title: [Effect of hyacinth mulching on rice (Oryza sativa L.) uptake and utilization of nitrogen].
abstract: Nitrogen is the most important element for rice growth, and hyacinth can absorb large quantities of nitrogen and accumulate in their tissues. The field experiment was conducted to investigate the effects of hyacinth mulching on rice nitrogen (N) concentration, uptake, efficiency and allocation at different growth stages. Taked Yun 2645 as a material, the nitrogen uptake and utilization of rice were evaluated under two different levels of N input: low (LN, 120 kg x hm(-2)) and normal N (NN, 240 kg x hm(-2)) in 2009. Main results showed that: (1) Compared with AMB, hyacinth mulching significantly increased N concentration in rice plant over the season, hyacinth mulching significantly increased nitrogen accumulation in rice plant, and the increasing rate was gradual addition from mid-tillering to heading, but from heading to maturity the increasing rate was gradual decline. (2) Hyacinth mulching had no obvious effect on nitrogen allocation pattern in leaves and stems of rice over the season, significantly decreased nitrogen allocation pattern in spikes. (3) Except mid-tillering, hyacinth mulching resulted in the significant decrease in N use efficiency for biomass (NUEp) over the season and in N use efficiency for grain yield (NUEg) at grain maturity, but no effect was observed on nitrogen harvest index (NHI). (4) Nitrogen concentration and accumulation at most growth stages of rice increased with increasing N supply (p < 0.05 or 0.01), but NUEp and NUEg showed the opposite trends. 1(5) nteractions between hyacinth mulching x N were not observed for N uptake and utilization. Hyacinth mulching increased N concentration and N uptake, decreased NUEp and NUEg at most growth stages of rice.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Agricultural Resources and Environments, Jiangsu Academy of Agriculture Sciences, Nangjing 210014, China. Liuhongjiang2004@sohu.com
authors.forename: Hong-jiang
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Liu-gen
authors.initials: LG
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Pu-ping
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sheng
authors.forename: Yue-fang
authors.initials: YF
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Jian-chu
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Zheng
mesh_terms: D000042:Absorption; D000383:Agriculture / Q000379:methods*; D001673:Biodegradation, Environmental; D031423:Hyacinthus / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000378:metabolism; D009584:Nitrogen / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D012275:Oryza / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D009584:Nitrogen