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Is photothermal quotient determinant factor for spring wheat yield?

Author(s)
M. Ahmed Department of Agronomy, Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi, PAKISTAN
Fayyaz-Ul-Hassan Department of Agronomy, Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi, PAKISTAN
Abdul-Razzaq Department of Agronomy, Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi, PAKISTAN
M. N. Akram Department of Agronomy, Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi, PAKISTAN
M. Aslam Ministry of Food and Agriculture, Islamabad, PAKISTAN
S. Ahmad Department of Agronomy, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, PAKISTAN
M. Zia-Ul-Haq Department of Pharmacognosy, University of Karachi, Karachi, PAKISTAN
Abstract
Photothermal Quotient as combined effect of temperature and solar radiation were studied as determinant factor for spring wheat grain yield. The data obtained at anthesis and maturity for grain m-2, grain weight and grain yield were examined in experiments involving three wheat genotypes under five different environmental conditions (E) provided in the form of planting windows (PW’s) during 2008-09 & 2009-10 at National Agricultural Research Center (NARC), Islamabad. The mean temperature at anthesis (T1) and maturity (T2) was calculated by averaging all temperature from germination till anthesis and maturity, respectively. Similarly, solar radiation at anthesis (SR1) and maturity (SR2) was calculated- with the Angstrom formula while Photothermal quotient (PTQ) was calculated at anthesis (PTQ1) and maturity (PTQ2). The data obtained was subjected to STATISTICA 8 software and scatter plot regression model was developed- at 95% confidence interval with crop data and climate variables (T1, T2, SR1, SR2, PTQ1 and PTQ2). The b (regression coefficient) recorded were 623.73 (GM vs T1), 0.0037 (GW vs T1), -5.97 (Y vs T1), -0.028 (GW vs T2), -1356.28 (GM vs T2), -57.86 (Y vs T2), 29.53 (GM vs SR1), 0.0005 (GW vs SR1), 3.95 (Y vs SR1), 19.90 (GM vs SR2), 0.0003 (GW vs SR2), 2.57 (Y vs SR2) 314.20 (GM vs PTQ1), 0.0049 (GW vs PTQ1), 49.88 (Y vs PTQ1), 0.0037 (GW vs PTQ2), 31.87 ( Y vs PTQ2), 237.40 (GM vs PTQ2) while, b for E and PW with yield was -872.51 and -309.75, respectively. Direct relationship between PTQ and yield parameters confirmed that it determined crop yield and its management for variable environmental conditions need to be opted by adopting suitable sowing time.
Publication Details
Page(s) 1621-1627
DOI DOI not available
Published Journal: Pakistan Journal of Botany, Volume: 43, Issue: 3, Year: 2011

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