半干旱区春小麦品种竞争能力与产量关系的研究

 采用de Wit替代系列法研究了黄土高原半干旱雨养农业区传统地方品种(和尚头)与现代品种(陇春8275)之间在混播条件下的竞争结局。在单播条件下现代品种较之地方品种具有更高的产量;但在混播条件下,和尚头具有明显的竞争优势。本项研究结果说明竞争优胜者并非是单播条件下产量性能更佳的品种,即作物品种的竞争能力与生产性能之间存在着负相关关系。形成这种关系的主要原因在于作物群体内个体竞争选择的方向与人类农业生产追求的目标不一致。     

水肥条件对新老两个春小麦品种竞争能力和产量关系的影响

采用de Wit替代系列实验研究了传统地方品种和尚头和现代品种定西-24在土壤水肥梯度下混播时的竞争结局以及竞争能力和单播产量之间的关系。在各个水肥处理条件下,混播时,虽然和尚头对定西-24的影响效应有所减弱,但是,和尚头对定西-24的竞争结局并没有发生改变:和尚头最终完全排除定西-24,成为竞争中的优胜者。在低水无肥和高水高肥条件下,定西-24的单播产量显著高于和尚头的单播产量,二者的竞争能力与其单播产量之间呈负相关;在低水低肥条件下,和尚头的单播产量与定西-24的单播产量几乎相等,二者的竞争能力与其单播产量之间没有特定的关系;在中水中肥条件下,和尚头的单播产量高于定西-24的单播产量,二者的竞争能力与其单播产量之间呈正相关,据此可以认为和尚头和定西-24混播时的竞争能力与其单播产量之间没有特定的关系。在低水无肥和高水高肥条件下,定西-24的单播地上生物量显著高于和尚头的单播地上生物量。在水分严重亏缺的条件下,和尚头的水分利用效率显著低于定西-24的水分利用效率;随着水分供给的改变,和尚头的水分利用效率得到了显著提高,然而当水分不再成为和尚头生长限制因子时,其水分利用效率降低,结果表明一定程度水分利用效率的提高有利于春小麦适应半干旱区的水分环境。     

春小麦竞争能力与产量的关系

采用deWit替代系列实验确定了4个春小麦品种混播时的竞争能力与单播产量之间的关系。4个春小麦品种竞争能力由强到弱的排序依次为定西-24、和尚头、陇春-8139和高原-602。各品种单播时产量由高到低的排序依次为现代品种定西-24、陇春-8139、高原-602与地方品种和尚头。该结果表明,以优化个体适合度为目标的自然选择,导致个体竞争能力提高、繁殖分配下降,因而产生‘生长冗余’及群体表现下降。现代小麦育种通过降低竞争能力,剔除生长冗余,可以提高小麦单位面积产量(如地方品种和尚头与现代品种高原-602和陇春-8139的比较)。然而,如果现代小麦育种可以同时提高收获指数和地上生物量(如现代品种定西-24与陇春-8139和高原-602的比较),那么具有相对较高竞争能力的品种仍然可望获得较高产量,其前提是具有较高竞争能力的育成品种有着较高的收获指数。因此,春小麦品种的个体竞争能力并不必然地与产量相关,当选育的品种可以使竞争能力与收获指数同步提高,或者伴随着竞争能力的提高,收获指数具有更大幅度的提高,仍然可以获得高产。半干旱地区作物育种应集中于收获指数和地上生物量的同时提高。     

单播与混播对两个冬小麦品种产量和水分利用效率的影响

选取黄土旱塬两个冬小麦品种长武135和平凉40,采用生态替代法连续两年在田间条件下研究了单播和混播方式对冬小麦产量和水分利用效率的影响.结果表明:单播条件下平凉40单位面积根量为367.60 g·m-2,显著大于长武135的297.31 g·m-2,且其根系在各土层中分布较均匀,表明与长武135相比,平凉40吸收土壤水分的能力较强,但其在单播条件下的产量和水分利用效率较低.混播增加了平凉40和长武135根系在较深土层中的根量分布,两品种根量分别比单播条件下多13.36和8.50 g·m-2,混播增强了小麦根系对深层土壤水分的吸收利用,提高了单位面积总产量,增加了群体水分利用效率.与平凉40相比,长武135分配了更多的干物质到繁殖器官,使其根量和地上营养器官的生物量减小,从而提高了籽粒产量和收获指数,表现出较高的水分利用效率.     

土壤水分对两个冬小麦品种产量和竞争能力的影响

研究了黄土塬区两个旱作冬小麦品种(长武135和平凉40,前者是后者的换代品种)在不同土壤水分条件下竞争能力和产量形成的关系。研究设2种土壤水分条件(土壤含水量为田间最大持水量的75%～80%和40%～45%),采用生态替代法设计了同一播种密度的6个播种比例组合的盆栽试验。低水分单播条件下,长武135具有较高的产量(长武135为27.59g/pot,平凉40为24.91g/pot),而混播条件下平凉40在产量和相对产量上较长武135品种具有明显的竞争优势。高水分条件下,平凉40产量随播种比例的减小下降较快(长武135产量曲线斜率35.468,平凉40为36.237)。平凉40低水分单播时花后干物质积累量较少(长武135为0.67g/pot,平凉40为0.55g/pot),而混播时较多(长武135各比例均值0.58g/pot,平凉40为0.71g/pot),导致了平凉40品种单播时产量较低和混播时产量较高。平凉40地下生物量显著大于长武135(高水分条件下,长武135为10.03g/pot、平凉40为11.51g/pot;低水分条件下二者分别为8.41g/pot和10.69g/pot),且耗水量大(高水分条件下平凉40多耗水2.72kg/pot,低水分条件下多耗0.98kg/pot),而耗水量/地下生物量的比值平凉40低于长武135,从而平凉40品种单位根量消耗的水分低于长武135。总之,在两个生长属性接近的冬小麦品种中,老品种以较大的根系生物量赢得了较高的竞争能力,消耗了较多的水分,而新品种虽然根系生物量较低,耗水量较少,但籽粒产量却较高。亦即,小麦新品种籽粒产量的提高是与根系的减少和对水资源竞争能力的下降相伴随的。     

旱农区春小麦根系生长冗余与碳平衡关系的研究

利用McCree(1986)测定整株植物碳平衡的方法,研究了半干旱区3个春小麦品种的籽实产量、根量、根冠比与碳平衡的关系。结果表明在开花期地方品种和尚头较之现代品种有更大的根量和根冠比。同一品种不同水分条件下根和茎叶CO2交换率(CER)波动幅度与水分条件正相关;在相同水分条件下不同品种间,品种和尚头波动幅度最大,品种定西-24次之,品种陇春-8139最小。从根和茎叶呼吸及日净碳获得量随水分供给条件的变化来看,品种和尚头和品种定西-24与品种陇春-8139相比在资源获取器官上存在着生长冗余,而且这种冗余也表现在生理代谢上,随水分条件的改善而增加。说明大根系品种在根系上存在着冗余,减少根系冗余可望成为半干旱区小麦高产育种的一条有效途径。     

半干旱区春小麦不同年代品种根系生长冗余的比较实验研究

 研究了半干旱区几个春小麦品种的籽实产量、根量与根茎比的关系。表明在开花期地方品种和尚头较之现代品种有更大的根量和根茎比。产量因降水条件而不同：极端干旱的1995年,大根系品种与现代品种产量无显著差异(p>0.05);在降水分配较为均匀的1996年,无论有、无灌溉条件,具较大根系的地方品种与现代品种的产量均最低(p<0.05),而根量与品种产量及地上生物量呈显著的负相关。表明大根系品种在根系上存在着冗余,减少根系冗余可望成为半干旱区小麦高产育种的一条有效途径。     

黄土塬区3种豆科牧草对土壤水分的消耗利用研究

在田间完全旱作条件下采用3个密度和2种播种方式观察了3种多年生豆科牧草生长第2年对土壤水分的消耗利用情况。结果表明:苜蓿主要耗水深度在2~3 m,最深可达5 m,其中、高密度处理3 m以上土壤水分含量都在稳定田间持水量之下,已经开始形成土壤下伏干层;沙打旺耗水深度在0~2 m,最低含水量(11.61%)处于80~100 cm,在雨季可以恢复到稳定田间持水量之上;达乌里胡枝子主要耗水深度在1 m以上,最低含水量也在稳定田间持水量之上。单播沙打旺、苜蓿和达乌里胡枝子全生长期内对土壤水分的消耗分别为249.9、180.2和136.6 mm,水分利用效率分别是29.39、26.04和8.91 kg.mm-1.hm-2。混播、加大播种密度都会增加3种牧草土壤水分消耗,降低土壤储水量,提高干草产量和水分利用效率,但影响程度因牧草种类、播种方式以及不同的生长时段而异。     

羊草和紫花苜蓿人工草地光合特性

为探究单播与混播人工草地对羊草和紫花苜蓿光合特性的影响,测定2种牧草光合特性日变化进程,比较不同处理下羊草和紫花苜蓿光合特征。结果表明：单播处理下,羊草和紫花苜蓿的净光合速率、蒸腾速率、叶片温度呈单峰型,紫花苜蓿的气孔导度呈单峰型,羊草的气孔导度和水分利用效率呈双峰型。混播处理下,羊草和紫花苜蓿的净光合速率、蒸腾速率、叶片温度日变化呈单峰型,羊草的气孔导度和水分利用效率呈单峰型,紫花苜蓿的气孔导度呈双峰型。混播处理下,羊草净光合速率峰值显著高于单播,分别为17.72和13.65μmol CO₂·m^-2·s^-1。单播和混播处理下,羊草叶绿素含量均高于紫花苜蓿,羊草叶片氮含量均低于紫花苜蓿,且混播羊草叶片氮含量显著高于单播羊草,二者分别为27.60和22.55 g·kg^-1。不同种植方式下,羊草和紫花苜蓿的净光合速率与气孔导度、蒸腾速率呈显著正相关,与胞间CO₂浓度呈显著负相关,紫花苜蓿的净光合速率与叶片温度、水分利用效率呈显著正相关。混播处理有利于增加羊草叶片氮含量。试验结果为牧...     

混播白羊草和达乌里胡枝子叶片光合生理特性对水分胁迫的响应

以黄土丘陵半干旱区白羊草(Bothriochloa ischaemum)和达乌里胡枝子(Lespedeza davurica)为研究对象,通过盆栽控制试验,设置3种土壤水分处理水平(HW、MW和LW,分别为田间持水量的80%±5%,60%±5%和40%±5%)和7个株数比例组合(株数比为0∶12、2∶10、4∶8、6∶6、8∶4、10∶2和12∶0),分析比较白羊草和达乌里胡枝子拔节期、开花期和结实期的叶片光合生理参数,探讨不同土壤水分和草种组合比例下二者叶片光合气孔交换参数随生育期动态变化规律,揭示水分胁迫下2种乡土草混播共存的生理生态机制。结果显示:(1)水分胁迫显著降低了2种草叶片净光合速率(Pn)、蒸腾速率(Tr)和气孔导度(Gs),且以白羊草的光合生理响应更为敏感;除LW土壤水分下达乌里胡枝子结实期的Pn降低原因为非气孔限制因素外,其余处理下均为气孔因素。(2)HW土壤水分下,白羊草混播下的Pn均值显著高于单播,但达乌里胡枝子呈相反趋势;MW和LW土壤水分下,白羊草混播下拔节期与开花期以及达乌里胡枝子结实期的Pn均显著高于各自单播,白羊草各生育期的水分利用率(WUE)均显著高于达乌里胡枝子。(3)在10∶2混播条件下,LW土壤水分处理的白羊草各生育期的Pn和WUE、以及MW和LW土壤水分处理的达乌里胡枝子结实期的Pn和WUE均显著高于各自单播。研究表明,白羊草与达乌里胡枝子株数比为10∶2时,有利于提高水分胁迫条件下二者叶片光合速率和水分利用效率。     

The relationship between competitive ability and yield stability in an old and a modern winter wheat cultivar

This study was conducted to determine if there were differences in competitive ability and yield stability on the growth of an old landrace of winter wheat (Triticum aestivum), Pinglang 40 (PL40), and a modern cultivar, Changwu135, (CW135), which differed in time of cultivar release, height, shoot and root biomass. A second aim was to investigate whether there is a relationship between competitive ability and yield stability. One pot and two field experiments were conducted to monitor changes in the competitive ability and yield stability of an old and a modern winter wheat cultivar grown in monoculture and mixtures using a de Wit replacement series. The pot study was conducted at two soil moisture levels: (a) well watered (WW), soil maintained at 85% field capacity, and (b) moderate drought (MD), soil maintained at 55% field capacity. The field experiments were conducted in 2 years that were drier than the average. In the second field experiment 40 mm of irrigation was applied to half of the plots at jointing, booting and anthesis. The results were similar in the pot and field experiments. In the mixture, the old cultivar PL40 had a greater relative yield with a larger number of spikes per plant when compared with those of the modern cultivar CW135. The dry matter per stem of CW135 tended to decrease with the increasing proportion of PL40, indicating a lower competitive ability of the modern cultivar than that of the old cultivar. The superior competition of PL40 was primarily due to the higher plant height, larger leaf area index, greater tillering capacity and larger root system. Our results showed that the modern cultivar CW135 produced a higher grain yield, yield components (except spike number), water use efficiency (WUE_g) and harvest index under both water regimes in monoculture. However, the reduction in grain yield of CW135 when subjected to water-limited conditions was less than that of PL40 in the pot and field experiments. The greater grain yield of the CW135 was associated with a higher harvest index, thousand-kernel-weight and a lower root:shoot ratio. Water consumption over the entire growing period was significantly lower in CW135 under all soil moisture conditions, and the main difference in water consumption between the two cultivars was observed before anthesis. Post-anthesis accumulation of dry matter was greater in CW135 under water-limited conditions, but there was no difference between cultivars when water was adequate. The dry matter remobilization and contribution to grain yield of CW135 was lower than that of PL40. The results of the present study demonstrated that the higher competitive ability in the old landrace led to an increased sensitivity to environmentally-induced stress. As a result, there was a greater loss in grain yield by the old cultivar when the water supply was unfavorable. In addition, the differences in the life history strategy between the old and modern cultivars imply that reducing competitive ability in the modern cultivar has led to increased yield of the crop population and greater yield stability.     

Donald’s Ideotype and Growth Redundancy: A Pot Experimental Test Using an Old and a Modern Spring Wheat Cultivar

Human selection for high crop yield under water-limited conditions should have led modern cereal cultivars to invest less in root biomass, be it unconsciously. To test this hypothesis we conducted a pot experiment with two spring wheat cultivars, one old and one modern, both widely grown in the semi-arid regions of China. Using the replacement series method introduced by de Wit, we showed that the older landrace (Monkhead) was significantly more competitive than the more-modern cultivar (92-46). However, when grown in pure stand, old Monkhead had grown root biomass 3.5 times modern 92-46, whereas modern 92-46 gained a 20% higher grain yield. We also found modern 92-46 significantly increased root biomass per plant and root allocation (i.e., root biomass/total individual biomass) as its frequency in mixtures decreased, whereas old Monkhead did not respond in a similar way. This result suggests that the roots of modern cultivars may have gained an ability to recognize neighboring root systems and show more plastic self-restraining response to intra-cultivar competition.     

林网保护区冬小麦生长过程的数值模拟

给出了一个模拟冬小麦生长过程的产量生态学模式,并对黄淮海平原林网保护区冬小麦的生长过程进行了数值模拟.模型输出变量包括作物的叶面积指数,根、茎、叶、籽等地上和地下器官生物量,以及与作物生长密切相关的土壤水分变化情况、作物水分利用率、光合/呼吸效率等生理生态因子.结果表明,由于林网地区小气候条件的改善,使得农林复合系统较之单作农田有更强的抗旱能力,在干旱的1994年,林网保护下的农林复合系统生产力较单作农田提高11.6%左右.模式输出的小麦地上部分生物量与生长监测资料十分一致.     

Effects of root pruning on the growth and water use efficiency of winter wheat

A pot experiment was conducted to study the effects of root pruning at the stem elongation stage on the growth and water use efficiency (WUE) of winter wheat (Triticum aestivum). The results showed that stomatal conductance (g) and transpiration (E) of wheat were very sensitive to root pruning. After root pruning, they declined rapidly and but returned to pre-pruning values 15 days after treatment. Under well-watered conditions, there was no significant difference in leaf water potential (ψ_leaf) between root pruned and control plants after root pruning. Under moderate drought stress, ψ_leaf of root pruned plants declined significantly compared to the control 3 days after root pruning. After 15 days, ψ_leaf of root pruned plants was similar to the controls. Under different soil moisture levels, net assimilation rate (A) of root pruned plants was lower than controls 3–7 days after root pruning, but was similar to the controls 15 days after pruning. At anthesis (50 days after root pruning), root pruned plants showed significantly higher A compared with the control. Leaf area per tiller and tiller number of root pruning plants was significant lower than the control at booting stage, which showed that root pruning restrained the growth of plants in the early growing stage, but leaf area per stem, of root pruned plants, was similar to the control at anthesis. Under both soil moisture levels, there was no significant difference in grain yield between root pruned and the control plants in the monoculture. In mixture with the control plants, the root pruned plants was less productive and had a lower relative yield (0.92 and 0.78, respectively) compared with the control (1.13 and 1.19, respectively), which suggested that the pruned plants lost some of its competing ability and showed a lower ability to acquire and use the same resources in the mixture compared with the control plant. Over the whole growing cycle, root pruning reduced water consumption (by 10% under well-watered conditions and 16% under moderate drought stress) of wheat significantly compared to the control (P < 0.05), and but there was no significant difference in grain yield between root pruned and control plants. Therefore root pruned wheat had a higher WUE with respect to grain yield compared with the controls. In conclusion, lowering water consumption by root pruning in the early growing stage is an effective way to improve water use efficiency in arid and semi arid areas.     

Competitive interactions between palatable and unpalatable grasses native to a temperate semi-arid grassland of Argentina

The argument that selective grazing leads to competitive replacement of palatable grasses by unpalatable grasses is based upon the assumption that the competitive ability of the palatable species is higher than the one of unpalatable species in the absence of grazing. In order to test this hypothesis we have compared the competitive ability of Stipa clarazii (palatable) and S. trichotoma (unpalatable) under field conditions, and S. clarazii and S. gynerioides (unpalatable) under greenhouse conditions. The three species are native to a temperate semi-arid grassland of central Argentina. In the field experiment, plants of both species were grown either independently or in pairs (palatable + unpalatable), protected from grazing. Shoot and seed production were measured at the end of the growing seasons of 1993, 1994 and 1995. In the greenhouse experiment, plants of both species were grown in pots, either in monoculture or in mixture, under conditions of high and low water and mineral nutrient availability. Total biomass and seed production were measured at the end of the experimental period. In both experiments the presence of the unpalatable species did not affect (P < 0.05) the productive responses of the palatable species. On the contrary, the presence of the palatable species significantly reduced (P < 0.05) the productive responses of the unpalatable species. Our results support the assumption, on which most interpretations of floristic changes induced by grazing are based, that the competitive ability of palatable grasses is higher than the one of unpalatable grasses in the absence of grazing.     

意大利苍耳与乌拉尔甘草种间竞争能力比较

意大利苍耳已经开始入侵乌拉尔甘草农田,然而对其入侵后果目前知之甚少。通过研究意大利苍耳与乌拉尔甘草的种间竞争关系,以期为意大利苍耳对乌拉尔甘草农田生态系统的入侵能力及入侵后果的评估提供试验依据。模拟了甘草农田的土壤水肥条件,采用取代试验法,设置意大利苍耳与乌拉尔甘草的单种种植和混种种植2种种植模式,待意大利苍耳生育期结束后进行收获,分别比较了该两种植物的个体生长及生物量积累在单种种植与混种种植两种处理间的差异,并比较单种和混种模式下乌拉尔甘草的地下器官中甘草酸含量的差别,通过计算相对产量、相对竞争强度和竞争攻击系数来比较该两种植物种间竞争能力的相对强弱。结果表明：与单种模式相比,混种模式下意大利苍耳个体生长的形态学性状和有性繁殖能力均有显著增加,其株高、冠幅和种子数量较单种处理分别增加了13%、27%和56%。而乌拉尔甘草的个体生长及克隆繁殖能力均显著降低,其根瘤的形成也受到显著的抑制,混种处理的乌拉尔甘草的株高、冠幅、根总长度、根总表面积、根平均直径以及根瘤数量比单种处理分别下降了35%、45%、55%、63%、19%和76%。单种处理下每株甘草根状茎的平均条数为3条,而与意大利苍耳混种后,其根状茎的发育被完全抑制。与单种处理相比,混种处理中的意大利苍耳生物量积累均显著的增加了,其中根、茎、叶、果实及总生物量与单种模式相比分别增加了84%、73%、84%、73%和77%,而混种模式却极显著降低了乌拉尔甘草生物量和地下器官甘草酸含量的积累,使其根、茎、叶、总生物量以及甘草酸含量与单种模式相比分别下降了72%、80%、65%、71%和63%。混种模式中的意大利苍耳相对产量（RY_a）大于1,而乌拉尔甘草相对产量（RY_b）小于1,表明意大利苍耳受到邻株同种其他个体的种内竞争压力大于来自邻株乌拉尔甘草的种间竞争压力,而乌拉尔甘草受到邻株同种其他个体的种内竞争压力则小于来自邻株意大利苍耳的种间竞争压力。混种模式中的意大利苍耳相对竞争强度（RCI_a）小于0,其竞争攻击系数（A_q）大于0,而乌拉尔甘草的相对竞争强度（RCI_b）则在0-1之间,其竞争攻击系数（A_b）小于0,表明在该两种植物的混生群落中,乌拉尔甘草的竞争能力弱于意大利苍耳。总体来看,在二者混生的群落中,意大利苍耳在竞争中占据明显的优势地位,对乌拉尔甘草的产量和品质均造成强烈的负面影响。