Photosynthesis and Remobilization of Dry Matter in Wheat as Affected by Progressive Drought Stress at Stem Elongation Stage

With increasingly erratic rainfall patterns particularly in drought‐prone production systems, the capacity of plants to recover productively from drought spells becomes an important feature for yield stability in rainfed agriculture. Consequently, effects of water management at the stem elongation stage on partitioning and remobilization of dry matter, alteration in photosynthesis and water‐use efficiency (WUE), and yield components of wheat plants were studied in a glasshouse pot experiment. The plants were subjected to three soil moisture regimes: well watered during all phenological stages (WW), drought affected during stem elongation and post‐anthesis stages (DD) and drought affected during stem elongation and rewatered at post‐anthesis stage (DW). Total dry weight substantially decreased by both drought treatments. However, DD plants allocated relatively higher assimilates to roots whereas DW plants remobilized them to the grains. Drought applications resulted in a decrease of grain yield and thousand grain weight while reduction was more pronounced in DD treatment. Relative contribution of post‐anthesis photosynthesis to dry matter formation in grain was higher in WW treatment (72.6 %) than DD (68.5 %) and DW (68.2 %) treatments. Photosynthetic rate, gas exchange and transpiration decreased whereas leaf (photosynthetic) and plant level WUE increased with drought applications. However, all these parameters were rapidly and completely reversed by rewatering. Our findings showed that partitioning of dry weight to grain increases with rewatering of wheat plants subjected to drought during stem elongation phase, but the relative contributions of remobilization of stem reserves and post‐anthesis photosynthesis to grain did not change. Moreover, rewatering of plants at booting stage after a drought period lead to full recovery in photosynthesis and WUE, and a significant although partial recovery of yield components, such as grain yield, TGW and harvest index.     

亏缺灌溉下小麦水分利用效率与光合产物积累运转的相关研究

在大田栽培条件下,以小麦旱地品种晋麦47和西峰20、水旱兼用型品种石家庄8号和水地品种4185为材料,分别进行0水(T0)、一水(T1)和二水灌溉(T2)处理(每次灌水量60mm),研究了光合速率、叶面积指数、干物质积累与分配、根系分布、耗水量、产量因子与水分利用效率(WUE)的关系。结果表明,在拔节前不灌溉,拔节到开花期亏缺灌溉,促进干物质积累和深根发育。随着灌溉水的增加,耗水量显著增加,产量和WUE与耗水量呈二次曲线关系。T0处理显著减少了干物质积累和成穗数,产量、经济系数(HI)和WUE最低。T1和T2产量的提高主要是增加了穗数和穗粒数。灌浆期水分亏缺降低了光合速率(Pn)和气孔导度(Gs),加速了功能叶片的衰老,但诱导了花前储存碳库的再转运,显著提高了HI和产量。因此,在拔节和开花期亏缺灌溉促进根系生长,提高了土壤水分的利用效率。而产量和产量WUE的提高主要是由于增加了灌浆期叶片的Pn和光合功能持续期,促进花前储存碳库的再转运,显著提高了HI。     

亏缺灌溉下小麦水分利用效率与光合产物积累运转的相关研究

在大田栽培条件下,以小麦旱地品种晋麦47和西峰20、水旱兼用型品种石家庄8号和水地品种4185为材料,分别进行0水（T0）、一水（T1）和二水灌溉（T2）处理（每次灌水量60 mm）,研究了光合速率、叶面积指数、干物质积累与分配、根系分布、耗水量、产量因子与水分利用效率（WUE）的关系。结果表明,在拔节前不灌溉,拔节到开花期亏缺灌溉,促进干物质积累和深根发育。随着灌溉水的增加,耗水量显著增加,产量和WUE与耗水量呈二次曲线关系。T0处理显著减少了干物质积累和成穗数,产量、经济系数（HI）和WUE最低。T1和T2产量的提高主要是增加了穗数和穗粒数。灌浆期水分亏缺降低了光合速率（P_n）和气孔导度（G_s）,加速了功能叶片的衰老,但诱导了花前储存碳库的再转运,显著提高了HI和产量。因此,在拔节和开花期亏缺灌溉促进根系生长,提高了土壤水分的利用效率。而产量和产量WUE的提高主要是由于增加了灌浆期叶片的P_n和光合功能持续期,促进花前储存碳库的再转运,显著提高了HI。     

Application of natural plant extracts improves the tolerance against combined terminal heat and drought stresses in bread wheat

Drought and heat are among the main abiotic stresses causing severe damage to the cereal productivity when occur at reproductive stages. In this study, ten wheat cultivars were screened for combined heat and drought tolerance imposed at booting, heading, anthesis and post‐anthesis stages, and role of the foliage applied plant extracts was evaluated in improving the performance of differentially responding wheat cultivars under terminal heat and drought stresses. During both years, wheat crop was raised under ambient temperature and 70% water holding capacity (WHC) till leaf boot stage. The plant extracts (3% each) of sorghum, brassica, sunflower and moringa were foliage applied at booting, anthesis and post‐anthesis stage; and after one week of application of these plant extracts, combined heat and drought was imposed at each respective stage. Heat and drought stresses were imposed at each respective stage by placing pots in glass canopies with temperature of 4 ± 2°C above than the ambient temperature in combination with drought stress (35% WHC) until maturity. Combination of drought and heat stresses significantly reduced the performance of tested wheat cultivars; however, stress at the booting and heading stages was more damaging than the anthesis and post‐anthesis stages. Cultivars Mairaj‐2008 and Chakwal‐50 remained green with extended duration for grain filling, resulting in the maintenance of number of grains per spike and 100‐grain weight under stress conditions and thus had better grain yield and water‐use efficiency. However, in cultivars Fsd‐2008, and Shafaq‐2006, the combined imposition of drought and heat accelerated the grain filling rate with decrease in grain filling duration, grain weight and grain yield. Foliar application of all the plant extracts improved the wheat performance under terminal heat and drought stress; however, brassica extract was the most effective. This improvement in grain yield, water‐use efficiency and transpiration efficiency due to foliage applied plant extracts, under terminal heat and drought stress, was owing to better stay‐green character and accumulation of more soluble phenolics, which imparted stress tolerance as indicated by relatively stable grain weight and grain number. In crux, growing of stay‐green wheat cultivars with better grain filling and foliage application of plant extracts may help improving the performance of bread wheat under combined heat and drought stresses.     

Contribution of Different Organs to Grain Filling in Durum Wheat under Mediterranean Conditions I. Contribution of Post‐Anthesis Photosynthesis and Remobilization

Under Mediterranean conditions, drought affects cereals production principally through a limitation of grain filling. In this study, the respective role of post‐anthesis photosynthesis and carbon remobilization and the contribution of flag leaf, stem, chaff and awns to grain filling were evaluated under Mediterranean conditions in durum wheat (Triticum turgidum var. durum) cultivars. For the purpose, we examined the effects of shading and excision of different parts of the plant and compared carbon isotope discrimination (Δ) in dry matter of flag leaf, stem, chaff, awns and grain at maturity and in sap of stem, flag leaf, chaff and awns, this last measurement providing information on photosynthesis during a short period preceding sampling. Source–sink manipulations and isotopic imprints of different organs on final isotope composition of the grain confirmed the high contribution of both carbons assimilated by ears and remobilized from stems to grain filling, and the relatively low contribution of leaves to grain filling. Grain Δ was highly and significantly associated with grain yield across treatments, suggesting the utilization of this trait as an indicator of source–sink manipulations effects on grain yield. Chaff and awns Δ were better correlated with grain Δ than stem and leaf Δ, indicating that chaff were more involved in grain filling than other organs. Moreover, in chaff, sap Δ was highly significantly correlated with dry matter Δ. These results suggest the use of Δ for a rapid and non‐destructive estimation of the variation in the contribution of different organs to grain filling.     

Drought Priming at Vegetative Growth Stage Enhances Nitrogen‐Use Efficiency Under Post‐Anthesis Drought and Heat Stress in Wheat

To study the effects of early drought priming at 5th‐leaf stage on grain yield and nitrogen‐use efficiency in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) under post‐anthesis drought and heat stress, wheat plants were first exposed to moderate drought stress (drought priming; that is, the leaf water potential reached ca. ?0.9 MP a) at the 5th‐leaf stage for 11 days, and leaf water relations and gas exchange rates, grain yield and yield components, and agronomic nitrogen‐use efficiency (ANUE ) of the primed and non‐primed plants under post‐anthesis drought and heat stress were investigated. Compared with the non‐primed plants, the drought‐primed plants possessed higher leaf water potential and chlorophyll content, and consequently a higher photosynthetic rate during post‐anthesis drought and heat stress. Drought priming also resulted in higher grain yield and ANUE in wheat under post‐anthesis drought and heat stress. Drought priming at vegetative stage improves carbon assimilation and ANUE under post‐anthesis drought and heat stress and their combination in wheat, which might be used as a field management tool to enhance stress tolerance of wheat crops to multiple abiotic stresses in a future drier and warmer climate.     

冬小麦灌浆期光合参数及产量对土壤高湿和干旱变化的响应

为研究土壤湿度变化对冬小麦光合参数和产量变化的影响机制,在防雨棚人工控制灌水,设置土壤高湿、中度干旱、重旱、对照4个处理的田间冬小麦试验,研究土壤水分变化对灌浆期冬小麦光合参数及产量的影响。结果表明：冬小麦灌浆期叶片净光合速率、蒸腾速率、气孔导度随土壤水分降低而降低。重旱处理冬小麦叶片胞间CO₂浓度与对照相近,引起光合作用下降的主要原因是非气孔因素限制。土壤高湿冬小麦叶片有效利用光强区间拉大,而土壤干旱胁迫叶片有效利用光强的区间缩小,土壤高湿和干旱胁迫叶片夜间呼吸作用都提高,干旱逆境胁迫白天光合作用受限减弱,夜间呼吸作用增强,消耗营养增多,“一减一增”是其籽粒瘪秕,产量低的生理原因。土壤高湿和干旱影响冬小麦灌浆期籽粒干物质输送、积累的源库匹配。高湿处理叶片的绿色器官光合产物输送籽粒占主导,开花前营养器官干物质转运、贡献率变小;干旱逆境胁迫下,叶片等绿色器官光合产物少,输送籽粒干物质减少,但花前营养器官干物质转运、贡献率相对增大;收获指数土壤高湿和对照基本相近,干旱处理较对照明显偏小。     

Effect of Water Stress on Physiological Attributes and their Relationship with Growth and Yield of Wheat Cultivars at Different Stages

The effects of water stress on physiological attributes of drought‐sensitive (Kalyansona) and drought‐tolerant (C‐306) wheat cultivars were studied in a pot experiment. Water stress was imposed by withholding irrigation at boot and anthesis stages. Leaf water potential, leaf osmotic potential and leaf turgor potential (measured with pressure chamber and osmometer), as well as leaf diffusive resistance, leaf transpiration rate and leaf‐to‐air transpiration gradient (measured with a steady‐state porometer) were measured diurnally. Growth and yield parameters were recorded after harvesting of the crop. Triplicate data were analysed using a completely randomized design and correlations amongst these parameters were computed. Water stress was found to reduce diurnal leaf water potential and leaf osmotic potential in both the genotypes but leaf osmotic potential was significantly higher in the drought‐tolerant cultivar C‐306 than in the drought‐sensitive cultivar Kalyansona. Positive turgor was recorded in both the genotypes under water stress and non‐stress conditions. Water‐stressed plants showed significantly lower turgor potential than control plants. In diurnal observations, water‐stressed plants exhibited significantly higher leaf diffusive resistance in both genotypes at both stages. The diffusive resistance of C‐306 was predominantly higher than that of Kalyansona. Water stress decreased leaf transpiration rate at both stages but the reduction was higher at the anthesis stage. The leaf‐to‐air temperature gradient was much higher in C‐306 than in Kalyansona at the boot stage but at the anthesis stage genotypic variation was non‐significant. The capacity to maintain cooler foliage was lower at the anthesis stage than at the boot stage in both the cultivars. Shoot dry weight, number of grains, test weight, grain yield, biological yield and harvest index decreased to a greater extent when water stress was imposed at the anthesis stage, while imposition of water stress at the boot stage caused a greater reduction in plant height and number of tillers. Similarly, water stress caused a smaller reduction in growth, yield and yield attributes in C‐306 than in Kalyansona. In general, the correlation coefficient of grain and biological yield with water potential and its components was positive and highly significant. Similarly, turgor potential was also correlated positively and significantly with grain yield at both the stages, but with biological yield it was significant only at the anthesis stage. A negative and significant correlation was obtained for diffusive resistance and leaf‐to‐air temperature gradient with grain yield at the boot and anthesis stages. The rate of transpiration was also positively and significantly correlated to grain and biological yields at both the stages. Amongst the yield attributes, number of leaves and number of tillers were positively correlated at the anthesis stage, whereas leaf area and shoot dry weight were significantly correlated with grain and biological yields at both the stages.     

Green Area Duration during the Grain Filling Period of an Argentine Wheat Cultivar as Influenced by Sowing Date, Temperature and Sink Strength

The effects of sowing date, air temperature during the grain filling period, sink-strength, and then-interactions on the wheat green area (leaves, leaf sheaths and peduncles) duration from anthesis to total senescence were determined under field conditions at Buenos Aires (Argentina). The individual grain weight was determined as an average of either all grains or basal grains of the spikelets 7 and 8 through the treatments.
The delayed sowing date reduced the period of leaf senescence when it was regarded as calendar time between anthesis to maturity, but it did not affect that period regarded as thermal time. Similarly, the increased temperature has also increased the rate of senescence. On the other hand, the sink strength did not affect the green area duration; since neither the rate nor the period of senescence was altered.
Similarly, both sowing date and mean temperature decreased the individual grain weight, but the sink strength did not affected the weight of the basal grains, which could be interpreted as the effects of the other two factors were independent to the availability of assimilates per grain.
The effect of increased grain filling temperature on reducing grain weight did not operate via reducing the availability of assimilates although it also reduced the total grain area duration. We observed that the increased temperature decreased the individual grain weight of the basal grains at any source sink ratio.     

不同水分供给对小麦叶与非叶器官叶绿体结构和功能的影响

在田间不同灌水条件(春季不灌水、春季灌2水和春季灌4水, 每次灌水750 m3 hm^-2)下, 于灌浆后期对小麦叶片与非叶器官(穗颖、穗下节和叶鞘)叶绿体结构进行了电镜观察, 并对不同器官的净光合速率(P_n)和光化学效率(F_v/F_m)进行了测定, 以期探明小麦叶与非叶器官光合结构和功能对水分变化的适应性差异。结果表明, 在充足供水条件(春季灌4水)下, 叶片的叶绿体数目明显多于各非叶器官, 但护颖和外稃叶绿体含有较多的淀粉粒。在灌浆期上层土壤重度水分亏缺(春季不灌水)条件下, 植株各器官叶绿体均出现明显的衰老特征, 但衰老程度存在器官间显著差异, 旗叶叶片叶绿体受损程度明显大于非叶器官。在所测非叶器官中, 外稃叶绿体对干旱胁迫反应较为敏感, 而护颖、穗下节间和旗叶鞘叶绿体结构具有较强的稳定性。水分胁迫下各器官P_n和F_v/F_m值均降低, 叶片降低幅度最大, 且随灌浆进程其光合下降最快, 但穗下节间、旗叶鞘和穗器官较为稳定, 可能与其叶绿体结构的稳定性有关。说明小麦非叶绿色器官光合结构与功能对水分亏缺具有较强的耐性。     

Deep Roots are Pivotal for Regulating Post‐Anthesis Leaf Senescence in Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)

Root activity plays a dominant role in grain filling in cereal crops. However, the importance of deep roots for regulating post‐anthesis leaf senescence is not clearly understood in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). In this study, we used ³²P tracing to estimate the difference in wheat root activity at soil depths of 30 and 70 cm and the root restriction method to investigate the effects of vertical distribution of deep roots on leaf senescence, with non‐restricted plants as controls. Recovery of radioactive ³²P indicated that deep roots had significantly higher activity than upper roots in wheat. Root restriction at a soil depth of 50 cm caused significant decreases in the activities of superoxide dismutase (EC 1.15.1.1), peroxidase (EC 1.11.1.7), catalase (EC 1.11.1.6) and ascorbate peroxidase (EC 1.11.1.11) at 16 days after anthesis and thereafter resulting in an increase in malondialdehyde. As a result, chlorophyll levels and net photosynthesis decreased. Ultimately, the root‐restricted wheat produced a significantly lower grain yield than the non‐restricted controls. These data suggest that deep roots are pivotal for regulating plant senescence, duration of grain filling, and yield formation.     

黄土高原不同年代旱地冬小麦品种产量及光合特性对密度的响应

为研究旱地冬小麦品种更替过程中产量与光合特征对群体大小的响应,选择1940-2004年先后培育的7个冬小麦品种,于2011-2012年在陕西长武农业生态试验站进行田间试验,并设置3个播种密度（100、250、350粒/m ²）。在所有密度处理中,子粒产量均随着品种的更替而呈线性增长,年均遗传增益在0.65%到1.29%之间。1980年后培育的小麦品种的产量对于播种密度更不敏感,具备更好的群体调节能力。现代品种收获指数和千粒重的提高与其产量的提升呈显著正相关。品种更替过程中花期旗叶净光合速率和叶面积指数持续增长,并提高千粒重,最终增加产量。花期时冠层下可见天空比随着品种更替呈显著下降趋势。在黄土高原的冬小麦育种工作中,应将耐密性、大库容、高光效的理想株型作为重要的筛选指标。     

限量补灌对旱地高产田小麦光合和产量的影响

在多年创高产旱地条件下,研究了不同补灌处理对旱地高产田小麦光合特性和产量的影响。结果表明：增加补灌次数和补灌量,小麦旗叶叶绿素含量、光合速率、气孔导度、蒸腾速率升高,胞间CO2浓度降低,光合功能持续期延长,产量和产量构成因素增加,以补灌3水（越冬＋拔节＋灌浆）处理W4效果最佳,但产量和2水（拔节＋灌浆）处理W3没有显著差异。随着补灌次数和补灌量继续增加,W5、W6改善旗叶光合衰退的效果主要表现在后期,对产量提高的贡献并不大,相对与2水、3水处理,开始产生负效应,产量和产量构成因素千粒重、穗粒数反而下降。综合考虑产量和水分利用效率等因素,在本旱地高产试验田．拔节期、灌浆期2水补灌120mm的W3处理是最经济高效的补灌方案。     

高产冬小麦的冠层光合能力及不同器官的贡献

通过两年对四个高产冬小麦品种冠层光合速率的测定,探讨了小麦灌浆期不同光合器官对群体光合能力的贡献。结果表明：灌浆期群体光合能力与干物质积累及籽粒产量呈显著的正相关ｒ＝０．９１９０和ｒ＝０．９２７９）。光合器官中,旗叶和倒二叶光合能力强,贡献最大;茎鞘具有与旗叶相仿或稍高的光合潜力;穗部不仅是光合产物贮藏的生物库,而且是重要的光合源,其对冠层光合的贡献一般在１０－１２％左右。但若群体过大,穗部光合贡     

覆膜栽培对旱地小麦籽粒产量及硫含量的影响

研究并明确旱地覆膜栽培对冬小麦籽粒产量、硫吸收累积和转运及籽粒硫含量的影响, 调控作物硫营养, 提高籽粒硫含量和营养品质, 对旱地小麦高产优质栽培有重要意义。2014—2015和2015—2016两年在西北三省七点进行田间试验, 比较不覆膜(传统平作栽培)和覆膜(垄覆沟播或全膜覆土穴播)栽培模式的小麦生物量、产量、产量构成, 以及籽粒硫含量和硫吸收利用。与不覆膜相比, 覆膜栽培提高了小麦穗数, 使籽粒产量提高13.7%, 但籽粒硫含量却降低9.0%。覆膜栽培能提高旱地小麦开花期地上部硫累积量, 茎叶、穗和地上部硫累积总量分别提高19.9%、16.1%和19.2%, 并使花后硫转运量和转运率提高36.2%和17.9%, 但开花期土壤有效硫却因覆膜降低24.5%, 花后硫吸收也降低77.9%, 结果使成熟期地上部硫累积总量和硫收获指数未因覆膜而增加。籽粒硫吸收量没能随产量同步提高, 致使籽粒硫含量因籽粒产量增加引起的稀释效应而降低。因此, 在西北旱地小麦覆膜栽培中要注意加强土壤硫的补充, 改善旱地小麦籽粒硫营养, 提高小麦的营养和加工品质。     

Independent and Combined Effects of High Temperature and Drought Stress During Grain Filling on Plant Yield and Chloroplast EF‐Tu Expression in Spring Wheat

High temperature and drought stress are among the two most important environmental factors influencing crop growth, development and yield processes. These two stresses commonly occur in combination. Objectives of this research were to investigate the independent and combined effects of high temperature and drought stress during grain filling on physiological, vegetative and yield traits and expression of a chloroplast protein synthesis elongation factor (EF‐Tu) of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). Two spring wheat cultivars (Pavon‐76 and Seri‐82) were grown at control temperatures (CT; day/night, 24/14 °C; 16/8 h photo/dark period) from sowing to heading. Thereafter, one half of the plants were exposed to high temperature stress (HT; 31/18 °C in Exp. 1 and 34/22 °C in Exp. 2), drought stress (withholding water), or a combination of both HT and drought stress. There were significant influences of HT and/or drought stress on physiological, growth and yield traits. There was no cultivar or cultivar by temperature or cultivar by drought interaction effects on most traits. The decreases in leaf photosynthesis were greater at HT compared with drought alone throughout the stress period, and the combination of HT and drought had the lowest leaf photosynthetic rates. Overall, HT or drought had similar effects (about 48–56 % decrease) on spikelet fertility, grain numbers and grain yield. High temperature decreased grain numbers (by 56 % averaged across both experiments) and individual grain weight (by 25 %), while, respective decreases due to drought were 48 % and 35 %. This suggests that the grain numbers were more sensitive to HT and grain weights to drought for the range of temperatures tested in this research. The interaction between HT and drought stress was significant for total dry weights, harvest index and spikelet fertility, particularly when HT stress was severe (34/22 °C). The combined effects of HT and drought were greater than additive effects of HT or drought alone for leaf chlorophyll content, grain numbers and harvest index. High temperature stress and the combination of HT and drought stress but not drought stress alone resulted in the overexpression of EF‐Tu in both spring wheat cultivars.     

抽穗后冬小麦旗叶光合特性的变化对产量的影响

为了探讨不同小麦品种之间的光合特性的差异及光合作用与经济产量的关系,本研究选取4个不同冬小麦品种分别在6个生育时期进行了光合特性的测定。结果表明：小麦旗叶6项光合特性指标随发育进程变化的趋势、变化程度基本相同,但不同品种在不同发育时期内光合特性指标的数值、变化程度不同;6项光合特性指标均与籽粒产量正相关;相关程度表现为绿叶面积>气孔导度>胞间CO₂浓度>净光合速率>叶绿素含量>蒸腾速率;不同时期光合特性与籽粒产量的相关性顺序为灌浆中期>灌浆前期>灌浆后期>开花期>抽穗期>灌浆末期;在开花期至灌浆后期,维持和提高旗叶的绿叶面积、叶绿素含量、净光合速率、气孔导度、胞间CO₂是提高小麦产量的基础。因此,在开展小麦高光效育种时,对种质资源材料进行光合特性测定和比较对育种工作具有非常重要的参考价值和指导意义。     

Likening Between the Effect of Drought and Terminal Water-stress Simulated by a Senescing Agent in Triticale

In 1994 four field experiments were conducted at two sites (northern and southern Spain), and in two environments at each site (irrigated and dryland conditions) in order to compare the effect of drought with the stress caused by chemical treatment with a senescing agent (potassium iodide, KI). A concentration of 0.3 % of KI was applied 10 days after anthesis on triticale Trujillo (X Tnticosecale Wittmack), and four nearisogenic lines derived from it.
The effect of the senescing agent on grain yield was higher in irrigated conditions than in dryland. The reduction in grain yield due to drought was higher than that caused by KI treatment, but both responses were correlated.
Drought and KI treatment had a different effect on yield components since water stress previous to anthesis markedly reduced the number of spikes per m². The effect of the chemical on the number of grains per spike was similar and correlated significantly with the reduction caused by drought. Dry matter accumulation of the grains decreased rapidly following chemical spray due to an important effect of KI on the grain filling rate. No association was found between the reduction in grain weight caused by drought and by KI treatment.     

休闲期深松配施氮肥对旱地土壤水分及小麦籽粒蛋白质积累的影响

为探索旱地小麦休闲期蓄水保墒及其配套施肥技术,2009-2011年连续2个小麦生长季,在山西闻喜县进行了休闲期深松或无耕作条件下低(75 kg hm^-2)、中(150 kg hm^-2)、高(225 kg hm^-2)施氮水平的田间试验,以明确深松处理配合施氮对土壤水分、籽粒蛋白质形成的影响。结果表明,深松处理可提高播前土壤蓄水量,尤其是深层土壤(60~160 cm)蓄水量,欠水年和丰水年分别提高12%~34%、10%~22%。深松处理后,籽粒谷氨酰胺合成酶(GS)、旗叶谷氨酸合酶(GOGAT)、低氮和中氮条件下籽粒GOGAT、籽粒谷丙转氨酶(GPT) 活性均提高;籽粒蛋白质产量和球蛋白含量,及丰水年谷蛋白含量和谷醇比也提高。随施氮量增加,开花期20~200 cm土壤蓄水量呈下降趋势,但籽粒GS、灌浆中后期旗叶GOGAT、灌浆后期籽粒GPT活性均上升,籽粒蛋白质及其组分含量提高,中氮条件下籽粒谷醇比最高。施氮量对深松处理开花期深层土壤蓄水量、籽粒蛋白质产量、籽粒GS和GPT活性有较大调控效应。深松配施氮肥条件下,丰水年开花期土壤水分与籽粒清蛋白、谷蛋白、蛋白质含量关系密切,而欠水年开花期土壤水分与谷醇比关系密切。氮代谢酶主要影响籽粒球蛋白含量、蛋白质产量的积累,丰水年还影响籽粒谷蛋白含量和谷醇比的提高。总之,旱地小麦休闲期深松蓄水效果好;配施氮量225 kg hm^-2有利于提高籽粒蛋白质及其组分含量,在欠水年施氮量150 kg hm^-2有利于提高籽粒蛋白质产量及谷醇比。     

Carbon Isotope Discrimination, Leaf Ash Content and Grain Yield in Bread and Durum Wheat Grown under Full-Irrigated Conditions

Integrative physiological criteria, such as carbon isotope discrimination (Δ) and (mineral) ash content (m_a) have been found to be very useful, under drought conditions, to elucidate the association between yield gains and variation of photosynthesis‐related traits and orientate future breeding efforts. Information on this association is scarce under irrigated conditions. The relationships between Δ, m_a and yield were studied in bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) and durum wheat (Triticum turgidum L. var. durum) under optimal (drip) irrigation in the arid conditions of north‐west Mexico. Carbon isotope discrimination was analysed on leaves at booting stage and anthesis and on grain at maturity, whereas ash content was measured on the flag leaf at anthesis and maturity. At anthesis, there were differences between bread and durum wheat during grain filling for Δ, but not for m_a. No relationship was found between grain yield and Δ. Leaf ash content at anthesis and maturity showed a broad variability within each species and were associated with grain yield. These results suggest that ash content in leaves could be also used as predictive criteria for yield not only under drought, but also under irrigated conditions, particularly when evaporative demand is high.