Yoshida - 1981 - Fundamentals of Rice Crop Science
Yoshida - 1981 - Fundamentals of Rice Crop Science
Yoshida - 1981 - Fundamentals of Rice Crop Science
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222 FUNDAMENTALS OF RICE CROP SCIENCE<br />
Table 6.4. Effect <strong>of</strong> spacing on grain yield and daily production<br />
<strong>of</strong> 3 varieties, IRRI, 1970. a<br />
Daily grain<br />
production<br />
Growth Grain in main<br />
Selection Spacing duration yield field<br />
(cm) (days) (t/ha) (kg/ha)<br />
Wet season<br />
IR747B2-6 5 × 5<br />
95 5.62<br />
10 × 10 95 4.70<br />
lR22<br />
20 × 20 95 4.15<br />
5 × 5 114 4.92<br />
10 × 10 114 5.01<br />
IR8<br />
20 × 20 114 4.57<br />
5 × 5 124 5.32<br />
10 × 10 124 5.31<br />
20 × 20 124 5.14<br />
Dry season<br />
IR747B2-6 10 × 10 98 7.92<br />
20 × 20 98 7.23<br />
75<br />
63<br />
55<br />
52<br />
53<br />
41<br />
51<br />
51<br />
49<br />
102<br />
93<br />
10 × 10 110 7.23 80<br />
IR154-18-2-1 20 × 20 110 6.98 78<br />
IR8 20 × 20 132 8.61 77<br />
a IRRI (1971).<br />
Early maturing varieties allow intensified cropping. At conventional spacing,<br />
short growth duration varieties usually give low yields because <strong>of</strong> insufficient<br />
vegetative growth. Close spacing is essential for early maturing varieties to<br />
achieve high yields (Table 6.4). In the wet season the grain yield <strong>of</strong> IR747B2-6 at 5<br />
× 5 cm is as high as that <strong>of</strong> IR8. In the dry, IR747B2-6 produces about 8 t/ha at 10<br />
× 10 cm, whereas IR8 gives 8.6 t/ha at 20- × 20-cm spacing. At close spacings<br />
therefore, the yield potential <strong>of</strong> IR747B2-6 can be nearly as high as that <strong>of</strong> IR8.<br />
One clear benefit <strong>of</strong> early maturing varieties is high grain production per day. In<br />
both wet and dry seasons, IR747B2-6 is about 30% more efficient than IR8 in daily<br />
grain production.<br />
Another advantage <strong>of</strong> an early maturing variety is high water-use efficiency. As<br />
illustrated in Chapter 2, paddy field evapotranspiration is proportional to incident<br />
solar radiation and, hence, nearly proportional to the number <strong>of</strong> days the crop is<br />
in the field. Thus, a higher daily production implies a higher water-use efficiency.<br />
How far can growth duration be shortened without sacrificing yield potential?<br />
Panicle development is fairly fixed at about 30 days. The duration <strong>of</strong> ripening<br />
depends on temperature; it is about 30 days in the tropics. Thus, about 60 days is<br />
necessary for reproductive growth and ripening in the tropics.<br />
How many days are needed for vegetative growth? Although difficult to answer<br />
experience suggests that about 30 days is minimum for sufficient vegetative