To evaluate the response of sowing time on partitionings to leaf blade, ear and grain in spring wheat, the regression formulas for these partitionings against days after emergence and developmental index were calculated in four growth phases. Data was from a field experiment with three sowing times at two week intervals for three varieties. In growth phase I, from emergence to double ridge stage, the partitioning to leaf blades, Y
l, was evaluated by the regression formulas, Y
l1=b
1X+c
1 against days after emergence (X) and Y
l1=B
1X+C
1 against developmental index (X). The coefficient b
1 was higher with later sowing time. Shortening of this phase duration with later sowing did not cause this increase of b
1, because the coefficient B
1 was also higher with later sowing. In growth phase II, from double ridge stage to flag leaf emergence, the partitioning to leaf blades, Y
l, was evaluated by regression formulas, Y
l2=-b
2X+c
2 against days after emergence and Y
l2=-B
2X+C
2 against developmental index. The coefficient b
2 was lowest with early sowing for all varieties. Long duration of this phase with early sowing resulted low b
2 value, because the coefficient B
2 showed a different tendency with b
2. In growth phase III, from flag leaf emergence to anthesis, the partitioning to ear, Y
e, was evaluated by regression formulas, Y
e=-a
3(X-b
3)
2+c
3 against days after emergence and Y
e=-A
3(X-B
3)
2+C
3 against developmental index. As sowing time was later, the shape of the regression curve was narrower and more acute because of secondary coefficient a
3 and higher constant c
3. This difference in shape of the regression curve was not due to a difference in phase duration, because the coefficient A
3 and the constant C
3 were highest with late sowing, in contrast to a
3 and c
3. In growth phase IV, from anthesis to milk ripe stage, the partitioning to grains, Y
g, was evaluated by a regression formula against days after emergence, Y
g=b
4X-c
4. However this regression did not fit this relation, because the correlation coefficients were low. The results indicated that grain has a fixed growth rate, while the increase rate of culm reserved material altered depending on the influence of radiation.
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