EFFECT OF SEED WEIGHT, AND SEED PHOSPHORUS AND NITROGEN CONCENTRATIONS ON THE EARLY GROWTH OF WHEAT SEEDLINGS
EFFECT OF SEED WEIGHT, AND SEED PHOSPHORUS AND NITROGEN CONCENTRATIONS ON THE EARLY GROWTH OF WHEAT SEEDLINGS
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DOI:
10.1071/ea9900545
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发表时间:
1990-01-01
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DEMARCO, DG
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DEMARCO, DG
Wheat seeds of uniform weight selected from 3 batches of seed with phosphorus (P) concentrations of 0.14, 0.17 and 0.19% were sown in soil with a range of applied P treatments. Seedling emergence was more rapid the higher the seed P. By 25 days after sowing all plants grown at the highest concentration of applied P were similar in size, but with lower applied P, plants from seed with higher P concentrations had an advantage.A range of weight classes was selected from 2 batches of seed raised at low or high concentrations of P. There were 11 groups ranging in mean seed weight from 28 to 58 mg and in seed P from 0.13 to 0.37%. Seedlings from the high P batch had larger first leaves, a higher dry weight, and longer roots than those from the low P batch when grown in a highly P-deficient sand culture system. Within each batch, heavier seeds produced larger leaves, heavier plants and longer roots. The yield differences between batches were largely accounted for if the seed P content (mu-g P/seed) was considered rather than either percentage P or seed weight alone. Differences in seed nitrogen concentration or content did not consistently account for differences in seedling growth.