Effects of Nutrient Management Strategies on Yield Formation of Dryland Wheat in the Loess Plateau of China

Hafeez Noor^{1, 2}, Ruixuan Hao^{1, 3}, Peiru Wang^{1, 3}, Aixia Ren^{1, 3}, Min Sun^{1, 3,} , Kong Weilin^{1, 3}, Zhang Jing Jing^{1, 3}, Sana Ullah⁴, Fida Noor⁴, Pengcheng Ding^{1, 3} and Zhiqiang Gao^{1, 3}

¹College of Agriculture, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taigu, 030801, Shanxi, China

²State Key Laboratory of Sustainable Dryland Agriculture (In Preparation), Shanxi Agricultural University, Taiyuan 030006, China;University College of Dera Murad Jamali Naseerabad (LUAWMS)-80700, Balochistan, Pakistan

³State Key Laboratory of Sustainable Dryland Agriculture (In Preparation), Shanxi Agricultural University, Taiyuan 030006, China

⁴University College of Dera Murad Jamali Naseerabad (LUAWMS)-80700, Balochistan, Pakistan

Cite this paper:
Hafeez Noor, Ruixuan Hao, Peiru Wang, Aixia Ren, Min Sun, Kong Weilin, Zhang Jing Jing, Sana Ullah, Fida Noor, Pengcheng Ding and Zhiqiang Gao. Effects of Nutrient Management Strategies on Yield Formation of Dryland Wheat in the Loess Plateau of China. Journal of Food and Nutrition Research. 2022; 10(3):188-199. doi: 10.12691/jfnr-10-3-3

Abstract

In order to explore the optimum amount of nitrogen application of winter wheat, a field experiment was conducted at Wenxi experimental site of Shanxi Agriculture Wenxi. Nitrogen application significantly increased the Net Photosynthesis Rate (P_N), intercellular carbon dioxide concentration (C_i) and transpiration rate (E) of post-anthesis flag leaves. Compared to other nitrogen application rates, 210 kg ha^–1 was the best compared to other nitrogen application rates, with the nitrogen of 210 kg ha^–1 nitrogen application increased nitrogen accumulation in all growth stages. The content of each protein component increased. With 210 kg ha^–1 of nitrogen application, the albumin, globulin, prolamin, and glutenin was high in content and showed no significant with those of 240 kg ha^–1 application rate. The protein yield at 210 kg ha^–1 were significantly improved compared to other nitrogen application rates. The prolamin and glutenin (storage protein) were the highest at 210 kg ha^–1. Significantly improved the protein yield at 210 kg ha^–1 compared to other nitrogen application rates.

Keywords:
Dryland wheat N uptake efficiency protein soluble sugar starch photosynthesis characteristic

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