Effects of double harvesting on estimated total digestible nutrient yield of forage rice

We examined the effects of cultivar (Taporuri, Mohretsu, Tachiaoba, and Hinohikari) on estimated total digestible nutrient (TDN) yield of forage rice in double harvesting. The total estimated whole-plant TDN yield (i.e., of the first crop plus second crop) of Taporuri was the highest in double harvesting. In the first crop, the estimated whole-plant TDN yield of Taporuri was the highest. In the second crop, the estimated whole-plant TDN yield of Taporuri was almost the same as those of Mohretsu and Tachiaoba but higher than that of Hinohikari. We also examined the effects of cultivation method (double harvesting or single harvesting) on estimated TDN yield of forage rice. In Taporuri and Mohretsu, the total estimated whole-plant TDN yield was similar in double harvesting and single harvesting. However, in Tachiaoba and Hinohikari, it was lower in double harvesting than in single harvesting. It is important to maximize the amount of nutrition in leaf and stem rather than panicle because the grain is not digested well by cattle. In the double harvesting, the total estimated leaf blade (leaf) TDN yield of Taporuri was higher than that of Hinohikari and almost the same as those of Tachiaoba and Mohretsu. The total estimated leaf sheath plus stem (stem) TDN yield of Taporuri was the highest. In comparison of the total TDN yield of double harvesting with that of single harvesting, the total estimated leaf and stem TDN yields were higher in double harvesting than in single harvesting in all cultivars except for Hinohikari. Thus, double harvesting of Taporuri is an effective way of reducing the overall loss of nutrition from the crop.     

Cloning of a Cytochrome P450 Gene Induced by Ethylene Treatment in Deepwater Rice (Oryza sativa L.)

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We examined the effects of cutting height and trampling over stubbles of the first crop on dry matter yield in twice harvesting of forage rice Oryza sativa L., Tachiaoba and Taporuri. Dry matter yield of the second crop, after the first harvest at the full-heading stage, increased with increasing cutting height. However, the dry matter yield of the first crop decreased with increasing cutting height. Overall, total dry matter yield did not vary with the cutting height. Dry matter yield and its components of the second crop were not greatly affected by the trampling treatment. At cutting heights of 15 and 5 cm from the base, the number of tillers developed from unelongated nodes was increased by the trampling treatment. Thus, although the number of tillers developed from the elongated nodes was decreased after the trampling treatment, the decrease is compensated for by the increased number of tillers from unelongated nodes.     

Effects of the Tillering Nodes on the Main Stem of a Chinese Large-Panicle-Type Rice Cultivar,Yangdao 4, on the Growth and Yield-Related Characteristics in Relation to Cropping Season

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Using a Chinese large-panicle-type high-yielding indica rice cultivar, Yangdao 4 (YD), pot experiments were carried out to determine the effects of the removal of the lower nodal primary tillers on the growth and yield-related characteristics in comparison with a Japanese cultivar, Hinohikari (HH), with almost the same growth duration. The plants with all tillers remaining (Cont), those with tillers from the 5th and higher nodes (T5) and those with tillers from the 8th and higher nodes (T8) were prepared by removing the other tillers and grown in early, normal and late cropping seasons, sowing in late April, May and June, respectively. The lowest nodal primary tillers in each group emerged earlier and the number of days from sowing to flag leaf expansion and to full heading stage was reduced in the late cropping season, especially in HH. The maximum number of stems and number of panicles were larger in HH than in YD, and tended to be higher in the order of Cont > T5 > T8 plants. The average panicle weight per stem was higher in YD than in HH and higher in the order T8 > T5 > Cont. Panicle weight per hill was higher in YD than in HH in each cropping season and higher in early cropping season in both cultivars. Panicle weight decreased with delayed tiller emergence in YD, but not in HH. Panicle weight was more closely related to straw weight in YD than in HH. Therefore, the promotion of vegetative growth by early sowing and development of lower nodal tillers is more effective for attaining a high yield in YD than in HH.     

单本密植机插杂交晚稻产量形成特点研究

以杂交稻泰优390和隆晶优1212为材料,开展大田试验,在不同秧龄(15、20、25和30 d)下对单本密植机插和常规机插杂交晚稻的分蘖动态、干物质积累、产量及产量构成进行了比较。结果表明,在各秧龄下,单本机插的处理分蘖数均少于常规机插,但成穗率、每穗粒数和二次枝梗比常规机插平均高18.36%、21.00%和26.92%;单本机插分蘖中期的干物质积累量低于常规机插,但齐穗期和成熟期的干物质积累量要高于常规机插;单本机插分蘖中期、齐穗期和成熟期的单茎干物质量分别比常规机插高0.02 g、0.11 g和0.37 g;单本机插在15、20、25和30 d秧龄下的产量分别较常规机插高10.08%、11.08%、18.64%和20.07%。由此可见,杂交晚稻采用单本密植机插,有利于控制无效分蘖,形成个体优势,增加二次枝梗数,扩大库容量,提高齐穗后群体干物质量,进而获得高产。     

Effect of lowering the root/shoot ratio by pruning roots on water use efficiency and grain yield of winter wheat

A pot and a field experiment were conducted to assess the effects of root/shoot ratio (R/S) on the water use efficiency (WUE) and grain yield of winter wheat. The R/S was regulated by pruning the roots during the stem elongation stage, resulting in reduced root systems of the plants. At the heading stage, the root dry weight of root-pruned plants was less than that of intact-root plants, but their R/S was similar to that of intact-root plants under both experimental conditions. After tiller pruning, the R/S of root-pruned plants was significantly lower than that of intact-root plants (p < 0.05). Root pruning reduced the rate of leaf transpiration and lowered the number of tillers per plant (p < 0.05) during the vegetative stage. As a result, root-pruned wheat showed reduced water use when compared to intact-root plants before heading (p < 0.05). At anthesis, there was no significant difference in transpiration between plants with intact roots and those with pruned roots in the pots. However, under field conditions, transpiration of root-pruned plants was significantly higher than that of intact-root plants at anthesis. Additionally, at anthesis root-pruned plants had a higher rate of leaf photosynthesis and lower rate of root respiration, which resulted in a significantly higher grain yield at maturity when compared to plants with intact roots. Under both experimental conditions, there were no significant differences in shoot dry weight per plant between root-pruned and intact-root plants grown in monoculture. When root-pruned plants were grown with intact-root plants, the root-pruned wheat was less productive and had a lower relative shoot dry weight (0.78 and 0.86, respectively) than the intact-root plants (1.24 and 1.16, respectively). These results suggest that plants with pruned roots had a lower ability to compete and to acquire and use the same resources in the mixture when compared with intact-root plants. Root pruning improved the WUE of winter wheat under both experimental conditions. This suggests that appropriate management for the root system/tillers in wheat crops can be used to increase grain yield and water use efficiency. Specifically, lowering the R/S improved the grain yield and WUE of winter wheat significantly by lowering its competitive ability and improving root efficiency. Therefore, drought-resistance breeding to improve the grain yield and WUE, at least for wheat, should be made by targeted selection of less competitive progeny with a small R/S for cultivation in arid and semiarid areas.     

缓释肥与速效氮肥配比施用对滨海盐碱稻区水稻产量及生长发育的影响

以盐丰47为试验材料,采用小区对比试验方法,研究缓释肥与速效氮肥配比施用对机插水稻生长发育及产量的影响。结果表明,在插后1.5叶龄期施用一次蘖肥45 kg/hm^2,在插后7叶龄期施用112.5 kg/hm^2穗肥会获得高产。该施肥模式增加了后期穗肥的施用量,促进了齐穗后干物质向穗部的转移,抽穗期和成熟期干物质积累量大,同时高效叶面积指数、高效叶面积率和有效叶面积率大,该施肥模式齐穗及生育后期仍有较强的光合能力,达到了保蘖促花的作用。通过产量构成因素分析得出该施肥模式通过增加颖花数、千粒重、结实率和每穗成粒数实现高产。     

秸秆还田下适宜施氮量提高机插稻南粳9108产量和群体质量

为探明秸秆还田条件下机插稻适宜施氮量,阐明机插稻产量和高质量群体形成对氮肥响应的特点,在大田秸秆全量还田条件下,以优质食味水稻南粳9108为材料,设置0、135.0、202.5、270.0、337.5、405.0 kg/hm²等6种施氮水平,研究氮肥用量对机插稻产量及其构成和群体质量的影响。结果表明,随着施氮量增加,机插稻产量先增加后减少,以施氮量为270 kg/hm²产量最高。产量提高的主要原因是较高的群体颖花量,在施氮量为270 kg/hm² 条件下,机插稻群体颖花量达最大值。机插稻单位面积穗数随着施氮量增加而增加,每穗粒数先增后减,而结实率和千粒重表现为递减趋势。随着氮肥用量增加,机插稻分蘖中期、拔节期、抽穗期和成熟期的茎蘖数、叶面积指数、光合势和干物质积累量均呈递增趋势,而抽穗后干物质积累量、成穗率、有效叶面积率、高效叶面积率和粒叶比呈先增后降的趋势。因此,秸秆还田后适当增加施氮量利于提高机插稻产量,优化群体质量。     

Relationship between Dry Weight at Heading and the Number ofSpikelets on Individual Rice Tillers

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The objectives of this study were to identify the growth parameters involved in determining the number of spikelets on an individual tiller (ST) and to elucidate how ST is determined in rice (Oryza sativa L.). We examined the correlation of ST with the dry weight (DWT), leaf area (LAT), and the amount of nitrogen (NT) at heading for individual tillers grown under different conditions that were expected to affect spikelet production. In 1999, the japonica rice cultivars “Mineasahi” (short-duration), “Hinohikari” (intermediate-duration), and “Akebono” (long-duration) were transplanted in a paddy field on two different dates (EARLY and LATE). In 2000, Hinohikari was grown under three different treatments (gibberellic acid application, nitrogen topdressing, and thinning of hills at panicle initiation) and without treatment (control). Covariance and partial correlation analyses indicated that ST was positively and essentially correlated with DWT rather than with LAT and NT. The regression of ST on DWT was stable within each cultivar regardless of the treatment, year, tiller order, and number of differentiated spikelets. The slope of the regression was the steepest in the short-duration cultivar. These results suggest that the steep slope is desirable for high-yielding cultivars with large panicles. We conclude that ST is mostly determined by dry matter production of an individual tiller regardless of the number of differentiated spikelets. We present a diagram showing the relationship between dry matter production and the number of differentiated, surviving, and degenerated spikelets on an individual tiller.     

The relationship between tiller appearance in spring and contribution to dry-matter yield in perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.) cultivars differing in heading date

The relative contribution of tillers present in April and those appearing in consecutive periods in spring was assessed for perennial ryegrass cultivars in the three maturity groups (early, intermediate‐ and late‐heading). Each group was represented by two diploid and one tetraploid cultivar each in plots in their third (2000) and fourth (2001) harvest years in three replicated blocks receiving an average of 325 kg N ha^?1 and cut seven (in 2001) or eight (in 2000) times annually. ‘Main’ tillers and their daughters were marked with colour‐coded PVC‐covered wire loops in early April as were daughters which appeared in consecutive periods between harvests, the loop colour identifying the period of origin of the tiller. Tillers were harvested at cutting height (5 cm) before the plots were harvested and the herbage from tillers with the same colour code bulked per plot. Tillers were identified retrospectively as ‘reproductive’ if they had been decapitated at the previous harvest. Dry‐matter yield was higher in the early than late‐heading cultivars in April and early May but this was reversed in harvests in late May and June. The early heading group had a lower lamina content than the late‐heading group during reproduction growth, both due to the reproductive tillers (mainly those which overwintered) having a lower leaf content and to their being fewer and smaller vegetative tillers during the reproductive phase than for the late‐heading group. Turnover of tillers was high in spring due to decapitation of reproductive tillers and rapid post‐flowering tillering. This was particularly pronounced in the early heading group which also had slightly more tillers marked in April which were subsequently decapitated than in the other maturity groups, i.e. 0·56 compared with 0·44 for the late‐maturing group. Mean ratios of rate of death: rate of tillering for 3 years (1999–2001) for the early and late‐heading groups were 0·8 and 0·4, respectively, for April–May and 1·1 and 2·4, respectively, for June indicating the different patterns in tiller turnover for the two extreme maturity groups. Information on tiller origin and contribution to yield can be used to refine tiller‐based grass growth models.     

Yield formation and tillering dynamics of direct-seeded rice in flooded and nonflooded soils in the Huai River Basin of China

Water shortage in the Huai River Basin prompts farmers to adopt water-saving technologies such as direct-seeded nonflooded or aerobic rice. Different cultivation practices impact on tiller growth and development. Improved insight into tiller dynamics is needed to increase yield in these production systems. We conducted field experiments with four direct-seeded rice varieties under flooded and nonflooded conditions in Mengcheng county, Anhui province, in 2005–2006. The soil water content in the nonflooded treatment varied between saturation and field capacity. Yields in nonflooded soil ranged from 3.6 to 4.7 t ha⁻¹, and did not differ significantly from yields in flooded soil that ranged from 3.6 to 5.1 t ha⁻¹. Variety had a significant effect on biomass, yield, panicle number, spikelet number, grain weight, and grain filling percentage. Panicle number was the main factor limiting yield, resulting from a low tiller emergence frequency and a low fraction of productive tillers in both the flooded and the nonflooded soils. On average, the panicle number was 159–232 m⁻², including 34–167 productive tillers per m² for all the varieties under the two water regimes. The contribution of productive tillers to yield varied between 7% and 47%. There were two peaks of tillers that contributed to yield, one at the low (4th or 5th) and one at the high (10th or 11th) phytomer orders. Frequencies of tiller emergence at most phytomer orders were higher in the flooded soil than in the nonflooded soil. There were no significant differences in frequencies of productive tiller emergence and contributions to yield from tillers between the soil water regimes for three of the four tested varieties. To increase yield in direct-seeded nonflooded rice production systems, both the tiller emergence frequency and the fraction of productive tillers should increase through breeding, improved crop management, or a combination.     

Varietal differences in tiller and panicle development determining the total number of spikelets per unit area in rice

ABSTRACT

Rice varietal differences were compared between japonica type (JAT) and indica type (INT) and between panicle number type (PNT) and panicle weight type (PWT) in terms of tiller and panicle development. Rice varieties PNT-JAT Hinohikari, PWT-JAT Akenohoshi, PNT-INT IR36, and PWT-INT Takanari were used in the field experiments. Tiller bud formation and tiller leaf emergence occurred slightly later in the PWT than in the PNT varieties. These parameters occurred slightly earlier in the INT than in the JAT varieties. The maximum number of tillers was greater in IR36 than in Takanari, Hinohikari, and Akenohoshi. The number of panicles per unit area (PN) was greater in IR36 and Hinohikari than in Akenohoshi and Takanari. The widths of the shoot apical meristem (SAM) just before panicle initiation were in the order of Akenohoshi > Hinohikari = Takanari > IR36. The number of spikelets per panicle (SN) was in the order of Takanari = Akenohoshi > IR36 > Hinohikari. In conclusion, the PWT varieties, which had relatively wider SAM, presented with the promotion of main shoot development and the suppression of tiller development. Consequently, PN decreased and SN increased in PWT varieties. INT varieties presented with the promotion of tiller and rachis branch development, which resulted in increases in both PN and SN. These developmental factors may determine varietal differences in the total number of spikelets per unit area.     

用~(14)CO_2示踪研究汕优10号不同类型群体的成穗率及光合效率

以汕优１０号为材料，在齐穗期采用１４ＣＯ２同化标记，研究了汕优１０号不同类型群体的成穗率和光合效率。还就群体成穗率和光合强度，群体净同化率和成穗率，群体的呼吸消耗和光合产物分配比例与产量的关系，以及提高成穗率的途径作了探讨。     

Effects of Planting Time and Nitrogen Application on Dry Matter Yield of the Forage Rice Cultivar Tachiaoba in Southwestern Japan

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We examined the effects of planting time on the dry matter (DM) yield of the forage rice cultivar Tachiaoba in southwestern Japan. DM yield was much higher with early planting than with normal planting. Dry weight (DW) per tiller was much higher with early planting than with normal planting. Thus, early planting is effective to obtain high DM yield. DM yield was closely related to the DW increase from transplanting to the full-heading stage (DW increase before heading) and DW per tiller. These results suggest that early planting leads to an increase in DW at the full-heading stage through an increase in DW per tiller and gives a high DM yield at the yellow-ripe stage. We also examined the effects of nitrogen (N) application rate and method on DM yield at the yellow-ripe stage. DM yield was higher with application of 22.5 g N m-² than with 15.0 g N m-². Although DW per tiller was slightly lower with application of 22.5 g N m-² than with 15.0 g N m-², the number of tillers per square meter was much higher with application of 22.5 g N m-² than with 15.0 g N m-². DM yield was the highest with N application method 1 that was applied more N early, followed by methods 2 that was applied more N evenly over time and 3 that was applied more N later. The number of tillers per square meter was much higher with method 1 than with method 2 or 3. Thus, application of 22.5 g N m-² by method 1 is effective to obtain high DM yield. With both early and normal plantings, DM yield was closely related to the DW increase before heading and the number of tillers per square meter. These results suggest that application of 22.5 g N m-² by method 1 lead to an increase in DW at the full-heading stage through an increase in the number of tillers per square meter resulting in a high DM yield at the yellow-ripe stage.     

Tiller traits of spring cereals under tiller-depressing long day conditions

Long days partially depress tiller growth of spring cereals. In this study we characterised and quantified growing conditions and cultivar-induced variation in tiller traits and contribution of tillers to grain yield. Experiments were done at two locations in southern Finland, incorporating two nitrogen fertiliser application rates (80 and 120 kg N ha⁻¹) and 12 two-row barley (Hordeum vulgare L.), 10 six-row barley, ten oat (Avena sativa L.) and 11 wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) cultivars. Spring cereal species differed significantly in their tillering: two-row barley was superior compared with other spring cereals, with the highest number and growth capacity of tillers and head-bearing tillers. Grain yield produced by tillers was, however, always modest compared with that of main shoots, ranging from 13% and 15% in oat and wheat to 20% in six-row barley and 64% in two-row barley. Cultivar and growing condition-induced differences were marked in tiller traits, but tillers were never able to out-yield the main shoot. This is likely to be emphasised by standard use of high seeding rates. Tillers are dominated by the main shoot under long day conditions at high latitudes, and tiller yield potential remains clearly underutilised even under conditions favouring growth.     

The effect of defoliation practice in Western Australia on tiller development of annual ryegrass (Lolium rigidum) and Italian ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum) and its association with forage quality

The effect of defoliation on the vegetative, early reproductive and inflorescence stages of tiller development, changes in the dry‐matter yield of leaf, stem and inflorescence and the associated changes in forage quality was determined on plants of annual ryegrass (Lolium rigidum Gaud.) and Italian ryegrass (L. multiflorum Lam.). The field study comprised seventy‐two plots of 1 m × 2 m, sown with one annual ryegrass and seven Italian ryegrass cultivars with a range of heading dates from early to late; defoliation commenced 6 weeks after germination. During the vegetative stage of growth, plots were defoliated when the tillers had three fully expanded leaves (three‐leaf stage). During the early reproductive stage of growth, to simulate a cut for silage, plots were defoliated 6–7 weeks after 0·10 of the tillers displayed nodal development. The subsequent regrowth was defoliated every 3 weeks. Assessments of changes in tiller density, yield and quality were made in the growth cycle that followed three contrasting cutting treatments during the winter–spring period (from 10 July). In treatment 1, this growth cycle (following closing‐up before a subsequent conservation cut) commenced on 7 August following two defoliations each taken when the tillers were at the three‐leaf stage. In treatment 2, the growth cycle commenced on 16 October following: for early‐maturing cultivars, two cuts at the three‐leaf stage, a cut for silage and an additional regrowth cut; for medium‐maturing cultivars three cuts at the three‐leaf stage and a cut for silage; and late‐maturing cultivars, five cuts at the three‐leaf stage. In treatment 3, defoliation up to 16 October was as for treatment 2, but the growth cycle studied started on 27 November following two additional regrowth cuts for early‐ and medium‐maturing cultivars and cut for silage for the late‐maturing cultivars. Tiller development for all cultivars was classified into three stages; vegetative, early reproductive and inflorescence. In treatment 1, in vitro dry‐matter digestibility (IVDMD) and crude protein (CP) content were negatively associated with maturation of tillers. IVDMD ranged from 0·85 to 0·60 and CP ranged from 200 to less than 100 g kg^–1 dry matter (DM) during the vegetative and inflorescence stages respectively. This large reduction in forage quality was due to an increase in the proportion of stem, inflorescence and dead material, combined with a reduction in the IVDMD and CP content of the stem. A high level of forage quality was retained for longer with later‐maturing cultivars, and/or when vegetative tillers were initiated from the defoliation of early reproductive tillers (treatments 2 and 3). However, 15 weeks after the closing‐up date in treatment 1, defoliation significantly reduced the density of inflorescences with means (±pooled s.e_m.) of 1560, 1178 and 299 ± 108 tillers m^–2, and DM yield of inflorescence with means of 3·0, 0·6 and 0·1 ± 0·15 t ha^–1 for treatments 1, 2 and 3 respectively. This study supports the recommendation that annual and Italian ryegrass cultivars should be classified according to maturity date based on the onset of inflorescence emergence, and that the judicious defoliation of early reproductive tillers can be used to promote the initiation of new vegetative tillers which in turn will retain forage quality for longer.     

不同移栽基本苗对机插水稻生育及产量的影响

以超级稻“盐丰47”为材料,采用小区对比试验方法,探讨了不同移栽基本苗对机插水稻生育性状、产量的影响。结果表明,增加移栽基本苗,有利于单位面积最高茎蘖数与收获穗数、齐穗期群体叶面积指数与有效叶面积率以及齐穗期与成熟期干物质积累量的增加;不利于茎蘖成穗率、齐穗期高效叶面积率以及齐穗后干物质积累量占籽粒产量百分比的提高。移栽基本苗86.71×104／hm。的处理B3获得单产10.27t／hm^2,比处理B4、B2、B5、B1分别增产0.7％、2.0％、2.4％、5.1％。     

浙江台州地区早籼稻产量与干物质生产特征研究

对7个早籼稻品种（系）的产量及其构成因素和干物质积累量进行了相关分析。结果表明,杂交稻产量高于常规稻,平均较常规稻高10.0%。相关分析表明,产量与总颖花数和有效穗数分别呈极显著正相关和显著正相关,与每穗粒数、结实率、千粒重呈负相关,但均不显著。通径分析表明,总颖花数、结实率和千粒重对产量的直接作用均为正效应,其中,总颖花数贡献最大,结实率次之,千粒重作用最小。随生育期的推进,干物质积累量品种间差异逐渐减小,完熟期干物质积累量以陵两优106表现最高,金早47表现最低。干物质总积累量和干物质平均日积累量与总颖花数和产量分别呈极显著正相关和显著正相关,与结实率呈极显著负相关;抽穗前干物质积累量与产量相关度高于抽穗后干物质积累量。综上所述,台州地区早稻生产宜选用两系杂交早籼稻品种在生产上推广。生产中注重提高单位面积穗粒数,促进干物质积累量,更有利于早稻获得高产。     

超级杂交稻协优9308生理模型的研究

观察比较了超级杂交稻协优9308和高产杂交稻协优63的生理特性。与高产杂交稻协优63相比,超级杂交稻协优9308表现出两个明显的顶端优势,即营养生长期间的“茎蘖顶端优势”和灌浆成熟期间的“粒间顶端优势”。认为这两优势是协优9308超高产的生理特性和基础,据此提出以单茎（蘖）物质生产优势为基础,以“两个顶端优势”为中心的超级杂交稻协优9308的“生理模型”,即(1) 协优9308 干物质生产能力高,全生育期单株干物质生产量达120 g;抽穗后仍具有较高生产力,此间生物产量占总生物产量的40%。(2) 营养生长期“茎蘖顶端优势”显著,有效分蘖终止期较早,出现在移栽后2周左右,幼穗发育整齐,成穗率>65 %。(3) 灌浆成熟期“粒间顶端优势”显著,优势粒灌浆势高,齐穗后第2周便达到灌浆势的峰值,此后仍保持一定的灌浆能力;劣势粒灌浆进程比优势粒滞后,在临近成熟时,仍未出现灌浆势峰值;支撑劣势粒灌浆势不减的生理机制是：根系衰老迟缓,花后物质运转势较高,功能叶衰老迟缓。这一超级杂交稻“生理模型”的经济产量指标是11~12 t/hm2。     

Increases in leaf artemisinin concentration in Artemisia annua in response to the application of phosphorus and boron

Malaria resurgence particularly in the third world is considerable and exacerbated by the development of multi-drug resistances to chemicals such as chloroquinone. Drug therapies, as recommended by WHO include the use of antimalarial compounds derived from Artemisia annua L., i.e. artemisinin-based therapies. This work aims to determine how A. annua plant dry matter can be enhanced while maximising artemisinin concentration from understanding the plant's mineral requirements for P and B. Experiments with differing of P, from 5 to 120 mg L⁻¹ and B from 0.1 to 0.9 mg L⁻¹ were undertaken. Mineral nutrients were supplied in irrigation water to potted plants and after a period of growth, dry matter production and leaf artemisinin concentration were determined. Increases in P application enhanced plant growth and total dry matter production. An optimal application rate, with respect to dry matter, was apparent around 30 mg P L⁻¹. Despite increases in P application having no influence on leaf artemisinin concentration, optimal yields of artemisinin, on a per plant basis, were again achieved at supply rate around 30-60 mg L⁻¹. Increasing B application rate had little influence on dry matter production despite increases in B leaf tissue concentration promoting the total amount of B per plant. Leaf artemisinin concentration significantly increased with B application rate up to 0.6 mg B L⁻¹. The higher artemisinin concentrations when multiplied by total leaf dry matter at the higher B application rates produced an increase in total artemisinin production per plant. There was however no further significant effect on leaf artemisinin concentration when B supply concentrations increased further (0.9 mg L⁻¹). Artemisinin production varied between the two experiments to a greater extent than plant dry matter production and the reasons for this are discussed in relation to growing environments and their possible impacts on artemisinin biosynthesis.     

光身型粳稻嘉58超高产群体特征分析

以光身粳稻嘉58为材料,于2014年、2015年通过调控栽培措施构建了超高产(产量≥11.25 t/hm2)、高产(11.25 t/hm2产量≥9.75 t/hm2)和一般生产产量(9.75 t/hm2产量≥7.5 t/hm2)3个产量群体,对3个产量群体的产量构成特征、茎蘖生长动态、叶面积动态及构成、干物质积累转运等地上部特征进行了追踪调查。结果表明,与高产群体、一般生产产量群体相比,超高产群体的结实率和千粒重差异不显著,但总颖花量极显著提高;超高产群体在有效分蘖临界期至拔节期的茎蘖增加平缓、无效分蘖发生少、高峰苗低、茎蘖衰减平缓、成穗率高;超高产群体的叶面积指数、抽穗期后干物质积累量、收获指数均显著提高。提出了嘉58的超高产群体的主要经济指标并讨论了其高产栽培技术。