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- Title
Leaf senescence and N uptake parameters as selection traits for nitrogen efficiency of oilseed rape cultivars.
- Authors
Schulte auf'm Erley, Gunda; Wijaya, Ketut-Anom; Ulas, Abdullah; Becker, Heiko; Wiesler, Franz; Horst, Walter J.
- Abstract
The cultivation of N-efficient oilseed rape cultivars could contribute to a reduction of the large N balance surpluses of this crop. To facilitate the breeding process of N-efficient cultivars, the identification of secondary plant traits correlating with N efficiency is necessary. The objectives of this study were to investigate leaf senescence and N uptake parameters of oilseed rape cultivars and doubled haploid (DH) lines with contrasting N efficiency in a short-term nutrient solution experiment and to relate these results to their performance in field experiments. In the nutrient solution experiment, genotypes differed in leaf senescence of fully expanded leaves and maximum N uptake rate per unit root length under low N supply. A high maximum N uptake rate seemed to have contributed to delayed leaf senescence by enhancing N accumulation in leaves. Also in the field experiments, genotypes differed in leaf senescence after flowering at limiting N supply. Additionally, the most N-efficient DH line was able to adapt leaf photosynthetic capacity to the low-light conditions in the canopy during flowering. N efficiency (grain yield at limiting N supply) was positively correlated with delayed leaf senescence both in nutrient solution and field experiments. It is concluded that important leaf and root traits of N-efficient cultivars are expressed in short-term nutrient solution experiments, which may facilitate the selection of N-efficient cultivars.
- Subjects
GENOTYPE-environment interaction; CULTIVARS; LEAF physiology; EXPERIMENTAL agriculture; OILSEED plants; PLANT physiology
- Publication
Physiologia Plantarum, 2007, Vol 130, Issue 4, p519
- ISSN
0031-9317
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1399-3054.2007.00921.x