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Environmental and Agronomic Effects on the Growth of Four Peanut Cultivars in a Sub-tropical Environment. I. Dry Matter Accumulation and Radiation Use Efficiency

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 October 2008

M. J. Bell ,
G. C. Wright  and
G. R. Harch
M. J. Bell
Affiliation:
Queensland Department of Primary Industries, PO Box 23, Kingaroy, 4610 Queensland, Australia
G. C. Wright
Affiliation:
Queensland Department of Primary Industries, PO Box 23, Kingaroy, 4610 Queensland, Australia
G. R. Harch
Affiliation:
Queensland Department of Primary Industries, PO Box 23, Kingaroy, 4610 Queensland, Australia
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Summary

Four peanut cultivars of Spanish or Virginia botanical type and varying time to maturity were grown at a range of plant densities (44 000 to 352 000 plants ha-1) and spatial arrangements under irrigated conditions in sub-tropical southern Queensland, Australia. Total and pod dry matter production of the very early maturing Spanish cultivar Chico showed strong positive responses to increased plant density up to the highest density tested. Responses were less pronounced for the later maturing Spanish cultivar McCubbin and were minimal for the Virginia cultivars Early Bunch and Mani Pintar. All cultivars were insensitive to spatial arrangements. Accumulation of total dry matter, adjusted for the higher synthesis costs of oil and protein during seed filling, was well correlated to intercepted photosynthetically active radiation (PAR). Much of the variation in dry matter production among cultivars and plant populations could be accounted for by the effects of differing leaf area duration on cumulative intercepted PAR. Radiation use efficiency was negatively associated with the canopy extinction coefficient (k) within most sowing dates, and also negatively associated with minimum temperature across sowing dates for all cultivars except Mani Pintar.

Crecimiento y eficacia del use de radiación en el maní

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Research Article
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Experimental Agriculture , Volume 29 , Issue 4 , October 1993 , pp. 473 - 490
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1993

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