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CORESTA Meeting, Agronomy/Phytopathology, 2013, Brufa di Torgiano, APPOST 02

Effect of flue-cured transplanting-date on leaf growth dynamics and establishment of a simulated model

ZHAO Qibai(1); LIAO Wencheng(2); KONG Guanghui(3); HU Zhongsheng(1)
(1) China Tobacco Jiangsu Industrial Co., Ltd, Nanjing, Jiangsu, P.R. China; (2) Lijiang Prefecture Corporation of Yunnan Tobacco Company, Lijiang, Yunnan, P.R. China; (3) Yunnan Academy of Tobacco Agricultural Sciences, Yuxi, Yunnan, P.R. China

Using K326 as materials, flue-cured tobacco with four leaf positions (the fifth, tenth, fifteenth and twentieth leaves) in three sowing dates (May 4th, May 14th, and May 24th) were used in field experiments where parameters of dynamic leaf growth including length and width of leaves were measured. The results showed that: (1) A Richard curve equation,

y=a/(1+eb-cx)1/d, was developed and suitable to relationships between leaf growth or growth days and active accumulated temperature; (2) The basic parameter of ultimate growth (a) and growth rate parameter (c) changed slightly, but initial growth parameter (b) and shape parameter (d) changed dramatically. Transplanting dates regulated the equation of the dynamic mainly by controlling parameters b value and d value. The dynamic model could make a good estimation for leaf growth dynamics with the accuracies (0.9966-1.1114), and the precisions (R2) of above 0.9577. The differences reached an extremely significant level; (3) The sequences of growth days with different transplanting date corresponding to leaf length maximum rate showed the following trends: May 4th > May 14th > May 24th. Those of growth amount of the fifth and tenth leaf corresponding to maximum rate of leaf growth showed the same trends, while those of growth amount of the fifteenth and twentieth leaf corresponding to maximum rate of leaf growth showed the opposite trend. Growth days of flue-cured tobacco in rapid growth stage with the same transplanting period are less than those of the initial growth stage and the stable growth stage. Active accumulated temperature of three growth stages among different leaf positions performed the sequence: initial growth phase < rapid growth stage < stable growth stage.