Spring Barley Responses to Row Spacing and Fungicide Triadimefon in Regions with a Short Crop-growing Season

Aspects of intensive management practices such as high-yielding cultivars, narrow-row spacings and fungicide treatments could potentially increase cereal yields in regions with a short crop-growing season and occasionally dry and hot weather. A field experiment was carried out at McGill University, Canada for three years (1987 to 1989) to test the effects of triadimefon (1-[4-chlorophenoxy]-3,3-dimethyl-1-[1H-1,2,4-triazol-1-yl]-2-butanone, or Bayleton, a trade name) fungicide (0 vs. 140 g a.i. ha⁻¹) and row spacing (10 vs. 20 cm) on the yield components, yield and other agronomic traits (spike emergence, days to maturity, leaf disease and plant height) of spring barley ( Hordeum vulgare L.) cv. Cadette, Laurier and Leger. A cultivar by row spacing interaction resulted in a 11 to 13.5 % increase in grain yield due to narrow rows for Laurier in two out of the three years and up to 16 % for Leger in one year. Over the three years grain yields were on average increased 6 to 12 % due to use of the narrower row spacing. Fungicide application to barley at the early heading stage effectively controlled leaf diseases without influence on yield components or grain yield. Our results indicate that some components of intensive management such as narrow row spacing can be applicable in regions with a short crop-growing season.     

Correlated Responses in Two Traits when Selection is Practised on their Ratio

In many fields of application in plant breeding and crop science, ratios of two component traits X and Y are of interest (harvest index in cereals, leaf-to-stem ratio in forage legumes, height-to-diameter ratio in forest trees etc.). When selection is practised on the ratio X/Y of two traits X and Y, the experimenter may be interested in the resulting changes of both trait means. Based on improved approximations for the covariances between X and X/Y and between Y and X/Y and for the variance of X/Y the changes in the means of X and Y can be predicted by applying the regression approach from conventional selection theory. Explicit expressions for these correlated responses in X and Y when selection is practised on their ratio X/Y are derived and discussed. The different outcomes (decrease, zero change or increase) for the selection pressures on X and Y are characterized by phenotypic coefficients of variation of X and Y, phenotypic and genotypic correlations between X and Y and heritabilities of X and Y.     

种植方式与种植密度对大力士高粱的影响

本试验用裂区设计,研究了大力士高粱在16种不同种植密度、3种种植方式下,产草量、生产速度、茎叶比、茎粗的变化情况。结果表明,在撒播密度为18 kg/hm2、条播为22.5 kg/hm2、穴播为28.5 kg/hm2时达到最高产量;生长速度在第53-55 d时最高,达5.7 cm/d;茎叶比随着产量的增加逐渐减少;茎粗随着种植密度的增大而有减小的趋势。     

Radiation interception and radiation use efficiency of potato affected by different N fertigation and irrigation regimes

Three years of field experiments were carried out to explore the response of potato dry matter production, accumulated intercepted photosynthetic active radiation (Aipar) and radiation use efficiency (RUE) to five N levels providing 0, 60, 100, 140 and 180 kg N ha⁻¹ and three drip irrigation strategies, which were full, deficit and none irrigation. Results showed that, irrespective of years, dry matter production and Aipar were increased by prolonged N fertigation, even though N fertigation was carried out from middle to late growing season. The highest total and tuber dry matter and accumulated radiation interception in all three years were obtained when potatoes were provided with 180 kg N ha⁻¹. RUE on the other hand was not affected by N regime. Thus, increases in total dry matter production with increasing N levels were essentially caused by higher Aipar. The strongest response to N fertilization occurred when most N was applied early in the growing season and the latest N fertilization should be applied no later than 41–50 days after emergence. Deficit irrigation, which received ca.70% of irrigation applied to full irrigation, did not reduce radiation interception and radiation use efficiency.     

黎榆A繁殖母本有效穗和结实率与产量的关系

繁殖田母本有效穗和结实率是影响产量的主要因素。通过对10个不同父母本栽插行比的分析结果表明：黎榆A繁殖产量以父母本栽插行比为2：18最高，达292．09kg/667m^2。增加有效穗对于增产的效应要比增加结实率大；有效穗与产量，结实率与产量的偏相关系数均呈正相关，且有效穗与产量的相关达显著水平，多元回归方程为：y-155.6283 4.8660x 0.2342x2.     

极化型静电分级机设计理论

通过极化型静电分级机的结构介绍及种子在静电场中的运动学特性分析,提出了有关种子和静电场的假说,建立了种子在静电场中的运动方程。通过对种子在静电场中的运动特性研究,发现种子的极化力质比是影响极化型静电分级机分离质量的重要因素,是设计极化型静电分级机的关键参数;应通过大量的试验来建立种子极化力质比数据库,满足极化型静电分级机设计的需求。     

不同土壤水分条件下玉米叶片/冠层气孔导度的光谱监测模型

通过玉米水分控制试验,测定不同水分条件下各生育期叶片气孔导度、叶面积指数和冠层光谱反射率等,以分析玉米叶片气孔导度的变化规律及其与光谱植被指数的相关性,从而建立基于光谱植被指数和土壤湿度的叶片气孔导度模型。结果表明：玉米在可见光区和近红外中、长波区的反射率随着土壤水分的降低而上升,但叶片气孔导度（Gs）、叶面积指数（LAI）、比值植被指数（RVI）和归一化植被指数（NDVI）随着土壤水分的下降而降低;玉米NDVI和RVI与单叶片和冠层气孔导度均呈极显著指数函数关系（P〈0.01）,且对单叶片气孔导度的拟合效果优于对冠层导度的拟合效果,而经土壤湿度订正的RVI监测模型优于NDVI监测模型。表明通过测定冠层反射光谱率可实时、迅速地定量监测玉米叶片的气孔导度,为大面积作物气孔导度估算奠定基础。     

行距配置方式对夏玉米氮素吸收利用及产量的影响

为确定黄淮南部夏玉米产区机械化生产适宜的行距配置方式,2012—2013年同时在河南省方城县和辉县两个试验点设置大田试验,以高、中、低3种株高类型的玉米杂交种‘先玉335’、‘郑单958’和‘512-4’为材料,设置2个种植密度(低:60 000株·hm~(-2);高:75 000株·hm~(-2))、5个行距配置方式(50 cm、60 cm、70 cm、80cm等行距和80 cm+40 cm宽窄行距),研究了不同株型玉米品种在不同密度和行距配置条件下对氮素吸收利用效率和产量的影响。结果显示,低密度种植条件下,高秆的‘XY335’和矮秆的‘512-4’均以60 cm等行距处理产量优势明显;中秆的‘ZD958’在辉县和方城分别以60 cm和70 cm等行距产量最高。在高密度种植条件下,高秆的‘XY335’和中秆的‘ZD958’均以60 cm等行距处理产量最高;而矮秆的‘512-4’则以50 cm等行距种植产量优势明显,但与60 cm等行距处理差异不显著。植株氮积累量随行距的扩大呈先升高后降低的趋势,以60 cm等行距的氮积累量较大,低密度时显著高于80 cm等行距和80 cm+40 cm宽窄行距处理,而高密度下与各行距处理差异不显著;不同品种植株氮积累量对行距反应不同,高秆品种在行距间差异不显著,中秆品种80 cm等行距最低且与其余行距处理差异显著,矮秆品种50 cm和60 cm等行距氮积累量最高且与其余行距差异显著。两个密度种植条件下,籽粒氮积累量和氮素收获指数均随行距的扩大先升高后降低,在60 cm等行距处理达到最大值,并且均显著高于其他行距处理;氮肥偏生产力随行距的扩大呈现先升高后降低的趋势,60 cm等行距处理较高,但在低密度下与其他行距处理差异不显著,高密度时与80 cm等行距处理差异显著。与其他行距处理相比,60 cm等行距处理具有相对较高的氮素吸收利用效率和产量,能够较好地协调玉米土壤与植株的氮素吸收利用关系,兼顾不同株高类型玉米品种在一定密度范围内获得高产,可作为目前黄淮南部地区夏玉米统一的行距配置方式进行推广。     

Grain yield, and dry matter and nitrogen accumulation and remobilization in durum wheat as affected by variety and seeding rate

The influence of crop density on the remobilization of dry matter and nitrogen from vegetative plant parts to the developing grain, was investigated in the durum wheat (Triticum durum Desf.) varieties Creso, Simeto and Svevo cultivated in the field at three seeding rates, 200, 250 and 400 seeds m⁻². Variety × seeding rate interaction was unsignificant for all recorded characters. Grain yield declined in the order Svevo > Simeto > Creso. Yield differences mainly depended on the different number of kernels per unit land and, secondly, on mean kernel weight. Spike components differed among varieties: Svevo and Simeto showed more kernels per spikelet and Creso more spikelets per spike. Grain yield was highest with 400 seeds m⁻² primarily due to the higher number of spikes per unit area, and secondly, to the higher mean kernel weight. Post-heading dry matter accumulation was highest in Svevo and lowest in Creso, but varieties showed a reverse order for dry matter remobilization and contribution of dry matter remobilization to grain yield. The increase of seeding rate increased both the post-heading dry matter accumulation and the dry matter remobilization from vegetative plant parts to grain. Nitrogen uptake of the whole crop and N content of grain was higher in Simeto and Svevo than in Creso. The N concentration of grain did not vary among varieties, but Svevo showed a markedly lower N concentration and N content of culms at maturity, which may be consequence of the high N remobilization efficiency performed by this variety. The N uptake by the crop was highest with 400 seeds m⁻², but the N concentration of culms, leaves and even grain was slightly lower than with the lower seed rates. The post-heading N accumulation was by far higher in Simeto and Svevo than in Creso, whereas remobilization was highest in Svevo and lowest in Simeto. The percentage contribution of N remobilization to grain N was by far higher in Creso than in the other two varieties. Post-heading N accumulation and N remobilization were highest with the highest plant density, but the contribution of N remobilization to N grain content did not differ between seeding rates.     

父母本不同行距配置对昆虫授粉效率的影响

为探讨昆虫为杂交大豆授粉的行为,提高授粉效率,以大豆细胞质雄性不育系JLCMS34A和保持系JLCMS34B为材料,研究父母本3种行距配置(T1、T2、T3)对昆虫授粉行为及产量构成的影响。结果表明:行距配置T2条件下昆虫授粉效率最高,母本单株粒数最多,为45.98个(2011年),与T1、T3差异达到显著水平,T3配置授粉效率最差,单株粒数最少,为32.06个(2012年),与T1、T2差异达到极显著水平。在吉林省洮南地区适当缩小父母本行距,增加母本间行距可有效促进昆虫授粉效率,提高结实率。