Abstract: A pot experiment was conducted to study the differences in the biomass, phosphorus concentration, phosphorus use efficiency for dry matter, and phosphorus use efficiency for grain yield among different wheat cultivars under low phosphorus supply, aimed to screen the wheat varieties with high phosphorus use efficiency. For the test cultivars, their biomass per plant at tillering, jointing, flowering, and maturing stages was 0.46-1.09, 0.85-2.10, 3.00-7.00, and 3.85-12.88 g, and their phosphorus concentration was 2.21-4.26, 2.38-4.42, 2.44-4.96, and 1.30-5.09 mg·g^-1,respectively. From tillering to maturing stages, the phosphorus accumulation in plant and the phosphorus use efficiency for dry matter displayed a decreasing effect on the biomass formation. Significant differences were observed in the phosphorus use efficiency for dry matter (tillering stage CV=16.3%, jointing stage CV=15.0%, and flowering stage CV=13.3%) and in the phosphorus use efficiency for grain yield (maturing stage CV=20.5%) among the cultivars. The cultivars CD1158-7 and Sheng A3 Yi 03-4 had higher phosphorus use efficiency for dry matter and phosphorus use efficiency for grain yield, while the Yu 02321 was in adverse. The phosphorus concentration in the cultivars with high phosphorus use efficiency was significantly lower than that in the cultivars with low phosphorus use efficiency, and the grain yield of CD1158-7 and Sheng A3 Yi 03-4 was 0.98 times and 0.78 times higher than that of Yu 02321.

Key words: wheat, phosphorus use efficiency for dry matter, phosphorus use efficiency for grain yield, grain yield