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Eco-physiological processes underlying maize water use efficiency response to plant density under contrasting water regimes

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This study quantified maize (Zea mays L.) water use efficiency for grain yield (WUEg) in response to plant density under contrasting water regimes; and focused on relevant eco-physiologial processes underlying the responses of maize WUEg to plant density (i.e., the proportion of transpiration in the total water used, T/ET; and the crop growth rate during the critical period for kernel set, CGRcp). Maize crops were grown at Balcarce, Argentina during two [ver mas...]
This study quantified maize (Zea mays L.) water use efficiency for grain yield (WUEg) in response to plant density under contrasting water regimes; and focused on relevant eco-physiologial processes underlying the responses of maize WUEg to plant density (i.e., the proportion of transpiration in the total water used, T/ET; and the crop growth rate during the critical period for kernel set, CGRcp). Maize crops were grown at Balcarce, Argentina during two seasons. Treatments included two water regimes (i.e., rainfed and irrigated) and three plant densities (4, 8 and 12 plants m−2). Measurements comprised (i) soil water content and iPAR during the whole growing season, (ii) shoot biomass around silking and (iii) grain yield and shoot biomass at physiological maturity. Crop ET was calculated by means of water balance and soil evaporation was measured with micro-lysimeters. The response of WUEg to increasing plant density from 4 to 8 or from 4 to 12 plants m−2 was influenced by seasonal water supply. Both seasonal ET and T/ET consistently increased with plant densities across contrasting water regimes. Although increments in T/ET partition were in accordance with increasing iPAR, they did not promote higher WUEg at low water supply. Grain yield increased with plant density, except in the driest environment where no response of either grain yield nor WUEg to plant density was detected. Our results showed that the response of CGRcp to plant density increments (i) depended on the water supply, and (ii) contributed to explain WUEg response to plant density under contrasting water supplies. [Cerrar]
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Hernandez, Mariano Daniel;   Alfonso, Carla Susana;   Cerrudo, Aníbal Alejandro;   Cambareri, Matias;   Della Maggiora, Aida;   Barbieri, Pablo;   Echarte, María Mercedes;   Echarte, Laura;  
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Field Crops Research 254 : 107844 (September 2020)
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2020-09
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Elsevier
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0378-4290
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http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/7697
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0378429020302264
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fcr.2020.107844
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