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Journal of Integrative Agriculture  2017, Vol. 16 Issue (05): 1053-1063    DOI: 10.1016/S2095-3119(16)61588-5
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Effects of soilless substrates on seedling quality and the growth of transplanted super japonica rice
LEI Wu-sheng1, 2, DING Yan-feng1, LI Gang-hua1, TANG She1, WANG Shao-hua1

1 Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center for Modern Crop Production/National Engineering and Technology Center for Information Agricultrue/Key Laboratory of Crop Physiology and Ecology in Southern China, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, P.R.China 2 Jiangsu Vocational College of Agriculture and Forestry, Jurong 212400, P.R.China

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Abstract  This study was conducted to investigate the effects of soilless substrates of hydroponically grown long-mat seedlings (HLMS) on seedling quality and field growth characteristics of transplanted super japonica rice.  A widely grown conventional super japonica rice cultivar (Wuyunjing 23) was selected as the test material.  The effect of HLMS on seedling quality, mechanical transplantation quality, field growth characteristics, yield, and benefit-cost ratio were compared with seedlings grown in organic substrates and traditional nutritive soil, which was selected as the control.  Root number, root twisting power and root activity of seedlings cultivated by HLMS were decreased compared to that of the organic substrates and control.  However, seedling root length as well as aboveground growth were increased compared to the organic substrates and control seedlings.  In the HLMS, the content of gibberellin acid (GA3) decreased while abscisic acid (ABA) content increased compared to that of the organic substrates and control seedlings.  During the early stages after transplanting, the re-greening of HLMS was delayed compared to that of the organic substrates and control seedlings.  Nevertheless, there were no significant differences in tiller dynamics and crop yield among the HLMS, organic substrates and control treatments.  The effects of HLMS on seedling production were similar to those of the organic substrates and traditional nutritive soil in the present study, suggesting that HLMS have the potential to replace traditional nutritive soil in seedling production without decreasing crop yield.  Finally, it is important to reduce organic substrates and topsoil dependence during rice seedling production and worthwhile to consider HLMS popularization and its application on a larger scale.
Keywords:  super hybrid rice (Oryza sativa L.)      mechanical transplantation      seedling quality, yield      seedling raised method  
Received: 28 September 2016   Accepted:
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Funding was provided by the National Key Technologies R&D Program of China during the 12th Five-Year Plan period (2016YFD0300505 and 2015BAD01B03), the Public Welfare and Industry, Ministry of Agriculture, China (201403039 and 201303102), and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, China (KYTZ201402).

Corresponding Authors:  LI Gang-hua, Tel/Fax: +86-25-84396475, E-mail: lgh@njau.edu.cn    
About author:  LEI Wu-sheng, E-mail: leiwsh@163.com

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LEI Wu-sheng1, 2, DING Yan-feng1, LI Gang-hua1, TANG She1, WANG Shao-hua1. 2017. Effects of soilless substrates on seedling quality and the growth of transplanted super japonica rice. Journal of Integrative Agriculture, 16(05): 1053-1063.

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