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《Field Crops Research》2001,72(1):67-91
Tillering is an important adaptive feature of pearl millet (Pennisetum americanum L.) to the unpredictable growing conditions of dry areas of the semi-arid tropics. Yet, this feature has largely been ignored in the development of simulation models for pearl millet. The objective of this paper is to parameterise and validate a leaf area module for pearl millet, which dynamically simulates crop leaf area from the leaf area of individual axes through simulating inter-axis competition for light. To derive parameters for the model, four cultivars (contrasting in phenology and tillering habit) were grown under well-watered and well-fertilised conditions across a range of plant densities in three experiments at two locations in India. For selected plants, observations on the number of primary basal tillers and on the number of visible, fully expanded, and senesced leaves on each axis were made twice a week throughout the growing season. Occurrence of panicle initiation (PI) was observed in two experiments only, but data were complemented by published and unpublished data, obtained for comparable cultivars. Parameters were obtained for the time from emergence to PI as a function of daylength, the leaf initiation rate, the rate of leaf and tiller appearance and the leaf senescence rate; parameters for leaf size were determined in a previous paper. Our parameter estimates compared well with published data and were, with the exception of time to PI and leaf size, mostly independent of cultivar, axis and density. Genotypic effects on productive tiller number could be attributed to differences in main shoot leaf size. Validation of the leaf area module showed that the module adequately reproduced the effects of density, photoperiod and genotype on the leaf area of individual axes and on productive tiller number. This was despite the fact that the reduction in leaf area of non-productive tillers was achieved in the module through a reduction in leaf size, whereas the crop reduced leaf area through a reduction in leaf number. Our results indicate that LAI of a tillering crop can be simulated adequately by simulating LAI from individual leaf area and incorporating the effects of competition for light. 相似文献
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《Field Crops Research》1987,16(4):337-348
Increasing awareness of drought tolerance in pearl millet [Pennisetum americanum (L.) Leeke.] has stimulated research into pearl millet as a potential U.S. crop. Objectives of this study were to compare yield and yield components of pearl millet and grain sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] and evaluate pearl millet response to a range of grain sorghum environments.Yield and yield component comparisons were made using 24 millet hybrids and six grain sorghum hybrids at seven Kansas locations, from 1980 to 1982. To compare pearl millet production in grain sorghum environments, millet hybrid mean yields were regressed on sorghum location means. A desirable millet hybrid would have a high yield and a regression coefficient not significantly different from 1.0.Average grain sorghum yields were greater than millet yields in all three years. Millet hybrid yields ranged from 350 to 5400 kg ha−1. Over all locations and years, millet yield averaged 63% of sorghum yield.In unfavorable environments, pearl millet yield and response to changing environments were not significantly different from those of grain sorghum. As environmental conditions improved, sorghum significantly yielded more than millet. Lower millet yields could be attributed to significantly smaller seed size and head sterility. The small seed also reduced plant establishment; however millet's tillering ability compensated for reduced population. 相似文献
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为开展麦类作物功能基因组学研究,选用综合性状突出的大麦品种Tamalpais,通过化学诱变剂甲基磺酸乙酯(Ethyl methane sulfonate,EMS)处理,创建了含有10 389个M2单株的突变群体。该群体数据分析表明,温室条件下,6.21%的M2幼苗呈现叶片颜色变异;大田实验中,M2群体出现丰富的表型变异,主要包括幼苗匍匐、分蘖、株高、生育期、叶色、叶形、叶条纹、叶斑、穗部特征、育性等,其中幼苗匍匐、分蘖、株高、叶色、叶条纹、叶斑的突变频率分别为0.11%、6.03%、0.13%、2.5%、0.18%、0.17%。抽样调查显示,M2世代的胚坏死率较低,仅有9%左右的单株表现出过半的胚坏死率。运用TILLING技术成功获得大麦COI1同源基因的突变体,筛选结果同时表明,该突变群体的突变频率约为平均每673kb一个点突变。因此,Tamal-pais群体突变表型丰富、TILLING检测可行,可作为麦类作物基因图位克隆与功能验证的重要素材,适用于麦类作物的正向和反向遗传学研究。 相似文献
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《Plant Production Science》2013,16(3):202-209
SummaryA pot experiment was conducted to investigate the heterosis for morphological characters and to examine the relationship among some characters at active tillering, flowering and dough ripe stages of 12 Fj hybrids from crosses between japonica and indica rice. Heterosis for plant height, number of tillers, green leaf area and dry matter accumulation per plant was positive at all stages. The intensity of heterosis was higher at the active tillering stage for number of tillers, leaf area and dry matter accumulation per plant. A significant positive relationship was found between tiller number and leaf area per plant at active tillering and flowering stages. Significant positive relationships between leaf area and dry matter accumulation, and between tiller number and dry matter accumulation per plant were observed at all stages. A significant positive relationship was found between leaf area per plant at an early stage and dry matter accumulation per plant at a later stage, suggesting that early development of leaf area is an important factor for higher dry matter accumulation in 1 hybrids. Although heterosis for percent dead leaf blade was positive at the flowering stage due to early leaf senescence in some Fx hybrids, a larger leaf area was also found in Fx hybrids at this stage and leaves of Fx hybrids remained green longer compared to parent cultivars up to the dough ripe stage. 相似文献
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《Plant Production Science》2013,16(2):124-130
Abstract The effect of high red/ far-red ratio (R/FR) on tillering in wheat and its cultivar differences were investigated with a pot experiment. Four Japanese wheat cultivars with a different degree of winter habit: Abukumawase, Sanukinoyume 2000, Norin 61 and Iwainodaichi, were grown under the tunnels with different R/FR conditions: one tunnel covered with a light control film which attenuates irradiance in the far red range (high R/FR) and the other with a transparent polyethylene film with a white shading cloth (control). The high R/FR treatment increased R/FR by 25%, and slightly decreased air temperature. The low temperature in high R/FR had some effect on the time of the developmental stage; however, physiological responses to high R/FR and its cultivar differences were observed. Tillering dynamics was quantified and analyzed based on phyllochron, site-filling and the time of cessation of tillering. The high R/FR significantly delayed the time in calendar days of full expansion of flag leaf and anthesis, but the effect of treatment was not significant in growing degree days. The high R/FR had no significant effect on the phyllochron and the maximum number of leaves on the main stem. The maximum number of tillers per plant was significantly increased and the cessation of tillering was significantly delayed by the high R/FR in all cultivars. In conclusion, the increase in the number of tillers in the high R/FR was attributed mainly to the delay of the cessation of tiller emergence, along with the significant increase in rate of tillering in some cultivars. 相似文献
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The paper investigates management and cultivar type effects on pearl millet stover yield and fodder quality. Sixteen pearl millet cultivars available to farmers in India were selected to represent three cultivar types: (1) traditional landrace germplasm from the arid/semi-arid millet production zones, (2) improved dual-purpose (grain and stover) open-pollinated varieties incorporating differing amounts of traditional landrace germplasm and (3) commercial, grain-type F1 hybrids, bred for use in the arid/semi-arid zone. The cultivars were grown for 2 years (2000 and 2001) at high fertility (HF: 65 kg N ha−1 and 18 kg P ha−1) and low fertility (LF: 21 kg N ha−1 and 9 kg P ha−1). Within each fertility level high (HP) and low (LP) plant population densities were established by varying sowing rate and then thinning to the target populations (HP: 11 plants m−2 and LP: 5 plants m−2). Stover fodder quality traits (nitrogen concentration, sugar content, in vitro digestibility and metabolizable energy content) were analyzed using a combination of conventional laboratory analysis and near infrared spectroscopy. In general, fertility level and cultivar type had strong effects on grain and stover yields, and on a range of stover nutritional quality traits, but with significant year interactions. In contrast, the effect of population density on these variables was largely insignificant. Higher fertilizer application significantly increased grain and stover yields and stover nitrogen concentration, in vitro digestibility and metabolizable energy content. As a result, fertilization resulted in significant increases in the yields of both digestible and metabolizable stover. Landrace cultivars as a group produced higher quality fodder than modern hybrids, but at a significant cost in grain yield. Dual-purpose, open-pollinated cultivars were generally intermediate between the landraces and hybrids, in terms of both stover quality and grain yield, but produced the highest yields of both digestible and metabolizable stover. The paper discusses the implications of these findings for Indian pearl millet farmers with various resource levels and farming objectives. 相似文献
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基因型和氮肥对冬小麦叶片形态建成和分蘖的影响 总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1
于１９９８～１９９９ 年在浙江大学华家池校区实验农场进行了田间试验,研究基因型和环境对小麦叶片形态建成和分蘖的影响。试验由３ 个基因型（浙麦１ 号,ＺＡＵ９７－２,扬麦５ 号）和３ 种氮肥水平（０,１２０,２４０ ｋｇ／ｈｍ ２）的９ 种组合处理组成。主茎各叶片长度,除第１、９ 和１０ 外,基因型之间差异显著,叶片宽度随叶位高度而增加,各叶片面积的变化与叶长基本一致,第１ 至５ 叶依次增加,第６ 叶明显减小,第７ 叶又逐渐递增;单株分蘖数和分蘖消长动态因基因型而异。氮对叶片形态有明显影响,但除旗叶外,Ｎ１２０ 和Ｎ２４０ 两种氮水平之间叶长无显著差异。氮对分蘖的发生影响较小,但能显著促进其后的生长。基因型和氮肥对叶片形态和分蘖的影响存在着一定的互作效应。 相似文献
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Effects of genetic improvements on grain yield and agronomic traits of winter wheat in the Yangtze River Basin of China 总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1
Wheat is an important food crop worldwide. Genetic improvements have contributed much to wheat production since the 1960s. Verifying the evolution of agronomic traits and the physiological basis of grain yield will facilitate breeders and agronomists in developing new wheat cultivars, with the aim of stable and high yields. Thirty-five wheat cultivars, bred or widely planted in the Yangtze River Basin from 1950 to 2005, were grown in field experiments under three N rates (0, 112.5, and 225 kg N ha−1) from 2006 to 2009 in Nanjing, China. Wheat grain yield, kernels per spike, 1000-kernel weight (TKW), and harvest index (HI) increased linearly with cultivar development from the 1950s to the 2000s, whereas spikes per unit land decreased significantly with cultivar development during the same period, and stabilized with further genetic improvements in cultivars. Grain yield, kernels per spike, and TKW differed with N rate and with cultivar. Grain yield, spikes per unit land, and kernels per spike increased significantly with increasing N fertilizer, but TKW and HI decreased. Cultivar height decreased with cultivar development from the 1950s to the 1980s, and remained relatively stable in subsequent cultivars. The proportion of the length of the top internode to total plant height increased with cultivar development from the 1950s to the 1980s and thereafter fell, while the length of the basal internode (BI) maintained a shortening trend. Leaf area per culm, leaf area index (LAI), net photosynthetic rate (Pn), and photosynthetic activity duration (PAD) of the flag leaf increased with cultivar development. Leaf area, LAI, and Pn increased significantly with increasing N fertilizer, while PAD did not. Single spike yield increased linearly with genetic development in cultivars, and these increases mainly resulted from increasing kernel number and weight, which were closely related to source size and cultivar. Grain yield was positively correlated to leaf area, LAI, PnMax, PAD, and single spike yield; single spike yield was positively correlated to leaf area, LAI, PnMax, and PAD, suggesting that grain yield improvements were mainly associated with improvements in the source (leaf area, LAI, Pn, PAD, etc.) and sink (single spike yield). Sink-source ratios increased with genetic development of cultivars, suggesting that productivity per leaf improved and that sink-source relationships have reached close to optimum in the Yangtze River Basin. Furthermore, breeding for high yield should be related to improvement in kernels per spike and TKW per unit land and increased sink-source ratios with a feasible LAI, and N fertilizer management should be considered during breeding for higher yields. 相似文献
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Developing more competitive rice cultivars could help improve weed management and reduce dependency on herbicides. To achieve this goal, an understanding of key traits related to competitiveness is critical. Experiments were conducted at Gelemen and Bafra districts of Samsun province in Turkey between 2008 and 2009 to measure the competitiveness of rice cultivars against Echinochloa crus-galli, a problematic weed in rice fields. Five rice cultivars (Osmancık, Kızılırmak, Karadeniz, Koral and Neğiş) and five E. crus-galli densities (0, 5, 10, 20, and 30 plants m−2) were used. Koral produced significantly more tillers than the other cultivars irrespective of E. crus-galli densities and reduced E. crus-galli tiller production by about 29.5% at Gelemen and 15.8% at Bafra at the highest weed density. E. crus-galli interference reduced rice height and there was a density dependent relationship. Koral was the most competitive cultivar; it maintained high biomass accumulation in early growth stages and suffered smaller reductions in plant height in the presence of E. crus-galli, compared to the other cultivars. In the absence of weed competition, Koral and Neğiş produced the highest yields at both locations. Stepwise regression analyses of the combined data from both years showed tillering capacity, early growth crop biomass, and plant height were critical traits related to competitiveness. These traits should be considered by plant breeders in their efforts to develop rice cultivars with enhanced competitiveness against weeds. Development of such cultivars could substantially reduce herbicide and labor inputs for rice production. 相似文献
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《Field Crops Research》1995,40(1):49-56
A seeding rate for oat (Avena sativa L.) of 500 viable seeds m−2 is used in Finland for development of a uniculm stand, and to avoid post-anthesis tillering and subsequent uneven ripening of the crop. Plant breeding has, however, considerably altered plant height and plant stand structure, thereby possibly changing tillering capacity. The objective of this study was to assess the contribution of tillers to grain yield and morpho-physiological traits comparing an oat landrace cultivar (Jalostettu maatiainen), a modern cultivar (Puhti), and a semi-dwarf line (Hja 76416) when grown at 200 to 900 viable seeds m−2 at increments of 100 seeds m−2. The experiments were conducted at Viikki Experimental Farm, University of Helsinki, Finland (60°13′N), in 1991 and 1992. Increasing the seeding rate significantly increased the number of main culms m−2, but decreased straw length and several yield components on the main shoot. Tillers in the semi-dwarf line contributed 27% to the grain yield at 200 seeds m−2. This line yielded highest at 600 seeds m−2 which favored a uniculm growth habit, and 98% of grain yield was solely from main panicles. Due to the sensitivity of the landrace and modern cultivar to lodging, no significant effect of seeding rate on grain yield was recorded under favorable growing conditions (1991). The highest grain yield for them was recorded at 600 to 800 seeds m−2 with early summer drought (1992). No tiller contribution to grain yield was observed at ⩾ 500 seeds m−2. Following sensitivity to lodging the optimum seeding rate for the longer strawed lines is lower and more dependent on environmental factors than that for the semi-dwarf line. 相似文献
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《Field Crops Research》1998,57(3):253-263
Spring wheat (Triticum aestivum) was grown in the field for two consecutive seasons under ambient and supplemental levels of ultraviolet-B (UV-B, 280–315 nm) radiation to determine the potential for alterations in community structure, developmental stages, growth and yield components. The supplemental UV-B radiation simulated depletions of 12, 20, or 25% stratospheric ozone. Spring wheat is a potentially UV-B sensitive species, showing the greatest sensitivity to UV-B radiation at 5.31 kJ m−2. Delays in development and decrease in plant height were observed at early tillering stage under UV-B treatment, and slowly exacerbated during further development. UV-B radiation changed crop structure, by decreasing the total number of tillers produced and increasing dead shoot number, resulted in fewer head-bearing shoots at ripening stage, and decreased biomass and yield. UV-B radiation decreased the area of the last leaf and leaf area index, but increased specific leaf weight. UV-B radiation inhibited biomass accumulation and altered the patterns of biomass partitioning; these effects might be correlated with yield. Decreases in yield were the result of significant reductions in spike number, grain number per spike and thousand grain weight under UV-B. Generally, the effects of UV-B radiation on developmental stages and crop structure were the most important, they might change the other characteristics of spring wheat crop. The responses of spring wheat crop to enhanced UV-B radiation were assessed, decreases in some crop characteristics caused by a 10 or 20% global ozone depletion were predicted. Ozone depletion had the greatest decrease in yield and the least reduction in plant height. 相似文献
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《Field Crops Research》1998,58(3):167-175
Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) is expanding into lower latitudes of the Nile Valley Region, where maximum air temperature can reach 38–40°C during the short growing season. Genotype and environment, particularly temperature, affect the rate of leaf appearance. Field experiments were conducted at the Gezira Research Station, Wad Medani, Sudan in 1992–94. The study aimed to determine the effect of high temperature (by manipulating sowing dates) on leaf and tiller appearance and growth of nine spring wheat cultivars. Linear response was found between rate of leaf appearance and thermal time and it was faster before double-ridge stage than after double ridge. Phyllochron ranged between 99°C d and 122°C d. Differences in phyllochron interval (PI) were pronounced among cultivars and early-maturing cultivars had faster leaf appearance compared with late-maturing ones. Mean final leaf number on the main stem ranged from 8.1 to 12.2 and it was highly correlated with thermal time from sowing to double ridge stage (r=0.71**). Genetic constitution of cultivars had larger effect on number of leaves per main-stem than temperature. Tillers were initiated at leaf stage 2.9 and cultivars differed in their tillering capacity and only 1.5–2.0 reproductive tillers per plant were produced. About 810°C d were needed to produce tillers 1 and 2 and about 1140°C d for tillers 3 and 4. Leaf senescence started at leaf stage 6.1 for cv. Wadi El Neil and 4.2 for Debeira. Cultivars sown late exhibited delayed senescence of their leaves. High temperature accelerated maturity and the cultivars suited for the irrigated tropical environment were found to be early-sown late-maturing types. 相似文献
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《Plant Production Science》2013,16(4):433-440
AbstractIn semi-arid areas, pearl millet is an important staple food crop that is traditionally intercropped with cowpea. This study evaluated the water competition between pearl millet and cowpea using deuterated water. At vegetative stage, pearl millet biomass production was lower in the pearl millet-cowpea (PM-CP) combination than in the pearl millet-pigeon pea (PM-PP) and pearl millet-bambara nut (PM-BN) combinations. PM-CP used more water than PM-PP and PM-BN under well-watered conditions; however, all combinations used similar amounts of water under dry conditions. The biomass production, photosynthetic rates, transpiration rates, and midday leaf water potential of pearl millet at early flowering stage were not significantly reduced by mixed planting with cowpea sown two weeks later as compared with single planted pearl millet. When pearl millet and cowpea were sown at the same time, mix planting significantly increased the recovery rates of recently irrigated heavy water in pearl millet, but not in cowpea in both vegetative and early flowering stages. Midday leaf water potential and transpiration rates in pearl millet were lowered by mixed planting but those in cowpea were not. These indicate that the water source of pearl millet is shifted to the recently irrigated and easily accessible water. By contrast, when cowpea was sown two weeks later than pearl millet, this trend was not observed. These results provide new evidence on water competition in the PM-CP intercropping system; cowpea has higher ability to acquire existing soil water than pearl millet when both crops are sown at the same time. 相似文献
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《Field Crops Research》1997,54(1):19-28
Physiological functions are usually expressed on a leaf area basis, whereas leaf mineral concentrations are often expressed on a dry matter basis. If specific leaf weight (SLW; g DM m−2 leaf) differs among genotypes then variability in mineral concentration may depend on the basis of expression. Data from experiments with peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) and pearl millet [Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.] lines and from the literature were used to examine relationships between leaf mineral concentration and SLW. Peanut and pearl millet were grown in pots in the greenhouse in soil and solution cultures. Specific leaf weight and ash and mineral concentrations were determined at the end of the experiments. Leaf ash concentration on a dry matter basis was negatively correlated with SLW and the correlation coefficients were significant in six of nine comparisons for the two species; r = −0.65 to −0.93. In the one peanut experiment in which mineral elements were determined, the correlations with ash were due mainly to correlations with Ca and Mg, while in pearl millet, correlations were due mainly to K. The slope of a plot of leaf constituents per unit of leaf area against SLW for a range of lines is a measure of the contribution of that leaf constituent to increased SLW. From data in the literature it appears that increased SLW is due mostly to the increase of cell wall components and nonstructural carbohydrates, and sometimes protein. Leaf mineral per unit of leaf area appears to be unrelated or only slightly increased with increased SLW and thus declines on a unit weight basis because of dilution by increased cell wall content or soluble carbohydrate. 相似文献
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Herbicide options for weed control in millets are very limited and hence there is a need for exploring potential herbicides. Field trials were conducted at three locations in Kansas and Nebraska in 2009 to evaluate foxtail millet, proso millet, and pearl millet tolerance to saflufenacil applied preemergence (PRE) at 36, 50, and 100 g ai ha−1. Foxtail millet was the most sensitive of the three millets to saflufenacil. Among experimental sites, saflufenacil at 36 g ha−1 injured foxtail millet 59–99% and reduced plant stands 41–95%; nearly all plants died at 100 g ha−1. Despite early season foliar injury and up to 36% stand reduction, fodder or grain yields of proso and pearl millets were not reduced by any rate of saflufenacil compared to untreated controls. Additional trials were conducted at four locations in Kansas, Nebraska and South Dakota in 2010 and 2011 to refine saflufenacil use rate (36 and 50 g ha−1) and application timing [14 days early preplant (EPP); 7 days preplant (PP); and PRE] for use in proso and pearl millets. Saflufenacil applied EPP or PP, regardless of rate, caused up to 21 and 6% foliar injury and up to 21 and 9% plant stand reduction in proso and pearl millets, respectively. However, yields were not reduced by EPP or PP treatments in either millet crop. PRE applications of saflufenacil caused the highest crop injury and stand reduction in both millets. Saflufenacil PRE at 36 g ha−1 caused up to 57 and 40% foliar injury and up to 42 and 24% stand reductions in proso and pearl millets, respectively; however, yields were not affected. Comparatively, saflufenacil PRE at 50 g ha−1 reduced yields of proso and pearl millets 36 and 52%, respectively, on sandy loam soils with high pH (8.3) and low organic matter content (1.1%). Overall, results indicated that foxtail millet lacks tolerance to saflufenacil, but up to 50 g ha−1 of saflufenacil may be safely applied as near as 7 days before planting proso or pearl millets. If situation demands, saflufenacil at 36 g ha−1 can also be applied PRE to either crop with risk of some crop injury. 相似文献
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《Field Crops Research》2005,91(2-3):149-160
Barley is one of the most widely cultivated crops in rainfed areas of the Mediterranean, where drought is the main factor that limits yield. Knowledge of the physiological traits responsible for adaptation of barley cultivars to Mediterranean environments may be relevant for future breeding strategies. Yield potential versus drought tolerance is an open debate. Here, we studied two barley cultivars (Graphic and Kym), of similar time to anthesis and crop duration, that are widely cultivated in the western Mediterranean. Grain yield was evaluated in 41 field trials and ranged (averaged for the 16–32 cultivars assayed in each trial) from 0.7 to 9.1 Mg ha−1. Yield components and carbon isotope discrimination (Δ13C) of grains was analysed in another two trials. Graphic production was greater than Kym in all conditions. This greater yield was sustained mainly by more ears per unit ground area, which may be attributable to higher growth potential during tillering. Moreover, Graphic showed greater Δ13C of kernels, indicating improved water status even at the end of the crop cycle. To examine differences in early growth, these cultivars were grown in optimal conditions and then photosynthetic activity and biomass analysed at the end of tillering. Graphic showed greater above-ground and root biomass as well as total leaf area per plant and per tiller than Kym, and also tended to have more tillers per plant, but its shoot-to-root biomass ratio was lower. Nitrogen content per unit leaf area was correlated negatively with plant and with tiller leaf area and positively with the shoot-to-root biomass ratio. Photosynthetic rate per unit leaf area was lower in Graphic and positively related to a lower nitrogen content, whereas stomatal limitation of photosynthesis and water use efficiency was similar in the two cultivars. Ribulose 1,5-biphosphate regeneration capacity contributed to the lower photosynthetic rate of Graphic. Moreover, quantum yield of photosystem II (PSII) electron transport was also lower in Graphic than Kym, which suggests that mechanisms other than leaf structure also contributed to the higher photosynthetic capacity of the former. Nevertheless, as result of differences in leaf area, total plant photosynthesis was greater in Graphic.The results indicate that the higher yield of Graphic under a wide range of Mediterranean conditions may be sustained by increased plant growth and total photosynthesis during tillering, although the photosynthetic capacity per unit leaf area is lower than that of Kym. Graphic has a more extensive root system than Kym, subsequently improving its water status in later stages of the crop cycle. Nitrogen content per unit leaf area is a good indicator of the growth and photosynthetic activity of barley plants in the early stages of the crop cycle. 相似文献
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《Field Crops Research》1998,57(1):1-13
Variable crop duration is a major constraint to rice double cropping in arid irrigated environments, such as the Sahel. Photoperiodism and low air and water temperatures during the cool season are the major causes of variability, and cultivars are needed whose photothermal response provides a more stable crop duration. A previous study analyzed cultivar photothermal constants on the basis of progress to flowering. The present study sought to identify, on the basis of leaf appearance rates, the phenological stages that are most sensitive photothermally, and to explore technical options to screen germplasm for stable crop duration. Three Oryza sativa, indica-type rice cultivars (Jaya, IKP, IR64) were sown in the field at 15-day intervals during the dry season of 1995 (11 sowing dates) and 1996 (5 sowing dates) in Ndiaye, Senegal, under full irrigation and wide spacing to reduce microclimate variability. Mean daily water temperature (Tw) varied from 13 to 35°C. After seed soaking, the rate at which the first leaf (L1) appeared was linearly related with Tw, with a base temperature (Tbase) of about 10°C. Appearance rates of the subsequent three leaves (L2–L4) had a similar Tbase, and presented a distinct temperature optimum (Topt) at about 23°C, beyond which development rates decreased. Errors were too large to determine differences among cultivars in thermal constants. No significant temperature response was observed for the leaf appearances between L5 to the flag leaf (L12 to L20). Crop duration to flowering varied by 45 (IR64) and 63 days (Jaya). These variations were associated with highly variable leaf numbers in all cultivars, including photoperiod-insensitive IKP. One-third of the variable duration was hypothesized to be due to a variable basic vegetative phase (BVP), caused by variable germination and leaf appearance rates, and two-thirds to variable duration of panicle induction after BVP. Water temperature was the main determinant of both sources of variability. A simulation model, describing these temperature and photoperiod effects on leaf number, growth duration and leaf appearance rates, was developed using the 1995 data, and satisfactorily validated with the 1996 data. The model was used to identify phenological-stage and cultivar-specific causes of variable crop duration. 相似文献
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The introduction of a new cultivar in a process-based crop simulation model requires the estimation of cultivar coefficients that define its growth and development characteristics. An accurate estimation of these coefficients requires replicated field experiments that, in many cases, are not available to crop model users. The objective of this study was to employ a pattern recognition approach to estimate cultivar coefficients from a minimum set of experimental data for use with a crop simulation model. The pattern recognition approach is based on similarity measures. Its main goal is to classify groups of data or patterns based on either a priori knowledge or on statistical information extracted from the patterns. Based on the similarity measure as the central calculation of the pattern recognition approach, the algorithm searches the space of features of other cultivars in the database to find the most similar cultivar as the best match to the target cultivar. The approach of this study was based on a few key characteristics of maize crop growth and development, including anthesis and harvest maturity dates, maximum leaf area index (LAImax), final above ground biomass, and grain yield, which were used as the features vector. To construct the feature database, 27,789 hypothetical cultivars were constructed by combining different values of the six cultivar coefficients of the Cropping System Model (CSM)-CERES-Maize. Experiments performed in Florida (FL) and Iowa (IA) USA, Spain, central Punjab, Pakistan, and in Piracicaba, SP, Brazil were selected and later modified to provide a full potential production environment. The crop model was run for potential production for all 27,789 hypothetical cultivars and the outputs of these simulations were used as the feature database. For evaluation of this approach, we used the features for 29 different maize cultivars as reported from field experiments that are available in DSSAT maize cultivar database and also for four additional cultivars of which two had not been used in any aspect of this study. The model was run for all 33 cultivars, using the best match cultivar coefficients, for the conditions of the three study sites and locations where the latter four cultivars have been grown. The simulated crop characteristics were compared with the same simulated crop characteristics based on the original coefficients used to run the simulation model. We found that the approach based on pattern recognition was able to estimate the cultivar coefficients with a reasonable accuracy. The coefficient of determination (r2), root mean square difference (RMSD), and relative root mean square of difference (RMSDr) confirmed that this approach provided reliable estimates for the maize cultivar coefficients. The highest R2 (0.98) was obtained for anthesis in Florida and the lowest (0.57) was obtained for grain yield in Spain. The highest RMSD (8.8) was obtained for maturity in Spain, while the lowest RMSD (1.1) was obtained for aboveground biomass in Florida. Although the values for RMSD were different across the different sites, this approach provided a level of accuracy that might be acceptable, especially for users who only have one year of experimental data and demand the best possible initial guess for the coefficients of their specific cultivar. This approach has been implemented in a simple tool that can be easily applied by users of DSSAT and the CSM-CERES-Maize model. 相似文献
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《Journal of Cereal Science》1995,22(2):177-184
Pearl millet grown at two different locations in the U.S.A., pearl millet A (PMA) and pearl millet B (PMB), were analyzed for chemical composition and nutrient content and compared to corn. The two samples of pearl millet and corn were incorporated into diets and fed to 24 growing pigs in a metabolism trial to determine nitrogen and mineral balance and digestibilities of energy, fat and amino acids. Pearl millet (PMA and PMB) was found to be richer in crude protein, gross energy, ether extract, acid detergent fiber, amino acid profile and mineral content than corn. However, digestibilities of dry matter (corn, 86·8%; PMA, 80·5%; PMB, 82·0%) and energy (corn, 85·3%; PMA, 78·8%; PMB, 80·5%) were higher (P<0·05) for corn than either of the pearl millet samples. Fat digestibility was much higher in pearl millet than corn. Although nitrogen intake and absorption were higher (P<0·05) for pearl millet, the digestibility of nitrogen was similar for pearl millet and corn. Net protein utilization was lower (P<0·05) in pearl millet when compared to corn (corn, 44·8%; PMA, 34·6%; PMB, 39·9%). Digestibilities of the essential amino acids, arginine, threonine, valine, isoleucine and lysine were higher in pearl millet than corn. Phosphorus retention, expressed as a percentage of intake and absorption, was higher in corn than pearl millet. Calcium intake and absorption were similar for pearl millet and corn. Intake and absorption of magnesium and managanese were also similar in pearl millet and corn. Zinc and copper retention, when expressed as a percentage of intake, were higher in corn, but absorption for both minerals was similar in corn and pearl millet. Pearl millet was found to supersede corn in nutrient content and amino acid digestibility. 相似文献