Considering the ecological environment of Sichuan area, an experiment was conducted to breed new maize varieties with high yield, high quality, multi re- sistance and wide adaptability. According to the principle of g...Considering the ecological environment of Sichuan area, an experiment was conducted to breed new maize varieties with high yield, high quality, multi re- sistance and wide adaptability. According to the principle of gene recombination, the authors combined the local tropical germplasm with PB germplasm, which was rich in disease-resistant, lodging-resistant and drought-tolerant genes, and the integration was used as the innovative strategy for breeding. Inbred-line 'LSC 107' was suc- cessfully bred and the new maize hybrid 'Wande No.l' was bred by crossing 'LSC 107' with 'Yi 99-19'. The results showed that the maize hybrid had good performance, including high yield, good stability, high quality, excellent disease re- sistance and lodging resistance, and wide adaptation. So it was adaptable for plant- ing in plain and hilly areas of Sichuan Province. With hybrid recombination between local tropical germplasm and PB inbred lines, the inbred-line had high general com- bining ability and strong adaptability, and the hybrid had high yield, high quality and wide adaptability, and had broad prospects of popularization and application.展开更多
Field experiments were conducted at two key locations in two successive seasons in Nigeria to determine the role of habitat manipulation in the bio-control of African rice gall midge, Orseolia oryzivora using Platygas...Field experiments were conducted at two key locations in two successive seasons in Nigeria to determine the role of habitat manipulation in the bio-control of African rice gall midge, Orseolia oryzivora using Platygaster diplosisae an endoparasitoid of the midge. The habitat manipulation strategy tested in the study was to plant seedlings ofPaspalum scrobiculatum on one meter strip of land at the border of each rice plot early in the cropping season to conserve P. diplosisae in its alternative host, Orseolia bonzii that infest P. scrobiculatum. The Paspalum seedlings were allowed to be fully established, infested naturally by 0. bonzii and parasitized by P. diplosisae before transplanting rice varieties in each plot. The control plots were planted with only rice seedlings leaving the border empty without any Paspalum. Rice plots with Paspalum at the edge had much lower levels of O. oryzivora infestation than the control plots. The percentage number of gall midge parasitized by P. diplosisae showed that rice plots with Paspalum at the edge had more parasitized galls than the control plots without Paspalum. The role of the Paspalum border was substantiated with the negative correlation results recorded with the infestation indicating significant decrease in the percentage tiller infestation as the percentage parasitism increased. That resulted in higher grain yield in the plots surrounded with Paspalum treatment than in the control. The present study therefore demonstrated that management of P. scrobiculatum on a strip of land around the edge of rice crops could significantly increase parasitoid carry-over into the crop.展开更多
基金Supported by Key Maize Breeding Program for Sichuan Province in the 11~(th) Five-year Plan and the 12~(th) Five-year Plan(2006YZGG002)The Breakthrough on Breeding Maize Inbred Lines and Heterotic Hybrids(2011YZGG002)~~
文摘Considering the ecological environment of Sichuan area, an experiment was conducted to breed new maize varieties with high yield, high quality, multi re- sistance and wide adaptability. According to the principle of gene recombination, the authors combined the local tropical germplasm with PB germplasm, which was rich in disease-resistant, lodging-resistant and drought-tolerant genes, and the integration was used as the innovative strategy for breeding. Inbred-line 'LSC 107' was suc- cessfully bred and the new maize hybrid 'Wande No.l' was bred by crossing 'LSC 107' with 'Yi 99-19'. The results showed that the maize hybrid had good performance, including high yield, good stability, high quality, excellent disease re- sistance and lodging resistance, and wide adaptation. So it was adaptable for plant- ing in plain and hilly areas of Sichuan Province. With hybrid recombination between local tropical germplasm and PB inbred lines, the inbred-line had high general com- bining ability and strong adaptability, and the hybrid had high yield, high quality and wide adaptability, and had broad prospects of popularization and application.
文摘Field experiments were conducted at two key locations in two successive seasons in Nigeria to determine the role of habitat manipulation in the bio-control of African rice gall midge, Orseolia oryzivora using Platygaster diplosisae an endoparasitoid of the midge. The habitat manipulation strategy tested in the study was to plant seedlings ofPaspalum scrobiculatum on one meter strip of land at the border of each rice plot early in the cropping season to conserve P. diplosisae in its alternative host, Orseolia bonzii that infest P. scrobiculatum. The Paspalum seedlings were allowed to be fully established, infested naturally by 0. bonzii and parasitized by P. diplosisae before transplanting rice varieties in each plot. The control plots were planted with only rice seedlings leaving the border empty without any Paspalum. Rice plots with Paspalum at the edge had much lower levels of O. oryzivora infestation than the control plots. The percentage number of gall midge parasitized by P. diplosisae showed that rice plots with Paspalum at the edge had more parasitized galls than the control plots without Paspalum. The role of the Paspalum border was substantiated with the negative correlation results recorded with the infestation indicating significant decrease in the percentage tiller infestation as the percentage parasitism increased. That resulted in higher grain yield in the plots surrounded with Paspalum treatment than in the control. The present study therefore demonstrated that management of P. scrobiculatum on a strip of land around the edge of rice crops could significantly increase parasitoid carry-over into the crop.