RICE SCIENCE ›› 2009, Vol. 16 ›› Issue (2): 143-150 .DOI: 10.1016/S1672-6308(08)60071-2

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Genotypic Differences in Growth and Physiological Responses to Transplanting and Direct Seeding Cultivation in Rice

CHEN Song; CAI Sheng-guan; CHEN Xin; ZHANG Guo-ping   

  1. Agronomy Department, Huajiachi Campus, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310029, China
  • Received:2008-09-03 Online:2009-06-28 Published:2009-06-28
  • Contact: ZHANG Guo-ping
  • Supported by:
    the Department of Science and Technology of Zhejiang, China for its financial support (Grant No. 2005C12024).

Abstract: The field experiments were conducted to investigate the growth and physiological responses of six super hybrid rice combinations to two planting methods, transplanting (TP) and direct seeding (DS) during 2006–2007 and 2007–2008. The 1000-grain weight and number of tillers per plant at the early growth stage, the maximum quantum yield of PSII (Fv/Fm) and transpiration rate (Tr) were higher in DS plants than in TP ones, whereas the grain yield, number of panicles per square meter, seed setting rate, net photosynthetic rate (Pn) and stomatal conductance were lower in DS plants. However, little difference was detected in number of grains per panicle, stem (shoot) and leaf weight between the combinations in the two planting methods. The responses of plant growth and physiological traits to planting method differed greatly among the six combinations. In both planting methods, Chouyou 58 and Yongyou 6 had the highest and lowest panicle biomass and Pn, respectively. The higher yield of Chunyou 58 was associated with more numbers of panicles per square meter and grains per panicle in both planting methods. The results indicate that lower grain yield in DS relative to TP is attributed to more excessive tillers at the early stage, lower leaf biomass and photosynthetic rate at the late stage.

Key words: rice, Oryza sativa, direct seeding, transplanting, genotypic difference, photosynthesis, biomass