Abstract:To study the suitable planting density of different newly bred high-oil soybean varieties in Northeast China, a two-factor split-plot experimental design was adopted. Four newly bred high-oil soybean varieties and five planting density levels were selected to investigate the effects of different varieties and density configurations on the photosynthetic characteristics and yield of high-oil soybeans. The results showed that the suitable planting density for Jiyu 2907 was 300,000 plants/ha, for Jiyu 269 was 200,000 plants/ha, and for Jiyu 2514 and Jiyu 3517 was 250,000 plants/ha. Under these planting densities, the photosynthetic rate, transpiration rate, dry matter accumulation amount, number of pods per plant, stem weight, pod weight, grain weight, number of grains per plant, and yield of each high-oil soybean variety exhibited the best performance at the late growth stage.