Acta Agriculturae Boreali-Sinica ›› 2024, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (S1): 72-80. doi: 10.7668/hbnxb.20194634

Special Issue: Corn Cultivation & Physiology

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Effect of Ear Size on the Crushing Rate of Mechanical Corn Harvest

WANG Han1, LIU Ju2, CHU Wencong3, LI Xiaolong2, GUO Zongxiang1, LAN Tianqiong1, FENG Dongju1, YUAN Jichao1, KONG Fanlei1   

  1. 1 College of Agronomy,Sichuan Agricultural University,Chengdu 611130,China
    2 Agriculture and Rural Bureau of Zhongjiang County,Zhongjiang 618100,China
    3 Beijing Shunxin Agricultural Seed Technology Co.,LTD.,Beijing 100097,China
  • Received:2024-04-13 Published:2025-01-24

Abstract:

In order to determine the effect of different size ear grain characteristics on the mechanical grain crushing rate of corn,Xianyu 1171 and Zhenghong 505 were used as experimental materials to divide the ear into large ear,middle ear and small ear,and determine the agronomic traits,mechanical strength,grain water content and grain crushing rate of corn ear at different harvest periods.The variation of grain water content and mechanical strength of corn with different size ears was studied,and the effect of ear size on the crushing rate of corn with mechanical grain harvesting was analyzed.The results showed that the grain breakage rate of Xianyu 1171 decreased first and then increased slightly,and the grain breakage rate of Zhenghong 505 decreased,and the difference of grain breakage rate between varieties gradually narrowed.The grain breakage rate of spicles was significantly lower than that of middle ear and big ear, and the grain breakage rate of Zhenghong 505 decreased by 16.98 and 20.96 percentage point compared with that of middle ear and big ear,respectively.The grain breakage rate of Xianyu 1171 decreased by 18.63 and 22.43 percentage point compared with that of middle ear and big ear.The grain water content of Zhenghong 505 was significantly higher than that of Xianyu 1711.The grain water content of Xianyu 1171 was mostly mostly significantly higher than that of middle ear and big ear,while that of Zhenghong 505 was lower than that of middle ear and big ear.The endosperm puncture strength of spicule Xianyu 1171 was mostly significantly lower than that of middle panicle and big panicle,but there was no significant difference in crushing strength.There was no significant difference in grain mechanical strength among panicle sizes of Zhenghong 505.Correlation analysis showed that grain breakage rate was significantly of extremely significantly positively correlated with water content,ear length,ear diameter and ear volume,but extremely significantly negatively correlated with grain mechanical strength.Moderate reduction of ear length,ear diameter and ear volume of corn can significantly reduce the crushing rate of corn grain in mechanical grain harvesting.Therefore,it is an effective measure to reduce grain crushing rate by selecting small ear corn varieties or reducing ear size by increasing density and other cultivation measures.

Key words: Corn, Crushing rate, Mechanical grain yield, Moisture content, Mechanical strength

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WANG Han, LIU Ju, CHU Wencong, LI Xiaolong, GUO Zongxiang, LAN Tianqiong, FENG Dongju, YUAN Jichao, KONG Fanlei. Effect of Ear Size on the Crushing Rate of Mechanical Corn Harvest[J]. Acta Agriculturae Boreali-Sinica, 2024, 39(S1): 72-80. doi: 10.7668/hbnxb.20194634.

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