Phenotypic and genotypic variation in seed production traits within a full-sib family of meadow fescue

Phenotypic and genotypic variation for seed yield and associated traits (heading date, plant height, number of fertile tillers, 1000‐seed weight, panicle length, seed weight per panicle, fertility, flag‐leaf length and flag‐leaf width) were studied in a full‐sib family of meadow fescue using replicated clonal trials at two locations in Norway. Genotypic variances were highly significant for all traits and genotype × location interactions were significant for heading date, number of fertile tillers and seed yield. Seed yield and other seed component traits exhibited the largest genotypic variations. Heading date showed large genotype × location interaction, probably because of the very diverse origin of the two parents of the full‐sib family. Path coefficient analysis showed that panicle fertility, measured as seed weight per unit length of panicles, was by far the most important component trait contributing to seed yield, followed by the number of fertile tillers, plant height and flag‐leaf width. Flag‐leaf width and plant height had sizeable indirect effects on seed yield via panicle fertility. This is the first time that the importance of the size of the flag leaf for seed yield in herbage grasses has been demonstrated.     

机械化种植对杂交籼稻F优498产量构成与株型特征的影响

为探明机械化种植杂交籼稻高产群体的株型特征, 以F优498为材料, 采用二因素裂区设计, 研究了不同穴苗数与播期下机直播、机插、手插3种种植方式的株型特征及其与产量构成的关系。结果表明: (1) 不同种植方式株型特征差异显著, 机直播和机插上三叶叶长、叶宽和叶间距大, 但叶基角和披垂度也较大; 手插上三叶大小适宜, 叶片厚而挺直; 机直播和机插株高和着生高度显著大于手插, 但手插比叶重、单株穗数和总叶片数显著高于机械化种植; 机直播的茎蘖夹角、穗粒数和单穗重显著低于机插和手插。推迟播期和低苗处理均使叶片增大, 比叶重、粒叶比、单株穗数、穗粒数和结实率随播期延迟显著降低。单穗重与上三叶长度、宽度、着生高度和株高均呈显著或极显著正相关, 以机插最高, 手插次之, 机直播最低。(2) 机直播产量显著低于机插和手插, 且随播期延迟和穴苗数减少显著降低。产量及其构成与株型特征密切相关, 机械化种植杂交籼稻高产株型的显著特征为适宜的株高、上三叶长度、群体LAI和茎集散度; 叶宽、比叶重、叶间距大和直立性好。足穗和大穗的统一是实现水稻高产的关键, 塑造个体优良的株型与优化群体结构是增产的前提, 机械化种植杂交籼稻应在时间允许的条件下尽早播栽, 穴苗数以3苗左右为宜。     

黄淮地区不同粳稻品种株型、产量与品质的比较分析

对黄淮稻区的129个粳稻品种(品系)进行了株型、产量和品质的观察测定。通过产量聚类分析，将供试品种分成超高产、高产、中产、中低产及低产5种类型。超高产类型品种占3.1%，低产类型品种占14.7%，其他3类品种占82.2%。超高产水稻品种多为半直立大穗型、叶片挺立，具有较高的干物质生产能力、较高的粒重、结实率和经济系数。优质米品种在高产和中高产类型中较多，在超高产和低产类型中很少。垩白米率高是超高产品种米质的主要问题。提出了黄淮地区超高产(>12 t hm^-2)中粳水稻品种的株型和产量构成指标，即株高1.00~1.08 m，全生育期150~155 d，穗型半直立，有效穗320~340个 m^-2，穗长0.17~0.18 m，一次枝梗12~15个，二次枝梗30~38个；每穗160~180粒，结实率>85%，千粒重26~27 g；倒1、2、3叶叶长分别为0.26~0.28、0.35~0.40和0.32~0.38 m，剑叶角度<20º，收获指数>0.50。     

单季晚粳稻高产株型的探讨

依株高、剑叶长和穗形3个形态指标,把产量达到500公斤左右的育成品系分为6种株型。各型的特点:1型是大穗,优势穗平均实粒数超过或将近200粒;2型是短叶密穗;3型是中间型;4型是稀长穗;5型是大粒;6型是矮秆多穗。认为大穗是高产株型的突破口,1型的高产潜力最大。但株型上还需改良。     

水稻甬优12超高产群体分蘖特性及其与群体生产力的关系

以籼粳交超级稻甬优12为试材,四叶一心期带蘖小苗移栽,通过栽培措施的调控,形成超高产( >13.0 t hm^-2)和高产( >12.0 t hm^-2)群体,以高产群体作为对照,对分蘖挂牌追踪,比较研究超高产群体分蘖发生成穗特点。结果表明,超高产群体分蘖产量及对总产量的贡献率分别为11.53 t hm^-2和87.77%,高产群体分别为10.59 t hm^-2和87.40%。超高产和高产群体的分蘖利用都以一次和二次分蘖为主,一次和二次分蘖的产量均以超高产高于高产群体,超高产群体一次分蘖产量的贡献率略低于高产群体,二次分蘖产量的贡献率高于高产群体。超高产群体一次分蘖发生在第1至第9叶位,第4至第7叶位是分蘖发生与成穗的优势叶位,二次分蘖以1/3、2/3、3/3、2/4、1/5蘖位优势较强。对于高产群体而言,一次分蘖以第4至第7叶位分蘖优势较强,二次分蘖以1/3、2/3、3/3优势较强,三次分蘖发生叶位数明显高于超高产群体,但成穗率较低。超高产群体成穗分蘖的穗长、单穗重、总粒数、着[1]粒密度的平均值高于高产群体,结实率却略低于高产群体。     

Relationship between Carbon Isotope Discrimination and Mineral Content in Wheat Grown under Three Different Water Regimes

Carbon isotope discrimination (Δ) has been proposed as an indirect selection criterion for transpiration efficiency and grain yield in wheat. However, because of the high cost for Δ analysis, attempts have been carried out to identify alternative screening criteria. Ash content (m_a) has been proposed as an alternative criterion for Δ in wheat and barley. A pot experiment was conducted to analyse the relationship between Δ and m_a in flag leaf and grain. Plants of 10 genotypes were cultivated under three different water regimes corresponding to moderate, intermediate and severe drought stress obtained by maintaining soil humidity at 75 %, 55 % and 45 % of the humidity at field capacity, respectively. Δ and m_a in flag leaf and grain showed significant differences between the moderate, intermediate and severe drought stress levels. Significant correlations were found among genotypes for Δ and m_a in flag leaf under severe drought stress, and for Δ and m_a in grain under intermediate and moderate drought stress. In flag leaf at anthesis, Δ was negatively associated to K content and positively to Mg content. At maturity, Δ in grain was negatively correlated with Mg and Ca contents in flag leaf and grain, respectively. These results suggested that these traits may be potentially useful traits, which could be surrogates for Δ.     

Relationships between Grain Yield, Flag Leaf Morphology, Carbon Isotope Discrimination and Ash Content in Irrigated Wheat

The purpose of this study was to examine how differences in leaf angle, leaf rolling (LR) and glaucousness (GL) can modify yield components and leaf physiological traits in wheat. A set of 167 lines derived from a cross between two high‐yielding bread wheat cultivars differing for these traits was grown under flood irrigation and high evaporative demand in the north‐west of Mexico. Area, mass per unit area and chlorophyll content of the flag leaf were assessed. Carbon isotope discrimination (Δ) and ash content (m_a) were also measured. A significant correlation was found between grain yield (GY) and both Δ and m_a suggesting that, despite well‐watered conditions, leaf stomatal conductance was the main yield‐limiting factor. Leaf posture and LR did not significantly affect yield, Δ and m_a. Higher grain weight was noted, however, in lines with droopy flag leaves. Erect leaves had higher mass per unit area. GL was associated with a significant increase in GY and grain weight. Glaucous lines also had higher Δ and m_a, suggesting higher transpiration rate and lower transpiration efficiency. The study confirms that Δ and m_a represent promising criteria for GY in wheat and provides evidence that GL can contribute to higher yield, even under irrigated conditions.     

Response of a new IR50/Moroberekan recombinant inbred population of rice (Oryza sativa L.) from an indica × japonica cross for growth and yield traits under aerobic conditions

Genetic variability, correlation, path coefficient analysis and test of normality was conducted in an F₈ recombinant inbred aerobic rice population developed by single seed descent method to evaluate its potential as a mapping population. Estimates of genotypic variance, phenotypic variance, genotypic coefficient of variance (GCV), phenotypic coefficient of variance (PCV), heritability in the broad sense (H) and expected genetic advance at 5% selection index (GA) for grain yield and other attributing characters were computed. In all the cases, PCV was higher than GCV indicating the influence of environment on the characters. High heritability coupled with high GA was observed for several plant traits; number of tillers, plant height, total number of spikelets panicle⁻¹, biomass plant⁻¹, straw weight, harvest index and grain yield plant⁻¹ and hence offered good scope for selection. Grain yield plant⁻¹ was found to be positively correlated with plant height, number of tillers, panicle length, panicle exsertion, number of panicles plant⁻¹, single panicle weight, test weight, number of fertile spikelets panicle⁻¹, straw weight, biomass plant⁻¹, harvest index and grain breadth both at genotypic and phenotypic levels. Harvest index exerted maximum positive direct effect, followed by biomass plant⁻¹ and straw weight on grain yield plant⁻¹ at phenotypic level. Shapiro-Wilks “W test of normality” indicated that the population was skewed towards female parent IR50 for some traits and for some others towards Moroberekan, the male parent. Most of the characters that showed skewness were platykurtic with a kurtosis value of less than 3.     

盐胁迫下粳稻品种南粳9108分蘖特性及其与群体生产力的关系

旨在明确盐胁迫下水稻分蘖发生与成穗规律及其优势叶位,为沿海滩涂水稻高产栽培的分蘖合理利用与调控提供依据。以江苏沿海滩涂大面积种植的常规粳稻南粳9108为试材,设置对照(盐浓度0)、中盐(盐浓度0.15%)和高盐(盐浓度0.3%)环境,比较研究盐逆境下水稻分蘖发生与成穗特性及其对群体产量的贡献。结果表明,对照、中盐和高盐处理的两年平均产量(t hm–2)分别为9.7、7.4和4.2;中盐和高盐处理的穗数、每穗粒数、结实率和千粒重均显著低于对照。与对照相比,中盐和高盐处理下拔节、抽穗和成熟期群体茎蘖数和成穗率均较低。对照的分蘖利用以一次分蘖和二次分蘖为主,一次分蘖发生在第3至第7叶位,第4至第6叶位是分蘖发生与成穗的优势叶位,二次分蘖则以1/4和1/5蘖位优势较强;盐胁迫的分蘖利用以一次分蘖为主,第4至第6叶位是分蘖发生与成穗的优势叶位。盐胁迫下各蘖位的穗长、每穗粒数、着粒密度、一次枝粳数及粒数、二次枝粳数及粒数均低于对照。与对照相比,盐胁迫下水稻单株成穗数少、个体和群体生长协调性差、穗型小,最终单株和群体产量低。     

Genotypic variation for resistance to Septoria nodorum in triticale

Septoria nodorum leaf and glume blotch is an important disease of triticale (×_Triticosecale Wittm.) and can cause severe losses of grain yield in some regions. Quantitative genetic parameters for resistance were estimated for 2 years in two locations in triticale genotypes artificially inoculated with S. nodorum. The effect of infection was assessed by a visual symptom rating of flag leaves and spikes and by grain yield traits relative to an uninoculated control. The mean ratings of flag leaves and spikes, calculated from two to four ratings, were 2.6 and 3.9, respectively, with a range of six ratings for spikes and over five for flag leaves. Infection caused an 11.5% mean reduction in kernel weight per spike, which was the result of 13.2% lower 1000‐kernel weight. The number of kernels per spike and 50‐ml weight were little affected. For all relative grain yield traits, genotypic variation was small with high genotype‐environment interaction effects and thus moderate to low heritabilities. In contrast, for visual ratings genotypic variation was high, with low interaction effects leading to high heritabilities. Phenotypic correlation between flag leaf and spike ratings was low, indicating independent disease resistance mechanisms. The best association, although still moderate, was obtained between flag leaf rating and relative 1000‐kernel weight. Therefore, visual disease ratings do not satisfactorily assess the effect of Septoria infection on grain yield traits. The reduction in 1000‐kernel and possibly 50‐ml weight are good indicators, provided that multi‐environment tests are conducted.     

钵苗机插密度对不同穗型水稻品种产量、株型和抗倒伏能力的影响

选用3种穗型水稻品种,设置3种钵苗机插密度,以毯苗机插为对照(CK),系统研究钵苗机插不同密度对水稻产量及其构成、穗部性状、冠层叶系配置、茎秆物理特性和抗倒伏的影响,旨在探明水稻钵苗机插配套不同穗型品种适宜栽插规格及其增产特点;同时,阐明钵苗机插不同密度下水稻株型特征和抗倒伏特性。结果表明:(1)3种钵苗机插密度处理下,大穗型品种产量随密度降低呈先增后降的变化趋势,但均显著高于CK;中、小穗型品种产量有随着密度降低而下降的趋势。不同穗型品种穗数随着密度降低而显著减少,每穗粒数显著增加,结实率和千粒重无明显变化规律。(2)钵苗机插下不同穗型水稻品种的穗长、着粒密度、单穗重、一次枝梗数、二次枝梗数、一次枝梗粒数和二次枝梗粒数均随密度降低而增加,且高于CK;一、二次枝梗数比值和一、二次枝梗粒数比值随密度降低而呈下降趋势。(3)钵苗机插下不同穗型水稻品种的上三叶的叶长、叶宽、叶基角、披垂度和比叶重随着密度降低而呈增加趋势;且上三叶的叶长、叶宽和比叶重高于CK。(4)随着密度降低,不同穗型品种钵苗机插水稻基部N1、N2、N3节间长度减少,茎秆粗度、茎壁厚度和节间干重增加,穗下节间长、秆长、株高、重心高增加,而相对重心高有减小趋势。(5)不同穗型品种钵苗机插水稻基部节间N1、N2、N3抗折力和弯曲力矩随着密度降低而增加,倒伏指数呈下降趋势,且低于CK。说明水稻钵苗机插配套大穗型品种宜适当降低密度,增加每穗粒数以获高产;中穗型品种需兼顾穗数和每穗粒数,提高群体颖花量而增产;小穗型品种依靠穗数而提高产量。水稻钵苗机插降低密度能改善穗部性状和增加上三叶的叶面积,但增大了叶基角和披垂度,同时利于缩短基部节间长度,增加基部节间粗度、茎壁厚度和充实度,从而提高抗折力,降低倒伏指数。     

不同生态区籼粳稻杂交F2代亚种属性与株型性状的特点

两个籼粳稻杂交F₂群体(F₂-A：晚轮422/沈农265、F₂-B：泸恢99/沈农265)分别在辽宁和四川种植,研究生态环境对亚种属性及其与株型性状相互关系的影响。结果表明,不同生态环境下F₂代植株籼粳属性均呈接近正态的连续变异,相对于四川,辽宁呈现明显的偏籼分布,生态环境对程氏指数六性状的影响并不完全一致。生态环境对株型特性也有较明显的影响,从四川到辽宁,株高和穗弯曲度显著提高,而穗长、剑叶长、剑叶宽及剑叶张角则表现降低趋势。不同地区株高的类型间差异没有明显规律性,剑叶长表现为籼型显著大于其他类型的趋势,剑叶张角地区和类型间大多无显著差异,不同地区剑叶宽的类型间差异因组合而异。总之不同地区从籼型到粳型,均有穗长递减而穗弯曲度递增的趋势。籼粳稻杂交F₂代植株个体籼粳属性与株型性状表现出一定的相关性,但相关的方向和程度在不同地区和组合间不完全一致。     

中籼水稻品种产量与株型演进特征研究

以江苏省近60年生产上应用的16个代表性中籼品种(含杂交稻组合)为材料,依品种应用时期结合株型和基因型,将供试品种分为早期高秆（ET）、改良高秆（IT）、矮秆（DC）、半矮秆常规品种（SDC）、半矮秆杂交稻（SDH）和超级稻（SR）6个类型,研究其产量、源库关系和株型变化特性。结果表明,随着品种改良,籽粒产量逐步提高。这主要是由于总颖花量的增加,其关键在于每穗粒数的增多;结实率以DC最高,SR最低,千粒重变化不大。由ET到DC,植株高度降低,生物产量与收获指数同步提高,收获指数的提高更为明显。由DC到SR,植株高度略有增加,生物产量明显提高,抽穗后增加的量尤为显著,收获指数变化较小。品种改良明显减小了顶部3叶的着生角度,增加了抽穗期的叶面积,但颖花量的增加超过叶面积的增加,导致粒叶比（颖花数与叶面积之比）提高。随品种的演进,抽穗期根重以及根冠比提高,但根系伤流液量减少。抽穗至成熟根系伤流液和叶片中玉米素＋玉米素核苷浓度下降的速度表现为SR>SDH>SDC。依据品种演进特征,对进一步提高产量的途径进行了讨论。     

RFLP facilitated analysis of tiller and leaf angles in rice (Oryza sativa L.)

Plant type is an important composite trait associated with the yield potential in rice and other cereal crops. Several characters associated with the plant type of modern rice cultivars including tiller angle, leaf and flag leaf angle, were investigated using a complete linkage map with 115 well distributed RFLP markers and progeny testing of 2418 F₂ derived F₄ lines from a cross between O. sativa ssp. japonica cv. ‘Lemont’ and spp. indica cv. ‘Teqing’. One major gene (Ta) and 11 QTLs were largely responsible for the tremendous variation of the three plant type characters in the Lemont/Teqing F₂ population. The major gene, Ta, located between RZ228 and RG667 on chromosome 9, accounted for 47.5% of the phenotypic variation in tiller angle and had large pleiotropic effects on both leaf and flag leaf angles. This gene plus four QTLs accounted for 69.1% of the genotypic variation in tiller angle. Eight additional QTLs for leaf and flag leaf angles were also identified, which collectively explained 52.0 and 66.4% of the genotypic variation of these traits. Ta and three QTLs ( QFla2, QFla5 and QFla7) apparently affected the related plant type characters differently, suggesting their possible differential expression in different developmental stages of rice plants or possibly clustering of different genes affecting these traits. Plant type, and consequently grain yield of rice, may be improved by deliberately manipulating these QTLs in a marker-assisted selection program. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Heterosis and hybrid performance in topless faba beans (Vicia faba L.)

Parental lines, F₁ and F₂ hybrids from a 7×7-diallel of topless faba beans and eight standard cultivars were grown in single-rows for two years at four sowing dates on a highly fertile loam soil near Göttingen. In grain yield, F₁ hybrids showed 21 to 54% advantage over the higher yielding parent. Compared with the midparental value an average heterosis of 50% was observed for grain yield. Corresponding heterosis mean values ranged from 3 to 37% for yield components and up to 11% for phenological traits. The grain yield of the highest yielding topless F₁ hybrid was equal to that of Alfred, the highest yielding indeterminate standard cultivar. High grain yield in the topless hybrids was closely correlated with high biomass yield, late ripening and tall plants generally having a high number of podded nodes and pods on the main stem. Due to their agronomic advantages, i.e., lower plant length, reduced lodging sensitivity and earlier ripening, efforts at breeding topless hybrids seemed to be worth-while in faba beans. However, their yielding ability must be improved further before they can compete with normal, semi-dwarf and stiff-strawed cultivars.     

Fine mapping of a major quantitative trait locus, <Emphasis Type="Italic">qFLL6.2</Emphasis>, controlling flag leaf length and yield traits in rice (<Emphasis Type="Italic">Oryza sativa</Emphasis> L.)

Fine mapping of a quantitative trait locus, qFLL6.2, controlling flag leaf length (FLL) and yield traits in rice was conducted using four sets of near isogenic lines (NILs) that were developed from a common residual heterozygote at F₇ generation of the indica rice cross Zhenshan 97/Milyang 46. Each of the NIL sets consisted of 40 lines that are S₁ progenies of ten maternal homozygotes, ten paternal homozygotes, and 20 heterozygotes differing in a portion of the 1.19-Mb interval RM3414–RM6917 on the short arm of rice chromosome 6. Analysis of phenotypic differences among the three genotypic groups in each NIL set delimited qFLL6.2 to a 62.1-kb region flanked by simple sequence repeat marker RM3414 and sequence-tagged site marker Si2944. This QTL explained 52.73% of the phenotypic variance, and the Zhenshan 97 allele increased FLL by 2.40 cm. Based on data collected from homozygous lines of three of the NIL sets, qFLL6.2 was shown to have major effects on all the three yield traits analyzed, including the number of spikelets per panicle, the number of filled grains per panicle, and grain weight per panicle. A comparison of the different groups revealed that the effect of qFLL6.2 was highly consistent across different genetic backgrounds and environments, providing a good candidate for map-based cloning and investigating the source–sink relationship in rice.     

Yield, Grain Weight and Height Relationships in Two Random Samples of Early Semi-Dwarf Genotypes of Spring Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)

The objective of this work is to study the association between the genotypic differences in mean grain weight and grain yield, the relationship of yield and grain weight with culm length, and the differences between the effects of the Rht1 and Rht2 dwarfing alleles on these characters. Yield, grain weight, grains m^-2 and culm length were evaluated in two random samples of 19 semi-dwarf early lines, selected in F₅ and tested in F₂, from two different crosses between cultivars differing in the Rht allele controlling their semi-dwarf ness. The lines of each cross were tested in 4-replicated field trials at two different sites. Phenotypic, genotypic, partial and multiple correlations as well as hertability estimates were computed. In each cross the lines differed significantly in their mean values of all the characters tested. In both crosses there was no apparent association between grain weight and grain yield. It therefore seems that in wheat of the type investigated in this study, grain yield and grain weight are independent controlled and that high grain yield is not restricted to any particular range of mean grain weight. A rather high positive correlation between culm length and grain weight was found in one cross but not in the other indicating the dependence of this relationship on the genetic background. In both crosses no significant differences were found between the performance of the lines carrying the Rht1 dwarfing allele and those carrying the Rht2 allele.     

穗肥运筹对不同秧龄机插超级稻宁粳1号产量及群体质量的影响

以超级稻宁粳1号为材料,研究穗肥施用时间对不同秧龄机插水稻产量及其群体质量的影响。结果表明,相同穗肥施用条件下,机插水稻在适龄移栽时其产量、各生育阶段的群体生长速率、茎蘖动态、叶面积指数、光合势等均优于超秧龄移栽水稻。适龄移栽并于叶龄余数4、3 (D4-3)等量施用穗肥时,其产量、拔节至抽穗和抽穗至成熟阶段的群体生长速率、茎蘖成穗率、抽穗后的叶面积指数和群体光合势、抽穗期有效叶面积及其比率、高效叶面积及其比率、上三叶的叶片披垂度均高于叶龄余数5、3 (D5-3)和叶龄余数5、4 (D5-4)时等量施用穗肥的处理。而超秧龄移栽时,D5-4处理的产量、抽穗至成熟阶段的群体生长速率、拔节后各生育时期的群体茎蘖动态、群体叶面积指数、有效分蘖临界叶龄期(N-n)后的群体光合势、抽穗期有效叶面积和高效叶面积、基部3节间长度及3节间总长占秆长比例均优于D5-3和D4-3处理。说明机插水稻适龄移栽对水稻高产的获得尤为重要。适龄移栽时,穗肥于叶龄余数4、3等量施用可以形成良好的群体获得高产,而在超秧龄移栽时,将穗肥施用时间适当提前到叶龄余数5、4,可以促进部分动摇分蘖转化为有效分蘖并最终成穗,适当弥补秧苗因超秧龄移栽而造成的生长量不足,但穗肥的提前施用也使得基部节间过度伸长,增加了倒伏的风险。     

杂交籼稻机械化种植的分蘖特性

为探明不同播期杂交籼稻机械化种植的分蘖特性及其与产量的关系, 以F优498为材料, 采用二因素裂区设计, 研究了早播与迟播2个处理下机直播、机插、手插3种种植方式的杂交籼稻分蘖发生与成穗特点及各分蘖穗的穗部性状。结果表明: (1) 一次分蘖群对产量贡献大且稳定, 均在58.67%~63.82%之间; 主茎对产量贡献率以机直播最高, 手插最低; 机插和手插二次分蘖群占产量比例均显著高于机直播。(2) 不同种植方式分蘖发生与成穗规律不同, 机直播与机插分蘖发生均属一次高峰型, 手插属二次高峰型。机直播分蘖发生早而快, 一次分蘖群发生在主茎第1~第8叶位, 其中第1~第4叶位分蘖成穗率较高, 二次分蘖成穗以第1、第2叶位为主。机插分蘖发生晚、起点低, 但比较集中, 一次分蘖群以3/0~8/0发生为主, 3/0~6/0分蘖成穗率较高, 二次分蘖群成穗以第3~第5叶位为主。手插秧田与本田均发生分蘖, 分蘖发生叶位数多, 持续时间长, 一次分蘖群发生在主茎第1、第2、第4~第8叶位, 其中第1、第2、第4、第5和第6叶位成穗率较高, 二次分蘖群发生与成穗主要在第1、第2叶位。分蘖成穗叶位数和产量均随播期延迟而减少。(3) 3种种植方式的主茎及中低叶位一次分蘖枝梗数和每穗粒数多, 粒大, 单穗重高; 高叶位一次分蘖和二次分蘖枝梗数和穗粒均较少, 稻穗小。机直播优势叶位为第1~第4叶位, 机插为第3~第6叶位, 手插为第1、第2、第4、第5和第6叶位, 对产量贡献率分别达70.51%、73.83%和76.81%。优势叶位分蘖发生与成穗率高, 稻穗大, 对产量贡献率高, 应优化农艺措施挖掘其增产潜力。     

The relationships between plant form,competitive ability and grain yield in a barley cross

Summary The grain yield of F₅ lines from a barley cross, grown in field plots, showed no correlation with F₃ single plant grain yield. F₅ grain yield did however show a significant inverse relationship with plant height and leaf length in the F₃, especially at high levels of nitrogen. Shorter plants with shorter leaves in the F₃ tended to produce lines of similar habit in the F₅, and these characters were associated with lower F₃ grain yield and higher F₅ grain yield.These relationships are believed to depend on the different circumstances of competition in the F₃ and the F₅ respectively. It is concluded that plant form in segregating generations of cereals may provide a valuable selection criterion for high grain yield in monocultures.