播期对雨养旱地春玉米生长发育及水分利用的影响

为了解决陕西渭北旱塬地区玉米播种期干旱缺水造成出苗不全、不整齐,导致产量低而不稳的问题,设置6个不同播期,研究对春玉米生长发育、干物质生产、产量形成、水分利用及环境因子的影响。结果表明,随着播期的推迟,玉米的生育期明显缩短,营养生长期、营养生长与生殖生长并进期变化范围为2~19 d,生殖生长阶段则相对稳定,变化范围仅为?3~5 d。在一定的时间范围内,不同播期处理间的单株干物质生产没有明显差异,但由于受播期调整后的土壤含水量变化影响,适宜播期的玉米花后雌穗干物质积累量、籽粒产量及水分利用效率分别较早播和晚播提高4.0%~23.6%、3.9%~24.5%和6.6%~14.5%。早播影响产量的主要因素是播种期土壤含水量低而造成的出苗差,实际收获穗数不足;晚播影响产量的主要因素是生殖生长期后移,有效积温和日照时数减少造成的花后干物质积累减少、千粒重下降。适期播种可以增加田间实际收获穗数,促进雌穗花后干物质积累,提高玉米的水分利用效率。结合该区生态因素,5月4日以前适墒播种是玉米高产的有效避旱播期。研究结果可为该区春玉米抗逆避旱高产栽培提供有效的技术参考。     

Breeding for yield, in mixtures of common beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) and maize (Zea mays L.)

Summary Despite the growing industrialization, technification and transformation that is happening in the agriculture around the world, and despite that agricultural research has always concentrated its effort on sole crops, multiple cropping systems have historically been important for common bean production in tropical countries. The reasons for this fact, are economical and social, as well as biological. Bean breeders have always been questioned on their work, because the development of new varieties is usually done in sole crop, but the varieties are grown in either systems. This paper addresses a set of questions that are usually presented to the breeders, in light of the evidence obtained from many trials conducted in Brazil and in the U.S.A.: Will the genotypes bred for sole crop conditions, perform well when grown in intercrop; How different should a genotype be, for cultivation in intercropping compared to genotypes developed for sole crop conditions; Is there a need for special breeding programs for intercropping and How could a breeding program focus the question of multiple (associated) cropping?     

普通小麦氮素利用效率相关性状全基因组关联分析

氮元素在粮食作物生长和发育过程起着不可替代的作用。发掘氮素利用效率相关基因对于提升小麦产量、减少环境污染具有重要意义。植株根系构型(rootsystemarchitecture,RSA)代表着根系的结构及空间造型,显著受氮素水平影响。本研究在正常供氮和缺氮两种氮素水平下,对160份来自黄淮冬麦区和北部冬麦区普通小麦品系的根系构型相关性状(总根长、总根表面积、总根体积、平均根直径和根尖数)进行统计,并结合小麦660KSNP(single nucleotidepolymorphism)芯片基因分型数据对根系相关性状的相对值进行全基因组关联分析,以期发掘氮素利用效率相关位点。本研究检测到34个与氮素利用效率显著关联的SNP位点,可解释6.9%～15.4%的表型变异。关联位点在所有染色体均有分布,主要集中于1A、2B、3B、5B、6A、6B和7A染色体。11个位点与已报道位点重叠或接近,其他23个位点可能为新的位点。另外,在3B染色体上发现一个编码E3泛素连接酶的候选基因。     

Genetic dissection of haploid male fertility in maize (Zea mays L.)

Haploid genome doubling is a key limiting step of haploid breeding in maize. Spontaneous restoration of haploid male fertility (HMF) provides a more promising method than the artificial doubling process. To reveal the genetic basis of HMF, haploids were obtained from the offspring of 285 F_2:3 families, derived from the cross Zheng58 × K22. The F_2:3 families were used as the female donor and Yu high inducer No. 1 (YHI‐1) as the male inducer line. The rates of HMF from each family line were evaluated at two field sites over two planting seasons. HMF displayed incomplete dominance. Transgressive segregation of haploids from F_2:3 families was observed relative to haploids derived from the two parents of the mapping population. A total of nine quantitative trait loci (QTL) were detected, which were distributed on chromosomes 1, 3, 4, 7 and 8. Three major QTL, qHMF3b, qHMF7a and qHMF7b were detected in both locations, respectively. These QTL could be useful to predict the ability of spontaneous haploid genome doubling, and to accelerate the haploid breeding process by introgression or aggregation of those QTL.     

Grain yield and root characteristics of summer maize (Zea mays L.) under shade stress conditions

Low light is a major adversity affecting yield and quality of summer maize in the Huang‐Huai‐Hai region of China. We conducted a field experiment to explore the effects of shading on root development and yield formation in two summer maize hybrids (Zea mays L.), Denghai605 (DH605) and Zhengdan958 (ZD958). The experiment consisted of four treatments (CK: ambient sunlight, S1: shading from tasselling to physiological maturity stage, S2: shading from six‐leaf to tasselling stage, S3: shading from seeding to physiological maturity stage). Shading had a strong impact on the development of roots in the upper soil layer. Shading significantly decreased the root dry weight, root/shoot ratio, root length density, root absorption area and active absorption area. The results showed that treatments in a diminishing sequence of effects on root from S3, S1, S2 to CK. Overall, shading decreased the root morphologic and activity indices, and decreased yield in summer maize. During an average of 2 years, yields of ZD958 in S3, S2 and S1 decreased by 85%, 24% and 55%, yields of DH605 in S3, S2 and S1 decreased by 87%, 26% and 67%, in compare to CK. The results will be useful for hybrid selection and improving cultural practices for enhancing the maize shading resistance in Huang‐Huai‐Hai region.     

Genetic control of boron efficiency in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)

The genetic control of boron (B) efficiencyin wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) wasstudied for three genotypes representing Binefficient (I, Bonza), moderately Binefficient (MI, SW 41) and B efficient (E,Fang 60) categories. Boron efficiency wasexpressed as a partially dominant characterbut the phenotypes of F₁ hybrids,relative to parents, indicated geneticcontrol varying from recessive to additiveto completely dominant with different crosscombinations and B levels. Major geneswere identified from the evaluation ofF₂-derived F₃ populations derivedfrom intercrosses between the threeparents. Monogenic segregation was foundin Bonza × SW 41 and SW 41 × Fang 60crosses and digenic segregation resultedin Bonza × Fang 60. Among thethree wheat genotypes with widely differentB efficiency, genetic variation forresponse to B could be accounted for by twogenes, Bo _d 1 and Bo _d 2.     

Genetic variation for nitrogen use efficiency in winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)

Summary The new European Common Agricultural Policy and environmental considerations are certainly to change agricultural practices toward low input cultivation systems. Nitrogen is one of the main inputs of winter wheat in northern France and it contributes highly to phreatic water pollution. A research programme has then been set up in order to study whether it is possible to breed for winter wheat cultivars using more efficiently N fertilisers. Less nitrogen would be applied, decreasing pollution risks and operational costs. It has been shown that a large variation exists for N related traits and for the resistance against N deficiency. On the one hand the cv Arche is very resistant to N deficiency, its yield on low N conditions (with no N fertiliser) is on average 89% of its yield on high N conditions (with a high N application). On the other hand, cv Récital is very susceptible to N deficiency as this same percentage is only 61%. A study on 10 hybrids showed that heterosis for grain yield was higher at low N level than at high N level. This was due to a higher number of grains per m².     

Shade Effects on Phaseolus vulgaris L. Intercropped with Zea mays L. under Well-Watered Conditions

Field experiments were carried out under unstressed conditions of soil water during two summer crop growing seasons (1998–99 and 1999–2000 seasons) in a South African semi‐arid region (Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa). The aim of this study was to investigate shade effects on beans intercropped with maize in terms of plant mass and radiation use. The experimental treatments were two cropping systems (no shading/sole cropping and shading/intercropping) and two row orientations (north–south and east–west). At the top of bean canopies shaded by maize, incident radiation was reduced by up to 90 %. Shading reduced total dry matter of beans by 67 % at the end of the growing season, resulting in yield losses. The dry matter partitioning into leaf and stem (the ratios of leaf and stem to total biomass) was about 50 % higher in intercropping than sole cropping. In contrast, intercropped beans had 40 % lower dry matter partitioning into pod (the ratio of pod to total biomass). Fraction of radiation intercepted by sole‐cropped beans steeply increased until canopy closure (0.9) and then slowly decreased, while fraction of radiation intercepted by intercropped beans remained constant between 0.0 and 0.2 throughout the growing seasons. However, intercropped beans had 77 % higher radiation use efficiency (RUE) than sole‐cropped beans. In contrast, for maize, no effect of intercropping (shading) was found on growth, partitioning, yield, radiation interception or RUE. Consequently, lower bean yield losses can be attained in association with late shading rather than early shading. This can be controlled by growing crops with different temporal and spatial treatments. As regards row treatment, no effect of row direction was found on growth, partitioning, yield, radiation interception or RUE.     

Effect of soil drought on growth and yield of maize (Zea mays L.) hybrids grown under compacted soil

In this study, we examined responses of maize hybrids differing in susceptibility to soil compaction and drought in the case of their separate or combined action. We ran field and greenhouse experiments and determined effects on grain yield, biomass, weight of 1000 grains, shoot and roots dry matter (DM), shoot-to-roots ratio, harvest index, plant height, emergence index, leaf area and greening and root number and length. Individual and combined effects of both stresses were observed in the field and greenhouse. Compared with plants growing in loose soil and optimal irrigation (LI), the resistant hybrids in treatments HI, LD and HD showed a smaller reduction in GY, BY, S, R, R_N and R_L than the sensitive. In both groups, stress influence on HA, W-1000, LA and SPAD was smaller and the differences were insignificant. Compared with LI treatment, the roots of LD, HI and HD increased their DM, number and length in the upper level of the soil profile and the number of roots developed at 0–30° and 30–60° in relation to the root main axis. Analysis of those traits in the hybrids resistant and sensitive to both stress factors enabled to explain a defence response. Our study demonstrated that soil compaction and soil drought, which usually occurs simultaneously, caused significant changes in components of plant yield and showed plant plasticity in response to environmental factors under natural conditions.     

Genetic control of frost tolerance in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)

Summary The frost tolerance of winter wheat is one component of winter hardiness. If seedlings are frost resistant, it means that they can survive the frost effect without any considerable damage. To study the genetic control of frost tolerance, an artificial freezing test was used. Frost tolerance is controlled by an additive-dominance system. The results of diallel analyses indicate the importance of both additive and non-additive gene action in the inheritance of this character. The dominant genes act in the direction of lower frost tolerance and the recessive genes in the direction of a higher level of frost tolerance. The results of monosomic and substitution analyses show that at least 10 of the 21 pairs of chromosomes are involved in the control of frost tolerance and winter hardiness. Chromosomes 5A and 5D have been implicated most frequently. The geneFr1 (Frost 1) was located on the long arm of chromosome 5A. Crosses between cultivars, chromosome manipulation and the induction of somaclonal variation may be suitable methods for broadening the gene pool for frost tolerance.     

Effects of different soil conservation tillage approaches on soil nutrients,water use and wheat-maize yield in rainfed dry-land regions of North China

Excessive tillage compromises soil quality by causing severe water shortages that can lead to crop failure. Reports on the effects of conservation tillage on major soil nutrients, water use efficiency and gain yield in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) and maize (Zea mays L.) in rainfed regions in the North China Plain are relatively scarce. In this work, four tillage approaches were tested from 2004 to 2012 in a randomized study performed in triplicate: one conventional tillage and three conservation tillage experiments with straw mulching (no tillage during wheat and maize seasons, subsoiling during the maize season but no tillage during the wheat season, and ridge planting during both wheat and maize seasons). Compared with conventional tillage, by 2012, eight years of conservation tillage treatments (no tillage, subsoiling and ridge planting) resulted in a significant increase in available phosphorus in topsoil (0–0.20 m), by 3.8%, 37.8% and 36.9%, respectively. Soil available potassium was also increased following conservation tillage, by 13.6%, 37.5% and 25.0%, and soil organic matter by 0.17%, 5.65% and 4.77%, while soil total nitrogen was altered by −2.33%, 4.21% and 1.74%, respectively. Meanwhile, all three conservation tillage approaches increased water use efficiency, by 19.1–28.4% (average 24.6%), 10.1–23.8% (average 15.9%) and 11.2–20.7% (average 15.7%) in wheat, maize and annual, respectively. Additionally, wheat yield was increased by 7.9–12.0% (average 10.3%), maize yield by 13.4–24.6% (average 17.4%) and rotation annual yield by 12.3–16.9% (average 14.1%). Overall, our findings demonstrate that subsoiling and ridge planting with straw mulching performed better than conventional tillage for enhancing major soil nutrients and improving grain yield and water use efficiency in rainfed regions in the North China Plain.     

The Response of Sweet Potato (Ipomoea batatas Lam.) to Inter- and Relay-cropping with Maize (Zea mays L.)

Four sweet potato cultivars were inter- and relay-cropped with maize at two locations in Peru. Increasing interspecific competition drastically reduced tuber yields of all cultivars; fewer tubers m ⁻² were produced and no tolerant genotype was identified. Likewise the mean tuber weight declined linearly for two cultivars when competition became severe. Shoot development was less affected. Under intense competition the plant top was favoured in assimilate partitioning to the detriment of tuber formation. Overall reduction in assimilate production due to mixed cropping was the major cause of yield loss. Various intercropping combinations were found with the same productivity but distinct proportions of the component crops (sweet potato + maize). Land equivalent ratio (LER) exceeded sole crop productivity only for the combinations with the highest maize yields. Biomass production was clearly increased by intercropping but there was no increment in marketable yields. Relay-cropping reduced tuber and maize yields and had the lowest productivity of all combinations tested.     

Effects of dwarfing genes on yield and yield components under irrigated and rainfed conditions in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)

Summary Near-isogenic tall (no dwarfing gene), semidwarf (Rht1 or Rht2) and dwarf (Rht1 + Rht2 or Rht3) spring wheat lines were evaluated for yield and yield components under irrigated and rainfed conditions. Under irrigated conditions, the dwarf and the semidwarf lines exhibited a significant yield advantage over the tall lines. Under rainfed conditions, the semidwarf lines outyielded the tall as well as the dwarf lines. Percent yield reduction in response to drought stress was highest with the dwarfs and lowest with the tall lines. Dry matter production of the tall lines and that of the semidwarf lines did not differ significantly and both produced significantly more dry matter than the dwarf lines under irrigated as well as rainfed conditions. Plant height and kernel weight decreased with increasing degree of dwarfness while number of kernels per spikelet, harvest index and days to heading increased under both moisture regimes. The dwarfing genes did not have any significant influence on number of tillers/m² and spikelets per spike in either moisture regime.     

Development and mapping of gene-tagged SNP markers in laccases of maize (Zea mays L.)

Laccases, EC 1.10.3.2 or p -diphenol : dioxygen oxidoreductases, have been proposed to be involved in the oxidative polymerization of monolignols into lignins in plants. While 17 laccases have been identified in Arabidopsis , only five ( ZmLac1–5 ) have so far been identified in maize. By a bioinformatic approach, 14 putative laccases were identified in maize. One putative laccase was identical to ZmLac1 , while five were highly homologous to either ZmLac4 or ZmLac5 . Sequence alignment of allelic sequences enabled the development of TaqMan single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers for nine putative laccases. Four of these gene-tagged SNP markers were validated in a doubled-haploid mapping population of 140 individuals, mapping these loci to chromosomes 1, 2, 3 and 7, respectively.     

荒漠绿洲不同种植方式对青贮玉米产量及水肥利用效率的影响

合理的种植方式可以在不增加灌溉耗水量的前提下,利用植物个体间的正相互作用关系和群体适应特点来达到提高作物产量和水分利用效率的目的。通过田间试验,研究了河西走廊黑河中游边缘绿洲区1穴1株、1穴2株和1穴3株种植方式对青贮玉米产量及水肥利用效率的影响。结果表明,1穴2株和1穴3株的地上生物产量均高于1穴1株,1穴2株最高,鲜重为102.9 t/hm~2,比1穴1株提高了29.4%;1穴2株与1穴1株之间存在显著差异(P0.05),1穴3株与1穴1株之间差异不显著(P0.05)。同样,1穴2株和1穴3株的地上生物产量水肥利用效率也均高于1穴1株,1穴2株的水分和氮肥利用效率也均最高,分别为9.3 kg/m~3和342.9 kg/kg;1穴2株与1穴1株之间存在显著差异(P0.05),1穴3株与1穴1株之间差异不显著(P0.05)。在河西走廊边缘绿洲区,采用1穴2株的种植方式能显著提高青贮玉米的地上生物产量和水肥利用效率,可在生产中推广应用。     

Fertility alteration in the photo-thermo-sensitive male sterile line BS20 of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)

The photo-thermo-sensitive male sterile (PTMS) wheat line BS20 showed male sterility under short-day photoperiod and low temperature conditions. Photo-thermo-controlled growth chambers were used to study the fertility alteration characteristics of PTMS wheat line BS20. The period of photo-sensitivity and thermo-sensitivity was coincident with the pollen development stages from pollen mother cell (PMC) formation to mono-nucleate. Fertility alteration of BS20 was induced mainly by temperature, and the critical point of temperature was 10–12^∘C. Below the critical temperature, BS20 remained sterile and was not affected by photoperiod. However, above the critical temperature, the fertility of BS20 improved as the temperature rose. In the temperature range of 12–14^∘C the fertility of BS20 improved significantly as the photoperiod extended.     

不同施氮水平对小麦/玉米间作产量和水分效应的影响

【研究目的】探讨小麦/玉米间作体系中氮肥对水分资源高效利用的调节作用,达到合理施肥提高水分利用效率的目的;【方法】采用田间试验,监测小麦/玉米间作不同生育期土攘水分,研究不同施氮量对产量和水分利用效率的影响;【结果】小麦/玉米间作的土地当量比（LER）为1.31~1.53,小麦相对于玉米的水分竞争比率（CRwm）约为1;在小麦收获时,间作小麦的水分利用效率（39.0 ~46.7kg/mm.hm2）远远高于玉米（1.28~4.81 kg/mm.hm2）,也高于单种小麦（25.43 ~30.75 kg/mm.hm2）;在小麦收获后,间作玉米（除N0处理）的水分利用效率迅速提高,当玉米收获时水分利用效率高达32.49 ~47.46 kg/mm.hm2,明显高于单种玉米（27.30 ~38.77 kg/mm.hm2）;【结论】小麦/玉米间作具有明显的产量优势,小麦玉米两作物水分利用效率分布时间上的错位是小麦/玉米间作高效利用水分资源的基础,合理施用氮肥能促进间作种植产量优势和水分利用优势的发挥。     

普通玉米子粒性状四类效应的遗传分析

采用二倍体胚和三倍体胚乳种子遗传模型及其分析方法,以５个玉米自交系及其间配制的Ｆ１,Ｆ２,ＢＣ１,ＢＣ２为材料,研究了５个玉米种子性状的胚直接效应、胚乳直接效应、母体效应和细胞质效应。结果表明,除粒宽外,各性状的遗传同时由质效应和胚、胚乳、母体基因效应所控制,丰粒重主要受胚乳和母体效应的影响,粒长的遗传以母体效应为主,粒宽和粒厚以胚乳效应为主。各部位子粒百粒重的胚乳直接加性效应与母体加性效应的协方差达显著或极显著水平,其余性状的胚、胚乳直接效应与母体效应间的协方差均不显著,通过母体植株的遗传表现可对这些性状进行有效的选择。在提高丰粒重的玉米育种中,以任一部位子粒百粒重作为选择标准可起到相同的选择效果,直接选择粒宽的分离类型有利于获得大粒的遗传材料。Ｓ２２是改良百粒重的优良亲本。     

Effect of intercropping on rhizosphere population in maize (Zea mays L.) and soybean (Glycine max Merill)

Comparative studies on the rhizosphere and non-rhizosphere bacterial and fungal populations of maize and soybean both under solecropping and intercropping were conducted. Intercropping increased the bacterial R : S ratio of maize and soybean, whereas fungal R : S ratio showed a decrease in both cases when compared to solecrop condition. Intercropping of maize with soybean increased the maize yield by 34% and decreased the soybean yield by 51% when compared with their respective yields under solecrop conditions. The dominant fungal species in the rhizosphere and non-rhizosphere soils were also affected by plant species and cropping systems.