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Determining the Optimal N Input to Improve Grain Yield and Quality in Winter Wheat With Reduced Apparent N Loss in the North China Plain.

ABSTRACT: Excessive or improper nitrogen (N) application rates negatively affect crop production and thereby environmental quality, particularly for winter wheat production in the North China Plain. Therefore, it is very important to optimize N fertilizer input to balance grain yield, environmental risk, and benefits under irrigated conditions. Three long-term stationary field experiments including five N levels, from 0 to 300 kg ha^-1 [0 (N0), 90 (N90), 180 (N180), 240 (N240), and 300 (N300) kg ha^-1] were carried out to investigate the effects of N regime on wheat yield, photosynthesis, and N balance at different sites. The grain yield and protein content increased quadratically with N rate, and the maximum values were 8087 kg ha^-1 and 13.9% at N application rates of 250 and 337 kg N ha^-1, respectively. N application increased the photosynthetic fluorescence parameters (Pn, Gs, and Tr) and N metabolism enzyme activities (NR and GS) which then increased grain yield. The leaching of soil nitrate into the deeper soil layers ( > 100 cm) increased with higher N fertilization and experimental years. The partial factor productivity (PFPN) was decreased by N because the apparent N loss increased with N application rate. In order to balance grain yield, N use efficiency (NUE), and N loss, the recommended N rate should be 120-171 kg N ha^-1, and the corresponding yields and apparent N loss were 7278-7787 ka ha^-1 and 22-37 kg ha^-1, respectively.

SUBMITTER: Ma G

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6396033 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Determining the Optimal N Input to Improve Grain Yield and Quality in Winter Wheat With Reduced Apparent N Loss in the North China Plain.

Ma Geng G Liu Weixing W Li Shasha S Zhang Panpan P Wang Chenyang C Lu Hongfang H Wang Lifang L Xie Yingxin Y Ma Dongyun D Kang Guozhang G

Frontiers in plant science 20190222

Excessive or improper nitrogen (N) application rates negatively affect crop production and thereby environmental quality, particularly for winter wheat production in the North China Plain. Therefore, it is very important to optimize N fertilizer input to balance grain yield, environmental risk, and benefits under irrigated conditions. Three long-term stationary field experiments including five N levels, from 0 to 300 kg ha<sup>-1</sup> [0 (N0), 90 (N90), 180 (N180), 240 (N240), and 300 (N300) kg ...[more]

PMID: 30853966

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