Acta Agriculturae Boreali-Sinica ›› 2025, Vol. 40 ›› Issue (2): 56-66. doi: 10.7668/hbnxb.20195270

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Synergistic Regulation Characteristics and Lodging Resistant Effect of Plant Growth Regulators on Canopy-Root of Spring Maize

SUN Ning1, BIAN Shaofeng1, YAN Weiping1, XU Chen1, CHEN Xifeng2, SONG Hanglin1, LI Fei1, ZHANG Lihua1, TAN Guobo1, ZHAO Hongxiang1,   

  1. 1 Institute of Agricultural Resources and Environment Research,Jilin Academy of Agricultural Sciences (Northeast Agricultural Research Center of China),Changchun 130033,China
    2 Faculty of Agronomy,Jilin Agricultural University,Changchun 130118,China
  • Received:2024-07-05 Published:2025-04-28

Abstract:

In order to study the synergistic regulation characteristics of plant growth regulators on canopy-root traits of spring maize and to further reveal the lodging resistant mechanism of the plants,in 2021—2022,with the maize varieties Dika 159(DK159)and Xianyu 335(XY335)as experimental materials,at two planting densities of 75 000,90 000 plants/ha,plant growth regulator treatment (PGR) and water control (CK) were set up to analyze and compare the canopy structure,stem basel internode characters,root morphological characteristics and physicochemical properties of root bleeding sap under different treatments.The results showed that PGR had regulatory effects on both the maize canopy and roots.After PGR treatment,plant height,ear height and center of gravity height decreased,the mean leaf tilt angle above ear increased,light transmittance of ear layer increased by 23.59% on average,light transmittance of basel layer increased by 18.60% on average,and stem quality of basal internode was significantly improved.At the same time,the total root number,root length and root dry weight of PGR treatment increased,the root width at 10 cm below the surface increased,the root bleeding sap flow and nutrient flow increased,and the root morphological characteristics and transport capacity were obviously optimized.The flow of CTK and IAA in the root bleeding sap increased,while the flow of GA decreased.PGR effectively reduced the occurrence of stem lodging and root lodging through the synergistic regulation of canopy and root system,the field lodging rate of maize decreased from 13.43% to 6.47%,and the average yield of maize increased by 16.10%,thus achieving stable and high yield.

Key words: Maize, Plant growth regulator, High density, Canopy, Root, Lodging

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SUN Ning, BIAN Shaofeng, YAN Weiping, XU Chen, CHEN Xifeng, SONG Hanglin, LI Fei, ZHANG Lihua, TAN Guobo, ZHAO Hongxiang. Synergistic Regulation Characteristics and Lodging Resistant Effect of Plant Growth Regulators on Canopy-Root of Spring Maize[J]. Acta Agriculturae Boreali-Sinica, 2025, 40(2): 56-66. doi: 10.7668/hbnxb.20195270.

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