Yield Gap Analysis of Super High-Yielding Rice (>15 t ha −1 ) in Two Ecological Regions

Zhongwei Wei, Yuzhu Zhang and Wenyu Jin ()
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Zhongwei Wei: College of Agronomy, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, China
Yuzhu Zhang: College of Agronomy, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, China
Wenyu Jin: College of Agronomy, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, China

Agriculture, 2024, vol. 14, issue 3, 1-12

Abstract: Super high-yielding rice (SHYR) (>15 t ha −1 ) plays a crucial role in global food production and security. We hypothesized that the external environment of different ecological regions could improve biomass accumulation in different periods and thus increase the rice yield. Two SHYR varieties, i.e., Xiangliangyou900 (XLY900) and Yliangyou900 (YLY900), were cultivated in the YONGSHENG and LONGHUI ecoregions, China. The results indicated that the average yield of the two SHYRs in the LONGHUI ecological region was 15.27–15.45 t ha −1 and 18.81–20.10 t ha −1 in YONGSHENG. The high grain yield in the YONGSHENG ecoregion was mainly due to the increased number of spikelets per panicle, crop growth rate, and total biomass during the transplanting–heading stage (TP-HS) and heading–maturity stage (HS-MS), and harvest index. The yield of SHYR was significantly correlated with external environment conditions, i.e., average minimum temperature, average daytime, and night-time temperature, and average daily temperature at the TP-HS, HS-MS, and transplanting–maturity (TP-MS) stages. The rice yield was significantly and positively correlated with the cumulative daily radiation. Therefore, it can be concluded that the final yield of super high-yield rice is closely related to the utilization of temperature and radiation resources during the growth process in the ecological environment.

Keywords: crop growth rate; environment conditions; Oryza sativa L.; Xiangliangyou900 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q1 Q10 Q11 Q12 Q13 Q14 Q15 Q16 Q17 Q18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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