANG Hong-cheng 63 Slight shading after anthesis increases photosynthetic productivity XU Cai-long, TAO Hong-bin, WANG Pu, WANG Zhen-lin and grain yield of winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) due to the delaying of leaf senescence 76 Programmed cell death, antioxidant response and oxidative stress in WANG Shu-ping, ZHANG Gai-sheng, SONG Qi-lu, ZHANG wheat flag leaves induced by chemical hybridization agent SQ-1 Ying-xin, LI Ying, GUO Jia-lin, CHEN Zheng, NIU Na, MA Shou-cai, WANG Jun-wei 87 Blue light is more essential than red light for maintaining the activities MIAO Yan-xiu, WANG Xiao-zhuo, GAO Li-hong, CHEN Qing- of photosystem II and I and photosynthetic electron transport capacity yun, QU Mei in cucumber leaves 101 Biochemical and microbial properties of rhizospheres under maize/ LI Qi-song, WU Lin-kun, CHEN Jun, Muhammad A Khan, LUO peanut intercropping Xiao-mian, LIN Wen-xiong plant proteCtion 111 Evaluation of thermotherapy against Huanglongbing (citrus greening) in FAN Guo-cheng, XIA Yu-lu, LIN Xiong-jie, HU Han-qing, the greenhouse WANG Xian-da, RUAN Chuan-qing, LU Lian-ming, LIU Bo 120 Parasitism and pathogenicity of Radopholus similis to Ipomoea LI Yu, WANG Ke, XIE Hui, XU Chun-ling, WANG Dong-wei, LI aquatica, Basella rubra and Cucurbita moschata and genetic diversity Jing, HUANG Xin, PENG Xiao-fang of different populations 135 Insecticide induction of O-demethylase activity and expression of ZHANG Bai-zhong, KONG Fan-chao, WANG Hua-tang, GAO cytochrome P450 genes in the red imported fire ant (Solenopsis Xi-wu, ZENG Xin-nian, SHI Xue-yan invicta Buren) 145 Application of the combination of 1,3-dichloropropene and dimethyl MAO Lian-gang, WANG Qiu-xia, YAN Dong-dong, LIU Peng- disulfide by soil injection or chemigation: effects against soilborne fei, SHEN Jin, FANG Wen-sheng, HU Xiao-mei, LI Yuan, pests in cucumber in China OUYANG Can-bin, GUO Mei-xia, CAO Ao-cheng I animal sCienCe • veterinary sCienCe 153 SFRP2 affects prenatal muscle development and is regulated by MA Yan-jiao, YANG Ya-lan, SUN Wei, ZHOU Rong, LI Kui, microRNA-1/206 in pigs TANG Zhong-lin 162 A genome scan of recent positive selection signatures in three sheep ZHAO Fu-ping, WEI Cai-hong, ZHANG Li, LIU Jia-sen, WANG populations Guang-kai, ZENG Tao, DU Li-xin 175 Chemical composition and in vitro fermentation characteristics of ZHANG Su-jiang, Abdul Shakoor Chaudhry, Diky Ramdani, high sugar forage sorghum as an alternative to forage maize for silage Amerjan Osman, GUO Xue-feng, Grant Raymond Edwards, making in Tarim Basin, China Long Cheng 183 Effects of low ambient temperatures and dietary vitamin C supple- ZENG Qiu-feng, YANG Xia, ZHENG Ping, ZHANG Ke-ying, menta tion on pulmonary vascular remodeling and hypoxic gene LUO Yu-heng, DING Xue-mei, BAI Shi-ping, WANG Jian-ping, expression of 21-d-old broilers XUAN Yue, SU Zhuo-wei 191 Hepatitis associated with hepatitis B virus in broilers ZHAO Yue, MAO Jing-jing, SHE Rui-ping, HU Feng-jiao, Majid H Soomro, LIANG Rui-ping, YANG Yi-fei, DU Fang, WANG Tong-tong, GUO Zhao-jie, CHENG Min-heng soil & Fertilization • irriGation • plant nutrition • aGro-eColoGy & environment 200 Long-term phosphorus accumulation and agronomic and environm- XI Bin, ZHAI Li-mei, LIU Jian, LIU Shen, WANG Hong-yuan, tal critical phosphorus levels in Haplic Luvisol soil, northern China LUO Chun-yan, REN Tian-zhi, LIU Hong-bin 209 Soil N transformation and microbial community structure as affected LI Ming, LIU Ming, LI Zhong-pei, JIANG Chun-yu, WU Meng by adding biochar to a paddy soil of subtropical China 220 Using side-dressing technique to reduce nitrogen leaching and ZHANG Ai-ping, GAO Ji, LIU Ru-liang, ZHANG Qing-wen, improve nitrogen recovery efficiency under an irrigated rice system in CHEN Zhe, YANG Shi-qi, YANG Zheng-li the upper reaches of Yellow River Basin, Northwest China 232 Effect of four crop straws on transformation of organic matter during ZHAO Xiu-lan, LI Bi-qiong, NI Jiu-pai, XIE De-ti sewage sludge composting No. 2 Crop GenetiCs • BreedinG • Germplasm resourCes 241 Defective callose walls and cell plates during abnormal meiosis cause SHI Xiao, WU Jin-xia, ZHOU Hai-tao, YANG Xiao-hong, LI male-sterility in the oat mutant zbs1 Tian-liang, ZHANG Xin-jun, YANG Cai, HAN Xiao 249 Identification and characterization of theGH3 gene family in maize ZHANG Dong-feng, ZHANG Nan, ZHONG Tao, WANG Chao, XU Ming-liang, YE Jian-rong 262 The identification of presence/absence variants associated with the LI Yan-fei, HONG Hui-long, LI Ying-hui, MA Yan-song, apparent differences of growth period structures between cultivated CHANG Ru-zhen, QIU Li-juan and wild soybeans 271 Overexpression of IbMIPS1 gene enhances salt tolerance in transgenic WANG Fei-bing, ZHAI Hong, AN Yan-yan, SI Zeng-zhi, HE sweetpotato Shao-zhen, LIU Qing-chang 282 Cloning, localization and expression analysis of two fw2.2-like genes TIAN Jia, ZENG Bin, LUO Shu-ping, LI Xiu-gen, WU Bin, LI in small- and large-fruited pear species Jiang physioloGy • BioChemistry • Cultivation • tillaGe 295 Effects of chilling tolerance induced by spermidine pretreatment on ZENG Yan-hua, ZAHNG Yu-ping, XIANG Jing, WU Hui, antioxidative activity, endogenous hormones and ultrastructure of CHEN Hui-zhe, ZHANG Yi-kai, ZHU De-feng indica-japonica hybrid rice seedlings II 309 Effects of high temperature during grain filling on physicochemical LU Da-lei, YANG Huan, SHEN Xin, LU Wei-ping properties of waxy maize starch 317 The effects of grain texture and phenotypic traits on the thin-layer SUN Le-xiu, LIU Shuang-xi, WANG Jin-xing, WU Cheng-lai, LI drying rate in maize (Zea mays L.) inbred lines Yan, ZHANG Chun-qing 326 Effects of abiotic stress and hormones on the expression of five LIU Jie-ying, ZHANG Chong, SHAO Qi, TANG Yu-fan, CAO 13-CmLOXs and enzyme activity in oriental melon (Cucumis melo Song-xiao, GUO Xiao-ou, JIN Ya-zhong, QI Hong-yan var. makuwa Makino) 339 Identification of the nitrogen-fixing Pseudomonas stutzeri major MA Yao, ZHANG Qiu-lei, YANG Zhi-min, LI Yun, YAN Yong- flagellar gene regulator FleQ and its role in biofilm formation and liang, PING Shu-zhen, ZHANG Li-wen, LIN Min, LU Wei root colonization plant proteCtion 349 Occurrence and molecular characterization of Potato spindle tuber QIU Cai-ling, ZHANG Zhi-xiang, LI Shi-fang, BAI Yan-ju, viroid (PSTVd) isolates from potato plants in North China LIU Shang-wu, FAN Guo-quan, GAO Yan-ling, ZHANG Wei, ZHANG Shu, LÜ Wen-he, LÜ Dian-qiu 364 Chinese leek (Allium tuberosum Rottler ex Sprengel) reduced disease HUANG Yong-hong, MAO Zhen-chuan, XIE Bing-yan symptom caused by root-knot nematode 373 Weed and insect control affected by mixing insecticides with MA Xiao-yan, WU Han-wen, JIANG Wei-li, MA Ya-jie, MA Yan glyphosate in cotton 381 Effects of insect-resistant transgenic cotton on ground-dwelling beetle ZHAO Cai-yun, YU Xiao-dong, LIU Yong-bo, LI Jun-sheng assemblages (Coleoptera) animal sCienCe • veterinary sCienCe 391 Effects of high ambient temperature on lipid metabolism in finishing WU Xin, LI Ze-yang, JIA An-feng, SU Hong-guang, HU Chun- pigs hong, ZHANG Min-hong, FENG Jing-hai 397 Expression analysis for candidate genes associated with eggshell SUN Cong-jiao, DUAN Zhong-yi, QU Lu-jiang, ZHENG Jiang- mechanical property xia, YANG Ning, XU Gui-yun 403 Myofiber development during embryonic to neonatal development in LI Hui-fang, SHU Jing-ting, SHAN Yan-ju, CHEN Wen-feng, duck breeds differing in muscle growth rates SONG Chi, XU Wen-juan 414 Rumen methane output and fermentation characteristics of gramineous ZHONG Rong-zhen, FANG Yi, SUN Hai-xia, WANG Min, forage and leguminous forage at differing harvest dates determined ZHOU Dao-wei using an in vitro gas production technique 424 The effects of the unsaturated degree of long-chain fatty acids on the GAO Jian, JING Yu-jia, WANG Meng-zhi, SHI Liang-feng, LIU rumen microbial protein content and the activities of transaminases Shi-min and dehydrogenase in vitro soil & Fertilization • irriGation • plant nutrition • aGro-eColoGy & environment 432 Determining N supplied sources and N use efficiency