Growth and Yield of New Rice for Africa (NERICAs) under Different Ecosystems and Nitrogen Levels

Abstract

Scarcity of water and N fertilizer are major constraints to rice production, particularly in developing countries where rainfed upland condition dominates. Improvement of genetic adaptability to inadequate water and N fertilizer is one option to maintain productivity in these regions. NERICAs are expected to yield higher under low input conditions, but growth and yield responses of the cultivars to different ecosystems and N levels remain unknown. The objectives of this study were to characterize the growth and yield performance of NERICAs, in comparison with selected Japanese rice cultivars. The two NERICAs (NERICA 1 and NERICA 5), two Japanese upland cultivars (Toyohatamochi and Yumenohatamochi), and a Japanese lowland cultivar Hitomebore were grown under two ecosystems (irrigated lowland (IL) and rainfed upland (RU)) with two N levels (high (H) and low (L)) for two years. The cultivar difference in the aboveground dry weight and grain yield was the largest in the in RU × L plot, where the values of NERICAs were similar to those in the other plots, but the values of other cultivars were substantially reduced. Regardless of cultivar, N contents of the plants at maturity correlated significantly with the aboveground dry weight at maturity, spikelet number and grain yield per area. These results indicate that NERICAs, compared with the selected Japanese upland cultivars that were bred for drought tolerance, have a higher ability to absorb N under upland conditions, which may contribute to higher biomass production and sink formation, resulting in increased gain yield.     

施氮量对强筋小麦产量、氮素利用率和品质的影响

为探明协同提高强筋小麦产量、氮素利用率和品质的施氮量,以强筋小麦品种济麦20（中穗型）和洲元9369（大穗型）为材料, 研究了180、240和300 kg·hm^-2三个氮肥水平（分别用N180、N240和N300表示）对强筋小麦产量、氮素利用率、品质及其相关指标的影响。结果表明,相同施氮量下,洲元9369的产量、氮素利用率、面团形成时间、面团稳定时间、面包体积和面包评分均高于济麦20。当施氮量由N180增至N240时,2个品种的产量无显著变化,但沉降值、面团形成时间、面团稳定时间、面包体积和面包评分均显著提高;施氮量增至N300后,2个品种的产量和品质又都显著下降,籽粒总蛋白含量、谷蛋白含量、SDS-不可溶性谷蛋白含量、醇溶蛋白含量和谷蛋白聚合指数均明显降低,而SDS-可溶性谷蛋白含量和谷醇比却表现为上升趋势。经相关分析,SDS-不可溶性谷蛋白含量、谷蛋白聚合指数与面团形成时间、面团稳定时间、面包体积和面包评分均呈显著正相关。以上结果表明,谷蛋白聚合程度降低是过量施氮条件下强筋小麦品质下降的主要原因。综合考虑小麦产量、氮素利用率和籽粒品质,240 kg·hm^-2为本研究条件下的最佳施氮量。     

减氮对不同氮效率小麦品种花后光合物质生产力和产量的影响

为明确不同氮效率小麦品种对减氮的响应特点,以前期筛选出的氮高效品种扬麦25、宁麦21和氮低效品种扬麦22、扬麦20为材料,研究减氮模式对产量、氮肥利用效率、光合生产能力和干物质积累量的影响。结果表明,氮高效品种扬麦25和宁麦21的籽粒产量和氮肥利用效率显著高于氮低效品种扬麦22和扬麦20,氮高效品种的平均籽粒产量和平均氮肥利用效率较氮低效品种分别高10.9%和23.9%。与常规施氮处理(CK)模式相比,减氮20%并采用基肥和拔节肥各施氮90 kg·hm~(-2)(M4)模式下,氮高效品种开花期LAI、旗叶SPAD值、净光合速率及乳熟期旗叶SPAD值和净光合速率均未显著降低,且乳熟期平均LAI提高16.0%,进而使花后干物质积累量增加,从而实现产量稳定和氮肥利用效率的提高;而氮低效品种花后光合生产能力、籽粒产量和氮肥利用效率随施氮量降低而出现不同程度的降低。这说明,氮高效品种较氮低效品种有着更多的减氮潜力,前者在适量减氮和合理施肥方式下,可通过延缓花后叶面积衰减、保持较强的花后光合能力和增加花后物质生产力,实现产量稳定和氮肥利用效率提高。     

玉米秸秆还田条件下冬灌时间与施氮方式对冬小麦生长发育及水肥利用效率的影响

为给玉米秸秆还田条件下冬小麦的水氮运筹提供依据,以小麦品种临优2069为材料,研究了山西省小麦-玉米一年两熟区玉米秸秆还田条件下冬灌时间和施氮方式对冬小麦生长发育及水氮利用效率的影响。结果表明,随着冬前灌水时间的推迟,小麦总茎数、单株分蘖数、成穗数、产量、籽粒水分生产率、氮肥表观利用率均呈先升高后降低趋势,以11月25日冬灌的最高。在施氮量相同条件下,氮肥一次性底施(N10∶0)的拔节期总茎数、成穗数、产量、籽粒水分生产率和氮素吸收量、表观利用率高于氮肥70%底施+30%拔节期追施(N7∶3)处理,冬前总茎数、单株分蘖数则相反。冬前灌水时间提前和氮肥一次性底施有利于提高小麦前期单株干重;冬前灌水时间推迟和后期追氮则有利于灌浆期穗部和总干物质的积累。因此,山西省小麦-玉米一年两熟区,秸秆还田条件下氮肥采取一次性底施,并于11月25日冬灌,可实现冬小麦的高产高效栽培。     

Genotypic Variation in Biomass Production at the Early Vegetative Stage among Rice Cultivars Subjected to Deficient Soil Moisture Regimes and Its Association with Water Uptake Capacity

References

Genetic improvement in water uptake ability and/or water use efficiency (WUE) of rice cultivars is one option to enhance productivity under water-limited conditions. We examined the genotypic variation in biomass production among 70 rice cultivars (69 cultivars of NIAS global rice core collection and Azucena) under different soil moisture conditions, and to identify whether water uptake ability or WUE is responsible for the variation, if any. Two-week-old seedlings were transplanted into pots and grown for three weeks in an environmentally-regulated growth chamber under three soil moisture regimes: flooded (?0.02 MPa soil water potential) and two unflooded (?0.10 and ?0.52 MPa) conditions. Substantial genotypic variations in total dry weight (TDW) were observed under all three regimes. Among all the cultivars tested, TDW was significantly correlated with water uptake ability, but not with WUE. However, several cultivars exhibited comparably higher WUE while showing superior biomass production under the ?0.52 MPa regime. The amount of water uptake was significantly correlated with root dry weight among cultivars regardless of moisture regimes, while substantial genotypic difference in the amount of water uptake per unit root dry weight was observed. These results indicate that a marked genotypic difference exists in biomass production at the early vegetative growth under water-deficient conditions, and that this difference appears to be ascribed primarily to greater water uptake capacity, and additionally to higher WUE in drought-tolerant cultivars.     

两种供氮水平下玉米穗部性状的QTL定位

以优良杂交种豫玉22两亲本Z3和87-1为基础构建一套F8家系的重组自交系群体为研究材料,在正常供氮和低氮两种氮水平下进行田间试验,利用复合区间作图法对玉米穗长、穗行数、行粒数、百粒重和单穗粒数进行QTL定位分析。两种氮水平下共定位到24个玉米穗部性状的QTL位点,其中正常供氮条件下定位到13个QTL,低氮水平下定位到11个QTL,集中分布在第1(8个QTL)、第5(6个QTL)和第8(5个QTL)染色体上。两种氮水平下共位或紧密连锁的QTL位点较少,表明玉米穗部性状在低氮水平下的遗传机制发生很大改变。研究发现,第1染色体umc1122/bnlg1556位点是一个控制低氮水平下玉米单穗粒数的主效QTL,单个QTL可解释19.7%的表型变异,该位点还同时影响低氮水平下玉米穗长、穗行数和百粒重的表型。与前人定位结果比较发现,该位点所在的染色体区域是一个产量及氮效率相关性状的QTL富集区,对此位点附近进行相关分子标记辅助选择,可能会在玉米氮高效分子育种上有所突破。     

Comparison of Nitrogen Uptake,Transpiration Rate and Exudation Rate between Upland NERICAs and Japanese Cultivars

Abstract

Our previous study revealed that upland cultivars of New Rice for Africa (NERICAs) exhibited superior biomass production and N uptake compared with selected Japanese cultivars under upland conditions. The objective of this study was to examine whether the N uptake ability of upland NERICAs is attributable to their transpiration and exudation rates. Two NERICA cultivars (NERICA 1 and NERICA 5), two Japanese upland cultivars (Toyohatamochi and Yumenohatamochi), and a Japanese lowland cultivar Hitomebore were grown under rainfed upland conditions at two N levels. The NERICAs exceeded Japanese cultivars in the increment of aboveground dry weight and N content during the ripening stage. The transpiration rate and exudation rate of NERICAs tended to be higher than those of Japanese cultivars during the ripening stage. These results suggest that NERICAs are capable of maintaining higher water uptake ability during the ripening stage, leading to greater N uptake and biomass production at maturity.     

诱变结合小孢子培养的氮高效大麦DH株系评价

为了筛选大麦氮高效种质资源,以花30和8份不同诱变来源的DH株系为研究对象,采用田间试验方法,设置高氮(160 kg·hm~(-2))和低氮(45 kg·hm~(-2))两个氮肥水平,研究不同DH株系对两个氮肥水平的响应,同时对不同氮效率类型DH株系的干物质和氮素积累、转运以及氮素吸收利用特性进行分析。结果表明,在两个氮肥水平下,根据平均产量可将花30和8份突变体材料划分为双高效型、低氮高效型、高氮高效型和双低效型四种类型。双高效型株系在两个氮肥水平下均具有较高的干物质和氮素积累量,而低氮高效型株系在低氮条件下具有较高的干物质和氮素积累量,这为籽粒产量的提高奠定了生理基础,也可以作为氮高效种质材料筛选的基础指标。本研究还分别获得了氮素吸收效率和氮素利用效率提高的DH株系,其中双高效型株系A9-47和低氮高效型株系A5-24在两个氮肥水平下氮效率的提高主要是由氮素吸收效率提高所致,双高效型株系A1-184在高氮水平下氮效率的提高主要是由于氮素利用效率提高所致,而低氮高效型株系A4-17在低氮水平下氮素利用效率也略高于亲本花30。这些种质材料的获得为氮高效育种及相关分子机理研究奠定了基础。     

Effects of Water-Saving Irrigation and Nitrogen Fertilization on Yield and Yield Components of Rice (Oryza sativa L.)

Abstract

The effects of nitrogen (N) application (32, 72 and 112 kg N ha-¹ in 2000, and 32, 92 and 152 kg N ha-¹ in 2001) and water-saving irrigation and their interaction on grain yield and yield components of the rice cultivar Champa-Kamphiroozi, which is a local cultivar in a semi-arid area in the south of Islamic Republic (I.R.) of Iran, were investigated. The plants were cultivated under sprinkler irrigation (1.0 ET_p and 1.5 ET_p), intermittent flooding (1-day and 2-day intervals) and continuous flooding (control). The experiments were conducted on a clay loam-clay soil under a semi-arid environment using four replications in a split plot design with irrigation method as main plots and N levels as subplots. The results indicated that intermittent flooding irrigation at 2-day intervals was as effective as continuous flooding for grain yield, showing high water-use efficiency (WUE). The soil moisture tension in the root zone before each irrigation under this condition was –300 to –400 cm. Sprinkler irrigation and intermittent flooding increased WUE by 20 to 60%, compared with continuous flooding, and the increase in N application rate to 112-152 kg ha-¹ increased grain yield under any irrigation condition. Under sprinkler irrigation, grain yield was low and percentage of unfilled grain was high, although WUE was high. However, by adopting sprinkler irrigation, the amount of nitrogen fertilizer application necessary for cultivation was reduced. Furthermore, when nitrogen application must be limited due to groundwater pollution, the amount of nitrogen fertilizer necessary for cultivation can be reduced.     

不同氮效率小麦品种苗期相关指标的杂种优势

为探究不同氮效率小麦品种氮代谢相关指标的遗传差异,选用了5个不同氮效率的小麦品种及其组配的6个杂交F₁,设置低氮（LN,0.4 mmol·L^-1 ）和正常供氮（CK,4.0 mmol·L^-1）两个氮水平,研究不同氮处理下小麦苗期形态、抗氧化酶和氮代谢相关酶活性的差异,并对其杂种优势进行了分析。结果表明,5个品种的根鲜重在低氮水平下明显高于正常氮水平,6个F₁的杂种优势表现为超中亲或偏低亲优势;苗鲜重在低氮水平下低于正常供氮水平,其F₁杂种优势表现为中亲优势。两种氮水平下,氮高效品种的硝酸还原酶（NR）、谷氨酰胺合成酶（GS）、谷氨酸脱氢酶（GDH）、超氧化物歧化酶（SOD）、过氧化物酶（POD）和过氧化氢酶（CAT）活性均高于氮低效品种,6个杂交F₁的上述6种酶活性大多表现出正向杂种优势。正常氮水平下,小麦叶片MDA含量低于低氮水平;低氮水平下,6个F₁的MDA含量杂种优势表现为超中亲或偏低亲优势。两种氮水平下,6个F₁叶片可溶性蛋白含量表现为正向杂种优势,其中低氮水平下,表现为超亲优势。综上所述,低氮条件下,氮高效品种较氮低效品种表现出较好的生长潜力;利用氮高效品种作为亲本能提高杂交F₁的氮利用效率,可用于小麦氮高效育种。     

Comparison of Susceptibility to Photoinhibition and Energy Partitioning of Absorbed Light in Photosystem II in Flag Leaves of Two Rice (Oryza sativa L.) Cultivars that Differ in Their Responses to Nitrogen-Deficiency

Abstract

Abstract: The energy partitioning in photosystem II (PSII) and the susceptibility to photoinhibition in PSII were investigated in flag leaves of two rice cultivars, Shirobeniya (a traditionaljaponica) and Akenohoshi (an improved japonica-indica intermediate) grown under standard-nitrogen (N) (SN) and low-N (LN) conditions. N-deficiency resulted in significant decreases in total dry weight, net photosynthetic rate (P_n), the energy flux via carboxylation (J_c), and content of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase /oxygenase (Rubisco) in flag leaves in the two cultivars, and these parameters of Shirobeniya were lower than those in Akenohoshi under the LN condition. In the two cultivars, the energy flux via alternative electron flow was significantly increased by N-deficiency, which was accompanied by enhanced activity of superoxide dismutase (SOD). Although under the LN condition no cultivar differences were found in J_a and SOD, ascorbate peroxidase activity in Shirobeniya was lower than that in Akenohoshi. N-deficiency resulted in more significant increases in the susceptibility to photoinhibition (the degree of decrease in maximum quantum yield of PSII), hydrogen peroxide (H₂O₂) content and malondialdehyde content after exposure to high irradiance in Shirobeniya than those in Akenohoshi. These results indicated that the increased susceptibility to photoinhibition in the LN plants of Shirobeniya was mainly due to oxidative damages to chloroplasts, resulting from lower carboxylation and H₂O₂-scavenging capacities. Therefore, both carboxylation and H₂O₂-scavenging capacities could be important factors in determining the cultivar difference in the productivity of rice under LN conditions.     

水分与氮素及其互作对水稻产量和水肥利用效率的影响研究进展

了解水分、氮素及其互作对水稻产量与水、氮利用效率的影响,对协同提高水稻产量与水氮利用效率有重要意义。本文概述了水稻节水灌溉技术、氮肥利用效率与氮肥施用技术、水分与氮素对水稻产量及水氮利用效率的耦合效应、作物-土壤关系及水氮调控机制等方面取得的进展;讨论了存在的问题,这些问题包括:高产水稻作物与土壤的水氮互作效应尚不明确;高产水稻水氮耦合与高效利用的分子机理不清楚;协同提高水稻产量与水氮利用效率的调控途径尚未掌握。针对这些问题,建议今后重点研究:高产水稻作物与土壤的水氮互作效应及其机制;水氮互作调控水稻吸收利用水分和氮素的生理与分子机理;协同提高水稻产量和水氮利用效率的调控途径与关键技术。     

Identification of traits to improve the nitrogen-use efficiency of wheat genotypes

Nitrogen (N) fertilizer represents a significant cost for the grower and may also have environmental impacts through nitrate leaching and N₂O (a greenhouse gas) emissions associated with denitrification. The objectives of this study were to analyze the genetic variability in N-use efficiency (grain dry matter (DM) yield per unit N available from soil and fertilizer; NUE) in winter wheat and identify traits for improved NUE for application in breeding. Fourteen UK and French cultivars and two French advanced breeding lines were tested in a 2 year/four site network comprising different locations in France and in the UK. Detailed growth analysis was conducted at anthesis and harvest in experiments including DM and N partitioning. Senescence of either the flag leaf or the whole leaf canopy was assessed from a visual score every 3-4 days from anthesis to complete canopy senescence. The senescence score was fitted against thermal time using a five parameters monomolecular-logistic equation allowing the estimation of the timing of the onset and the rate of post-anthesis senescence. In each experiment, grain yield was reduced under low N (LN), with an average reduction of 2.2 t ha⁻¹ (29%). Significant N × genotype level interaction was observed for NUE. Crop N uptake at harvest on average was reduced from 227 kg N ha⁻¹ under high N (HN) to 109 kg N ha⁻¹ under LN conditions while N-utilization efficiency (grain DM yield per unit crop N uptake at harvest; NUtE) increased from 34.0 to 52.1 kg DM kg⁻¹ N. Overall genetic variability in NUE under LN related mainly to differences in NUtE rather than N-uptake efficiency (crop N uptake at harvest per unit N available from soil and fertilizer; NUpE). However, at one site there was also a positive correlation between NUpE and NUE at LN in both years. Moreover, across the 2 year/four site network, the N × genotype effect for NUpE partly explained the N × genotype effect for grain yield and NUE. Averaging across the 16 genotypes, the timing of onset of senescence explained 86% of the variation in NUtE amongst site-season-N treatment combinations. The linear regression of onset of senescence on NutE amongst genoytpes was not significant under HN, but at three of the four sites was significant under LN explaining 32-70% of the phenotypic variation amongst genotypes in NutE. Onset of senescence amongst genotypes was negatively correlated with the efficiency with which above-ground N at anthesis was remobilized to the grain under LN. It is concluded that delaying the onset of post-anthesis senescence may be an important trait for increasing grain yield of wheat grown under low N supply.     

Identification and evaluation of high nitrogen nutrition efficiency in rapeseed (Brassica napus L.) germplasm

To establish identification and evaluation methods of N (nitrogen) absorption and utilization of rapeseed (Brassica napus L.), difference of N nutrition efficiency (NNE) among rapeseed germplasms and relationship between NNE and plant traits under various N application rates were analyzed in this research. Pot cultivating experiments were conducted to investigate NNE with 3 ​N application rates in soil (0.05, 0.2 and 0.3 ​g/kg). A total of 12 rapeseed germplasms were planted, nitrogen absorption efficiency (NAE) and nitrogen utilization efficiency (NUE) in seedling stage, bolting stage, initial flowering stage, final flowering stage, and maturity stage were obtained. Results showed that bolting stage was the best period for NAE identification and evaluation. Low N application rate in soil (0.05 ​g/kg) was the best for NAE, and the indirect indexes were basal stem diameter, plant root dry weight and above ground plant dry weight. Maturity stage was the best period for NUE identification and evaluation. High N application rate in soil (0.3 ​g/kg) was the best for NUE, and indirect indexes were above ground plant dry weight and basal stem diameter. N application rates of 0.05 ​g/kg in soil was the best for nitrogen harvest index at maturity stage, and indirect indexes was number of pods per plant. Plant traits of rapeseed germplasms affected NNE. Higher basal stem diameter, plant root dry weight and above ground plant dry weight at bolting stage under low N application rate were important characteristics of N absorption in rapeseed. Higher above ground plant dry weight and basal stem diameter at maturity stage under high N application rate were important characteristics of N utilization. Higher number of pods per plant at maturity stage under lowe N application rate was an important characteristic of N harvest index. These results provided a reliable index for N management and provided theoretical basis for guiding rapeseed breeding.     

雨养和灌溉条件下施氮量对小麦干物质积累和产量的影响

为给冀东地区小麦高产栽培提供技术参考,以高蛋白质品种京冬8号和低蛋白质品种宝麦38为材料,设置0、120、240和360kg·hm-2三个施氮水平,研究了在灌溉和雨养条件下氮素营养对冬小麦干物质积累和产量形成的调控效应。结果表明,适量施氮提高了小麦干物质积累量、结实小穗数和穗粒数,促进了叶片、茎和鞘的花前贮存干物质在花后向籽粒中的转移,但过量施氮则抑制灌溉条件下营养器官花前贮存干物质在花后向籽粒的转移。施氮量对千粒重的影响因基因型和土壤水分状况不同而差异。随施氮量的增加,在雨养和灌溉条件下京冬8号千粒重分别呈降低和增加趋势,宝麦38千粒重均呈下降趋势。适当施氮可促进分蘖和分蘖成穗。与雨养栽培相比,灌溉可促进小麦干物质积累,增加穗数和延长灌浆时间,提高籽粒产量。随着施氮量的增加,两品种的氮肥生产效率和氮肥农学效率均降低。宝麦38和京冬8号籽粒产量达到最高的施氮量在雨养条件下均为120kg·hm-2,在灌溉条件下分别为120和240kg·hm-2。从产量和氮肥利用效率综合来看,宝麦38的适宜施氮量为120kg·hm-2,京冬8号的适宜施氮量为120~240kg·hm-2。     

不同氮肥模式对夏玉米产量、蛋白质品质和氮素利用特性的影响

以高产玉米品种郑单958和先玉335为供试材料,在大田生产条件下设置4个施氮水平,研究不同氮肥模式对两个高产玉米品种子粒产量、蛋白质产量及氮素利用特性的影响。结果表明,两个玉米品种子粒产量随施氮量的增加显著增加,均以240 kg/hm~2处理最高,先玉335子粒产量显著高于郑单958;两个玉米品种子粒蛋白质含量及其产量随施氮量的增加显著增加,先玉335的蛋白质含量及其产量均高于郑单958;两个玉米品种氮素利用效率、氮肥生产效率和氮肥农学利用效率随施氮量的增加而显著降低,均以180 kg/hm2处理最高,先玉335的氮素利用效率、氮肥生产效率和氮肥农学利用效率均高于郑单958。综合分析认为,两个玉米品种均以240 kg/hm~2处理可以同步协调实现较高的子粒产量、蛋白质含量和氮素利用效率,获得产量、品质和高氮素利用效率的协调统一。     

Key Indicators for Assessing Nitrogen Use Efficiency in Cereal-Based Agroecosystems

SUMMARY

Improving nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) is an important objective of agroecosystem management. We define and demonstrate key indicators of NUE that enable a broader assessment of N management strategies. Nitrogen efficiency components and indexes were defined to assess soil and crop physiological processes, and agronomic and environmental factors related to N use. Measurements of grain yield, grain N, aboveground plant N, applied N, post-harvest root-zone soil N, and N losses via subsurface drains were used to assess N retention efficiency, available N uptake efficiency, N utilization efficiency, N harvest index, N yield efficiency, N reliance index, grain N accumulation efficiency, N balance index, N fertilizer utilization efficiency, and N loss index. Nitrogen use indicators were evaluated for two field studies: (1) hard red spring wheat with four N levels and two tillage treatments: no-tillage (NT) and conventional tillage (CT); and (2) corn in crop sequences of continuous corn (C-C), corn-soybean (C-S), two years of corn following alfalfa (ALF-C-C), and two years of corn following perennial grass (CRP-C-C). Tillage, crop rotation, and applied N had large and variable effects on different indicators of N use. N efficiency components and indexes were useful for monitoring cropping system N use, assessing N management strategies, and identifying key areas for improvements in NUE.     

Effect of Soil Compaction on Dry Matter Production and Water Use of Rice (Oryza sativa L.) under Water Deficit Stress during the Reproductive Stage

Abstract

The effect of a long term of soil compaction on dry matter production (DMP) and water use in rice cultivated under limited water supply during the reproductive stage is unknown. Our objectives were to determine which of the transpiration (Tr) or water use efficiency (WUE) is dominant in determining DMP under compacted and desiccated soil conditions. When irrigation in the period around the reproductive stage was terminated in artificially compacted and non-compacted fields, the rate of suppression of DMP by soil compaction was similar in the three rice cultivars, but DMP was higher in drought resistant cultivars having deep root density at the heading stage. Six cultivars were grown in pots of 1.0 m in depth containing the soils of three levels of soil bulk density (SBD). Water supply was restricted by keeping the water table in the pot deep without irrigation during the reproductive stage. DMP and Tr in all cultivars decreased with increasing SBD, and a close relationship was seen between DMP and Tr. WUE was thus a fairly stable factor for all cultivars examined. Tr was positively correlated with root length density and was relatively maintained at a high SBD in drought-resistant cultivars having a higher root length density. We concluded that water shortage under compacted soil conditions during reproductive stage suppressed the DMP, and DMP suppression accompanied a reduction of Tr due to poor root development rather than the reduction of WUE. In the drought-resistant cultivars reduction of DMP was relatively small due to their highly developed root systems that allowed high water absorption from the deep layers in the compacted soil.     

氮胁迫和非胁迫对春玉米产量和品质的影响

以农大108、四单19、龙单26、丰禾10和东农250为材料,在施氮(N⁺)和不施氮(N0)两种条件下对参试品种的干物质、产量和品质性状变化进行了分析。结果表明:与氮胁迫相比,施氮能明显提高玉米干物质生产量、子粒产量、子粒粗蛋白含量和淀粉含量,但品种间存在明显的差异。农大108和四单19干物质积累能力强,但农大108没有表现出产量优势。     

供氮水平对不同氮效率玉米品种氮素吸收、干物质形成及产量的影响

以低氮高效型玉米品种郑单958、高氮高效型玉米品种先玉335、双低效型玉米品种豫单606、双高效型玉米品种秋乐368为材料,研究不同氮效率玉米品种在不施氮肥和纯氮90、180、270、360 kg/hm2处理下产量、干物质积累与转运及氮素吸收利用的差异。结果表明,与双低效型品种相比,低氮高效型品种在低氮条件下可以正常维持物质合成,具有较高的氮素积累量和干物质积累量,粒重增加,进而具有较高产量优势;高氮高效型品种在高氮条件下具有较高的花后干物质积累量、氮素积累量,能维持较长时间的光合作用,子粒库容量较高,库调节能力较强,子粒产量存在优势;双高效型品种同时具有以上特性。