Variability in seedling emergence for European and North American populations of Abutilon theophrasti

Abutilon theophrasti is a weed that is spreading worldwide and that has had to adapt to different combinations of environmental conditions. Wide interpopulation variability has been reported regarding dormancy and germination. This variability, controlled by the interaction of genetic diversity and maternal effect, could hinder the adoption of Integrated Weed Management (IWM) tools. A collaborative project was conducted to compare emergence dynamics of 12 European and North American populations under diverse environmental conditions. The main aim was to assess interpopulation variability and explain this according to environmental conditions in the seed collection sites. Seeds were sown at six experimental sites, and seedling emergence was monitored. The AlertInf model was tested to evaluate its ability to predict emergence dynamics of the different populations. A wide interpopulation variability was observed for emergence percentage and dynamics with consistent trends across sites and related to different seed dormancy levels. Populations from Catalonia, Iowa and Minnesota reached higher emergence percentage with earlier and concentrated emergence flushes probably due to low dormancy level, while populations from Croatia, Serbia and Hungary, given their low average emergence percentage, presented high dormancy levels. Good predictive accuracy of AlertInf model was obtained at the different sites, confirming the possibility of adopting it across a wide range of environmental conditions. Achieving a better knowledge of interpopulation variability can allow specific control strategies to be designed, facilitating the replacement of solely herbicide‐based management with true IWM.     

Response of gladiolus (Gladiolus spp) plants after exposure corms to chitosan and hot water treatments

The state of Morelos, Mexico has gradually become an important producer of gladiolus. Some preconditioning treatments of corms are empirically done causing uneven emergence and low quality of flowers. In this investigation, before planting, gladiolus corms var. ‘Blanca Borrego’ were dipped in chitosan (chitosan reagent and commercial chitosan Biorend^®), in hot water at various temperatures and in treatments combined with Biorend^® at 1.5% and hot water. Results indicated that the most influenced variables were corm germination, number of flowers per spike, number of cormlets and vase life. Overall, the commercial product Biorend^® at 1.5% accelerated corm emergence in approximately 4 days, the number of flowers increased by 2–7 and the vase life extended for 3 days. The number of cormlets was also duplicated. Corms dipped in the commercial chitosan Biorend^® at 1.5% at different intervals of time were not greatly affected except for the emergence and number of cormlets. However, for this experiment there were significant effects on the number of leaves and flowers because of the interactions between chitosan and the immersion time. The temperature of 55 °C affected plant development because emergence was delayed by 6 days; and there were less number of leaves, flowers and cormlets. On the other hand, the incidence of Fusarium oxysporum in naturally infected corms was 0% at temperatures of 55 °C and 50 °C. Immersion times (0, 10, 15 and 20 min) in hot water at 50 °C did not show significant effects on plant development and vase life. Corms dipped in Biorend^® at 1.5% and hot water at 50 °C accelerated their emergence for about 1–7 days, the number of flowers increased by two, extended the storage life for 1–3 days and increased the number of cormlets. The integration of these two treatments -Biorend^® and hot water- might be a good option for increasing the gladiolus plant quality and vase life.     

湿润直播稻田杂草出苗动态与发生规律

 1996～1997年在浙江嘉兴调查了湿润直播稻田杂草出苗动态和发生规律,并比较了直播与移栽,早稻、单季晚稻与连作晚稻直播,翻耕与免耕直播间杂草发生差异。湿润直播稻田杂草以稗草、千金子、异型莎草、节节菜、陌上菜为主,其次有通泉草、丁香蓼、水芹。禾本科、莎草科和阔叶杂草种类数分别占25.0%、18.8%和56.2%,出苗数量分别占11.2%、11.6%和77.2%。单季晚稻直播田稗草、千金子发生重于其他直播田,直播田稗草和千金子数量明显高于移栽田。直播田杂草于播种后3～4 d陆续出苗,1～3周达到高峰。连作晚稻直播田播后6～8周出现明显的第二个出苗高峰。以阔叶杂草为绝对优势的翻耕直播田杂草发生重于免耕田。直播田杂草数量自然消长呈现与出苗动态相同的趋势。直播田杂草发生以稗草、千金子、丁香蓼较早,节节菜、陌上菜、通泉草次之,异型莎草和水芹较迟。稗草、千金子及其他几种主要杂草出苗高峰均呈单峰状态,而节节菜、陌上菜在连作晚稻直播田的出苗则为双峰。     

玉米穗轴、叶鞘色泽与单倍体自交结实及出苗能力研究

以白轴绿叶鞘自交系B20为母本、以红轴紫叶鞘DH系D752为父本组配的F₁,进行单倍体诱导、自然加倍和DH系鉴定试验。通过卡方检测数据分析和DH群体遗传模型及混合分布方法分析,验证红轴、紫叶鞘单倍体自交结实优势。结果表明,红轴单倍体自交结实穗数量和出苗DH系数量极显著多于白轴,不符合1∶1比例;紫叶鞘DH系数量与绿叶鞘数量比符合1∶1比例,但紫叶鞘DH系占出苗总数比绿叶鞘高11.7%;红轴、白轴单倍体自交结实穗粒数最适模型均为4MG-AI,红轴4对主基因加、上效应估计值均高于白轴,白轴单倍体自交结实穗粒数遗传力比红轴高5.02%。玉米单倍体红轴和紫色叶鞘性状具有结实性优势。同时发现,玉米白轴单倍体个体穗结实力和绿色叶鞘单倍体出苗力显著高于紫色叶鞘单倍体。     

土壤盐分与灌溉水质对滴灌棉花出苗率的影响

试验研究了灌溉水质与土壤初始含盐率对滴灌棉花出苗率的影响.试验结果表明,土壤不舍盐时,灌溉水质d对内行棉花出苗率影响不显著,对外行棉花出苗率影响显著;自来水处理的内行与外行棉花出苗率均大于微成水处理;在4种微咸水中,EC小的水质对应的出苗率高,EC值相同时,SAR值小的内行出苗率高,SAR值大的外行出苗率高.当土壤舍盐...     

Crop responses to applied soil compaction and to compaction repair treatments

Crop responses to annual compaction treatments (applied to whole plots) and management treatments to ameliorate compacted soil were determined in a field experiment on a Vertisol. Initially, all treatments except a control were compacted with a 10 Mg axle load on wet soil (26% gravimetric water content compared with a plastic limit of 22%). Annually applied axle loads of 10 and 6 Mg on wet soil (25–32% soil water) tended to reduce seedling emergence, grain yield (wheat, sorghum and maize), soil water storage and crop water use efficiency (WUE). Annual applications of an axle load of 6 Mg on dry soil (<22% soil water) had little effect on crop performance. Mean reductions in the yield of five crops (three wheat, one sorghum and one maize) in comparison with the uncompacted control were 23% or 0.79 Mg ha⁻¹ (10 Mg on wet soil), 13% or 0.44 Mg ha⁻¹ (6 Mg on wet soil) and 1% or 0.03 Mg ha⁻¹ (6 Mg on dry soil). Maize grown in the fifth year of treatment application was most affected by compaction of wet soil, its WUE being reduced from 14.3 to 9.7 kg ha⁻¹ mm⁻¹ in response to an axle load of 10 Mg. Reduced WUE was associated with delayed soil water extraction at depth. A 3-year pasture ley was the most successful amelioration treatment. A wheat and a maize crop grown after the ley outyielded the control by 0.33 and 0.90 Mg ha⁻¹, respectively. So the pasture not only ameliorated the initial compaction damage, with respect to crop performance, but resulted in improvements in two subsequent crops.     

大豆钟子贮藏期间活力变化规律及PEG处理效应

在正规的仓贮条件下,经不同年限贮藏的大豆种子的发芽率、发芽指数、活力指数、萌动过程中酸性磷酸酯酶活性和ATP水平下降,与种子活力呈正相关;电导率和丙二醛含量有所升高,与种子活力呈负相关。证明膜及线粒体等发生了生理上的改变,最终表现为田间出苗率及整齐度降低。隔年贮藏的大豆种子田间出苗率与新种子的差异达到极显著。隔年贮藏的大豆种子用浓度为20％的PEG水溶液在15℃条件下处理48小时,活力明显提高,表现为发芽率、发芽指数、活力指数、酸性磷酸醋酶活性、ATF水平提高,电导率下降:田间出苗率显著增加,后者与隔一年后收获的种子无明显差异。     

核桃楸种子性状的初步研究

以近圆形、长形核桃楸种子为试材,对其部分性状及出苗率进行研究.结果表明,近圆形核桃楸种子的单果重、纵径、横径、侧径、三径均值、单果重/三径均值、缝合线厚度、缝合线宽度、壳厚、种仁重、出仁率依次平均为7.46 g、3.80 mm、2.59 mm、2.54 mm、2.64 mm、2.63、3.0 mm、4.1 mm、2.2 mm、1.3g、18.0％,长形核桃楸种子的上述指标依次平均为7.91 g、3.19 mm、2.61 mm、2.62 mm、2.98 mm、2.65、3.5 mm、4.3 mm、2.1 mm、1.2 g、16.8％,近圆形核桃楸种子单果重、横径、侧径、三径均值、单果重/三径均值、缝合线厚度、缝合线宽度依次比长形的小5.7％、0.8％、3.1％、11.4％、0.8％、4.8％、16.7％,其余指标依次高19.1％、4.9％、8.3％、7.1％;随着种壳减少,种子吸水达恒重所需时间减短且出苗率增加;在25℃下,种仁吸水4h达恒重,吸水时间比带整壳核桃楸种子快14倍;种仁的出苗率是带整壳核桃楸种子的9倍.     

超级早稻中早39叠盘暗出苗机插育秧模式增产机理和操作规程

2011-2015年浙江省诸暨市对中早39进行了叠盘暗出苗机插育秧模式试验、示范和推广应用,经5年的试验、示范,明确了中早39叠盘暗出苗机插育秧模式的主要优点和增产机理,总结出了中早39叠盘暗出苗机插育秧技术的操作规程。     

稻秸还田下耕作与播种方式对小麦出苗及产量的影响

为了研究稻秸还田下耕作与播种方式对小麦出苗及产量的影响,通过大区试验,分析了稻秸全量还田下不同耕作与播种方式对小麦出苗率、出苗均匀性及产量性状的影响。结果显示,相同的播种方式下,浅耕处理小麦出苗率高于免耕处理,但出苗均匀性差于后者;相同的耕作方式下,播种方式对小麦出苗率和出苗均匀性的影响差异较大,其中,机械匀播方式下小麦出苗率最高,出苗均匀性最好;小麦出苗率和出苗均匀性通过影响穗数、穗粒数、千粒重而影响籽粒产量,同一耕作方式下机械匀播小麦籽粒产量均高于其余2种播种方式,免耕和浅耕下机械匀播小麦产量分别达6484.35 kg/hm~2和6476.20 kg/hm~2。因此,稻秸全量还田条件下,建议采用免耕机械匀播方式,能有效改善小麦田间出苗情况,进而获得较高的籽粒产量。