Physiological mechanisms underlying the high-grain yield and high-nitrogen use efficiency of elite rice varieties under a low rate of nitrogen application in China

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 7, Issue 2016JULY, 2016, Pages

  Wu, Lilian ^a   Yuan, Shen ^a   Huang, Liying ^a   Sun, Fan ^a   Zhu, Guanglong ^a   Li, Guohui ^a   Fahad, Shah ^a   Peng, Shaobing ^a   Wang, Fei ^a  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Daily grain yield; Grain yield; Green super rice; Nitrogen use efficiency

Indexed keywords

EID: 84978758700     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2016.01024     Document Type: Article

References (45)

1. Andrews, M., Raven, J. A., and Lea, P. J. (2013). Do plants need nitrate? The mechanisms by which nitrogen form affects plants. Ann. Appl. Biol. 163, 174–199. doi: 10.1111/aab.12045
2. Barraclough, P. B., Howarth, J. R., Jones, J., Lopez-Bellido, R., Parmar, S., Shepherd, C. E., et al. (2010). Nitrogen effciency of wheat: genotypic and environmental variation and prospects for improvement. Eur. J. Agron. 33, 1–11. doi: 10.1016/j.eja.2010.01.005
3. Bingham, I. J., Karley, A. J., White, P. J., Thomas, W. T. S., and Russell, J. R. (2012). Analysis of improvements in nitrogen use effciency associated with 75 years of spring barley breeding. Eur. J. Agron. 42, 49–58. doi: 10.1016/j.eja.2011.10.003
4. Broadbent, F. E., De Datta, S. K., and Laureles, E. V. (1987). Measurement of nitrogen utilization effciency in rice genotypes. Agron. J. 79, 786–791. doi: 10.2134/agronj1987.00021962007900050006x
5. Cassman, K. G. (1999). Ecological intensification of cereal production systems: yield potential, soil quality, and precision agriculture. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 96, 5952–5959. doi: 10.1073/pnas.96.11.5952
6. Cassman, K. G., Kropf, M. J., Gaunt, J., and Peng, S. (1993). Nitrogen use effciency of rice reconsidered: what are the key constraints. Plant Soil 155/156, 359–362. doi: 10.1007/BF00025057
7. De Datta, S. K., and Broadbent, F. E. (1988). Methodology for evaluating nitrogen utilization effciency by rice genotypes. Agron. J. 80, 793–798. doi: 10.2134/agronj1988.00021962008000050020x
8. De Datta, S. K., and Broadbent, F. E. (1993). Development changes related to nitrogen-use effciency in rice. Field Crops Res. 34, 47–56. doi: 10.1016/0378-4290(93)90110-9
9. De Datta, S. K., and Buresh, R. J. (1989). Integrated nitrogen management in irrigated rice. Adv. Soil Sci. 10, 143–169. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4613-8847-0_4
10. Diaz, R. J., and Rosenberg, R. (2008). Spreading dead zones and consequences for marine ecosystems. Science 321, 926–929. doi: 10.1126/science.1156401
11. Dobermann, A., Witt, C., Dawe, D., Gines, H. C., Nagarajan, R., Satawathananont, S., et al. (2002). Site-specific nutrient management for intensive rice cropping systems in Asia. Field Crops Res. 74, 37–66. doi: 10.1016/S0378-4290(01) 00197-6
12. Evans, L. T., and Fischer, R. A. (1999). Yield potential: its definition, measurement, and significance. Crop Sci. 39, 1544–1551. doi: 10.2135/cropsci1999.3961544x
13. Fischer, R. A. (1981). Optimization the use of water and nitrogen through breeding for crops. Plant Soil 58, 249–278. doi: 10.1007/BF02180056
14. Foulkes, M. J., Hawkesford, M. J., Barraclough, P. B., Holdsworth, M. J., Kerr, S., Kightley, S., et al. (2009). Identifying traits to improve the nitrogen economy of wheat: recent advances and future prospects. Field Crops Res. 114, 329–342. doi: 10.1016/j.fcr.2009.09.005
15. Gaju, O., Allard, V., Martre, P., Snape, J. W., Heumez, E., Le Gouis, J., et al. (2011). Identification of traits to improve the nitrogen-use efficiency of wheat genotypes. Field Crops Res. 123, 139–152. doi: 10.1016/j.fcr.2011.05.010
16. Godfray, H. C., Beddington, J. R., Crute, I. R., Haddad, L., Lawrence, D., Muir, J. F., et al. (2010). Food security: the challenge of feeding 9 billion people. Science 327, 812–818. doi: 10.1126/science.1185383
17. Guo, J. H., Liu, X. J., Zhang, Y., Shen, J. L., Han, W. X., Zhang, W. F., et al. (2010). Significant acidification in major Chinese croplands. Science 327, 1008–1010. doi: 10.1126/science.1182570
18. Hu, B., Wang, W., Ou, S., Tang, J., Li, H., and Che, R. (2015). Variation in NRT1.1B contributes to nitrate-use divergence between rice subspecies. Nat. Genet. 47, 834–838. doi: 10.1038/ng.3337
19. Inthapanya, P., Sipaseuth Sihavong, P., Sihathep, V., Chanphengsay, M., Fukai, S., et al. (2000). Genotype differences in nutrient uptake and utilization for grain yield production of rainfed lowland rice under fertilized and non-fertilized conditions. Field Crops Res. 65, 57–68. doi: 10.1016/S0378-4290(99) 00070-2
20. Ju, C., Buresh, R. J., Wang, Z., Zhang, H., Liu, L., Yang, J., et al. (2015). Root and shoot traits for rice varieties with higher grain yield and higher nitrogen use effciency at lower nitrogen rates application. Field Crops Res. 175, 47–55. doi: 10.1016/j.fcr.2015.02.007
21. Koning, N. B. J., Van Ittersum, M. K., Becx, G. A., Van Boekel, M., Brandenburg, W., Van Den Broek, J. A., et al. (2008). Long-term global availability of food: continued abundance or new scarcity? Wagen. J. Life Sci. 55, 229–292. doi: 10.1016/s1573-5214(08)80001-2
22. Koutroubas, S. D., and Ntanos, D. A. (2003). Genotypic differences for grain yield and nitrogen utilization in Indica and Japonica rice under Mediterranean conditions. Field Crops Res. 83, 251–260. doi: 10.1016/S0378-4290(03)00067-4
23. Le Gouis, J., Beghin, D., Heumez, E., and Pluchard, P. (2000). Genetic differences for nitrogen uptake and nitrogen utilisation effciencies in winter wheat. Eur. J. Agron. 12, 163–173. doi: 10.1016/S1161-0301(00)00045-9
24. Li, J., Zhang, Y., Wu, J., Shu, Y., Zhou, P., and Deng, Q. (2014). High-yielding cultural techniques of super hybrid rice YLY900 yielded 15.40 t/hm2 on a 6.84 hm2 scale. China Rice 20, 1–4.
25. Moll, R. H., Kamprath, E. J., and Jackson, W. A. (1982). Analysis and interpretation of factors which contribute to effciency of nitrogen-utilization. Agron. J. 74, 562–564. doi: 10.2134/agronj1982.00021962007400030037x
26. Ntanos, D. A., and Koutroubas, S. D. (2002). Dry matter and N accumulation and translocation for Indica and Japonica rice under Mediterranean conditions. Field Crops Res. 74, 93–101. doi: 10.1016/S0378-4290(01)00203-9
27. Peng, S., Buresh, R. J., Huang, J., Yang, J., Zou, Y., Zhong, X., et al. (2006). Strategies for overcoming low agronomic nitrogen use effciency in irrigated rice systems in China. Field Crops Res. 96, 37–47. doi: 10.1016/j.fcr.2005.05.004
28. Peng, S., Garcia, F. V., Laza, R. C., Sanico, A. L., Visperas, R. M., and Cassman, K. G. (1996). Increased N-use effciency using a chlorophyll meter on high-yielding irrigated rice. Field Crops Res. 47, 243–252. doi: 10.1016/0378-4290(96) 00018-4
29. Peng, S., Huang, J., Sheehy, J. E., Laza, R. C., Visperas, R. M., Zhong, X. H., et al. (2004). Rice yields decline with higher night temperature from global warming. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 101, 9971–9975. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0403720101
30. Peng, S., Huang, J., Zhong, X., Yang, J., Wang, G., Zou, Y., et al. (2002). Research strategy in improving fertilizer-nitrogen use effciency of irrigated rice in China. Sci. Agric. Sin. 35, 1095–1103.
31. Peng, S., Khush, G. S., Virk, P., Tang, Q., and Zou, Y. (2008). Progress in ideotype breeding to increase rice yield potential. Field Crops Res. 108, 32–38. doi: 10.1016/j.fcr.2008.04.001
32. Samonte, S., Wilson, L. T., Medley, J. C., Pinson, S. R. M., McClung, A. M., and Lales, J. S. (2006). Nitrogen utilization effciency: relationships with grain yield, grain protein, and yield-related traits in rice. Agron. J. 98, 168–176. doi: 10.2134/agronj2005.0180
33. Sheng, C., Wang, H., Sheng, S., Gao, L., and Xuan, W. (2003). Pest status and loss assessment of crop damage caused by the rice borers, Chilo suppressalis and Tryporyza incertulas in China. Entomol. Knowledge 40, 289–294.
34. Sinclair, T. R., and Vadez, V. (2002). Physiological traits for crop yield improvement in low N and P environments. Plant Soil 245, 1–15. doi: 10.1023/A:1020624015351
35. Singh, U., Ladha, J. K., Castillo, E. G., Punzalan, G., Tirol-Padre, A., and Duqueza, M. (1998). Genotypic variation in nitrogen use efficiency in medium- and long-duration rice. Field Crops Res. 58, 35–53. doi: 10.1016/S0378-4290(98)00084-7
36. Smil, V. (1999). Nitrogen in crop production: an account of global flows. Global Biogeochem. Cycles 13, 647–662. doi: 10.1029/1999GB900015
37. Sun, H., Qian, Q., Wu, K., Luo, J., Wang, S., and Zhang, C. (2014). Heterotrimeric G proteins regulate nitrogen-use effciency in rice. Nat. Genet. 46, 652–657. doi: 10.1038/ng.2958
38. Tao, F., Zhang, S., and Zhang, Z. (2013). Changes in rice disasters across China in recent decades and the meteorological and agronomic causes. Reg. Environ. Change 13, 743–759. doi: 10.1007/s10113-012-0357-7
39. Tirol-Padre, A., Ladha, J. K., Singh, U., Laureles, E., Punzalan, G., and Akita, S. (1996). Grain yield performance of rice genotypes at suboptimal levels of soil N as affected by N uptake and utilization effciency. Field Crops Res. 46, 127–143. doi: 10.1016/0378-4290(95)00095-X
40. Vlek, P. L. G., and Byrnes, B. H. (1986). The effcacy and loss of fertilizer N in lowland rice. Fertil. Res. 9, 131–147. doi: 10.1007/BF01048699
41. Worku, M., Banziger, M., Erley, G., Friesen, D., Diallo, A. O., and Horst, W. J. (2012). Nitrogen efficiency as related to dry matter partitioning and root system size in tropical mid-altitude maize hybrids under different levels of nitrogen stress. Field Crops Res. 130, 57–67. doi: 10.1016/j.fcr.2012.02.015
42. Zhang, Q. (2007). Strategies for developing green super rice. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 104, 16402–16409. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0708013104
43. Zhong, X., Huang, R., Zheng, H., Peng, S., and Buresh, R. J. (2007). Specification for the “Three Controls” nutrient management technology for irrigated rice. Guangdong Agric. Sci. 5s, 13–15.
44. Zhu, G., Peng, S., Huang, J., Cui, K., Nie, L., and Wang, F. (2016). Genetic improvements in rice yield and concomitant increases in radiation- and nitrogen-use effciency in Middle Reaches of Yangtze River. Sci. Rep. 6:21049. doi: 10.1038/srep21049
45. Zou, Y., Ao, H., Wang, S., and Tang, Q. (2006). Studies on San-Ding cultivation method for super rice: the concept and the principle. Chin. Agric. Sci. Bull. 22, 158–162