Under field conditions, 22 corn hybrids(CHs) were tested for several characteristics related to lodging resistance and excessive water stress, such as pushing resistance on 1.0 and 1.5 m hights of the corns and breaking point. The 22 corn CHs were sel...
Under field conditions, 22 corn hybrids(CHs) were tested for several characteristics related to lodging resistance and excessive water stress, such as pushing resistance on 1.0 and 1.5 m hights of the corns and breaking point. The 22 corn CHs were selected because they showed strongest pushing resistance and breaking resistance of culm as well as the highest thickness of basal culm, leaf greenness, leaf area, and plant height based on two pre-pot experiments performed in phytotron. To make excess water condition, water irrigation was done at 1) 20-d after seeding, 2) 5th leaf stage, 3) tasseling stage, and 4) silking stage with 100 mm/day for 5 days. Lodging-related characteristics were measured: culm diameter, root dry weight, weight balance of above-ground plant, breaking resistance, and breaking height in field experiment. Among all the characteristics tested, we explained in the two critical points for lodging resistance: 1) breaking resistance and breaking point, 2) culm diameter with breaking resistance and breaking point, and they were further evaluated for the relationships with the 1.0 and 1.5m height of above-ground plant. In the corn hybrids, there was a positive correlation between breaking resistant and weight balance of corn at the silking stage water treatment at 1.0 and 1.5-m height. And breaking resistant and culm diameter had a positive relationship at the 20-d water treatment at both measuring height. In conclusion, selection for lodging resistant hybrids or germplasms to excess soilwater should be made at the 5th leaf stage water treatment, and basal culm thickness should be considered to evaluate the resistance of the corn hybrid plants to lodging.