Comprehensive Evaluation of Rice Qualities under Different Nitrogen Levels in South China
Chao Ding,
Congshan Xu,
Bo Lu,
Xuhui Zhu,
Xikun Luo,
Bin He,
Cambula Elidio,
Zhenghui Liu,
Yanfeng Ding,
Jie Yang,
Ganghua Li
Affiliations
Chao Ding
Institute of Food Crops, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing 210014, China
Congshan Xu
Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center for Modern Crop Production, National Engineering and Technology Center for Information Agricultrue, Key Laboratory of Crop Physiology and Ecology in Southern China, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
Bo Lu
Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center for Modern Crop Production, National Engineering and Technology Center for Information Agricultrue, Key Laboratory of Crop Physiology and Ecology in Southern China, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
Xuhui Zhu
Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center for Modern Crop Production, National Engineering and Technology Center for Information Agricultrue, Key Laboratory of Crop Physiology and Ecology in Southern China, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
Xikun Luo
Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center for Modern Crop Production, National Engineering and Technology Center for Information Agricultrue, Key Laboratory of Crop Physiology and Ecology in Southern China, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
Bin He
Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center for Modern Crop Production, National Engineering and Technology Center for Information Agricultrue, Key Laboratory of Crop Physiology and Ecology in Southern China, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
Cambula Elidio
Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center for Modern Crop Production, National Engineering and Technology Center for Information Agricultrue, Key Laboratory of Crop Physiology and Ecology in Southern China, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
Zhenghui Liu
Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center for Modern Crop Production, National Engineering and Technology Center for Information Agricultrue, Key Laboratory of Crop Physiology and Ecology in Southern China, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
Yanfeng Ding
Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center for Modern Crop Production, National Engineering and Technology Center for Information Agricultrue, Key Laboratory of Crop Physiology and Ecology in Southern China, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
Jie Yang
Institute of Food Crops, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing 210014, China
Ganghua Li
Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center for Modern Crop Production, National Engineering and Technology Center for Information Agricultrue, Key Laboratory of Crop Physiology and Ecology in Southern China, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
There is a need to comprehensively evaluate the rice quality of different rice varieties under different nitrogen treatments. Therefore, in this study, we used twenty-one hybrid indica rice varieties and twenty-three inbred japonica rice varieties with three nitrogen fertilizer levels to investigate differences in rice qualities. As compared with hybrid indica rice, inbred japonica rice had lower coefficient of variation values for grain shape, mild rice percentage, and head rice percentage, but relatively higher coefficient of variation values for chalkiness traits, appearance, and taste value of cooked rice. A principal component analysis and membership function method were used to comprehensively evaluate the qualities of rice. The overall eating quality value by sensory evaluation and head rice percentage explained 61.3% and 67.9% of the variations in comprehensive quality of hybrid indica rice and inbred japonica rice across different nitrogen levels, respectively. We also found that rice comprehensive quality was better under low nitrogen levels for hybrid indica rice, while for inbred japonica rice, properly increasing nitrogen application could improve the comprehensive quality.
