Nitrogen Use Efficiency of Rice Under Cadmium Contamination: Influence of Rice Cultivar Versus Soil Type

doi:10.1016/S1002-0160(17)60483-1

Pedosphere

Volume 27, Issue 6, December 2017, Pages 1092-1104

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Abstract

There is a need for rice cultivars with high yields and nitrogen (N) use efficiency (NUE), but with low cadmium (Cd) accumulation in Cd-contaminated paddy soils. To determine the relative effects of rice genotype, soil type, and Cd addition on rice grain yield and NUE, a pot experiment consisting of nine rice cultivars was conducted in two types of paddy soils, red soil (RS) and yellow soil (YS), without or with Cd spiked at 0.6 mg kg⁻¹. The N supply was from both soil organic N pools and N fertilizers; thus, NUE was defined as the grain yield per unit of total crop-available N in the soil. Cd addition decreased grain yield and NUE in most rice cultivars, which was mainly related to reduced N uptake efficiency (NpUE, defined as the percentage of N taken up by the crop per unit of soil available N). However, Cd addition enhanced N assimilation efficiency (NtUE, defined as the grain yield per unit of N taken up by the crop) by 21.9% on average in all rice cultivars. The NpUE was mainly affected by soil type, whereas NtUE was affected by rice cultivar. Hybrid cultivars had higher NUEs than the japonica and indica cultivars because of their greater biomass and higher tolerance to Cd contamination. Reduction of NUE after Cd addition was stronger in RS than in YS, which was related to the lower absorption capacity for Cd in RS. Canonical correspondence analysis-based variation partitioning showed that cultivar type had the largest effect (34.4%) on NUE, followed by Cd addition (15.2%) and soil type (10.0%).

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Nitrogen Use Efficiency of Rice Under Cadmium Contamination: Influence of Rice Cultivar Versus Soil Type

Abstract

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Field Crops Res

Sci Total Environ

Rice Sci

Environ Pollut

Field Crops Res

Rice Sci

J Hazard Mater

Field Crops Res

Adv Agron

Pedosphere

J Hazard Mater

J Cereal Sci

Field Crops Res

Soil Biol Biochem

Environ Exp Bot

Environ Pollut

J Plant Physiol

Field Crops Res

Agric Sci China

J Environ Sci

Sci Total Environ

Environ Pollut

Sci Total Environ

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Nickel, cadmium, and lead

The components of nitrogen availability assessments in forest soils

Adv. Soil Sci

Nitrogen availability indices

Soil Sampling and Methods of Analysis

Agroecosystems, nitrogen-use efficiency, and nitrogen management

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Nature

Changes in ammonium ion content and glutamine synthetase activity in rice leaves caused by excess cadmium are a consequence of oxidative damage

Plant Growth Regul

Chinese Soil Taxonomy