种植密度对夏玉米产量和源库特性的影响

以高产玉米品种郑单958(ZD958)和登海661(DH661)为试验材料,在4个不同区域(山东农业大学、汶口、兖州和莱州)设置22500、45000、67500、90000和112500株.hm-25个种植密度,研究了种植密度对夏玉米产量及源库特性的影响.结果表明:两品种在112500株.hm-2密度条件下玉米籽粒产量和生物产量最高,分别为19132和36965kg.hm-2,与22500和67500株.hm-2密度相比,籽粒产量分别增加了72%和48%,生物产量分别增加了152%和112%.两品种单株叶面积、最大花丝数、穗粒数和千粒重随密度增大而减小,但叶面积指数随密度增大而显著提高.收获指数与粒叶比随密度增大而显著减小,当密度超过67500株.hm-2时差异不显著,表明高密度条件下玉米通过增加群体库来提高产量.

Effects of planting density on the grain yield and source-sink characteristics of summer maize

Taking high-yielding summer maize cultivars Zhengdan 958 (ZD 958) and Denghai 661 (DH 661) as test materials, this paper studied the effects of different planting density (22500, 45000, 67500, 90000, and 112500 plant x hm(-2)) on the grain yield and source-sink characteristics of the cultivars in four regions, i.e., Shandong Agricultural University, Wenkou, Yanzhou, and Laizhou. At the planting density 112500 plant x hm(-2), the grain yield and the biomass of the cultivars were the highest, being 19132 and 36965 kg x hm(-2), respectively. Comparing with those at the planting densities 22500 and 67500 plant x hm(-2), the grain yield at the planting density 112500 plant x hm(-2) was increased by 72% and 48%, and the biomass was increased by 152% and 112%, respectively. With the increase of planting density, the leaf area index (LAI) increased significantly, while the leaf area per plant (LA), the maximum number of filaments, the grains per ear, and the 1000-grain weight all decreased. The harvest index and the grain-leaf ratio decreased with increasing planting density, but no significant change was observed when the planting density was higher than 67500 plant x hm(-2), suggesting that at higher planting densities, summer maize could improve their grain yield via increasing population sink.