Effect of different treatments on grain weight and protein content of the grains from different ear positions for barley

The effect of agronomic factors on grain weight and protein content of the grains from different ear positions (top, middle and bottom) in barley cultivars 92-11 and Xiumai-3 was studied. It was shown that grain weight of middle-positioned grains was the highest, and that of top-positioned grains wa...

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Main Authors: YIN Chen, ZHANG Guo-ping
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Language:English
Published: Zhejiang University Press 2004-11-01
Series:浙江大学学报. 农业与生命科学版
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Online Access:https://www.academax.com/doi/10.3785/1008-9209.2004.06.0640
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description The effect of agronomic factors on grain weight and protein content of the grains from different ear positions (top, middle and bottom) in barley cultivars 92-11 and Xiumai-3 was studied. It was shown that grain weight of middle-positioned grains was the highest, and that of top-positioned grains was the lowest in all different treatments. Meanwhile the difference between two cultivars was significant, 92-11 being higher than Xiumai-3. Timing of nitrogen application significantly affected protein content of the grains from different ear positions, and protein content increased with heavy N application at late stage. The increase was mainly caused by higher protein content in bottom-and middle-positioned grains. In addition, heavy N application at late stage caused a significant increase in middle-and bottom-positioned grain weight. The population size after heading markedly affected grain weight and protein content and, with the increase of spike number, grain weight of bottom-and middle-positioned grains reduced, but their protein content increased. There was a substantial difference between two cultivars in the response of protein content to spike number, and greater changes occurred in bottom positioned grains for 92-11 and in top positioned grains for Xiumei 3. Deletion of middle-positioned grains significantly increased weight of top-positioned grains and removal of flag leaf resulted in the weight reduction of both middle-and bottom-positioned grains. In addition, reduction of both source and sink induced increase in protein content of grains.
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spelling doaj-art-beb4b9c1a8f54934b5bd32143920e7ae2025-08-20T03:58:11ZengZhejiang University Press浙江大学学报. 农业与生命科学版1008-92092097-51552004-11-013064064510.3785/1008-9209.2004.06.064010089209Effect of different treatments on grain weight and protein content of the grains from different ear positions for barleyYIN ChenZHANG Guo-pingThe effect of agronomic factors on grain weight and protein content of the grains from different ear positions (top, middle and bottom) in barley cultivars 92-11 and Xiumai-3 was studied. It was shown that grain weight of middle-positioned grains was the highest, and that of top-positioned grains was the lowest in all different treatments. Meanwhile the difference between two cultivars was significant, 92-11 being higher than Xiumai-3. Timing of nitrogen application significantly affected protein content of the grains from different ear positions, and protein content increased with heavy N application at late stage. The increase was mainly caused by higher protein content in bottom-and middle-positioned grains. In addition, heavy N application at late stage caused a significant increase in middle-and bottom-positioned grain weight. The population size after heading markedly affected grain weight and protein content and, with the increase of spike number, grain weight of bottom-and middle-positioned grains reduced, but their protein content increased. There was a substantial difference between two cultivars in the response of protein content to spike number, and greater changes occurred in bottom positioned grains for 92-11 and in top positioned grains for Xiumei 3. Deletion of middle-positioned grains significantly increased weight of top-positioned grains and removal of flag leaf resulted in the weight reduction of both middle-and bottom-positioned grains. In addition, reduction of both source and sink induced increase in protein content of grains.https://www.academax.com/doi/10.3785/1008-9209.2004.06.0640barleygrain weightprotein contentagronomic factor
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Effect of different treatments on grain weight and protein content of the grains from different ear positions for barley
浙江大学学报. 农业与生命科学版
barley
grain weight
protein content
agronomic factor
title Effect of different treatments on grain weight and protein content of the grains from different ear positions for barley
title_full Effect of different treatments on grain weight and protein content of the grains from different ear positions for barley
title_fullStr Effect of different treatments on grain weight and protein content of the grains from different ear positions for barley
title_full_unstemmed Effect of different treatments on grain weight and protein content of the grains from different ear positions for barley
title_short Effect of different treatments on grain weight and protein content of the grains from different ear positions for barley
title_sort effect of different treatments on grain weight and protein content of the grains from different ear positions for barley
topic barley
grain weight
protein content
agronomic factor
url https://www.academax.com/doi/10.3785/1008-9209.2004.06.0640
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