棉花蕾花铃生物量、氮累积特征及临界氮浓度稀释模型

在大田栽培条件下,于河南安阳（黄河流域黄淮棉区）和江苏南京（长江流域下游棉区）设置了棉花氮素水平试验,对不同氮素水平条件下棉花蕾花铃的生物量、氮素累积及氮浓度的动态变化进行分析,并依据Justes的临界氮浓度稀释模型确定方法,研究棉花蕾花铃临界氮浓度稀释模型。结果表明：棉花蕾花铃的生物量增长和氮吸收累积均受氮素水平的影响,其动态变化符合S型曲线,氮累积的快速起始时间较生物量早1～5d;氮浓度过高或过低均不利于产量形成,蕾花铃等器官存在氮奢侈消费现象;氮浓度随施氮量的增加而升高、随生育进程的推移而降低,其生物量累积量与氮浓度间符合幂函数关系,两试点蕾花铃氮稀释曲线模型形式相同,但模型参数a不同,不同生态区存在独立的临界氮稀释曲线模型。由于临界稀释模型具有明确的生物学意义,可以作为定量诊断蕾花铃氮营养动态变化的指标之一。     

水氮运筹对棉花花后生物量和氮素利用率的影响

在池栽和大田条件下,以‘美棉33B’为材料,研究不同水分(自然降水、自然降水 灌水)和氮素(0、240、480kgN/hm2)运筹下棉花花后生物量和养分累积及氮素利用率动态变化特征。结果表明:施氮使棉花(整株、营养器官、生殖器官)生物量和养分快速累积期持续时间缩短、最大累积速率增大且出现时间提前、累积量及皮棉产量增加。灌水使240 kgN/hm2处理棉花(整株、营养器官、生殖器官)生物量和养分快速累积期持续时间缩短、最大累积速率出现时间提前、最大累积速率和累积量增大、氮素累积利用率和产量提高;而使480 kgN/hm2处理棉花营养器官生物量和养分快速累积期持续时间延长、最大累积速率出现时间推迟、生物量和养分最大累积速率及累积量增大、氮素累积利用率提高,而生殖器官相应指标呈降低趋势;灌水对不施氮处理棉花生物量和养分累积各项特征参数影响较小。营养器官生物量和氮磷钾最大累积速率出现时间较生殖器官早23 d左右,而快速累积期持续时间长于生殖器官11 d左右。研究发现,水分和氮素运筹可通过影响棉花生物量和养分累积的动态特征参数来影响棉花生长,进而影响最终产量品质形成;在本实验条件下,以灌水的240 kgN/hm2处理棉花的生长特征参数最为协调,皮棉产量和氮素利用率最高,品质较优。     

棉花临界需氮量动态定量模型

在大田栽培条件下,于江苏南京和河南安阳两个生态区设置棉花氮素水平试验,基于作物临界氮浓度稀释模型和干物质动态累积模型,建立了棉花花后动态临界氮吸收速率、临界氮需求量的定量化模型.结果表明,两生态区的临界最大氮吸收速率均出现在花后42 d,分别为5.3和4.4 kg·hm^-2·d^-1,临界快速氮累积期分别在花后的23～59 d和23～61 d,安阳的最大临界日需氮量明显大于南京.根据模型得到：安阳生态区适宜施氮量在240～360 kg·hm^-2 之间,且360 kg·hm^-2 条件下其氮累积接近临界需求,南京生态区240 kg·hm^-2施氮量的氮累积与临界值相近.两区域基肥施用量分别占总施肥量的26%和27%,且适宜的追肥时间应在花后22 d左右.由于模型的建立是基于不同氮处理试验,有合理可靠的生理依据,为定量确定不同气候区域的动态施肥量提供了理论依据.     

施氮量对麦后直播棉钾素吸收利用的影响

以早熟棉‘中棉所50’为材料,于2013—2014年在南京市江苏省农业科学院棉花试验站进行麦后直播棉花试验,研究施氮量(0、60、120、150、180、240 kg N·hm^-2)对棉株钾素吸收和利用的影响.结果表明: 增施氮肥提高了麦后直播棉不同生育阶段的钾吸收量,以盛花到见絮期的钾积累增量最大;并且改变了麦后直播棉不同生育时期的钾吸收比例,使棉花出苗到盛花期的钾吸收比例降低,盛花到吐絮期的钾吸收比例升高;增施氮肥还降低了生育后期上部位果枝钾浓度的下降速率,但加速了中下部果枝钾浓度的下降速率.随施氮量增加,钾吸收的边际效应呈先升高后降低趋势,而钾的皮棉生产效率均呈线性降低,其降低趋势表现为下部果枝最大,上部果枝次之,中部果枝最低.麦后直播棉钾素和生物量累积以中、下部果枝为主,在150~180 kg N·hm^-2下棉花各果枝部位干物质和钾在生殖器官中的分配比例较高,钾浓度和钾累积量动态特征参数比较协调,利于产量形成;高于180 kg N·hm^-2导致皮棉产量增幅下降,氮素对钾吸收的边际效应和钾的皮棉生产效率较低;低于150 kg N·hm^-2时,中下部果枝干物质和钾的经济系数较低,不利于高产形成.     

施氮量和种植密度对东北特早熟棉区棉花生物量和氮素累积的影响

以辽棉19号和美棉33B为材料,于2008年在东北特早熟棉区设置不同的棉花种植密度(每公顷75000、97500、120000株)和施氮量(0、240、480 kg·hm^-2),研究了施氮量和种植密度对东北特早熟棉区棉花生物量、氮素累积特征和氮素累积利用率的影响.结果表明： 两个品种的棉花生物量和氮素累积量随棉花生育进程的动态变化均符合Logistic模型;种植密度和施氮量显著影响棉花氮素累积动态特征以及棉花产量和品质;氮素的快速累积起始日较生物量早13 d左右.在种植密度为每公顷97500株、240 kg·hm^-2施氮量处理下,两个品种棉花的生物量和氮素动态累积模型的特征参数最为协调,皮棉产量最高,纤维品质最优,氮素利用效率最高.在东北特早熟棉区,较早的生物量和氮素快速累积及较高的累积速率有利于棉花较高产量的形成.     

施氮量和种植密度对东北特早熟棉区棉铃生物量和氮素累积的影响

以辽棉19号和美棉33B为材料,研究了不同施氮量(0、240、480 kg ·hm-2)和不同种植密度(75000、97500、120000 plants·hm-2)对东北特早熟棉区棉花棉铃生物量和氮素累积特征的影响.结果表明： 棉花单铃、棉籽和纤维的生物量及其氮素累积随棉花生育进程的动态变化均符合“S”型曲线,种植密度和施氮量可以显著影响棉铃各部分生物量和氮素累积的动态特征,以及棉花产量与品质;在施氮量240 kg·hm-2和种植密度97500 plants·hm-2处理下,单铃、棉籽和纤维的生物量均达到最大,生物量和氮素累积的快速累积起始时间和终止时间较早但持续时间较短,生物量快速累积速率最大,生物量和氮素在铃壳中的分配系数最低,在棉籽和纤维中分配系数最高.     

施氮量对麦后直播棉氮素吸收利用的影响

以早熟棉中棉所50为材料进行麦后直播棉花试验,研究施氮量(0、60、120、150、180、240 kg N·hm^-2)对棉株氮素吸收、利用和分配的影响.结果表明： 增施氮肥提高了麦后直播棉不同生育阶段的氮吸收量,以盛花到见絮期的氮积累增量最大,并且改变了不同生育期间氮吸收比例,使棉花出苗到盛花期的氮吸收比例降低,盛花到吐絮期的氮吸收比例升高;增施氮肥还降低了生育后期中上部位果枝氮浓度的下降速率.麦后直播棉氮素和生物量累积以中下部果枝为主,在150～180 kg N·hm^-2施氮量下棉花产量、氮肥表观利用率、各果枝部位干物质和氮在生殖器官中的分配比例较高,氮浓度和氮累积量动态特征参数比较协调.高于180 kg N·hm^-2的施氮量导致棉花中部和下部果枝生殖器官生物量和氮素累积量、产量增幅和氮肥利用率降低,而低于150 kg N·hm^-2施氮量降低棉花整株干物质和氮经济系数,不利于高产形成.综合分析,150～180 kg N·hm^-2施氮量可作为长江流域下游棉区麦后直播棉的推荐施氮量.     

Kernel set in maize genotypes differing in nitrogen use efficiency in response to resource availability around flowering

Environmental conditions affect grain yield in maize (Zea mays L.) mainly by altering the kernel number per plant (KNP). This number is determined during a critical period of about 2 weeks around silking. The objectives of this study were to assess how the rate and timing of nitrogen (N) fertilizer applications affect biomass partitioning and KNP in two genotypes with different N use efficiency, and to compare kernel set of these genotypes under varying regimes of carbohydrate and N availability during the critical period for kernel set. In the first field experiment, plant density and the rate of N supply per plant were varied independently. In the second field experiment, N availability was controlled via the application of N fertilizer, and carbohydrate availability was controlled by shading or thinning at silking. In both experiments, low rates of N supply reduced KNP more strongly in the non-efficient genotype when compared to the efficient genotype. The genotypic differences in kernel set were neither associated with N uptake into the above-ground biomass at maturity, nor above-ground biomass at silking. In the non-efficient genotype, application of N fertilizer at silking increased KNP. This increase was not associated with an increase in plant growth but with increased partitioning of biomass towards the reproductive organs during the critical period for kernel set. The genotype which had been selected for its high N use efficiency also showed higher kernel set at high plant density and shading during flowering when compared to the non-efficient genotype. Under conditions of restricted resource availability per plant, plant and ear growth rates during the critical period of about 14 days after onset of flowering declined compared with non-limiting conditions. However, these growth rates were less reduced in the efficient genotype. Pooling treatments of different plant density and different available N, each hybrid showed linear responses of KNP to plant growth rate and to ear growth rate. Furthermore, in the efficient genotype KNP was reduced to a lesser extent in response to decreasing growth rates. We conclude that higher kernel set of the efficient genotype compared to the non-efficient genotype under stressful conditions was associated with low sensitivity of plant growth and dry matter distribution towards reproductive organs to low assimilate availability during the critical period of kernel set, and particularly with low sensitivity of kernel set to decreasing plant and ear growth rates.     

盐胁迫下施肥对棉花生长及氮素利用的影响

利用海水配制不同含盐量(0、0.15%、0.3%)的土壤盆栽棉花,在可移动遮雨棚内研究了不同施肥(N、NK、NP、NPK)处理对棉花生长、氮素吸收与利用的影响.结果表明: 盐胁迫和施肥均影响棉花生物产量、棉株氮素农学利用效率、氮素生物利用效率和氮素积累量,且两者存在显著的互作效应.施肥能提高盐胁迫下棉株氮素利用效率及氮素积累量,并显著增产,不同施肥处理中以N、P、K肥料配合施用的效果最好;施肥效果受盐胁迫程度的影响,低盐胁迫(0.15%)下的施肥效果好于中度盐胁迫(0.3%).     

水氮供应对夏棉产量、水氮利用及土壤硝态氮累积的影响

通过田间试验,研究了黄淮地区水氮供应对夏棉生长、产量及水氮利用效率的影响,探索在保证产量的同时提高水氮利用效率、减少农田水氮排放的管理模式.试验设置5个氮素水平(0、60、120、180、240 kg·hm^-2,分别记为N₀、N₁、N₂、N₃、N₄)和3个灌水水平(滴灌,灌水定额30、22.5、15 mm,分别记为I₁、I₂、I₃),使用裂区设计,主区为氮用量,裂区为灌水水平,共15个处理,3次重复.结果表明: 氮素和水分施用对夏棉生长和产量都有明显促进作用,但氮素影响更显著,是该地区调控夏棉生长和籽棉产量的主要因素.随着施氮量和灌水量的增加,花铃期生殖器官积累量、地上部干物质积累量和籽棉产量在开始阶段都逐步增加,当施氮量超过180 kg·hm^-2时,进一步增施氮肥会导致生殖器官积累量、地上部干物质积累量和籽棉产量减小.籽棉产量在N₃I₁处理达到最大,为4016 kg·hm^-2.增加施氮量能显著提高地上部总吸氮量和茎叶含氮量,但会降低氮肥偏生产力.灌溉水利用效率和田间水分利用效率分别在N₃I₃和N₃I₁处理最大,分别为5.40和1.24 kg·m^-3.随着施氮量的增加,土壤硝态氮含量明显增加,且硝态氮累积区域有下移趋势.综合考虑对地上部干物质积累、产量、水氮吸收利用及土壤硝态氮累积等的影响,N₃I₁处理可作为试验区夏季棉花生产的最优水氮管理方案.     

不同氮素水平下CO_2倍增对转Bt棉花氮素代谢的影响

通过开顶式CO_2气室研究了盛蕾期转Bt棉花新棉33~B及其对照亲本DP5415的生长势和氮素代谢特征对土壤氮素水平(100和200 mg N·kg~(-1))和CO_2浓度倍增(750和375μl·L~(-1))的生理生态响应.结果表明:CO_2浓度升高可显著提高2种棉花的株高和茎粗,增加生物产量;氮素水平提高可显著增加转Bt棉花的株高、茎粗,以及茎和蕾的鲜质量,而对亲本棉花DP5415的影响不显著;对照棉花DP5415的谷氨酰胺合成酶(GS)活力随大气CO_2浓度的升高而显著降低,随氮素营养的提高而升高,转Bt棉花新棉33~B在低氮条件下,GS活力随大气CO_2浓度的升高而显著增加;大气CO_2浓度升高及氮素营养的增加使盛蕾期转Bt棉花的硝酸还原酶(NR)活力显著增加,DP5415的NR活力也随大气CO_2浓度的升高而显著提高;大气CO_2浓度对2种棉花的亚硝酸还原酶(NiR)活力都有明显的抑制作用,其中,高CO_2浓度条件下,DP5415的NiR活力还随氮素营养的增加而显著下降.可见,大气CO_2浓度升高下,土壤氮素水平变化对转Bt棉花的生长势影响显著,但对其氮素代谢生理的影响较对照亲本棉花小.生产中(尤其是高浓度CO_2环境下),应进一步加强转Bt棉花的氮肥优化管理.

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By using open-top chambers, this paper studied the physiological and ecological re-sponses of transgenic Bt cotton cv. 33~B and its parent line non-transgenic cotton cv. DP5415 in their growth potential and nitrogen metabolism to doubled CO_2 concentration (750 μl·L~(-1) vs.375 μl·L~(-1)) and nitrogen fertilization level (200 mg N·kg~(-1)vs. 100 mg N·kg~(-1)). Doubled CO_2 concentration promoted the height-and stem growth and the biomass production of the two eultivars significantly, whereas doubled N fertilization level only had significant positive effects on 33~B. The leaf glutamine synthetase activity (GSA) of DP5415 decreased significantly under doubled CO_2 concentration but increased significantly under doubled N fertilization level, while the GSA of 33~B was significantly higher under doubled CO_2 concentration and low nitrogen fertili-zation level. Both the doubled CO_2 concentration and the doubled nitrogen fertilization level in-creased the leaf nitrate reductase activity (NRA) of 33~B significantly, and the NRA of DP5415 also had a significant increase under doubled CO_2 concentration. Doubled CO_2 concentration had significant inhibitory effects on the leaf nitrite reductase activity (NiRA) of both 33~B and DP5415. The NiRA of DP5415 decreased significantly under doubled CO_2 concentration and N fertilization level. All the results suggested that under doubled CO_2 concentration, N fertilization level had significant effects on the growth potential of transgenic Bt cotton but lesser effects on its nitrogen metabolism, compared with the control non-transgenic cotton. Therefore, in the planting of transgenic Bt cotton, especially,under elevated CO_2 condition, optimized N fertilization should be made.     

Comparative response of wheat and oilseed rape to nitrogen supply: absorption and utilisation efficiency of radiation and nitrogen during the reproductive stages determining yield

We investigated the response of spring wheat and oilseed rape to nitrogen (N) supply, focusing on the critical period for grain number definition and grain filling. Crops were grown in containers under a shelter and treated with five combinations of applied N. Wheat and oilseed rape produced comparable amounts of biomass and yield when corrected for the costs of biomass synthesis (SC). From the responses of biomass and yield to late N applications and the apparent contribution of mobilised biomass to yield, it seems that the yield of oilseed rape was more source-limited during grain filling than that of wheat, particularly at the medium and high N levels. Both species recovered equal amounts of N from the total available N in the soil and had similar N use efficiencies, expressed as yield per unit of N absorbed. However, oilseed rape had higher efficiency to convert absorbed N in biomass, but lower harvest index of N than wheat. Oilseed rape had similar or lower root biomass than wheat, depending on N level, but higher root length per unit soil volume and specific root length. The specific uptake rate of N per unit root dry weight during the critical period for grain number determination was higher in oilseed rape than in wheat. In wheat, N limitation affected growth through a similar or lower reduction in radiation use efficiency corrected for synthesis costs (RUE_SC) than in the cumulative amount of intercepted photosynthetically active radiation (IPARc). In oilseed rape, lower growth due to N shortage was associated more with RUE_SC than IPARc, during flowering while during grain filling both components contributed similarly to decreased growth. RUE_SC and the concentration of N in leaves and inflorescence (LIN%) decreased from flowering to maturity and were curvilinearly related. Oilseed rape tended to have higher RUE_SC than wheat at high N supply during the critical period for grain number determination, and generally lower during grain filling. The reasons for these differences and possibilities to increase yield potential are discussed in terms of the photosynthetic efficiency of the different organs and changes in source–sink ratio during reproductive stages. This revised version was published online in June 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

棉花短季直播栽培模式对其农艺性状及干物质积累分配的影响

为探索棉花短季直播高产栽培模式,采用多因子最优混合设计(311设计)研究了播期、栽培密度和施氮量对早熟品种JX0010的农艺性状、干物质积累分配的影响。结果表明,不同处理对棉花生育进程有一定影响,播种期是影响棉花生育期的主要因子,各处理生育进程随播种期的推迟而缩短。不同处理株高、果枝层数、果枝始节、果节数差异都达到了显著水平,栽培因子对株高、果枝始节高度、果节数的影响大小顺序为密度施氮量播期,对果枝层数影响的顺序为播期密度施氮量,适量的施氮、合理密植以及适当推迟播期能增大植株高度,增加棉株果节数。不同处理棉花地上部分单株干物质积累、群体干物质积累、单株营养器官干物质积累、生殖器官干物质积累变化趋势基本呈"S"型,不同处理干物质分配系数表现出随着生育进程的推进,营养器官所占比重降低,生殖器官所占比重逐渐升高的趋势。     

Response of the enzymes to nitrogen applications in cotton fiber (Gossypium hirsutum L.) and their relationships with fiber strength

To investigate the response of key enzymes to nitrogen (N) rates in cotton fiber and its relationship with fiber strength, experiments were conducted in 2005 and 2006 with cotton cultivars in Nanjing. Three N rates 0, 240 and 480 kgN/hm2, signifying optimum and excessive nitrogen application levels were applied.The activities and the gene expressions of the key enzymes were affected by N, and the characteristics of cellulose accumulation and fiber strength changed as the N rate varied. Beta-1,3-glucanase activity in cotton fiber declined from 9 DPA till boll opening, and the beta-1, 3-glucanase coding gene expression also followed a unimodal curve in 12—24 DPA. In 240 kgN/hm² condition, the characteristics of enzyme activity and gene expression manner for sucrose synthase and beta-1,3-glucanase in developing cotton fiber were more favorable for forming a longer and more steady cellulose accumulation process, and for high strength fiber development.     

内蒙古西部旱区机采棉膜下滴灌水氮耦合效应

为探明内蒙古西部旱区机采棉膜下滴灌水氮耦合对棉花生长发育、产量、品质,以及水分与氮素利用效率的影响,在内蒙古阿拉善盟阿拉善左旗,设置3种灌溉定额(216、288、360 mm,分别记为W₁、W₂、W₃)和3种施氮水平(127.5、195、262.5 kg·hm^-2,分别记为N₁、N₂、N₃)的完全组合处理,进行了大田棉花膜下滴灌试验.结果表明: 水分是膜下滴灌棉花生长的决定因素,增加灌水量可以促进棉花株高增加,提高棉花各部分干物质积累量,但降低生殖器官与地上部干物质比例.W₃处理单株成铃数较W₁和W₂分别提高25.4%和17.5%,单铃质量分别降低5.8%和4.6%,籽棉产量分别增加18.1%和11.9%;单株成铃数提高是籽棉产量增加的主要因素.水氮调控对籽棉产量的互作效应显著,W₁与W₂灌水量下N₁处理籽棉产量最高;W₃灌水量下N₂处理较N₁、N₃籽棉产量分别增加8.5%和31.9%.水氮调控对纤维品质整体无显著影响.W₁N₁处理水分利用效率最高,为1.37 kg·m^-3,与W₃N₂处理差异不显著;W₃N₁处理氮肥偏生产力最高,为51.35 kg·kg^-1.在本试验条件下,灌水增产效应显著,施氮则在水分充足条件下对籽棉产量形成有促进作用.其中,灌水360 mm、施氮195 kg·hm^-2处理显著促进地上部干物质积累,籽棉产量最高,水分利用效率和氮肥偏生产力分别达1.30 kg·m^-3和36.41 kg·kg^-1,节水增产效果显著,是内蒙西部旱区较理想的机采棉水氮调控模式.     

棉花铃期与棉籽干物质积累模拟模型

基于不同熟性棉花品种的异地分期播种试验,综合量化品种特性、主要气象条件（温度、太阳辐射）和栽培措施（施氮量）对棉花铃期与棉籽干物质积累的影响,基于生理发育时间,建立棉花铃期模拟模型,并基于棉籽生长的“库限制”假设,建立棉籽干物质积累模拟模型.通过量化棉铃对位叶氮浓度的变化,为模型构建氮素效应函数.利用不同生态点的品种、播期和施氮量田间试验资料对模型进行检验,结果表明：德夏棉1号、科棉1号和美棉33B的铃期预测值与实测值的根均方差（RMSE）分别为2.25 d、2.61 d和2.75 d,科棉1号和美棉33B的棉籽干物质模拟值与实测值的RMSE分别为9.5 mg·seed^-1和8.2 mg·seed^-1.表明该模型预测精度较高.     

Determination of a Critical Nitrogen Dilution Curve for Winter Oilseed Rape

Several controlled environmental and field experiments werecarried out to define the critical nitrogen dilution curve forwinter oilseed rape, cultivar Goeland. This curve is describedby the following power equation:N=4.48 W^-0.25,whereNis the totalnitrogen concentration in the shoot biomass andWthe shoot biomass.This curve has been validated over the range of shoot dry matterof 0.88 to 6.3 t ha^-1. For lower shoot biomasses this equationoverestimated the critical nitrogen concentration; we proposea constant value of 4.63 (Nis expressed in reduced N, whichis a more stable N fraction in the shoot at these stages ofdevelopment). These results have been validated in several pedoclimaticconditions in France on a single variety in 1994 and 1995. Thehigher position of this curve relative to the C₃species referencecurve (Greenwoodet al.,Annals of Botany67: 181–190, 1990)can be explained by the experimental conditions obtained byGreenwoodet al. (1990); therefore, all their rape data are ratherclose to the critical curve that we propose. The differencesfound between wheat and winter oilseed rape critical N dilutioncurves correspond to their respective leaf:stem dry matter ratioand the specific leaf loss phenomenon occuring in rape. Winteroilseed rape has a higher capacity of N accumulation in itsshoot than wheat for the same aerial dry matter. The proportionof nitrate in shoots rises with the nitrogen nutrition index(N.N.I.) and is more important for rapeseed than for wheat forthe same N.N.I. This difference is especially high at the beginningof flowering when the shade provided by the canopy of rapeseedflowers decreases nitrate reductase activity.Copyright 1998Annals of Botany Company Winter oilseed rape;Brassica napusL.; plant N concentration; nitrate; reduced N; shoot biomass; critical nitrogen concentration; dilution curve; N productivity.     

Dynamics of biomass and N accumulation of alfalfa under three N fertilization rates

The dynamics of biomass and N accumulation following defoliation of alfalfa and the application of N fertilization has rarely been studied under field conditions, particularly in the seeding year. Our objectives were to determine the effect of N fertilization on the dynamics of biomass and N accumulation during the first regrowth of alfalfa in the seeding year, and to determine if a model describing critical N concentration developed for established stands could be used in the seeding year. In two separate experiments conducted in 1992 and 1993, the biomass and N accumulation of alfalfa grown with three N rates (0, 40 and 80 kg N ha^-1) were determined weekly. Maximum shoot growth was reached with 40 kg N ha^-1 in 1992, and maximum shoot growth was not reached with the highest N fertilization rate in 1993. Nitrogen fixation, root N reserves and soil inorganic N uptake when no N was applied were, therefore, not sufficient to ensure non-limiting N conditions, particularly when growth rates were the highest between 14 to 21 d after defoliation. Nitrogen fertilization increased shoot biomass accumulation in the first 21 d of regrowth, biomass partitioning to the shoots and shoot and taproot N concentrations. The model parameters of critical N concentration developed by Lemaire et al. (1985) for established stands of alfalfa were not adequate in the seeding year. The N requirements per unit of shoot biomass produced are greater in the seeding year than on established stands, and this was attributed to a greater proportion of leaves in the seeding year.     

施氮量对花铃期棉花果枝生物量累积时空变异特征的影响

试验在黄河流域黄淮棉区的河南安阳和长江流域下游棉区的江苏南京棉花大田进行, 氮素设0（N₀）、120（N₁）、240（N₂）、360（N₃）、480（N₄） kg·hm^-2 5个水平,定量分析了不同施氮量对美棉33B花铃期棉花果枝生物量累积时空变异特征的影响.结果表明： 不同施氮量下,两试验点棉株不同果枝部位营养器官、生殖器官、生物量累积时间变异特征均表现为Logistic曲线,空间变异特征存在明显差异.安阳点360 kg·hm^-2施氮量、南京点240 kg·hm^-2施氮量处理具有快速增长期起始时间早、持续时间短、最大速率大等特征,说明该施氮量水平有利于棉花生物量的快速累积,以形成较高的产量与品质;而施氮量过多或不足均不利于棉株不同果枝部位生物量的累积.可以通过不同的施氮量来调节棉株不同果枝部位快速生长期的生长特征值,以提高棉花的产量和品质.     

The influence of nitrogen availability on carbon and nitrogen storage in the biennial Cirsium vulgare (Savi) Ten. II. The cost of nitrogen storage

The cost of nitrogen storage to current growth was examined in relation to N availability in the biennial Cirsium vulgare. Plants were grown outdoors, in sand culture, with continuous diel drip irrigation of fertilization medium containing one of five different N concentrations. Plants grown at the highest N concentration stored twice as much N in their tap roots as did plants grown at the lowest N concentration. In high-N-grown plants, the storage of N reserves occurred during the period of maximum growth, at the same time as tap-root production. At the time of maximum biomass, stored N was also at a maximum. During the period following maximum biomass, no additional storage of N occurred. This pattern was observed despite frequent late-season leaf senescence which resulted in a large pool of potentially mobile N which could have been stored at no cost to growth. In low-N-grown plants, the production of tap-root storage tissue and the filling of that tissue with stored N were staggered. Tap-root production and growth occurred during the period of maximum growth, as in the high-N-grown plants. However, filling of the storage tissue with N occurred late in the growing season, when the pool of mobile N from senescent leaves was large. The utilization of this late-season N source occurred with little or no cost to growth, and this N is labelled, according to previous definitions, as ‘accumulated’. The costs of storing N in plants of the different N treatments were calculated using two models based on different growth constraints. In one model, the cost of N storage was represented as lost growth due to allocation of N to storage, rather than to the photosynthetic shoot (i.e. growth was assumed to be limited by carbon acquisition). In the second model, the storage cost was calculated as lost growth due to allocation of N to storage, rather than to the nitrogen-acquiring fine-root system (i.e. growth was assumed to be limited by nitrogen acquisition). In both models, the total cost of N storage was predicted to decrease as N availability decreased due to smaller storage pool sizes in plants of the low-N treatments. The cost of filling the tap root with stored N as a percentage of the total storage cost was also reduced as N availability decreased due to the occurrence of late-season accumulation. By relying, at least in part, on late-season accumulation, plants grown at the lowest three levels of N availability reduced total storage costs by 15 to 22%. The results demonstrate that plants are capable of adjusting their storage patterns in response to low nitrogen availability such that the costs of storage are reduced.