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Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology ›› 2023, Vol. 34 ›› Issue (1): 99-106.doi: 10.13287/j.1001-9332.202301.041

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Effects of the timing of epibrassinolide spraying on yield and nitrogen use efficiency of wide-belt sowing wheat

WANG Jie1, HUA Yi-fan1, QIN Ji-yuan1, HE Ming-rong1, JU Zheng-chun2, LYU Peng2, DENG Shu-zhen3, DAI Xing-long1*   

  1. 1College of Agronomy, Shandong Agricultural University/State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology/Key Laboratory of Crop Ecophysiology and Farming System, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Tai'an 271018, Shandong, China;
    2Shandong Agricultural Technology Extending Center, Jinan 250100, China;
    3Feicheng Agricultural and Rural Bureau, Feicheng 271600, Shandong, China
  • Received:2022-04-26 Revised:2022-11-04 Online:2023-01-15 Published:2023-06-15

Abstract: In this study, we investigated the effects of epibrassinolide spraying at different growth stages on grain yield and nitrogen use efficiency (NUE), and uptake efficiency (UPE) of wide-belt sowing wheat. The results showed that epibrassinolide spraying enhanced wheat grain yield by increasing the number of kernels per spike and (or) 1000-kernel weight, and improved NUE by promoting aboveground nitrogen accumulation and improving UPE. However, the magnitudes of such enhancements in yield and NUE differed among spraying times. Spraying epibrassinolide at the erecting and filling stages, jointing and filling stages, erecting, jointing, and filling stages, as well as erecting, flowering, and filling stages, produced the greatest increase in the number of kernels per spike and 1000-kernel weight, which led to substantial yield increases (12.8%-14.0%), and the greatest increase in aboveground nitrogen accumulation, which improved UPE by 16.4%-18.8%, and resulted in a significant improvement in NUE. Therefore, spraying epibrassinolide at the erecting and filling stage or jointing and filling stages could achieve high yield and NUE in wide-belt sowing wheat.

Key words: epibrassinolide, wheat, yield, nitrogen use efficiency, exogenous spraying.