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Chinese Agricultural Science Bulletin ›› 2022, Vol. 38 ›› Issue (8): 1-8.doi: 10.11924/j.issn.1000-6850.casb2021-0328

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Effects of Two Plant Growth Retardants on Plug Seedling Quality of Sunflower

JI Hongting(), ZHAO Hanwei, WANG Yong, ZENG Yannan, CHENG Rundong, WANG Qingnan, ZHAO Hejuan()   

  1. Nanjing Institute of Agricultural Sciences in Jiangsu Hilly Area, Nanjing 210046
  • Received:2021-03-30 Revised:2021-07-07 Online:2022-03-15 Published:2022-04-06
  • Contact: ZHAO Hejuan E-mail:jihongting2010@126.com;zhuzhao603@163.com

Abstract:

This study aims to investigate the effects of two plant growth retardants on plug seedling quality of sunflower under high temperature and high humidly condition in summer, and to select their suitable spraying concentrations. The experiment was conducted including two plant growth retardants (paclobutrazol and uniconazole) and five spraying concentrations (0、200、400、600、800、1000 mg/L). The results showed that the foliar spraying of paclobutrazol and uniconazole significantly reduced the plant height (PH) and leaf area (LA), increased the ratio of stem diameter (SD) to PH (SD/PH) and enhanced the leaf SPAD and root dry weight. The enhanced leaf SPAD under the two growth retardants’ treatments alleviated the inhibition on LA. In addition, LA×SPAD could comprehensively reflect the changes of shoot dry weight (SDW) and plant dry weight (PDW). Based on the SD, PH, LA and SPAD, a strong seedling index (${{I}_{2}}=\frac{SD}{PH}\times \sqrt{LA\times SPAD}$) of sunflower plug seedlings under the two growth retardants’ treatments was established. The established strong seedling index had a significant correlation with the conventional strong seedling index (R2=0.9097**). The analysis of strong seedling index showed that the suitable spraying concentration of paclobutrazol and uniconazole was 400 mg/L and 600 mg/L, respectively. In conclusion, this study clarifies the effects of paclobutrazol and uniconazole on plug seedling quality under high temperature and high humidity in summer, and selects their suitable spraying concentrations. Our results could provide a theoretical basis for rational application of paclobutrazol and uniconazole in sunflower plug seeding in summer.

Key words: growth retardant, sunflower, plug seedling, seedling quality

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