Effect of two rice seed treatment suspensions on the growth of rice in dry land cultivation

In order to explore the effect of rice seed treatment suspension (FS) on the growth of rice in dry land cultivation. In this paper, two seed treatment suspensions, i.e., sedaxane + pylocyanonitrile + metalaxyl 11% FS and clothianidin 18% FS were selected to treat rice seed (guang8you 1973). The effect of FS was assessed by standard germination, Q2 test, agronomic traits and yield. The results showed that: under laboratory conditions, germination vigor, germination percentage and increased metabolism time (IMT) of two FS with the 1 : 50 treatment (1 mL of agent is required to process 50 g of seeds, referred to as the ratio of FS to seed) had no significant effect on these parameter compare with the blank control under laboratory condition. However, the FS with the 1 : 50 treatment showed a shorter relative germination time (RGT), a higher starting metabolism rate (SMR), and the oxygen metabolism rate (OMR) was significantly higher than that of the blank control by 1.33% and 1.38% per hour, respectively. This results indicate that FS can improve seed respiration and seed vigor. The comparison between the two FS indicate that the clothianidin 18% FS had a better effect on seed vigor than the sedaxane + pylocyanonitrile + metalaxyl 11% FS under the field condition. The field performance was better than that of the blank control, among which the seedling rate of seed coating-agent treatment increased by 27.60%-33.20% compared with CK, the number of tillers increased by 71.14-97.82 per hectare, the plant height increased by 4.90-6.80 cm, the thousand-grain weight increased by 7.27%-9.09%, the effective panicle increased by 9.45-13.42 million panicles per hectare, and the actual yield increased by 529.85 kg/hm² and 580.70 kg/hm², and there were significant differences between them. The results showed that: coating rice seeds with sedaxane + pylocyanonitrile + metalaxyl 11% FS and clothianidin 18% FS at a seed ratio of 1 : 50 can effectively promote rice seed respiration, improve the performance and yield in dry land cultivation.