In order to meet the growth and development process of wheat in Huaibei area fully coordinated with local light, temperature, water and other natural resources, a field experiment was conducted to study the effect of different sowing date(October 3, October 10, October 17, October 24, October 31 and November 7) on population dry matter weight, leaf area index, chlorophyll content, chlorophyll fluorescence and yield of wheat. The results showed that Yannong 19(semi-winter and inclined to winterness) and Wanmai 52(semi-winter) sowed on October 10 and 17 had the highest population dry matter weight, leaf area index and chlorophyll content, and followed by October 3 and 24. Normal sowing(October 10) and moderately late sowing(October 17) could help to improve chlorophyll fluorescence parameters of wheat, compared to the early sowing(October 3) and late sowing(November 7), and Fo, Fm, Fv/Fm, qP, ETR and ΦpsII of Yannong 19 sowed on October 10 was increased by 8.5%, 7.9%, 3.0%, 38.1%, 15.9%, 16.9% and 21.1%, 33.3%, 6.9%, 73.0%, 67.6%, 62.0%, respectively. The spike number, grains per spike, 1000-kernel weight, test weight and yield of Yannong 19 and Wanmai 52 sowed on October 10 and 17 were all higher than that of other sowing dates, and the difference with the sowing date of November 7 was significant. All the findings demonstrated that normal sowing date and moderately late sowing could improve population traits, chlorophyll fluorescence and yield of wheat, and the suitable sowing date of semi-winter wheat varieties in Huaibei area was from October 10 to October 17. |