Scientia Agricultura Sinica ›› 2016, Vol. 49 ›› Issue (24): 4745-4756.doi: 10.3864/j.issn.0578-1752.2016.24.007

• SOIL & FERTILIZER·WATER-SAVING IRRIGATION·AGROECOLOGY & ENVIRONMENT • Previous Articles     Next Articles

Effects of Fertilizer Levels on Nitrogen Utilization Characteristics and Yield in Rice Cultivars with Different Nitrogen Use Efficiencies

SUN Yong-jian1, SUN Yuan-yuan2, JIANG Ming-jin1, LI Ying-hong1, YAN Feng-jun1XU Hui1, WANG Hai-yue1, MA Jun1   

  1. 1Rice Research Institute of Sichuan Agricultural University/Key Laboratory of Crop Physiology, Ecology, and Cultivation in Southwest, Ministry of Agriculture, Wenjiang 611130, Sichuan
    2Institute of Plateau Meteorology, China Meteorological Administration, Chengdu 610072
  • Received:2016-06-16 Online:2016-12-16 Published:2016-12-16

Abstract: 【Objective】The relationship of grain yield and nitrogen (N) utilization characteristics in rice cultivars with different N use efficiencies (NUE) was studied under different fertilizer levels. This study will provide reference data for the cultivation of high-NUE rice cultivars and rice breeding.【Method】 For this purpose, two rice cultivars differing in NUE were chosen for this study, one with high-NUE (Dexiang 4103) and the other with low-NUE (Yixiang 3724). Fertilizer was applied at three levels, including low (75 kg N·hm-2, 37.5 kg P2O5·hm-2, 75 kg K2O·hm-2, N1P1K1), medium (150 kg N·hm-2, 75 kg P2O5·hm-2, 150 kg K2O·hm-2, N2P2K2), and high rates (225 kg N·hm-2, 112.5 kg P2O5·hm-2, 225 kg K2O·hm-2, N3P3K3). A no-N treatment was included for each level as the control. The effect of fertilizer levels on grain yield and N utilization characteristics in rice cultivars with different NUE, and its absorption, translocation and distribution of N from heading and maturity stage were studied.【Result】The results showed that rice cultivars with different NUE and fertilizer levels significantly affected accumulation, translocation and distribution of N at main growth stages and each growing stage, N utilization characteristics and grain yield. Rice cultivars exhibited markedly stronger effects on N recovery efficiency, 1 000-grain weight, and total spikelets number, compared to fertilizer application levels. An opposite trend was observed in N accumulation at different growth stages, N translocation in leaves and stem-sheaths at grain filling stage, and grain yield. Compared with N1P1K1, N2P2K2 promoted N accumulation at main growth stages and each growing stage, increased N harvest index, and facilitated N translocation in vegetative organs at grain filling stage, ultimately improved grain yield and NUE in both rice cultivars. The N2P2K2 treatment produced higher yield than other fertilizer treatments of the same rice cultivars and thus was regarded as the optimal NPK fertilizer application. Applying the N3P3K3 treatment resulted in a higher N retention in leaves and stem-sheaths at grain filling stage and a lower N translocation conversion rate of vegetative organs, thereby reduced the grain yield and NUE. The results also showed that total spikelets number, high seed setting rate, N accumulation at main growth stages, and N harvest index, more than those of low-NUE rice cultivar. However, 1000-grain weight was not unique characteristics of rice cultivar with high-NUE. In addition, compared with low-NUE, the high-NUE rice cultivar was more beneficial to N translocation and redistribution from leaves and stem-sheaths to panicle at grain filling stage, and then improved grain yield and NUE, especially, N transportation efficiency of stem-sheath in high-NUE rice cultivars had a significant positive correlation (r=0.699*-0.743*) with different indexes of N physiological efficiency, N recovery efficiency, and N agronomic efficiency, and which is the important reason for high-NUE rice cultivar further to increase yield and NUE. The N transportation efficiency of stem-sheath might be a candidate indicator for high yield and high-NUE in different varieties of rice. To improve N transportation efficiency of stem-sheath in high NUE from heading to maturity stage, this is an important way to promote rice yield at the same time as increasing N use efficiency.【Conclusion】Compared to low NUE, the results suggest that the high-NUE is more beneficial to N translocation and redistribution from stem-sheath to panicle, high total spikelet number and seed setting rate at grain filling stage, which is the key factor behind yield gap. High-NUE and suitable N2P2K2 combined application was considered to be optimum under the experimental conditions. Correlation analysis indicated that the increase of N accumulation, promote N translocation of leaves and stem-sheath during the period from heading to maturity, especially improve the N transportation efficiency of stem-sheath is helpful to the high-yield and high-NUE in rice.

Key words: fertilizer level, rice, N use efficiency, N utilization, grain yield

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