Tillering Characteristics and Its Relationship with Population Productivity of Super-high Yield Rice Population of Yongyou 12

Abstract

We comparatively studied tillering and panicle formation characteristics of super-high and high yield populations formed by the regulation of cultivation measures using indica-japonica super rice Yongyou 12 transplanted by seedlings with tillers at the age of four leaves with one leaf bud. The results showed that yield from tillers and its contribution rate to total yield were 11.53 t ha–1 and 87.77% for super-high yield population, and 10.59 t ha–1 and 87.40% for high yield population. Super-high yield population had higher yield from primary and secondary tillers which were the major part contributed to total yield, the contribution rate to total yield of primary tillers for super-high yield population was slightly lower than that for high yield group, while that of secondary tillers, the contribution rate to total yield was higher in super-high yield population than in high yield population. For super-high yield population, the primary tillers emerged from leaf 1 to leaf 9 on main stem, among them the tillers from leaf 4 to leaf 7 had higher emerging rate and more panicles, secondary tillers emerged and earbeared mainly in 1/3, 2/3, 3/3, 2/4, 1/5. High yield population had higher emerging rate of triple tillers but lower panicle rate than super-high yield population, its primary tillers emerged and earbeared mainly in 4/0 to 7/0 while in the secondary tillers 1/3, 2/3, 3/3. Super-high yield population had higher mean values in panicle length, panicle weight, total grain number and grain density than high yield population, but seed-setting rate was slightly lower.