Coupled influence of precipitation regimes and seedling emergence time on the reproductive strategy in Chloris virgata

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第一作者： Wang, Ying

作者： Wang, Ying;Chen, Jiawei;Wang, Changfu;Huang, Yige;Mu, Zhongsheng

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关键词： Reproduction; Seed size; Seed yield; Tiller trait

期刊名称：PEERJ （ 影响因子：2.984； 五年影响因子：3.369 ）

ISSN： 2167-8359

年卷期： 2020 年 8 卷

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收录情况： SCI

摘要： Precipitation regime and seedling emergence time both influence plant growth and reproduction. However, little attention has been given to the effects of these combined factors on the reproductive strategy of Chloris virgata, which is a vital species in Songnen grassland. Here, we simulated the changes in the precipitation regime and seedling emergence time to evaluate tiller traits and seed production. The results showed that tiller number behaved similarly among three precipitation regimes when sowed on 15 May (T-1), while it increased significantly with precipitation regimes when sowed on 15 June (T-2) and 15 July (T-3). Tiller number decreased significantly with the seedling emergence time under the same water supply treatment. The proportional allocation of reproductive tiller number to total tiller number was significantly higher at T-3 than at T-1 and T-2. Seed number remained similar under different precipitation regimes at T-2 and T-3, whereas it was significantly lower under low precipitation than under other water levels at T-1. Seed number reached the maximum values at T-2 under the same level of precipitation treatment. Seed size was significantly lower under low precipitation compared to other water supply treatments and the lowest values in seed size, about 0.5 mg, occurred at T-2 under all the precipitation regimes. The lowest values in spike number were under low precipitation at all seedling emergence times. Seed yield exhibited similar trends with seed size under different precipitation regimes, while the greatest gains in these values were at T-1 under all the precipitation regimes. Our findings showed that simulated precipitation regimes and seedling emergence time affected the reproductive strategy of C. virgata. Typical and high precipitation, as well as early seedling emergence, will improve the seed yield and seed quality in this species.

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