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Vergara - 1976 - Physiological and morphological adaptability of ri

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494 CLIMATE AND RICE<br />

'l'.-\Ki\I|.-\SlI1: You stress the importance <strong>of</strong> size <strong>of</strong> sink in determining yield. It seems to me. it‘<br />

so, filled grain rate should increase in the case <strong>of</strong> low yield. This is not borne out by your expe<strong>ri</strong>ment.<br />

S. Yoshida." At present we do not know the exact mechanism about how growth <strong>of</strong> individual<br />

grains is determined. In theory. increase in source activity relative to sink size may increase<br />

filled grain percentage. l feel. hovrever. that we should not expect 100% achievement in must<br />

biological events. Hence. insttad <strong>of</strong> dealing with 5 to 17% <strong>of</strong> unfilled grains. I emphasized<br />

the importance <strong>of</strong> increasing the size <strong>of</strong> sink. In our CO; expe<strong>ri</strong>ments, we could increase grain<br />

yield by about 30% by increasing spikelet ntunben which cannot be achieved by improving<br />

grain filling.<br />

CHENI In ‘your study, \\"l'llC|1 factors do you think would afiect the etfective tille<strong>ri</strong>ng <strong>of</strong> <strong>ri</strong>ce<br />

du<strong>ri</strong>ng high temperature, <strong>and</strong> how can this problem be solved‘?<br />

S. Yoshida: I think solar radiation atlectq etfective tiller number. Afler all. tillc<strong>ri</strong>ng is determined<br />

by the amount <strong>of</strong> solar radiation relative to temperature. In practice. the use <strong>of</strong> an erectleaved<br />

va<strong>ri</strong>ety. adequate spacing. <strong>and</strong> the spacing pattern may increase the percentage <strong>of</strong> effective<br />

tillers.

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