Optimizing plant density and nitrogen application to manipulate tiller growth and increase grain yield and nitrogen-use efficiency in winter wheat.

ABSTRACT: The growth of wheat tillers and plant nitrogen-use efficiency (NUE) will gradually deteriorate in response to high plant density and over-application of N. Therefore, in this study, a 2-year field study was conducted with three levels of plant densities (75 ×104plants ha-1, D1; 300 ×104plants ha-1, D2; 525 ×104plants ha-1, D3) and three levels of N application rates (120 kg N ha-1, N1; 240 kg N ha-1, N2; 360 kg N ha-1, N3) to determine how to optimize plant density and N application to regulate tiller growth and to assess the contribution of such measures to enhancing grain yield (GY) and NUE. The results indicated that an increase in plant density significantly increased the number of superior tillers and the number of spikes per m2(SN), resulting in a higher GY and higher partial factor

SUBMITTER: Yang D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6396748 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature