Effects of Planting Density on Spikelet Number in Tachiayaka, a Rice (<i>Oryza sativa</i> L.) Cultivar with a Short Panicle

Matsushita Kei, Nagaoka Ichiro, Sasahara Hideki, Maeda Hideo, Watanabe Hajime

doi:10.1626/jcs.88.253

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短穂性の発酵粗飼料用イネ品種「たちあやか」の総籾数に及ぼす栽植密度の影響
タンスイセイノハッコウソシリョウヨウイネヒンシュ「タチアヤカ」ノソウモミスウニオヨボスサイショクミツドノエイキョウ

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<p>Rice cultivars ‘Tachiayaka’ and ‘Tachisuzuka’, which have short panicles, were developed for whole-crop silage use because of their improved feed value owing to their decreased numbers of hard-to-digest spikelets. However, these cultivars do not produce a sufficient number of seeds for propagation. Nitrogen application at the panicle-formation stage, low planting density and late transplantation improve the unhulled rice yield in ‘Tachisuzuka’, and similar nitrogen application also improve seed production in ‘Tachiayaka’. However, changes in cultivation methods other than fertilization have not been investigated in ‘Tachiayaka’. Therefore, the effects of the planting density on the yield components of ‘Tachiayaka’ were studied from 2014 to 2016. With an increase in planting density, the panicle number increased; however, the number of spikelets per panicle decreased. Thus, the spikelet number per unit area was not significantly affected by the planting density. In addition, there were more late-emerging panicles in 5.6 hills m^–2 or 7.4 hills m^–2 than in 11.1 hills m^–2, indicating that an extreme low density is unsuitable.</p>

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Japanese Journal of Crop Science

Japanese Journal of Crop Science 88 (4), 253-258, 2019-10-05

CROP SCIENCE SOCIETY OF JAPAN

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