Nitrogen preference and genetic variation of cotton genotypes for nitrogen use efficiency

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第一作者： Iqbal, Asif

作者： Iqbal, Asif;Dong, Qiang;Wang, Xiangru;Gui, Hui-Ping;Zhang, Hengheng;Pang, Nianchang;Zhang, Xiling;Song, Meizhen

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关键词： cotton genotypes; ammonium; nitrate; growth; photosynthesisnitrogen use efficiency

期刊名称：JOURNAL OF THE SCIENCE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE （ 影响因子：3.638； 五年影响因子：3.802 ）

ISSN： 0022-5142

年卷期： 2020 年 100 卷 6 期

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摘要： BACKGROUND Although nitrogen (N) availability is a major determinant of cotton production, little is known about the importance of plants' preference for ammonium versus nitrate for better growth and nitrogen use efficiency (NUE). We aimed to assess the growth, physiology, and NUE of contrasting N-efficient cotton genotypes (Z-1017, N-efficient and GD-89, N-inefficient) supplied with low and high concentrations of ammonium- and nitrate-N. RESULTS The results revealed that ammonium fed plants showed poor root growth, lower dry biomass, N content, leaf chlorophyll and gas exchange than those under nitrate irrespective of the concentration. However, the highest N uptake and utilization efficiency were obtained with nitrate fed plants, which also resulted in the highest dry biomass, N content, leaf chlorophyll and gas exchange as well as root growth. The results further confirmed that N-efficient (Z-1017) genotype performed better under both N sources, showing more flexibility to contrasting N condition by increasing growth and NUE in either source of N. Moreover, multivariate analysis showed a strong relationship of root morphological traits with N utilization efficiency, suggesting the physiological importance of roots over shoots in response to low nitrate concentration. CONCLUSION Thus, it was confirmed that nitrate-N is superior to ammonium-N and the use of nitrate and N-efficient genotype is the best option for optimum cotton growth and NUE. Further, field evaluation is required to confirm the hypothesis that nitrate is a preferred N source for better cotton production and NUE. (c) 2020 Society of Chemical Industry

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