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Nitrogen use efficiency in spring wheat: genotypic variation and grain yield response under sandy soil conditions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 November 2017

E. MANSOUR ,
A. M. A. MERWAD ,
M. A. T. YASIN ,
M. I. E. ABDUL-HAMID ,
E. E. A. EL-SOBKY  and
H. F. ORABY
E. MANSOUR*
Affiliation:
Crop Science Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Zagazig University, Zagazig 44519, Egypt
A. M. A. MERWAD
Affiliation:
Soil Science Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Zagazig University, Zagazig 44519, Egypt
M. A. T. YASIN
Affiliation:
Crop Science Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Zagazig University, Zagazig 44519, Egypt
M. I. E. ABDUL-HAMID
Affiliation:
Crop Science Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Zagazig University, Zagazig 44519, Egypt
E. E. A. EL-SOBKY
Affiliation:
Crop Science Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Zagazig University, Zagazig 44519, Egypt
H. F. ORABY
Affiliation:
Crop Science Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Zagazig University, Zagazig 44519, Egypt Department of Plant Science, Faculty of Agriculture and Food Science, Laval University, Quebec, QC, Canada
*
*To whom all correspondence should be addressed. Email: sayed_mansour_84@yahoo.es
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Summary

Agricultural practices are likely to lower nitrogen (N) fertilization inputs for economic and ecological limitation reasons. The objective of the current study was to assess genotypic variation in nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) and related parameters of spring wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) as well as the relative grain yield performance under sandy soil conditions. A sub-set of 16 spring wheat genotypes was studied over 2 years at five N levels (0, 70, 140, 210 and 280 kg N/ha). Results indicated significant differences among genotypes and N levels for grain yield and yield components as well as NUE. Genotypes with high NUE exhibited higher plant biomass, grain and straw N concentration and grain yield than those with medium and low NUE. Utilization efficiency (grain-NUtE) was more important than uptake efficiency (total NUpE) in association with grain yield. Nitrogen supply was found to have a substantial effect on genotype; Line 6052 as well as Shandawel 1, Gemmiza 10, Gemmiza 12, Line 6078 and Line 6083 showed higher net assimilation rate, more productive tillers, increased number of spikes per unit area and grains per spike, extensive N concentration in grain and straw, heavier grains, higher biological yield and consequently maximized grain yield. The relative importance of NUE-associated parameters such as nitrogen agronomic efficiency, nitrogen physiological efficiency and apparent nitrogen recovery as potential targets in breeding programmes for increased NUE genotypes is also mentioned.

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Crops and Soils Research Papers
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The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 155 , Issue 9 , November 2017 , pp. 1407 - 1423
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