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《Industrial Crops and Products》2007,25(2):178-189
Guayule (Parthenium argentatum Gray) is a source of high quality rubber and low-allergenic latex as well as resin for use as a wood preservative. Demand for high value latex products has increased with the advent of deadly diseases such as AIDS. The objective of this study was to evaluate the performance of six improved guayule lines (AZ-1 to AZ-6) in south-east Queensland: released jointly by the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and The University of Arizona. Trials were conducted at two sites, Chinchilla and Gatton. Overall performance of improved lines for plant growth and yield of dry matter, rubber and resin was better at both Gatton and Chinchilla than the standard check lines (N 565 and 11591). AZ-1 and AZ-2 maintained the best combinations of desirable traits, including plant uniformity, early vigorous growth, increased dry matter, and increased rubber and resin yields. Of these two, AZ-2 had more uniform plant growth and has commercial potential for Queensland production areas. In the summer harvest at Gatton, 32-month-old AZ-1 and AZ-2 produced rubber yields of 789 kg/ha and 771 kg/ha, respectively, while controls, N 565 and 11591 produced 675 kg/ha and 618 kg/ha, respectively. At Chinchilla, at 33 months, spring harvested AZ-1 and AZ-2 produced rubber yields of 717 kg/ha and 787 kg/ha; these yields were significantly higher than N 565 and 11591 which produced 385 kg/ha and 380 kg/ha, respectively. Thus, rubber yields of AZ-1 and AZ-2 were consistently high across sites. AZ-1 and AZ-2 produced resin yields of 1158 kg/ha and 1115 kg/ha at Gatton and 1318 kg/ha and 1476 kg/ha at Chinchilla. This compared with a mean of 612 kg/ha and 352 kg/ha for the standard check lines at Gatton and Chinchilla. Thus resin yields of AZ-1 and AZ-2 were consistently high across sites. Rubber content appeared to be influenced by time of harvest although this effect is compounded with plant age. At Gatton, in spring, 17-month-old plants produced a mean rubber content of 7.7% (all lines), while, in summer, when the plants were 32-month-olds, rubber content dropped to 6.4%. At Chinchilla, 33-month-old plants harvested in spring produced a mean rubber content of 7.4%, similar to the spring value at Gatton. By contrast, resin content appeared to be little affected by season. 相似文献
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Guayule has long been known as a potential source of natural rubber. Native guayule populations are scattered throughout 300,000 km2 of rangeland in the Chihuahuan Desert of Texas and Mexico. The only native indigenous U.S. stands occur in the Trans Pecos region of southwest Texas, and represent the most northern extension of the plant's habitat. Maximum air temperatures of over 38 °C are frequent and minimum temperatures of −23 °C have been recorded. Guayule has been successfully cultivated across the arid and semi-arid Southwestern U.S., but new production areas need to be identified in order to meet the expected world-wide shortage of natural rubber by 2020. The objective of our study was to determine if guayule production could be successful farther north on the Southern High Plains near Halfway, TX. Guayule seedlings were transplanted May 18, 2006 at the Texas AgriLife Research Station at Halfway. Seed used included four released lines, AZ-1, AZ-2, AZ-3, and AZ-4; a released USDA cultivar (11591); and three unreleased breeding lines, N9-3, N6-5, and N13-1. Guayule cold damage was estimated in June of 2007 and 2008 using the following index: (1) no damage, (2) slight - injury of terminals to 6 cm, (3) moderate - 2/3 of plant volume injured, (4) severe - all aerial portions killed but resprouting, and (5) complete - beyond recovery with no regrowth. Plant harvests were conducted in April 2008 and March 2009. Following the 2006/2007 winter the cold damage index ranged from 1.2 in 11591 to 3.8 in AZ-1. The minimum air temperature was −15 °C. There was minimal cold damage during the 2007/2008 and 2008/2009 winters. Biomass of the 24 month-old shrubs harvested in 2008 varied from 9639 kg/ha in 11591 to 13,393 kg/ha in AZ-4. Shrub biomass in 2009 ranged from 26,721 kg/ha in 11591 to 32,951 kg/ha in N6-5. Rubber yield in 2008 was 222 and 639 kg/ha in AZ-3 and N6-5, respectively. Line AZ-3 yielded 717 kg/ha of rubber in 2009 while line AZ-4 yielded 2006 kg/ha. The critical factor in winter survival appeared to be the temperature regime that existed in the late fall and early winter: a gradual and progressive onset of low temperatures that allowed the shrubs to be dormant when freezing temperatures occurred. Lines 11591 and N6-5 had the least cold damage and hold promise for establishment and rubber production on the Southern High Plains of Texas. Certain production criteria make this area an ideal guayule production site: the long-term annual rainfall averages 460 mm, irrigation water salinity is less than 1 E.C. and is pumped from only 90 m, and center pivot sprinklers are available for establishing guayule by direct-seeding. 相似文献
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T.A. Coffelt F.S. Nakayama D.T. Ray K. Cornish C.M. McMahan C.F. Williams 《Industrial Crops and Products》2009,29(1):255-260
Guayule (Parthenium argentatum Gray) is a perennial shrub native to the Chihuahuan Desert. While guayule traditionally has been cultivated for rubber, more recently it is being cultivated for its hypoallergenic latex. Other uses including termite resistant wood products and an energy source have also been identified. However, the effects of various agronomic practices, such as planting and harvesting dates, plant spacing, cutting height and frequency, irrigation frequency, and herbicide application, on latex concentration and yield of newly developed germplasm have not been reported. The objectives of this study were to determine the yield and concentration of latex, rubber, and resin of four guayule lines planted at two populations and two planting dates. Four guayule lines (AZ-1, AZ-3, AZ-5, and 11591) were transplanted at two dates (28 November 2000 and 7 June 2001) and two plant populations (27,000 and 54,000 plants ha?1). Treatments were replicated four times. Each treatment plot was subdivided into six subplots for harvesting at 6-month intervals beginning 1 year after transplanting. Results showed that transplanting date did not affect plant size or latex concentration or yield consistently. Instead, it appeared that the time of harvest (fall vs. spring) was more important. The sixth (last harvest) in the fall planting date and the fifth harvest date in the spring planting date were the optimum for plant biomass and latex, rubber, and resin concentrations and yields. The lines AZ-1 and AZ-3 were larger, whereas AZ-5 had higher latex and rubber concentrations than the control, 11591. The greater plant population (54,000 plants ha?1) had higher biomass, rubber, and resin yields than the lower population (27,000 plants ha?1) at the early harvest dates, but not at the later harvest dates (5 and 6). More studies must to be conducted to determine the optimum plant population and transplanting date for other newly developed guayule germplasm lines. 相似文献
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T.A. Coffelt F.S. Nakayama D.T. Ray K. Cornish C.M. McMahan 《Industrial Crops and Products》2009,29(2-3):326-335
Guayule is a new crop being commercialized for hypoallergenic latex production. Because natural processes that occur in the plant following harvest, notably dehydration, result in rapid loss of latex and immediate processing of guayule shrub for latex on a commercial scale is not feasible, storage conditions that maintain latex concentration and yield need to be established. The objective of this study was to determine the effects of different storage conditions on the extractable latex, total rubber, resin, and guayulin A and B contents, and extractable latex, total rubber, and resin yields in harvested guayule shrub. The experiment was established using plants transplanted into the field at the University of Arizona Maricopa Agricultural Center, Maricopa, AZ, USA, on 22 March 2001. A randomized complete block design with four replications was used. Two germplasm lines (11591 and AZ-2) were used for this experiment. Twenty plants of each line were harvested six times (November 2002, March 2003, July 2003, November 2003, March 2004, and July 2004) from each field plot. Two plants of each line were randomly assigned to each of 10 storage treatment combinations reflecting wet, dry, or wet alternated with dry conditions prior to chipping for latex extraction. Extractable latex content, total rubber content, resin content, and guayulin A and B contents were determined after storage and compared with freshly harvested shrub. Plant biomass, latex yield, rubber yield, and resin yield were also determined and compared with fresh harvested shrub. AZ-2 was significantly lower in latex, rubber, and guayulin A content than 11591, and significantly higher in biomass, latex yield, rubber yield, resin content, resin yield, and guayulin B content. The results from this study show that moist storage of harvested shrub prior to dry chipping allows a higher yield of latex. Storing the shrub under moist conditions may allow more flexible harvesting and processing schedules, by limiting post-harvest latex losses and increasing the time interval between harvesting and processing. 相似文献
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Guayule (Parthenium argentatum Gray) is now a commercial crop for the production of high-quality, hypoallergenic natural rubber latex. Because guayule is relatively resistant to both insect and disease pests, its cultivation requires little chemical input. It has been postulated that guayule's chemical defense system is based on terpene derivatives such as guayulins A and B. The goals of this research were to: (1) describe the distribution of guayulins A and B throughout the plant, (2) determine whether guayulins can be used as a predictor of rubber content/yield (is guayulin content related to rubber content), and (3) determine whether the guayulin content/distribution has been changed through plant breeding.Two plants each of three different lines (11591, AZ-1, and AZ-3) and two ages (1 and 2 years old) were harvested at the soil line in the fall of 2002 and spring of 2003. Plants were separated into eight parts: brown leaves, green leaves, stem tips, stems less than 5 mm in diameter, stems between 5 and 10 mm, stems greater than 10 mm, green stems, and flower parts. Samples were analyzed for guayulins A and B and rubber content.Guayulins A and B and rubber were found in all plant parts, but were most prevalent in stems larger than 10 mm in diameter, and were significantly correlated with each other in these stems. Guayulin A was found in greater concentrations than guayulin B. There were no significant differences between plant ages for rubber, or guayulin content at the time of harvest, or guayulins for harvest season. Rubber percent was higher in spring, which agrees with numerous other investigations.Guayulin A in the stems is correlated with the total rubber in the plant, suggesting it as a potential selection tool. However, rubber in the same plant parts has a higher correlation with total plant rubber and remains a better and easier selection criterion than guayulin A.The extent to which guayulin contents differed between older, relatively unimproved lines and newer improved lines was evaluated. Variety 11591 had a higher concentration of guayulin A than guayulin B, so that the ratio of A to B was much higher than in the two improved lines (AZ-1 and AZ-3). It appears that the ratio of guayulin A to guayulin B has been changed in the two newer selections, but it is unclear whether this will affect pest resistance. 相似文献
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《Industrial Crops and Products》2001,13(3):229-238
Plant breeding in guayule, a rubber and latex producing plant, has not been as effective as predicted or desired. A surprisingly large amount of variability has been reported in this apomictic crop for traits such as plant height, width, resin, rubber, and latex contents. This study was designed to calculate the proportion of the total measured variability due to the environment and the proportion due to genetic influences within and between three-released germplasm lines. Plant heights were measured at 1, 2 and 3-years-of-age; plant width, and latex contents at 2 and 3-years-of-age; and resin and rubber content at 2-years-of-age. Broad-sense-heritabilities were estimated for each trait and year by dividing the genotypic by the total variance. To estimate the genetic component of the measured variance for each trait, the environment effects (variance from clonally propagated plants) were subtracted from the total variance (variance from open-pollinated (OP) seed propagated plants). In general, the variances of the means for the measured traits were lower in the clonally propagated plants compared with the apomictic OP seed propagated plants. The heritability estimates calculated for each trait differed from year to year. For instance, heritability for plant height was estimated in line AZ-2 to be 0.84 at 1 year of age; 0.47 at 2 years of age; and 0.0 at 3 years of age. These values imply that a large portion of the observed variation in this line is attributed to genetic effects in the first 2 years of growth. As the plant grows over several seasons, the environment effects compound, masking the genetic effects, making effective selection choices more difficult. Heritability for latex content for the same line was estimated to be 0.97 for the second year and 0.55 for the third year. Selections for the measured traits in this study appear to be most effective during the first and second years of growth, with effectiveness diminishing during the third year. Most selections previous to this study were performed between 3 and 5 years of growth, thus suggesting one reason for the lack of significant progress in most breeding programs. 相似文献
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《Industrial Crops and Products》2007,25(1):55-62
Guayule (Parthenium argentatum Gray) is being developed as a new commercial crop to be grown in arid and semiarid regions. Guayule stands are presently established using transplants; however, establishment by direct-seeding would reduce costs and make production more economical. A major difficulty in field establishment by direct-seeding is the variation in the quality of guayule seeds. Guayule seeds vary greatly in color, size, and weight, which are the attributes believed to be associated with the observed germination differences among and within seed lots. To determine the importance of these attributes, guayule seeds from different seed lots were separated by size (diameter) and color, each separation class was weighed and then seed quality determined by germination percentage and rate. X-ray analysis was used to distinguish filled from unfilled seeds, and this was related to the germination results. In six guayule breeding lines (N565, 11591, AZ-2, AZ-3, AZ-4, and AZ-5), the highest quality seeds were darker (opaque-black and gray), small to medium in diameter (1.4–1.6 mm), and were heavier (a greater proportion of filled seeds). Color appeared to be a more efficient separator for seed quality than seed size; however, separation by size may be acceptable on a large scale and still provide higher quality and more uniform seed lots. 相似文献
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赤霉素对不同甜叶菊品系主要农艺性状、糖苷含量及产量的影响 总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2
喷施不同浓度的赤霉素(GA)于4种不同类型的甜叶菊品系叶表面,考察外源激素处理对其主要农艺性状、糖苷含量及糖苷产量的影响。结果表明:(1)赤霉素处理组同对照组相比,处理后株高、节长显著增长,且节间伸长效果主要集中在茎秆中部,叶长显著变短、叶宽显著变窄,叶长宽比值增大,单株干叶产量下降;赤霉素处理间,表现出一定的浓度效应,即随着赤霉素处理浓度增大,表现出一定的株高增加,叶长、叶宽减小的趋势。(2)就提高植株糖苷含量而言,100 mg/L的GA处理(A1)提高了SR1型甜叶菊的RA苷的含量,100 mg/L和300 mg/L GA提高了SR3品系ST苷含量,300 mg/L GA提高了SR2品系ST苷含量。(3)就糖苷产量而言,由于各处理下其干叶产量均显著下降,最终导致所有GA处理中,除300mg/L的GA处理显著提高了SR2的ST苷产量外,其余GA处理均不利于甜叶菊RA或ST糖苷产量的提高。 相似文献
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This study examined some phenological, morphological and pomological features of different ornamental pepper (Capsicum sp.) species and lines under the conditions of Cukurova Region, Turkey. The field trials used a randomized complete block design with three replications. Different ornamental pepper species and lines varied depending on testing years, in terms of plant height (cm), the number of branches (number/plant), the number of fruits (number/plant), the weight of fresh fruit (g plant(-1)), the yield of fresh fruit (kg ha(-1)) and the breadth and length of fruit. Fresh yields of different ornamental pepper species and lines varied between 9412 - 24418 kg ha(-1) in the testing years. The highest fresh yield was observed from line C. frutescens 26 (24418 kg ha(-1)). It was determined that the fresh yield from the first harvest was higher than the others. 相似文献
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Soil acidity and low nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) availability are the most important constraints for common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) production in highly weathered soils of the humid tropics. The objective of this study was to identify bean lines capable of producing higher yields as the result of greater N and P use efficiency under conditions of intermediate soil N and P availability. Selection for adaptation to low soil fertility can be used by plant breeding programs to improve bean seed yields. The performance of 33 bean lines and the varieties ‘Morales’ and ‘Verano’ from Puerto Rico and ‘Salagnac 90’ from Haiti were evaluated under three fertilization regimes in an Oxisol (very-fine, kaolinitic, isohyperthermic Typic Eutrustox): (i) 50 kg N/ha (+N), 57 kg P2O5/ha (+P), 54 kg K2O/ha (+K), (ii) −N, +P and +K, and (iii) +N, −P and +K in two field plantings of June 2007 and January 2008. The black bean line PR0443-151 and red bean line PR0340-3-31 had consistently higher seed yields under nutrient non-limiting conditions (+N +P +K). The low N tolerant lines and those that consistently had the highest N use efficiencies were PR0443-151, VAX 3, RBF 11-33 and RBF 19-63. Lines that were both efficient in N utilization and responsive to N application were PR0443-151, IBC 309-23, and A774. PR0340-3-31, PR0443-151, A774 and VAX 3 had the highest seed yields under soil P limiting conditions and expressed high soil P use efficiency. The identification of the bean lines with high relative yields under both nutrient limiting and non-limiting conditions, high nutrient use efficiency, and tolerance to low soil N and P, can help breeding programs and eventual sustainability of bean production in the Caribbean. 相似文献
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以47个玉米自交系为材料,测定玉米自交系在低氮和正常氮处理下株高、穗位高、叶绿素SPAD值、吐丝期叶面积指数、吐丝期干重、全株干重、产量、子粒氮积累量、全株氮积累量和氮肥生产效率等10个指标,以耐低氮指数为参数,结合其变异系数,运用相关性分析、主成分分析和隶属函数法对其氮高效能力进行综合评价。结果表明,叶绿素、全株干重、产量、子粒氮积累量、全株氮积累量和氮肥生产效率等可作为玉米自交系氮高效能力的筛选指标。通过聚类分析,筛选得到PH6WC、郑58、PH6WC×郑58、PH6WC×D1798Z、D1798Z×521、HCL645×C7-2、HCL645×C7-2×单598、外杂二环系、美杂二环系×郑58、DH351×郑58、XL21×PH6WC共11个低氮高效型玉米自交系。 相似文献
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以热引1号胡椒为材料,研究不同施氮量(0、3.5、7、10.5、14 g/株)处理对幼龄胡椒叶片SPAD值、叶片氮含量、土壤硝态氮含量、胡椒长势和花穗发育的影响及叶片氮含量与花穗发育的相关关系。结果表明:施氮量由0增加到7 g/株,胡椒叶片SPAD值、叶片氮含量均逐渐增加,促进胡椒生长。施氮量为10.5~14 g/株时,胡椒叶片的SPAD值降低,叶片氮含量减少,胡椒株高和冠幅均受到抑制,开花时间晚,花量较少,且土壤中残留的硝态氮增加。因此,在本试验条件下,幼龄胡椒适宜的施氮量为3.5~7 g/株。在生产中,除了应控制氮肥的施用量外,还应增加磷钾肥的施用。 相似文献
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Guayule (Parthenium argentatum Gray) is a source of high quality low-allergenic natural rubber. It is a relatively new crop in Australia and optimum plant density for seed production has not been established. The objective of the current experiment was to examine whether seed yield, mass and size are affected by plant population. The effect of plant population on seed yield, mass and size was investigated by planting guayule (AZ-2) at 4444, 8300, 12,500 and 25,000 plants/ha. Data were collected at 16 and 28 months after planting. Seed was harvested manually multiple times over 4 weeks each year following the main flowering period in spring. Harvested seed was threshed and clean seed yield was compared among different plant populations. Seed quality attributes were also compared in terms of 1000-seed mass and seed size. Lowest plant population of 4444 plants/ha provided the highest yield at 28 months but was the lowest yielding at 16 months because the plants had not yet reached full size to compensate for the wider spacing. However, at both ages this treatment produced heavier and larger seeds. The difference in yield or seed mass and size between plant populations ranging from 8300 to 25,000 plants/ha was not significant. Overall results of the study demonstrated that seed yield and seed size, which is important in direct seeding could be affected by plant population. 相似文献
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2006~2014年,辽宁省粮食丰产科技工程项目组在辽西项目区开展玉米高产潜力探索及小面积超高产田创建工作。对经过严格测产且产量达到和超过15 000 kg/hm2的32个地块的地理分布、种植品种、种植密度、产量和产量构成因素及创建关键技术进行分析。结果表明,从纬度看,高产田均出现在40.82°~42.07°N范围内;从海拔看,高产田出现在1 000 m以下。玉米高产田的平均产量为16 630.5 kg/hm2,75%以上高产田块的种植密度超过6.75×104株/hm2,收获穗数与产量呈正相关关系。辽单565产量为15 025.5~18 822.2 kg/hm2,收获穗数69 800~93 200穗/hm2,穗粒数453~510粒,千粒重422.5~463.9 g,穗粒重190.3~233.6 g。高产关键技术是采用耐密型高产稳产品种,合理提高密度,充足的水肥供给,科学管理和地膜覆盖。 相似文献
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不同纯度玉米群体株高、光分布和产量的比较研究 总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1
研究了不同纯度条件下沈农87品种玉米群体的田间性状及产量。结果表明:纯度与群体株高呈极显著正相关,处理间差异显著;随着纯度降低,株高整齐度下降,同一冠层高度透光率增加。产量与纯度为极显著正相关关系,纯度每降低1%,产量下降0.6%～0.7%。 相似文献
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密度和氮肥用量对油菜产量及氮肥利用率的影响? 总被引：5，自引：0，他引：5
为机械化种植油菜,研究不同施氮水平下密度对直播油菜生长发育和氮肥利用效率的影响。以甘蓝型油菜品种中双11号为材料,在低密（15万株/hm2）和高密（45万株/hm2）两种密度下,设施氮0、90、180和270kg/hm2处理,分析施氮量与密度对油菜农学性状、产量、氮肥利用效率的影响,并对比分析了密度与油菜需氮量之间的关系。结果表明,增密后油菜的株高、分枝数、单株角果数和每角粒数显著降低,分枝高度和千粒重显著增加。高密油菜群体株型结构整齐均一,更能满足机械化收获需要。高密处理油菜籽粒产量高于低密处理。施氮0～180kg/hm2时,两个密度下的籽粒产量均随施氮量增加而显著提高,但在270kg/hm2时两密度下油菜产量均有所下降。油菜氮肥表观利用率随着施氮量的增加而下降,但是又随种植密度的增加而增加。说明增加密度能促进氮素向油菜籽粒转移,降低每生产100kg籽粒油菜需氮量,提高氮肥表观利用率。在相同的目标产量（低密下的经济产量、湖北省油菜平均单产和全国油菜平均单产）下,油菜增密后可以节约氮肥用量22.9%~30.6%,增密减氮效果明显。
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H. Timm J. C. Bishop K. B. Tyler M. Zahara V. H. Schweers J. P. Guerard 《American Journal of Potato Research》1983,60(8):577-585
The response of potato plants to banding and broadcasting of N was evaluated under sprinkler irrigation utilizing well water containing 20 to 24 ppm NO3-N. A potato crop was grown for three consecutive years on a Wasco sandy loam soil at rates of 67, 134, 202, and 269 kg N/ha, as (NH4)2SO4. At each rate of N, 58 kg P/ha as superphosphate, and 112 kg K/ha as K2SO4, were included. Differences in PO4-P or K concentrations in petiole tissue were minimal with no consistant differences in NO3-N concentration whether N was banded or broadcast. With each increment of N the NO3-N concentration increased. Total or U.S. No. 1 yields of potatoes were not consistently different whether N was banded or broadcast. Total yields increased when N was increased from 67 to 202 kg/ha. Neither yield of U.S. No. 1 grade or dry matter content of potatoes was improved when N was increased above 134 kg/ha. 相似文献
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种植密度对玉米产量及植株性状的影响 总被引：8，自引：2，他引：6
以多抗较耐密玉米品种丹玉86和高抗耐密玉米新组合丹3363为试验材料,研究种植密度对产量及植株性状的影响。结果表明,丹玉86产量与密度呈二次回归方程的关系,在60 000株/hm2密度下产量最高;丹3363在75 000株/hm2密度下产量最高,在52 500株/hm2密度下产量最低。株高、穗位高、茎粗、叶片数、棒三叶长随密度变化不明显。丹玉86在60 000株/hm2密度下棒三叶宽、棒三叶面积最大;丹3363棒三叶宽、棒三叶面积随密度增加而降低。丹玉86和丹3363倒伏率和空秆率均随密度增加呈上升趋势。 相似文献
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Resown S23 perennial ryegrass pastures showed considerably greater response to the application of fertilizer N (0·1075 kg N/ha per year = 0–960 Ib N/ac) at 305 m O.D. than the native Festuca ovina/Agrostis tenuis and Molinia caerulea dominant communities on identical brown earth and peaty gley soils. Ryegrass DM production during 1967–70 increased with N application rates up to 538 kg N/ha per year (480 Ib N/ac) on the acid-brown earth, while on the extremely N-deficient gley soil yield responses were recorded up to 1075 kg N/ha (960 Ib N/ac). Percentage N recovery by ryegrass, bowever, although improved by grazing and re circulation, was less than under lowland conditions and the response to N during the growing season was also lower, exceeding 20 kg DM/kg N from applications in May, June and July only. The recovery of N by Festuca/Agrostis and Molinia in 1968–70 ranged from 3% and 2% at 938 kg N/ha to 14% and 9% at 117 kg N/ba per year, respectively. The respective maximum average DM yields recorded were 29 t/ha and 2.2 t/ha from the native communities and 70 t/ha and 62 t/ha from the corresponding resown pastures (2610, 1950, 6250 and 5520 Ib/ac). The results are discussed in relation to the strategy of land improvement in upland areas. 相似文献