Root growth in field-grown winter wheat: Some effects of soil conditions, season and genotype.
Root growth in field-grown winter wheat: Some effects of soil conditions, season and genotype.
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DOI:
10.1016/j.eja.2017.09.014
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2017-11
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通讯作者:
Whalley WR
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作者:
Hodgkinson L;Dodd IC;Binley A;Ashton RW;White RP;Watts CW;Whalley WR
We present evidence to support the hypothesis that the general and well-documented shape of the relationship between root length density and soil depth in UK grown winter wheat is related to the increase in soil strength with depth. Effects of the soil environment on root length distribution were greater than genetic effects and this was most likely related to soil saturation. In a dry season, there was genotypic variation in rooting depth. Greater root length at depth in the dwarf NILs suggests that deep rooting is not simply related to plant height. This work compared root length distributions of different winter wheat genotypes with soil physical measurements, in attempting to explain the relationship between root length density and soil depth. Field experiments were set up to compare the growth of various wheat lines, including near isogenic lines (Rht-B1a Tall NIL and Rht-B1c Dwarf NIL) and wheat lines grown commercially (cv. Battalion, Hystar Hybrid, Istabraq, and Robigus). Experiments occurred in two successive years under rain fed conditions. Soil water content, temperature and penetrometer resistance profiles were measured, and soil cores taken to estimate vertical profiles of pore distribution, and root number with the core-break method and by root washing. Root length distributions differed substantially between years. Wetter soil in 2014/2015 was associated with shallower roots. Although there was no genotypic effect in 2014/2015, in 2013/2014 the dwarf wheat had the most roots at depth. In the shallower layers, some wheat lines, especially Battalion, seemed better at penetrating non-structured soil. The increase in penetrometer resistance with depth was a putative explanation for the rapid decrease in root length density with depth. Differences between the two years in root profiles were greater than those due to genotype, suggesting that comparisons of different genotypic effects need to take account of different soil conditions and seasonal differences. We also demonstrate that high yields are not necessarily linked to resource acquisition, which did not seem to be limiting in the low yielding dwarf NIL.
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影响因子:
4.9
作者:
HEWITT, JS;DEXTER, AR
通讯作者:
DEXTER, AR
影响因子:
4.9
作者:
Jin, Kemo;Shen, Jianbo;Whalley, William R.
通讯作者:
Whalley, William R.
影响因子:
4.9
作者:
BLACKWELL, PS;WELLS, EA
通讯作者:
WELLS, EA
影响因子:
4.9
作者:
Deery, David M.;Passioura, John B.;Katupitiya, Asitha
通讯作者:
Katupitiya, Asitha
DOI:
10.2136/sssaj1977.03615995004100060004x
发表时间:
1977-01-01
影响因子:
2.9
作者:
HERKELRATH, WN;MILLER, EE;GARDNER, WR
通讯作者:
GARDNER, WR