Acta Agriculturae Boreali-Sinica ›› 2023, Vol. 38 ›› Issue (3): 77-86. doi: 10.7668/hbnxb.20193346

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Effect of Increasing Temperature During Late Winter and Early Spring on Wheat Source-sink Performance in Northern North China Plain

GUO Yulong1, ZHAO Jingshan2, WANG Zheng2, GAO Zhen1, DU Xiong1, DANG Hongkai3   

  1. 1 College of Agronomy,Hebei Agricultural University,State Key Laboratory of North China Crop Improvement and Regulation,Key Laboratory of Crop Growth Regulation of Hebei Province,Baoding 071001,China
    2 Agricultural Project Monitoring Center of Hebei Province, Shijiazhuang 050052, China
    3 Institute of Dryland Farming, Hebei Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Hengshui 053000, China
  • Received:2022-12-09 Published:2023-06-28

Abstract:

In view of the contradiction between the temperature required for winter wheat growth and the actual ambient temperature in the northern North China Plain, field experiments were conducted in two consecutive growing seasons from 2019 to 2021 to study the effect of increasing temperature in late winter and early spring on regulating wheat source-sink performance. In the first growing season, four warming treatments were set warming on January 20 (CT1), January 26 (CT2), February 1 (CT3), February 7 (CT4), and ending on March 20. In the second growing season, three warming treatments were set warming on January 25 (CT1), February 1 (CT2), February 8 (CT3), and ending on March 15, and conventional production was used as control (CK) in both growing seasons. The results showed that the accumulated temperature of CT1 increased by 138.1-405.1 ℃, the average daily temperature of CT1 from jointing to anthesis decreased by 2.50 ℃ in second growing season, and the average daily temperature of CT1 from anthesis to maturity decreased by 2.31 ℃ in first growing season, and the regreening of wheat was advanced by 25 days in first growing season, and the total number of days from regreening to maturity was extended by 21 days in first growing season. Leaf area index and flag leaf area of the CT1 treatment at anthesis were significantly increased by 17.6% and 33.7% in second growing season. The net photosynthetic rate increased by 11.7% in 2020-2021 growing season, and MDA content of CT1 flag leaf decreased by 28.0% after anthesis in first growing season. In second growing season, CT1 spike length and grain length were significantly increased by 15.7% and 2.3%, and at 15 days after anthesis the grain filling rate was significantly increased by 41.0%, the kernel number was significantly increased by 8.8, the 1000-grain weight was significantly increased by 2.0 g, and the yield was significantly increased by 35.8%. Suggesting that, the warming treatment advanced the regreening of wheat and the beginning time of wheat source-sink matter accumulation, relatively lower temperature after the end of intermitten warming measures, it extended the total time of material accumulation in the source-sink and prepared conditions for improving the activity of the source-sink, and the earlier the warming treatment was implemented, the more the performance of the wheat source-sink would be improved.

Key words: Winter wheat, Intermitten warming, Flag leaf, Source sink

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GUO Yulong, ZHAO Jingshan, WANG Zheng, GAO Zhen, DU Xiong, DANG Hongkai. Effect of Increasing Temperature During Late Winter and Early Spring on Wheat Source-sink Performance in Northern North China Plain[J]. Acta Agriculturae Boreali-Sinica, 2023, 38(3): 77-86. doi: 10.7668/hbnxb.20193346.

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