| To investigate the effects of a novel gibberellin inhibitor, 16,17-Dihydro Gibberellin A5 (2HGA5), on the lodging resistance and yield of wheat under different planting densities, a two-factor split plot experiment was conducted in Dayi County, Chengdu Plain, using wheat variety Shumai 133 as material in the 2021-2022 and 2022-2023 growing seasons. The main plot was the four planting densities of 2.5×106 plants·hm-2(B1), 3.0×106 plants·hm-2(B2), 3.5×106 plants·hm-2(B3) and 4×106 plants·hm-2(B4), and the sub-plot was the chemical regulator treatments of water control(CK0), 200 mg·L-1 polybulobuzole-methylpiperium mixture(CK1), 100 mg·L-1 2HGA5(C2) and 200 mg·L-1 2HGA5(C3). The results showed that with the increase of planting density, the lodging rate, lodging grade, second internode length, plant height, and centroid height of wheat all increased, while the diameter, wall thickness, lignin content, and flexural strength of the second internode decreased. Spraying 2HGA5 significantly improved the lodging resistance of wheat. Compared with CK0, under B4 conditions, the second internode length, plant height, and centroid height of C3 decreased by 31.1%, 6.6%, and 10.7%, respectively. The second internode diameter, wall thickness, and plumpness increased by 11.3%, 17.3%, and 52.6%, respectively. Lignin content, phenylalanine deaminase, tyrosine deaminase, 4-coumaric acid: CoA ligase, cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase activity, and stem bending strength increased by 12.2%, 18.4%, 42.6%, 27.5%, 51.7%, and 61.4%, respectively. Compared with CK1, there was no significant difference in the plant height and centroid height of C3, and the length of the second internode decreased by 13.9%(P<0.05). Diameter, wall thickness, and stem plumpness increased by 4.5%, 4.3%, and 19.0%, respectively(P<0.05), while lignin content and flexural strength increased by 9.4% and 7.2%, respectively. Under the same planting density, the overall performance of effective ear number, yield, and harvest index ranked as C3>C2>CK1>CK0, and the number of grains per ear in C3 is significantly higher than that in other treatments. At the same spraying concentration, the effective number of spikes showed an overall increasing trend with the increase of density, while the number of grains per spike and thousand-grain weight showed a decreasing trend. The yield showed a trend of first increasing and then decreasing, and reached its maximum at B2. In summary, co-application of 200 mg·L-1 2HGA5 at a density of 3.0×106 plants·hm-2 can achieve a synergistic increase in lodging resistance and yield. |