Bulb development in onion (Allium cepa L.). IV. Influence on yield of radiation interception, its efficiency of conversion, the duration of growth and dry-matter partitioning
Bulb development in onion (Allium cepa L.). IV. Influence on yield of radiation interception, its efficiency of conversion, the duration of growth and dry-matter partitioning
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洋葱 (Allium cepa L.) 的鳞茎发育。
DOI:
10.1093/oxfordjournals.aob.a087200
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发表时间:
1986
期刊:
影响因子:
4.2
通讯作者:
G. Morris
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文献类型:
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作者:
J. Brewster;F. Mondal;G. Morris
Increases in total dry-matter yield during bulb growth in well-irrigated onion crops were correlated with the total solar radiation intercepted by the leaf canopy. The mean efficiency of conversion of intercepted radiation to dry-matter was 1.58 g MJ−1. However, efficiencies were significantly different between seasons and in two years out of three they were lower for spring-sown crops than for autumn-sown crops. The lower efficiencies coincided with periods of high mean temperature and irradiance. The percentage of the total irradiance intercepted by the canopy during bulbing (1%) was increased by higher plant densities, earlier sowing and in later-maturing cultivars. It was higher in spring-sown than in autumn-sown crops especially at low plant densities. The duration of bulb growth was negatively correlated with 1% and with the mean air temperature during bulb growth. Consequently autumn-sown crops had a longer duration of bulb growth than spring-sown crops and produced exceptionally high bulb yields at high plant densities. Non-irrigated crops had a lower 1% and a shorter duration of bulb growth than irrigated crops, and a lower conversion efficiency in a season of high mean temperature and irradiance.