Nitrogen efficiency of wheat cultivars in a Mediterranean environment

1999 ◽  
Vol 39 (8) ◽  
pp. 957 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. K. Anderson ◽  
F. C. Hoyle
Keyword(s):  
Grain Yield ◽  
Soil Nitrogen ◽  
Nitrogen Uptake ◽  
Nitrogen Efficiency ◽  
Grain Protein ◽  
High Ability ◽  
Wheat Cultivars ◽  
Nitrogen Fertiliser ◽  
Yield Increase ◽  
Applied Nitrogen

Summary. Experiments were conducted at 3 sites in Western Australia in 1993 using 33 wheat cultivars and crossbreds. Two rates of applied nitrogen fertiliser (0 and 40 kg/ha of nitrogen) were used to screen the lines for efficiency of nitrogen uptake, grain yield and grain protein production per unit of nitrogen applied, and nitrogen translocation to the grain. This information can be useful in determining nitrogen fertiliser strategies for wheat cultivars in the field. Nitrogen uptake in the plant tops was measured during the season and in the grain and straw at maturity. Grain yield, grain protein and nitrogen efficiency parameters were not markedly different between grain quality grades which are largely based on grain hardness. Yield efficient lines (high net yield increase per unit of applied nitrogen) were characterised by greater net uptake and net utilisation efficiencies but had similar yields and grain protein percentages as yield inefficient lines. Protein efficient lines (high net grain protein increase per unit of applied nitrogen) also had greater uptake efficiencies but lower utilisation efficiencies than protein inefficient lines. No lines were both yield and protein efficient suggesting that lines either use fertiliser nitrogen preferentially in yield production or in production of protein. The results indicate that in nitrogen-responsive situations it will be more profitable to use yield-efficient lines. Further investigation is needed to examine the suggestion that where soil nitrogen levels are higher (and yield responses to nitrogen are less) a greater economic return may come from using protein efficient lines. Some wheat lines had a high ability to recover fertiliser nitrogen applied to the crop. Others had a high ability to take up soil nitrogen. It is postulated that these differences may be due to differences in root systems. Some mid- and long-season lines that had high concentrations of nitrogen in the tops at anthesis metabolised that nitrogen poorly into grain yield or protein. This suggests that nitrogen efficiency may be partly related to maturity relative to length of growing season.

The effects of triazole and strobilurin fungicide programmes on nitrogen uptake, partitioning, remobilization and grain N accumulation in winter wheat cultivars

2003 ◽  
Vol 140 (4) ◽  
pp. 395-407 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. E. RUSKE ◽  
M. J. GOODING ◽  
S. A. JONES
Keyword(s):  
Grain Yield ◽  
Nitrogen Uptake ◽  
Harvest Index ◽  
Dry Matter ◽  
Protein Concentration ◽  
Grain Protein ◽  
Wheat Cultivars ◽  
Grain Protein Concentration ◽  
Winter Wheat Cultivars ◽  
The Relationship

Field experiments were conducted over 3 years to assess the effect of a triazole fungicide programme, and additions of strobilurin fungicides to it, on nitrogen uptake, accumulation and partitioning in a range of winter wheat cultivars. Commensurate with delayed senescence, fungicide programmes, particularly when including strobilurins, improved grain yield through improvements in both crop biomass and harvest index, although the relationship with green area duration of the flag leaf (GFLAD) depended on year and in some cases, cultivar. In all years fungicide treatments significantly increased the amount of nitrogen in the above-ground biomass, the amount of nitrogen in the grain and the nitrogen harvest index. All these effects could be linearly related to the fungicide effect on GFLAD. These relationships occasionally interacted with cultivar but there was no evidence that fungicide mode of action affected the relationship between GFLAD and yield of nitrogen in the grain. Fungicide treatments significantly reduced the amount of soil mineral N at harvest and when severe disease had been controlled, the net remobilization of N from the vegetation to the grain after anthesis. Fungicide maintained the filling of grain with both dry matter and nitrogen. The proportionate accumulation of nitrogen in the grain was later than that of dry matter and this difference was greater when fungicide had been applied. Effects of fungicide on grain protein concentration and its relationship with GFLAD were inconsistent over year and cultivar. There were several instances where grain protein concentration was unaffected despite large (1·5 t/ha) increases in grain yield following fungicide use. Dilution of grain protein concentration following fungicide use, when it did occur, was small compared with what would be predicted by adoption of other yield increasing techniques such as the selection of high yielding cultivars (based on currently available cultivars) or by growing wheat in favourable climates.

Effect of weeds and nitrogen fertiliser on yield and grain protein concentration of wheat

1996 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
pp. 443 ◽  
Author(s):  
MG Mason ◽  
RW Madin
Keyword(s):  
Grain Yield ◽  
Weed Control ◽  
Dry Matter ◽  
Protein Concentration ◽  
The Other ◽  
Grain Protein ◽  
Dry Matter Yield ◽  
Wheat Grain ◽  
Grain Protein Concentration ◽  
Nitrogen Fertiliser

Field trials at Beverley (19911, Salmon Gums (1991; 2 sites) and Merredin (1992; 2 sites), each with 5 rates of nitrogen (N) and 3 levels of weed control, were used to investigate the effect of weeds and N on wheat grain yield and protein concentration during 1991 and 1992. Weeds in the study were grasses (G) and broadleaf (BL). Weeds reduced both vegetative dry matter yield and grain yield of wheat at all sites except for dry matter at Merredin (BL). Nitrogen fertiliser increased wheat dry matter yield at all sites. Nitrogen increased wheat grain yield at Beverley and Merredin (BL), but decreased yield at both Salmon Gums sites in 1991. Nitrogen fertiliser increased grain protein concentration at all 5 sites-at all rates for 3 sites [Salmon Gums (G) and (BL) and Merredin (G)] and at rates of 69 kg N/ha or more at the other 2 sites [Beverley and Merredin (BL)]. However, the effect of weeds on grain protein varied across sites. At Merredin (G) protein concentration was higher where there was no weed control, possibly due to competition for soil moisture by the greater weed burden. At Salmon Gums (G), grain protein concentration was greater when weeds were controlled than in the presence of weeds, probably due to competition for N between crop and weeds. In the other 3 trials, there was no effect of weeds on grain protein. The effect of weeds on grain protein appears complex and depends on competition between crop and weeds for N and for water at the end of the season, and the interaction between the two.

scholarly journals Sustaining productivity of a Vertosol at Warra, Queensland, with fertilisers, no-tillage or legumes. 7. Yield, nitrogen and disease-break benefits from lucerne in a two-year lucerne - wheat rotation

2004 ◽  
Vol 44 (6) ◽  
pp. 607 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. C. Dalal ◽  
E. J. Weston ◽  
W. M. Strong ◽  
K. J. Lehane ◽  
J. E. Cooper ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Grain Yield ◽  
Soil Nitrogen ◽  
Dry Matter ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Crown Rot ◽  
Grain Protein ◽  
No Tillage ◽  
Total Rainfall ◽  
Nitrogen Yield ◽  
Cereal Grain

Continuous cultivation and cereal cropping of southern Queensland soils previously supporting native vegetation have resulted in reduced soil nitrogen supply, and consequently decreased cereal grain yields and low grain protein. To enhance yields and protein concentrations of wheat, management practices involving N fertiliser application, with no-tillage and stubble retention, grain legumes, and legume leys were evaluated from 1987 to 1998 on a fertility-depleted Vertosol at Warra, southern Queensland. The objective of this study was to examine the effect of lucerne in a 2-year lucerne–wheat rotation for its nitrogen and disease-break benefits to subsequent grain yield and protein content of wheat as compared with continuous wheat cropping.Dry matter production and nitrogen yields of lucerne were closely correlated with the total rainfall for October–September as well as March–September rainfall. Each 100 mm of total rainfall resulted in 0.97 t/ha of dry matter and 26 kg/ha of nitrogen yield. For the March–September rainfall, the corresponding values were 1.26 t/ha of dry matter and 36 kg/ha of nitrogen yield. The latter values were 10% lower than those produced by annual medics during a similar period. Compared with wheat–wheat cropping, significant increases in total soil nitrogen were observed only in 1990, 1992 and 1994 but increases in soil mineralisable nitrogen were observed in most years following lucerne. Similarly, pre-plant nitrate nitrogen in the soil profile following lucerne was higher by 74 kg/ha (9–167 kg N/ha) than that of wheat–wheat without N fertiliser in all years except 1996. Consequently, higher wheat grain protein (7 out of 9 seasons) and grain yield (4 out of 9 seasons) were produced compared with continuous wheat. There was significant depression in grain yield in 2 (1993 and 1995) out of 9 seasons attributed to soil moisture depletion and/or low growing season rainfall. Consequently, the overall responses in yield were lower than those of 50 kg/ha of fertiliser nitrogen applied to wheat–wheat crops, 2-year medic–wheat or chickpea–wheat rotation, although grain protein concentrations were higher following lucerne.The incidence and severity of the soilborne disease, common root rot of wheat caused by Bipolaris sorokiniana, was generally higher in lucerne–wheat than in continuous wheat with no nitrogen fertiliser applications, since its severity was significantly correlated with plant available water at sowing. No significant incidence of crown rot or root lesion nematode was observed. Thus, productivity, which was mainly due to nitrogen accretion in this experiment, can be maintained where short duration lucerne leys are grown in rotations with wheat.

scholarly journals Nitrogen Metabolism at Tillering Stage Differently Affects the Grain Yield and Grain Protein Content in Two Durum Wheat Cultivars

Diversity ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (10) ◽  
pp. 186
Author(s):  
Fortunato ◽  
Nigro ◽  
Paradiso ◽  
Cucci ◽  
Lacolla ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Amino Acids ◽  
Grain Yield ◽  
Durum Wheat ◽  
Protein Content ◽  
Grain Protein Content ◽  
Cultivar Differences ◽  
Grain Protein ◽  
Wheat Cultivars ◽  
Nitrogen Use ◽  
Nitrogen Abundance

Soil nitrogen abundance, as well as nitrogen use efficiency (NUE), significantly affect the crop yield and grain protein content (GPC). Depending on the genotype, a negative correlation between the yield and GPC can occur. The aim of the study was to assess the agronomic performance, and to explore physiological pathways for the efficient use of N fertilizer for two durum wheat cultivars, “Aureo” and “Vespucci”. After fertilization, the nitrogen content and values of some of the agronomic parameters and yield-related traits increased in both cultivars; nevertheless, a simultaneous rise in both the yield and GPC occurred only in Aureo. The biochemical parameters, analyzed at tillering, confirm the genotypic specificity of nitrogen use. In Vespucci’s roots, the nitrogen supply did not affect the nitrate reductase (NR), but greatly increased the amino acids and proteins, suggesting that ammonium is preferentially assimilated. In Aureo, nitrate is in part assimilated by the roots, as suggested by the ammonium increase and NR enhancement. In the leaves of both cultivars, organic nitrogen significantly increased after fertilization; however, the rise in amino acids, as well as in NR activity, was higher in Aureo than in Vespucci. These results indicate that the different nitrogen use, and in particular the diverse NR behavior, at tillering, are in part responsible of the cultivar differences in grain yield and GPC.

scholarly journals Metabolic profiling of historical and modern wheat cultivars using proton nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rachana Poudel ◽  
Fatema Bhinderwala ◽  
Martha Morton ◽  
Robert Powers ◽  
Devin J. Rose
Keyword(s):  
Grain Yield ◽  
Phenolic Acids ◽  
Protein Concentration ◽  
Proton Nuclear Magnetic Resonance ◽  
Resonance Spectroscopy ◽  
Grain Protein ◽  
Wheat Cultivars ◽  
Grain Protein Concentration ◽  
Volume Weight ◽  
Modern Wheat

AbstractTo determine changes in the grain components between historical and modern wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) cultivars, wholemeal flours from 19 wheat cultivars and 2 landraces released or introduced between 1870 and 2013 and grown over two crop years were extracted using hydroalcoholic solution and analyzed using one dimensional 1H NMR spectral profiling. Grain yield, grain volume weight (GVW), and grain protein concentration were also measured. Grain yield increased while protein concentration decreased by release year (p < 0.001). Increasing trends (p < 0.01) were observed for tryptophan, sum of the measured amino acids, chlorogenic acid, ferulic acid, vanillic acid, and sum of the measured phenolic acids. Grain yield, phenolic acids, and tryptophan were mainly associated with modern cultivars, whereas grain protein concentration and GVW were associated with historical cultivars. The findings from this study showed changes in concentration of grain components over a century of breeding that may have implications for grain quality and human health.

Effects of nitrogen fertilizer on the yield and protein content of wheat grown under different cropping rotations

1970 ◽  
Vol 10 (45) ◽  
pp. 450 ◽  
Author(s):  
VF McClelland
Keyword(s):  
Protein Content ◽  
Nitrogen Fertilizer ◽  
Grain Protein Content ◽  
Yield Response ◽  
Grain Protein ◽  
Wheat Cultivars ◽  
Marked Variability ◽  
Wheat Pasture ◽  
Cropping Rotation ◽  
Applied Nitrogen

The effect of nitrogen fertilizer on the yield and grain protein content of several cultivars of wheat grown under wheat-fallow and wheat-pasture-pasture-fallow rotations was studied in the Victorian Mallee during 1962 to 1965. Nitrogen fertilizer increased whest yield on the wheat-fallow rotation, but had little effect on the wheat-pasture-pasture-fallow rotation. Changes in grain protein content due to nitrogen fertilizer were small compared with changes due to the type of cropping rotation. Climate had relatively little influence on grain protein content despite marked variability in rainfall. The significance of this result is discussed in relation to a correlation established between grain protein content of unfertilized plots and yield response to applied nitrogen. The performance of the wheat cultivars Insignia, Olympic, and Beacon with and without applied nitrogen was similar under both rotations.

The responses of maize and grain sorghum hybrids to nitrogen fertiliser in south east Queensland

1990 ◽  
Vol 30 (6) ◽  
pp. 825 ◽  
Author(s):  
DE Hibberd ◽  
BD Hall
Keyword(s):  
Grain Yield ◽  
Grain Sorghum ◽  
The Other ◽  
N Application ◽  
Nitrogen Fertiliser ◽  
Maize Hybrids ◽  
Grain Yields ◽  
Maize Yields ◽  
Applied Nitrogen

We investigated, over 3 seasons, 1973-74 to 1975-76, the responses of 5 selected maize hybrids and 5 sorghum hybrids to applied nitrogen (N) under irrigation on N-deficient, black earth soils in South East Queensland. Five levels of N (0, 60, 120, 180 and 240 kg/ha) were applied as urea at sowing to 5 maize hybrids, XL81, Q739, PQ500, PX50, RX404, at 1 location. The same rates were applied to sorghum hybrids NK212, P846, E57, Goldfinger and Goldrush at another location. Higher grain yields were obtained from maize hybrids XL81 and RX404 than from 4739, PX50 and PQ500. A mean grain yield of 6660 kg/ha was produced from XL81 over the 3 seasons for the application of 180 kg N/ha. A hybrid x N interaction occurred only in the year with highest yields. Over all years, grain yield of each hybrid was linearly related to mean site yield and slopes were not significantly (P>0.05) different. Hybrids XL81 and RX404 showed significantly (P<0.05) higher grain yields than other hybrids over the range of grain N concentrations obtained. We conclude that 180 kg N/ha applied at or prior to sowing would optimise maize yields on N-depleted soils in South East Queensland. Highest grain yields of sorghum were obtained from all hybrids when N application was in the range 120-180 kg N/ha. The grain yields of all 5 hybrids converged in the 5000-7000 kg/ha yield range, indicating no superior yielding potential in any 1 hybrid. Goldrush, however, showed significantly (P<0.05) higher grain N concentrations than the other hybrids over the range of grain yields.

Impact of lupins, grazed or ungrazed subterranean clover,stubble retention, and lime on soil nitrogen supplyand wheat nitrogen uptake, grain yields, and grain protein

1998 ◽  
Vol 49 (3) ◽  
pp. 487 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. J. McGhie ◽  
D. P. Heenan ◽  
D. Collins
Keyword(s):  
Grain Yield ◽  
Soil Nitrogen ◽  
N Uptake ◽  
Subterranean Clover ◽  
Growing Season ◽  
Grain Protein ◽  
Soil N ◽  
Grain Yields ◽  
Total Soil ◽  
Total Soil N

Soil nitrogen (N), N uptake, and wheat production in relation to rotation with wheat, lupin,or subterranean clover, mulched or grazed, were examined on a red earth at Wagga Wagga, New South Wales. Data over 4 years (1992{95) are presented from a long-term trial commenced in 1979. The effects of the various rotations on wheat productivity changed with seasonal rainfall duringthe wheat and the previous legume growing year. Generally, low rainfall (1991 and 1994) during thelegume growing season resulted in lower N uptake, grain protein, and grain yield by wheat grown ina following season. The addition of N fertiliser (100 kg N/ha) to continuous wheat increased soil N supply, N uptake, grain yield, and grain protein. Yields from continuously cropped wheat fertilisedwith N were usually lower than those after a lupin growing season, although total soil N levels weresimilar. Subterranean clover produced higher total soil N and grain protein than lupin but yields werenormally less. Lodging and take-all diseases were higher after a growing season with subterraneanclover than after lupins and most likely reduced grain yields. Grazing, as opposed to mowing andmulching subterranean clover, increased soil total N, grain protein, and usually soil mineral N, butnot grain yield. The addition of lime at 1·5 t/ha raised the soil pH(CaCl2) (0-10 cm) of the mostacidified treatment, continuously cropped wheat fertilised with N, from 4·04 to a mean of 4·7, andincreased yields and N uptake in 1993 and 1995.

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