Physiological response of groundnut (Arachis hypogaeaL.) to thinning time and intensity after anthesis
作者:
A.J.P. Tarimo,
F.P.C. Blarney,
期刊:
South African Journal of Plant and Soil
(Taylor Available online 1999)
卷期:
Volume 16,
issue 3
页码: 148-152
ISSN:0257-1862
年代: 1999
DOI:10.1080/02571862.1999.10635001
出版商: Taylor & Francis Group
关键词: Arachis hypogaea;photosynthetically active radiation;radiation use efficiency;thinning intensity;total dry mass
数据来源: Taylor
摘要:
Two experiments were carried out to study groundnut (Arachis hypogaeaL.) response to thinning time and intensity after anthesis at Redland Bay Farm, Southeast Queensland, Australia, during 1987/88 (Experiment 1) and 1989/90 (Experiment 2). Six cultivars were included in Experiment 1: Improved Virginia Bunch (IVB), NC7, Q18801 (Virginia type), TMV-2, McCubbin and Red Spanish (Spanish type); and two cultivars in Experiment 2: IVB and Red Spanish. These were thinned to 0 (control) or 50% at 42 or 91 days after planting (DAP) in Experiment 1; and 0 (control), 33, 50, 66 or 75% at 42 DAP in Experiment 2. Treatments were laid out in a randomized complete block design (RCBD) with three replications in both seasons. A 50% thinning at 42 DAP reduced intercepted photosynthetically active radiation but fadiation use efficiency, crop growth rate and total dry mass increased in all cultivars by maturity. A 50% thinning at 91 DAP significantly reduced groundnut production. Also, a thinning intensity of >66% reduced groundnut production. Thus, 50% plant removal during early reproductive growth may not significantly reduce groundnut production. This implies that an early control of insect pests (e.g. termites) could result in yield compensation amongst the remaining plants such that yield losses would be minimal by maturity of the crop.
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