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Journal of Agriculture ›› 2020, Vol. 10 ›› Issue (8): 13-18.doi: 10.11923/j.issn.2095-4050.cjas20200300048

Special Issue: 资源与环境 小麦 棉花

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Photothermal Resource Distribution and Light Utilization in Cotton Rows: Under Cotton-wheat Intercropping

Liu Yi(), Wang Yan, Zhang Qian, Feng Guoyi, Zhang Xi, Qian Yuyuan, Qi Hong()   

  1. Institute of Cotton, Hebei Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences/Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Cotton in Huanghuaihai Semiarid Area, Ministry of Agriculture /National Cotton Improvement Center Hebei Branch, Shijiazhuang 050051, Hebei, China
  • Received:2020-03-06 Revised:2020-05-21 Online:2020-08-20 Published:2020-08-19
  • Contact: Qi Hong E-mail:liuyi1105@126.com;qihong83@126.com

Abstract:

Through studying the effects of ridging treatment on the light, heat and water conditions of cotton and wheat in the symbiotic stage and the response of the light energy utilization characteristics of cotton, the paper aims to reveal the physiological and ecological mechanism of ridging promoting the growth and increasing the yield in cotton-wheat intercropping. The experiment set up two treatments including cotton-wheat flat intercropping (T) and cotton row ridging intercropping (T+L), with cotton monoculture (D) as the control. The function leaf net photosynthetic rate (Pn) was determined under different photon density gradients on symbiotic period of wheat cotton, the light response curve was fitted, and the light utilizing characteristic parameters of function leaves were calculated. Photosynthetic active radiation (PAR), light saturation point (LSP) and light compensation point (LCP) were analyzed. The daily effective light energy (PARd) was calculated under different treatments. In the cotton-wheat intercropping mode (T), the water content in the canopy of cotton row and the topsoil with ground temperature of 5 cm was significantly lower than that of treatment D, with growth retardation and yield reduction of 20.1%. Under the treatment T+L, the PARd in the trifoliate stage and wheat harvest stage increased by 5.8% and 47.5%, respectively, compared with treatment T. The ground temperature of 5 cm was significantly increased after 11:00, and the soil moisture content of 20 cm decreased slowly. Compared with treatment T, the Pnmax and LSP of functional leaves of cotton treated with T+L were significantly increased, while LCP showed no significant change. The relative plant growth rate (PGR) was increased, and the flowering and flocculation stages were 4-5 days earlier than that of treatment T. The annual yield was increased by 14.5% and 15.3%, respectively, compared with treatment T. Ridging process strengthened the canopy PAR in the symbiotic period of cotton-wheat intercropping, increased the Pnmax and LSP of function leaves, increased the PARd of cotton lines, raised the soil temperature of cotton lines, slowed down the water reducing rate in the top layer, and thus reduced the inhibitory effect of shading on cotton growth and development, and then increased the output of the cotton-wheat intercropping.

Key words: Cotton-wheat Intercropping, Ridging Cotton Line, Photothermal Resources, Photothermal Distribution, Light Utilization

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