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The effect of maleic hydrazide and chlorocholine chloride on the growth, seed yield components and seed yield of S.23 ryegrass

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

P. D. Hebblethwaite  and
A. Burbidge
P. D. Hebblethwaite
Affiliation:
University of NottinghamSchool of Agriculture, Sutton Bonington, Loughborough, Leics.
A. Burbidge
Affiliation:
University of NottinghamSchool of Agriculture, Sutton Bonington, Loughborough, Leics.
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Summary

The effects of maleic hydrazide (MH) and chlorocholine chloride (CCC) on S. 23 perennial ryegrass grown for seed were investigated in a series of field experiments from 1972 to 1974. MH significantly decreased straw length and lodging, but also decreased all yield components, seed yield and germination percentage. All growth stages and harvest date were delayed and the seed production mechanism impaired. CCC had little effect on length of fertile tillers or lodging but seed yield was increased in 1972 and 1973 when the chemical was applied at spikelet initiation. In 1972 an increase in 1000-grain weight and in 1973 small but insignificant increases in numbers of fertile tillers and seeds per spikelet were responsible. This chemical had no visible effects on the growth and development of the crop or on germination percentage of the seed.

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Research Article
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The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 86 , Issue 2 , April 1976 , pp. 343 - 353
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1976

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