Abstract
Daily emergence counts were made on Canthatch wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) grown in five soil types, at four soil temperatures and three water potentials and planted at five different depths. Regardless of soil type, soil water potential or depth of planting, 50% emergence generally occurred within a week at 19.4 and 26.7 °C, and within 2 wk at 12.2 °C, but it took up to 6 wk at 5 °C. The heat sum required to attain 50% seedling emergence did not increase significantly with decreasing soil water potentials, but the minimum temperature for emergence dropped from 1.3 to 0.2 °C as the water potential decreased from −⅓ to −10 bar. It was suggested that the seedlings compensated for the increased water stress by lowering their minimum temperature requirements. Increasing the planting depth not only increased the heat requirement for emergence, but it also increased the variability of emergence, especially at low temperatures. Practical aspects concerning planting dates and depths were considered.
Publisher
Canadian Science Publishing
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40 articles.
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