Scientia Agricultura Sinica ›› 2021, Vol. 54 ›› Issue (7): 1455-1468.doi: 10.3864/j.issn.0578-1752.2021.07.011

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Analysis of Ammonium Uptake and Growth Differences of Rice Varieties with Different Nitrogen Recovery Efficiency at Seedling Stage

HUANG Xiu,YE Chang,YAN JinXiang,LI FuMing,CHU Guang,XU ChunMei,CHEN Song,ZHANG XiuFu,WANG DanYing()   

  1. China National Rice Research Institute/State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, Hangzhou 311400
  • Received:2020-03-23 Accepted:2020-05-29 Online:2021-04-01 Published:2021-04-22
  • Contact: DanYing WANG E-mail:wangdanying@caas.cn

Abstract:

【Objective】The aim of this study was to determine the response of different N recovery efficiency (NRE) varieties to external NH4 +concentration, and to explain the mechanism of N uptake difference among rice varieties.【Method】A high-NRE (QL) and a low-NRE (HK) rice variety were cultivated hydroponically at different NH4 +concentrations, and the varietal difference of NH4 + absorption at seedling stage were compared by analysis of the root NH4 + absorption rate at the low NH4 + concentration of 0-0.80 mmol·L -1 and the high NH4 + concentration of 1.00-12.96 mmol·L -1, and by calculating the NH4 + absorption kinetics parameter Vmax and Km; The difference of seedling growth between varieties were analyzed by comparing the plant height, tiller number, chlorophyll content, dry matter and N accumulation of aboveground and underground part of rice seedlings growing in different NH4 +concentrations, root morphology including total root length, root volume, root surface area, average root diameter, and root tip number were analyzed using the root scanning instrument; The root net fluxes of NH4 + were measured non-invasively using SIET (scanning ion-selective electrode technique), root respiration was measured using a Hansatech oxygen electrode and an oxygraph control system.【Result】(1) In the low NH4 + concentration range of 0-0.8 mmol·L -1, the uptake of NH4 + by QL and HK seedlings stage were in accordance with Michaelich-Menten equation, and the Vmax of high-NRE variety QL was 1.66 times higher than that of low-NRE variety HK. In the NH4 + concentration higher than 1 mmol·L -1, the uptake of NH4 + by rice seedlings kept increasing with the increase of NH4 +concentration, and the uptake rate of NH4 + by QL was greater than that of HK at the same NH4 +level. (2) The root meristematic zone of both varieties showed a net NH4 +influx, while it increased with the increase of NH4 + concentration, and the high-NRE variety QL had greater value than low-NRE variety HK by 42.0%, 71.8% and 63.6% at LN, MN and HN, respectively; The net NH4 +efflux in the root elongation zone was showed at LN and HN in the low-NRE variety HK, while it was only showed at HN in the high-NRE variety QL, and 34.30% lower than variety HK. (3) Although an appropriate increase of NH4 + could increase the plant height, tiller number, leaf chlorophyll content, dry matter and N accumulations, while HN inhibited plant growth, especially root growth. The growth of high-NRE variety QL did not show an advantage compared with low-NRE variety HK in the treatment of LN and MN, however, QL had greater tillering rate and dry matter accumulation rate by 65.7% and 31.4% compared with HK during 10-20 days after seeding in HN, respectively. Although the N concentration of root of variety QL was 15.1% lower than that of variety HK, it’s aboveground N accumulation was 23.5% greater, which indicated that QL was more efficient than HK in transporting the N absorbed by roots to the aboveground. 【Conclusion】 It was concluded that compared with the low-NRE variety, the high-NRE variety had more NH4 + transport carriers on the cell membrane of the root system, and the NH4 + absorbed by the root system had a fast assimilation and transport speed, as well as a high tiller rate and dry matter accumulation rate in the seedling stage.

Key words: rice, N absorption efficiency, ammonium absorption, NH4 + circulation, seedling morphology

Fig. 1

Uptake kinetics of NH4+ in rice roots at seedling stage (DAS16) (2016)DAS: Days after seeding. The same as below"

Table 1

The kinetic parameters of NH4+ uptake in high affinity transport system at seedling stage (DAS 16) (2016)"

品种 Variety 拟合曲线 Matched curve Vmax Km R2
HK y=0.0272x+0.0982 10.18 0.277 0.984**
QL y=0.0256x+0.0591 16.92 0.433 0.995**

Fig. 2

Net NH4+ flux in the root meristematic (A) and elongation (B) regions of two varieties supplied with different N levels (DAS20) (2016)Different lowercase letters represent significant differences between different nitrogen treatments and varieties (P<0.05). The same as below"

Fig. 3

Leaf color, tiller development and dry matter accumulation of two varieties supplied with different N levels (2016)DAT: Days after transplanting. The same as below"

Fig. 4

Plant height, leaf color, and tiller capacity of two varieties supplied with different N levelsThe data is the average of the seedling experiments in 2016 and 2018"

Fig. 5

Dry matter accumulation of two varieties supplied with different N levelsThe data is the average of the seedling experiments in 2016 and 2018"

Fig. 6

Root morphology of two varieties supplied with different N levels (2018)"

Fig. 7

Root O2 consumption of two varieties supplied with different N levels (DAS20) (2018)"

Fig. 8

Shoot and root N concentration of two varieties supplied with different N levelsThe data is the average of the seedling experiments in 2016 and 2018"

Fig. 9

Shoot, root and total plant N accumulation of two varieties supplied with different N levelsThe data is the average of the seedling experiments in 2016 and 2018"

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