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Acta Agronomica Sinica ›› 2018, Vol. 44 ›› Issue (6): 791-795.doi: 10.3724/SP.J.1006.2018.00791

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Opportunities and Challenges for Crop Production in China during the Transition Period

Ying-Bin ZOU(),Min HUANG   

  1. Southern Regional Collaborative Innovation Center for Grain and Oil Crops / Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, Hunan, China
  • Received:2017-12-18 Accepted:2018-03-25 Online:2018-06-12 Published:2018-04-08
  • Contact: Ying-Bin ZOU E-mail:ybzou123@126.com
  • Supported by:
    This study was supported by the National Key R&D Program of China(2017YFD0301503);the China Agriculture Research System(CARS-01)

Abstract:

China’s crop production goes in to a transition period from the small household mode mainly with traditional manual works to the moderately large-scale mode with high degrees of mechanization, intensification and informatization. The important goal of crop production during this period is to simultaneously enhance productivity per unit land area and per capita. In recent years, steadily increased crop production capacity, significant change in crop production patterns and rapid development of industrial economy have created new opportunities for China’s crop production during the transition period. But at the same time, new challenges have also been raised, including shortened crop growth duration in multiple cropping systems, increased seed rate per unit land area and decreased values of heterosis. Aiming these challenges, we proposed that crop production researches should be focused on developing high light-efficiency cultivation technologies through dense planting, improving seed quality of hybrid crops and strengthening collaboration between breeders and agronomists during the transition period.

Key words: crop production, planting method, growth duration, seed rate, heterosis, dense planting, seed quality

Table 1

Crop growth duration in rice-based cropping systems in the middle and low reaches of Yangtze River"

种植制度
Cropping system
人工育苗移栽 Manual seedling transplanting 人工直播栽培 Manual direct seeding
前茬作物
Previous crop
后茬作物
Subsequent crop
前茬作物
Previous crop
后茬作物
Subsequent crop
播种期
Sowing date
(month/day)
生育期
Growth duration (d)
播种期
Sowing date
(month/day)
生育期
Growth duration (d)
播种期
Sowing date
(month/day)
生育期
Growth duration (d)
播种期
Sowing date
(month/day)
生育期
Growth duration (d)
早稻-晚稻
Early season rice-late season rice
3/20-3/30 110-120 6/15-6/25 110-120 4/5-4/10 100-110 7/10-7/15 ≤100
中稻-再生稻
Middle season rice-ratoon rice
4/1-4/5 130-140 8/10-8/15 60-65 4/5-4/10 125-135 8/10-8/15 60-65
中稻-油菜
Middle season rice-oilseed rape
4/10-5/20 135-150 9/5-9/15 215-230 5/10-5/20 125-135 9/25-10/10 190-200
中稻-小麦
Middle season rice-wheat
4/10-5/20 135-150 5/15-5/25 120-130 9/20-10/20 ≤190
春玉米-晚稻
Spring maize-late season rice
4/1-4/5 110-120 6/15-6/25 110-120 4/5-4/10 110-115 7/10-7/15 ≤100
烟草-晚稻
Tobacco-late season rice
12/15-12/30 185-200 6/15-6/25 110-120 7/10-7/15 ≤100

Table 2

Planting density and seed rate for crops grown under different planting methods in the middle and low reaches of Yangtze River"

作物
Crop
人工育苗移栽 Manual seedling transplanting 人工直播栽培 Manual direct seeding
种植密度
Planting density
(×103 hills hm-2)
用种量 Seed rate (kg hm-2) 种植密度
Planting density
(×103 hills hm-2)
用种量 Seed rate (kg hm-2)
常规种子
Inbred seed
杂交种子
Hybrid seed
常规种子
Inbred seed
杂交种子
Hybrid seed
油菜 Oilseed rape 30-45 1.5-3.0 ≤1.5 ≥300 7.5-9.0 ≤4.5
棉花 Cotton 15-45 15-30 ≤15.0 67.5-180 45-60 ≤30
水稻 Rice 180-360 45-60 ≤22.5 450-750 60-90 30-45
玉米 Maize 45-60 ≤15.0 120-150 30-45
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