Acta Agriculturae Zhejiangensis ›› 2023, Vol. 35 ›› Issue (7): 1499-1510.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1004-1524.20221110

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Effects of different rotation patterns on physiological characteristics, yield and quality of foxtail millet during grain filling stage

LI Xiaoxia1(), LI Dan1, LI Wanxing1, JIN Kunpeng1, LIU Yongzhong1, HAN Wenqing1, HUANG Xuefang2, LIU Xin1, TIAN Gang1, CAO Jinjun1,*()   

  1. 1. Institute of Millet, Shanxi Agricultural University, Changzhi 046011, Shanxi, China
    2. Shanxi Institute of Organic Dryland Farming, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taiyuan 030801, China
  • Received:2022-07-29 Online:2023-07-25 Published:2023-08-17
  • Contact: CAO Jinjun

Abstract:

To clarify the effects of different crop rotation patterns on physiological characteristics, yield and quality of foxtail millet (Setaria italica) during grain-filling stage, 7 treatments including continuous cropping of foxtail millet, corn-soybean-foxtail millet, corn-sorghum-foxtail millet, corn-peanut-foxtail millet, corn-sweet potato-foxtail millet, corn-potato-foxtail millet, and corn-glutinous corn-foxtail millet were set up from 2018 to 2020. Physiological characteristics, yield and quality changes of foxtail millet under different treatments were studied. The comprehensive evaluation of foxtail millet yield and quality was performed by principal component analysis. Results showed that except for corn-sorghum-foxtail millet and corn-glutinous corn-foxtail millet modes, chlorophyll content during grain filling stage of foxtail millet in other crop rotation treatments increased significantly by 2.17% to 8.40% compared with continuous cropping. The net photosynthetic rate of various crop rotation treatments during grain filling stage increased significantly by 5.31% to 24.40% compared with continuous cropping. Nitrate reductase activity in functional leaves of foxtail millet increased or significantly increased in all crop rotation treatments. Leaf area index of various crop rotation treatments in the jointing stage, tasseling stage, flowering stage, grain filling stage and maturity stage were greater than or significantly greater than continuous cropping. The grain filling initiation of various crop rotation treatments was earlier than continuous cropping. Except for corn-glutinous corn-foxtail millet pattern, foxtail millet yield in various crop rotation treatments was significantly higher than continuous cropping or not significantly different from continuous cropping. The corn-soybean-foxtail millet crop rotation pattern had significantly higher amino acid content, crude protein content and viscosity than continuous cropping. The principal component analysis of foxtail millet yield and quality showed that corn-soybean-foxtail millet was the best crop rotation pattern, which could effectively improve the phenomenon of yield decline and quality reduction caused by continuous cropping obstacles.

Key words: Setaria italica, rotation pattern, grain filling stage, chlorophyll, net photosynthetic rate

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