Hostname: page-component-76d6cb85b7-jhrpq Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2026-07-21T13:58:11.910Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

Relationship between yield, growth and spike weight in wheat under phosphorus deficiency and shading

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 November 2009

L. LÁZARO ,
P. E. ABBATE ,
D. H. COGLIATTI  and
F. H. ANDRADE
L. LÁZARO*
Affiliation:
Facultad de Agronomía, Universidad Nacional del Centro, CC 178 (7300), Azul, Buenos Aires, Argentina
P. E. ABBATE
Affiliation:
Unidad Integrada Balcarce, Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias, Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata and Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Balcarce, Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA), CC 276 (7620), Balcarce, Buenos Aires, Argentina
D. H. COGLIATTI
Affiliation:
Facultad de Agronomía, Universidad Nacional del Centro, CC 178 (7300), Azul, Buenos Aires, Argentina
F. H. ANDRADE
Affiliation:
Unidad Integrada Balcarce, Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias, Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata and Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Balcarce, Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA), CC 276 (7620), Balcarce, Buenos Aires, Argentina
*
*To whom all correspondence should be addressed. Email: llazaro@faa.unicen.edu.ar
Get access Rights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Summary

The effect of phosphorus deficiency on yield formation in spring wheat (Triticum aestivum cv. Prointa Oasis) was investigated, focusing on crop growth and dry matter partitioning during the spike growth period (SGP), which is critical for grain number determination. Two experiments combining shading and P deficiency were performed at Balcarce, Argentina (37°45′S). The main treatments were two levels of soil P-availability: low P, a naturally low P fertility soil (7·0 and 5·5 mg Bray extractable P/kg soil, in the first and second experiments respectively) and high P, a P dose that does not limit growth. The sub-treatments were two levels of radiation (shaded and control). Phosphorus deficiency affected yield mainly through the number of grains/unit surface (m2). Differences in grain number/m2 were related to differences in dry weight of spikes/m2, measured 7 days after anthesis, excluding grain weight. The duration of the SGP did not change much as result of P deficiency: 27 days with high P and only 3 days more with low P. Therefore, changes in spike dry weight were mainly due to differences in spike growth rate. In turn, the spike growth rate of all treatments was linearly related to crop growth rate, with little effect of dry matter partitioning to spikes. Finally, differences in crop growth rate between P treatments were mainly determined by the amount of intercepted radiation. It was concluded that P deficiency resulted in a reduction in intercepted radiation during the SGP, thus causing a reduction in grain number and crop yield.

Information

Type
Crops and Soils
Information
The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 148 , Issue 1 , February 2010 , pp. 83 - 93
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2009

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

Article purchase

Temporarily unavailable

References

REFERENCES

Abbate, P. E. (1999). Determinación del rendimiento en trigo: efectos de la radiación, del nitrógeno y del cultivar. Dr. thesis, Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina.Google Scholar
Abbate, P. E., Andrade, F. H. & Culot, J. P. (1995). The effects of radiation and nitrogen on number of grains in wheat. Journal of Agricultural Science, Cambridge 124, 351–360.Google Scholar
Abbate, P. E., Andrade, F. H., Culot, J. P. & Bindraban, P. S. (1997). Grain yield in wheat: effects of radiation during spikes growth period. Field Crops Research 54, 245–257.Google Scholar
Abbate, P. E., Andrade, F. H., Lázaro, L., Bariffi, J. H., Berardocco, H. G., Inza, V. H. & Marturano, F. (1998). Grain yield increases in recent Argentine wheat cultivars. Crop Science 38, 1203–1209.Google Scholar
Berardo, A. (1994). Aspectos Generales de Fertilización y Manejo de Trigo en el Área de Influencia de la Estación Experimental INTA-Balcarce. Boletín Técnico 128. Argentina: EEA INTA Balcarce.Google Scholar
Daroub, S. H., Gerakis, A., Ritchie, J. T., Friesen, D. K. & Ryan, J. (2003). Development of a soil-plant phosphorus simulation model for calcareous and weathered tropical soils. Agricultural System 76, 1157–1181.Google Scholar
Demotes-Mainard, S. & Jeuffroy, M. H. (2001). Partitioning of dry matter and nitrogen to spike throughout the spike growth period in wheat crops subjected to nitrogen deficiency. Field Crops Research 70, 153–165.Google Scholar
Demotes-Mainard, S. & Jeuffroy, M. H. (2004). Effects of nitrogen and radiation on dry matter and nitrogen accumulation in the spike of winter wheat. Field Crops Research 87, 221–233.Google Scholar
Demotes-Mainard, S., Jeuffroy, M. H. & Robin, S. (1999). Spike dry matter and nitrogen accumulation before anthesis in wheat as affected by nitrogen fertilizer: relationship to kernels per spike. Field Crops Research 64, 249–259.Google Scholar
Egle, K., Manske, G., Romer, W. & Vlek, P. L. G. (1999). Improved phosphorus efficiency of three new wheat genotypes from CIMMYT in comparison with an older Mexican variety. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science 162, 353–358.Google Scholar
Ellen, J. & Spiertz, J. H. J. (1980). Effects of rate and timing of nitrogen dressings on grain yield formation of winter wheat. Fertilizer Research 1, 177–190.Google Scholar
Elliott, D. E., Reuter, D. J., Reddy, G. D. & Abbott, R. J. (1997). Phosphorus nutrition of spring wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). 1. Effects of phosphorus supply on plant symptoms, yield, components of yield, and plant phosphorus uptake. Australian Journal Agricultural Research 48, 855–867.Google Scholar
Fischer, R. A. (1984). Growth and yield of wheat. In Potential Productivity of Field Crops under Different Environments (Eds Smith, W. H. & Banta, S. J.), pp. 129–154. Los Baños, Philippines: IRRI.Google Scholar
Fischer, R. A. (1985). Number of kernels in wheat crops and the influence of solar radiation and temperature. Journal of Agricultural Science, Cambridge 105, 447–461.Google Scholar
Fischer, R. A. (1993). Irrigated spring wheat and timing and amount of nitrogen fertilizer. II. Physiology of grain yield response. Field Crops Research 33, 57–80.Google Scholar
Fischer, R. A. (2008). The importance of grain or kernel number in wheat: a reply to Sinclair and Jamieson. Field Crops Research 105, 15–21.Google Scholar
Fischer, R. A. & Hillerislambers, D. (1978). Effects of environment and cultivar on source limitation to grain weight in wheat. Australian Journal of Agricultural Research 29, 443–458.Google Scholar
Gallagher, J. N. & Biscoe, P. V. (1978). Radiation absorption, growth and yield of cereals. Journal of Agricultural Science, Cambridge 91, 47–60.Google Scholar
Hammond, J. P., Broadley, M. R. & White, P. J. (2004). Genetic responses to phosphorus deficiency. Annals of Botany 94, 323–332.Google Scholar
Loomis, R. S. & Amthor, J. S. (1996). Limits to yield revisited. In Increasing Yield Potential in Wheat: Breaking the Barriers (Eds Reynolds, M. P., Rajaram, S. & McNab, A.), pp. 76–89. Mexico, DF: CIMMYT.Google Scholar
Manske, G. G. B., Ortiz-Monasterio, J. I., Van Ginkel, M., González, R. M., Rajaram, S., Molina, E. & Vlek, P. L. G. (2000). Traits associated with improved P-uptake efficiency in CIMMYT's semidwarf spring bread wheat grown on an acid Andisol in Mexico. Plant and Soil 221, 189–204.Google Scholar
Manske, G. G. B., Ortiz-Monasterio, J. I., Van Ginkel, M., González, R. M., Fischer, R. A., Rajaram, S. & Vlek, P. L. G. (2001). Importance of P uptake efficiency versus P utilization for wheat yield in acid and calcareous soils in Mexico. European Journal of Agronomy 14, 261–274.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Manske, G. G. B., Ortiz-Monasterio, J. I., Van Ginkel, M., Rajaram, S. & Vlek, P. L. G. (2002). Phosphorus use efficiency in tall, semi-dwarf and dwarf near-isogenic lines of spring wheat. Euphytica 125, 113–119.Google Scholar
Norrish, S. A. (2003). Soil and water interactions controlling wheat crop response to phosphorus fertiliser in North Western New South Wales. Ph.D. thesis, University of Western Sydney, Australia.Google Scholar
Plenét, D., Etchebest, S., Mollier, A. & Pellerin, S. (2000 a). Growth analysis of maize field crops under phosphorus deficiency: I. Leaf growth. Plant and Soil 223, 117–130.Google Scholar
Plenét, D., Mollier, A. & Pellerin, S. (2000 b). Growth analysis of maize field crops under phosphorus deficiency: II. Radiation use efficiency, biomass accumulation and yield components. Plant and Soil 224, 259–272.Google Scholar
Prystupa, P., Savin, R. & Slafer, G. (2004). Grain number and its relationship with dry matter, N and P in the spike at heading in response to N×P fertilization in barley. Field Crops Research 90, 245–254.Google Scholar
Robertson, M. J. & Giunta, F. (1994). Responses of spring wheat exposed to pre-anthesis water stress. Australian Journal Agricultural Research 45, 19–35.Google Scholar
Rodriguez, D. (1998). Understanding growth limitation in wheat and sunflower under low phosphorus conditions. Ph.D. thesis, Wageningen Agricultural University, Wageningen, The Netherlands.Google Scholar
Rodriguez, D. & Goudriaan, J. (1995). Effects of phosphorus and drought stresses on dry matter and phosphorus allocation in wheat. Journal of Plant Nutrition 18, 2501–2517.Google Scholar
Rodriguez, D., Andrade, F. H. & Goudriaan, J. (1999). Effects of phosphorus nutrition on tiller emergence in wheat. Plant and Soil 209, 283–295.Google Scholar
Rodriguez, D., Andrade, F. H. & Goudriaan, J. (2000). Does assimilate supply limit leaf expansion in wheat grown in the field under low phosphorus availability? Field Crops Research 67, 227–238.Google Scholar
Rosa, O. S. & Camargo, C. E. O. (1991). Wheat breeding for better efficiency in phosphorus use. In Wheat for the Nontraditional Warm Areas (Ed. Saunders, D. A.), pp. 333–351. Mexico, DF: CIMMYT.Google Scholar
Shearman, V. J., Sylvester-Bradley, R., Scott, R. K. & Foulkes, M. J. (2005). Physiological processes associated with wheat yield progress in the UK. Crop Science 45, 175–185.Google Scholar
Sinclair, T. R. & Jamieson, P. D. (2006). Grain number, wheat yield, and bottling beer: an analysis. Field Crops Research 98, 60–67.Google Scholar
Sinclair, T. R. & Shiraiwa, T. (1993). Soybean radiation use efficiency as influenced by nonuniform specific leaf nitrogen distribution and diffuse radiation. Crop Science 33, 808–812.Google Scholar
Soil Survey Staff. (2003). Keys to Soil Taxonomy. 9th edn.Washington, DC: USDA and Natural Resources Conservation Service.Google Scholar
Spiertz, J. H. J. (1980). Grain production of wheat in relation to nitrogen, weather and diseases. In Opportunities for Increasing Crop Yields (Eds Hurd, R. G., Biscoe, P. V. & Dennis, C.), pp. 97–113. London: Pitman Publishing Limited.Google Scholar
Spiertz, J. H. J. & Ellen, J. (1978). Effects of nitrogen on crop development and grain growth of winter wheat in relation to assimilation and utilization of assimilates and nutrients. Netherlands Journal of Agricultural Science 26, 210–231.Google Scholar
Vance, C. P., Uhde-Stone, C. & Allan, D. L. (2003). Phosphorus acquisition and use: critical adaptations by plants for securing a nonrenewable resource. New Phytologist 157, 423–447.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Wall, P. C. (1979). An analysis of factors limiting grain number and yield of spring wheat in a low-latitude environment. Ph.D. thesis, University of Reading, UK.Google Scholar
Whitfield, D. M. & Smith, C. J. (1989). Effects of irrigation and nitrogen on growth, light interception and efficiency of light conversion in wheat. Field Crops Research 20, 279–295.Google Scholar
Withers, P. J. A., Edwards, A. C. & Foy, R. H. (2001). Phosphorus cycling in UK agriculture and implications for phosphorus loss from soil. Soil Use and Management 17, 139–149.Google Scholar