Yield structure and pre-anthesis carbohydrate status of wheat
Abstract
In the 1977-78 and 1978-79 seasons, three field experiments were conducted on a deep moisture retentive soil to investigate the
responses of wheat yield to various seeding rates, rates and times of
N application, and irrigation during grain-filling. Increasing
seeding rate from 250 (normal) to 500 seeds/m² increased spike population
which was associated with low concentration of Total Nonstructural
Carbohydrates (TNC) within the plants during the time of pre-anthesis
and accompanied by a reduction in the number of grains per spike, but it
did not affect the weight per grain and the grain N concentration.
Thus higher than normal seeding rate did not significantly affect grain
and N yield.
Application of N equally divided between tillering and the spikelet
development stage increased grain yield in the first season mainly
because its positive effect on spike population. However, in the second
season grain yield was decreased in response to early N application because
of a reduced grain set and grain weight but late applied N did not influence
yield. The seasonal variations in responses of grain yield to N application
were apparently related to differences in the levels of TNC within the
plants during reproductive development.
Grain N concentration was increased with applied N but the relationships
between grain yield and grain N concentration varied depending on
changes in plant growth. Irrigation during grain-filling tended to
improve grain weight and to remove the negative correlation between grain
yield and grain N concentration.
The results are discussed in relation to the importance of the
status of TNC within the plants during the ten weeks before anthesis and
wheat development and yield.... [Show full abstract]
Keywords
yield; wheat; nitrogen; grain yield; carbohydrate; seeding rates; total nonstructural carbohydrates (TNC); yield components; grain N yieldDate
1980Type
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