Coordination of Carbon and Nitrogen Metabolism Through Well-Timed Mid-Stage Nitrogen Compensation in Japonica Super Rice
Qun Hu,
Kaiwei Zhang,
Weiqin Jiang,
Shi Qiu,
Guangyan Li,
Fangfu Xu,
Ying Zhu,
Guodong Liu,
Hui Gao,
Hongcheng Zhang,
Haiyan Wei
Affiliations
Qun Hu
Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Cultivation and Physiology, Research Institute of Rice Industrial Engineering Technology, Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center for Modern Production Technology of Grain Crops, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China
Kaiwei Zhang
Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Cultivation and Physiology, Research Institute of Rice Industrial Engineering Technology, Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center for Modern Production Technology of Grain Crops, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China
Weiqin Jiang
Huaiyin Institute of Agricultural Sciences of Xuhuai Region in Jiangsu, Huai’an 223001, China
Shi Qiu
Institute of Germplasm Resources and Biotechnology, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing 210014, China
Guangyan Li
Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Cultivation and Physiology, Research Institute of Rice Industrial Engineering Technology, Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center for Modern Production Technology of Grain Crops, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China
Fangfu Xu
Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Cultivation and Physiology, Research Institute of Rice Industrial Engineering Technology, Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center for Modern Production Technology of Grain Crops, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China
Ying Zhu
Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Cultivation and Physiology, Research Institute of Rice Industrial Engineering Technology, Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center for Modern Production Technology of Grain Crops, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China
Guodong Liu
Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Cultivation and Physiology, Research Institute of Rice Industrial Engineering Technology, Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center for Modern Production Technology of Grain Crops, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China
Hui Gao
Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Cultivation and Physiology, Research Institute of Rice Industrial Engineering Technology, Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center for Modern Production Technology of Grain Crops, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China
Hongcheng Zhang
Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Cultivation and Physiology, Research Institute of Rice Industrial Engineering Technology, Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center for Modern Production Technology of Grain Crops, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China
Haiyan Wei
Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Cultivation and Physiology, Research Institute of Rice Industrial Engineering Technology, Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center for Modern Production Technology of Grain Crops, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China
The carbon and nitrogen (N) metabolism of rice under different mid-stage N compensation timings is unclear. Two Japonica super rice cultivars were examined under four N compensation timings (N1-N3: N compensation at mid-tillering, panicle initiation, and spikelet differentiation. N0: no N compensation) and CK with no N application. Mid-stage N compensation increased the N concentrations of various tissues, and N2 showed the highest plant N uptake at both the heading stage, maturity, and the grain filling period. Among the treatments, N2 showed the highest N utilization efficiency. With delayed compensation timing, there was a gradual decrease in soluble sugar and starch concentrations in each tissue, accompanied by a decline in the non-structural carbohydrate (NSC) concentration. Specifically, N2 treatment exhibited the highest NSC accumulation and the remobilized NSC reserve, but NSCs per spikelet decreased with delayed compensation timing. The highest yield was also obtained with N2, exhibiting a 4.5% increase compared to the N0 treatment, primarily due to an improvement in spikelets per panicle. Conclusively, N compensation at the panicle initiation stage is a reasonable N management strategy that can coordinate the improvement of carbon and N metabolism, enhance N accumulation with efficient utilization and NSC accumulation, and ultimately increase the yield.
