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Development of Nitrogen Fertilizer Topdressing Model for Winter Wheat Based on Critical Nitrogen Dilution Curve

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Critical nitrogen (Nc) dilution curve and its extended N nutrient index (NNI) in previous study was only be applied to wheat for N status diagnosis. This research improved this model and further established the N topdressing model which can be quantify the N topdressing rate when NNI < 1. To facilitate the estimate of the Nc concentration, the determination of basal stem tissue sap nitrate (Nit) concentration as a rapid and operational way was used to characterize N status in this study. The results revealed that N dilution curve in this study specific to winter wheat could be used to establish the N nutrition status. There was significantly positive relationship between the Nit concentration and whole plant N concentration at each growth stage. Moreover, the Nit concentration linearly and positively correlated to the N fertilizer application rate, then deducing the N fertilizer topdressing rate per 100 Nit unit, which finally established the N fertilizer topdressing model: N topdressing rate = (critical Nit − actual Nit) × N topdressing rate per 100 Nit unit. The N dilution curve-based model will offer technical support for managing the precise application of N during the growth period of wheat crops.

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Abbreviations

Nc :

Critical N concentration

Na :

Actual N concentration

NNI:

Nitrogen nutrient index

Nit:

Basal stem tissue sap nitrate

Nitc :

Critical Nit

DM:

Dry matter

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This work was financially supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (No. 2017YFD0200100) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 31471935).

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    Yang Wang, Youliang Ye, Yufang Huang, Yanan Zhao, Ning Ren, Wen Fu & Songhua Yue

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Wang, Y., Ye, Y., Huang, Y. et al. Development of Nitrogen Fertilizer Topdressing Model for Winter Wheat Based on Critical Nitrogen Dilution Curve. Int. J. Plant Prod. 14, 165–175 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42106-019-00076-2

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