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Chinese Agricultural Science Bulletin ›› 2020, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (33): 12-18.doi: 10.11924/j.issn.1000-6850.casb20191100878

Special Issue: 生物技术 玉米

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Maize Varieties with Different Genotypes: Study on Yield, Drought Resistance and Water Use Efficiency

Liu Huatao1,2(), Huang Xuefang1,2, Huang Mingjing1,2, Zhang Dongmei1,2, Zhang Wei1,2, Zhao Cong1,2   

  1. 1Shanxi Institute of Organic Dryland Farming,Shanxi Agricultural University, Taiyuan 030031
    2Shanxi Key Laboratory of Organic Dry Farming, Taiyuan 030031
  • Received:2019-11-26 Revised:2019-12-24 Online:2020-11-25 Published:2020-11-18

Abstract:

To enhance crop drought resistance and water use efficiency, the most effective and easy technical measure is choosing new varieties, which can solve the problems of varieties used blindly and passive resistance to drought. Under the arid field of Jinzhong Basin in Shanxi Province, eleven different genotype maize varieties, which were widely applied in production, were selected as materials, three different water treatments were set up at maize jointing stage, and the differences of yield, drought resistance and water use efficiency among the test varieties were studied. The results showed that: the rank of yield and drought resistance of the varieties changed under different water treatments, ‘Dafeng30’ and ‘DikaM753’ were the best varieties that had high and stable yield and drought resistance. Under normal water supply, the yield could reach 13634 kg/hm2 and 14478 kg/hm2, respectively, and the drought resistance index could reach 0.999 and 1.029, respectively. After analyzing water use efficiency and water production efficiency, the results showed that irrigating 45 mm at jointing stage not only obtained higher water use efficiency, but also got the highest water production efficiency, which were 29.77 kg/(mm·hm2) and 30.92 kg/(mm·hm2), respectively. Thus, ‘Dafeng30’ and ‘DikaM753’ can be used as main varieties in production, and the use of deficit irrigation could be significant for water resources protection and the development of organic agriculture in this region.

Key words: maize, varieties, Genotypes, yield, drought resistance, water use efficiency

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