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- Title
Partial nitrate nutrition amends photosynthetic characteristics in rice ( Oryza sativa L. var. japonica) differing in nitrogen use efficiency.
- Authors
Yali Zhang; Huajun Lv; Dongsheng Wang; Jingchao Deng; Wenjing Song; Kousar Makeen; Qirong Shen; Guohua Xu
- Abstract
Partial nitrate nutrition (PNN) was found to improve rice ( Oryza sativa L. var. japonica) growth. However, how PNN is related to photosynthesis in rice cultivars with different nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) is still not clear. Two rice cultivars, Nanguang (high NUE) and Elio (low NUE), were grown under sole NH and PNN at a total nitrogen concentration of 2.86 mM. The dry weight, leaf area, ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (Rubisco) and gas exchange parameters were measured. Nitrogen and Rubisco contents in the newly expanded leaves of cv. Nanguang were similar to those of cv. Elio when only NH was supplemented in the nutrient solution. However, in cv. Nanguang, nitrogen and Rubisco contents increased under PNN than under sole NH nutrition. Higher nitrogen and Rubisco contents were recorded in cv. Nanguang than in cv. Elio under PNN. The ratio of carboxylation efficiency (CE) to Rubisco content in cv. Nanguang was 11 and 14% higher than that in cv. Elio under NH and PNN, respectively. CE was 14% higher in cv. Nanguang than that in cv. Elio. The results suggest that PNN causes an increase in photosynthesis in cv. Nanguang. It is concluded that differences in Rubisco activity, rather than stomatal limitation, are responsible for the differences in photosynthesis between the two cultivars. The presence of nitrate increases Rubisco content in rice with a high NUE, which leads to faster biomass accumulation at later growth stages.
- Subjects
RICE; CULTIVARS; NITROGEN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; NITRATES; PLANT nutrients
- Publication
Plant Growth Regulation, 2011, Vol 63, Issue 3, p235
- ISSN
0167-6903
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10725-010-9520-7