TY - JOUR
T1 - Response of bt and near-isoline corn hybrids to plant density
AU - Coulter, Jeffrey A.
AU - Nafziger, Emerson D.
AU - Janssen, Michael R.
AU - Pedersen, Palle
PY - 2010/1
Y1 - 2010/1
N2 - Transgenic Bt (Bacillus thuringiensis) corn (Zea mays L.) hybrids with resistance to corn rootworm (CRW; Diabrotica spp.) or European corn borer [ECB; Ostrinia nubilalis (Hübner)] can have greater tolerance to water and nutrient stress, and thus may have higher optimum plant densities. Experiments were conducted following soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] over nine site-years in Illinois to determine whether the response to plant density for corn grain yield and net return to seed cost differ among near-isoline hybrids with no insect resistance, Bt resistance to CRW, or Bt resistance to CRW plus ECB. Similar experiments were conducted over three site-years in Iowa following both soybean and corn for near-isoline hybrids with Bt resistance to ECB or ECB plus CRW. Larval CRW injury was low in Iowa and stalk lodging was minimal in all experiments. Across site-years in Illinois and in both crop sequences in Iowa, grain yield and net return to seed cost were not affected by hybrid. Net return to seed cost within $2.50 ha-1 of the maximum occurred with densities of 76,300 to >98,600 plants ha-1 following soybean in Illinois, 87,100 to 93,400 plants ha-1 following soybean in Iowa, and 87,400 to 95,700 plants ha-1 following corn in Iowa. Yields within these optimum plant densities were 15.9, 16.1, and 15.4 Mg ha-1, respectively. When CRW and ECB are managed or are at low levels, optimum plant density is similar between hybrids with or without resistance to these pests.
AB - Transgenic Bt (Bacillus thuringiensis) corn (Zea mays L.) hybrids with resistance to corn rootworm (CRW; Diabrotica spp.) or European corn borer [ECB; Ostrinia nubilalis (Hübner)] can have greater tolerance to water and nutrient stress, and thus may have higher optimum plant densities. Experiments were conducted following soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] over nine site-years in Illinois to determine whether the response to plant density for corn grain yield and net return to seed cost differ among near-isoline hybrids with no insect resistance, Bt resistance to CRW, or Bt resistance to CRW plus ECB. Similar experiments were conducted over three site-years in Iowa following both soybean and corn for near-isoline hybrids with Bt resistance to ECB or ECB plus CRW. Larval CRW injury was low in Iowa and stalk lodging was minimal in all experiments. Across site-years in Illinois and in both crop sequences in Iowa, grain yield and net return to seed cost were not affected by hybrid. Net return to seed cost within $2.50 ha-1 of the maximum occurred with densities of 76,300 to >98,600 plants ha-1 following soybean in Illinois, 87,100 to 93,400 plants ha-1 following soybean in Iowa, and 87,400 to 95,700 plants ha-1 following corn in Iowa. Yields within these optimum plant densities were 15.9, 16.1, and 15.4 Mg ha-1, respectively. When CRW and ECB are managed or are at low levels, optimum plant density is similar between hybrids with or without resistance to these pests.
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U2 - 10.2134/agronj2009.0217
DO - 10.2134/agronj2009.0217
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:74549146752
SN - 0002-1962
VL - 102
SP - 103
EP - 111
JO - Agronomy Journal
JF - Agronomy Journal
IS - 1
ER -