Influence of environmental temperature and sowing date on the phenological phase lengthening of four rice (Oryza sativa L.) cultivars

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Lázaro A. Maqueira López

Abstract

This research was conducted in areas from
“Los Palacios” Scientific-Technological Base Unit (UCTB)
in Pinar del Rio province, pertaining to the National Institute
of Agricultural Sciences.Two short-season cultivars (INCA
LP-5 and Reform) and two half-season cultivars (INCA
LP-2 and J-104) were used and seeded in four sowing
dates (January-2004, December-2004, February-2005 and
January-2006) over the winter season, on a Petroferric
Ferruginous Nodular Gley Hydromorphic soil. The
objective was to determine the influence of environmental
temperature and seeding date on the phenological phase
variation of four rice cultivars. A randomized block design
with four replications was used. Based on the results, it can
be concluded that the longest vegetative and reproductive
phase was recorded at the dates of December-2004 and
January-2006, corresponding to the lowest temperature
values reported in this work. The accumulated temperature
necessary to complete the biological cycle of INCA LP-5,
Reform and INCA LP-2 cultivars is within a range from 1900
to 2150 °C, whereas for J-104 is between 2200 and 2260 °C.
Highest yields correspond to the longest reproductive phase
forevery cultivar studied.

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Maqueira López, L. A. (2016). Influence of environmental temperature and sowing date on the phenological phase lengthening of four rice (Oryza sativa L.) cultivars. Cultivos Tropicales, 37(1), 65–70. Retrieved from https://ediciones.inca.edu.cu/index.php/ediciones/article/view/1157
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