Abstract
Abstract Nitrate‐N uptake from soil depends on root growth and uptake activity. However, under field conditions N‐uptake activity is difficult to estimate from soil‐N depletion due to different loss pathways. We modified the current mesh‐bag method to estimate nitrate‐N‐uptake activity and root growth of two oilseed‐rape cultivars differing in N‐uptake efficiency. N‐efficient cultivar (cv.) ‘Apex' and N‐inefficient cv. ‘Capitol' were grown in a field experiment on a silty clayey gleyic fluvisol near Göttingen, northern Germany, and fertilized with 0 (N 0 ) and 227 (N 227 ) kg N ha –1 . In February 2002, PVC tubes with a diameter of 50 mm were installed between plant rows at 0–0.3 and 0–0.6 m soil depth with an angle of 45°. At the beginning of shooting, beginning of flowering, and at seed filling, the PVC tubes were substituted by PVC tubes (compartments) of the same diameter, but with an open window at the upper side either at a soil depth of 0–0.3 or 0.3–0.6 m allowing roots to grow into the tubes. Anion‐exchange resin at the bottom of the compartment allowed estimation of nitrate leaching. The compartments were then filled with root‐free soil which was amended with or without 90 mg N (kg soil) –1 . The newly developed roots and nitrate‐N depletion were estimated in the compartments after the installing period (21 d at shooting stage and 16 d both at flowering and grain‐filling stages). Nitrate‐N depletion was estimated from the difference between NO $ _3^- $ ‐N contents of compartments containing roots and control compartments (windows closed with a membrane) containing no roots. The amount of nitrate leached from the compartments was quantified from the resin and has been taken into consideration in the calculation of the N depletion. The amount of N depleted from the compartments significantly correlated with root‐length density. Suboptimal N application to the crop reduced total biomass and seed‐yield formation substantially (24% and 38% for ‘Apex’ and ‘Capitol’, respectively). At the shooting stage, there were no differences in root production and N depletion from the compartments by the two cultivars between N 0 and N 227 . But at flowering and seed‐filling stages, higher root production and accordingly higher N depletion was observed at N 0 compared to N 227 . Towards later growth stages, the newly developed roots were characterized by a reduction of root diameter and a shift towards the deeper soil layer (0.3–0.6m). At low but not at high N supply, the N‐efficient cv. ‘Apex’ exhibited higher root growth and accordingly depleted nitrate‐N more effectively than the N‐inefficient cv. ‘Capitol’, especially during the reproductive growth phase. The calculated nitrate‐N‐uptake rate per unit root length was maximal at flowering (for the low N supply) but showed no difference between the two cultivars. This indicated that the higher N‐uptake efficiency of cv. ‘Apex’ was due to higher root growth rather than higher uptake per unit of root length.
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Claims 11
Claim · model-written summary
Compartment nitrogen depletion correlated significantly with root length density.
- Taxon
- oilseed rape
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Brassica napust0 - Organ / stage
- roote0
- Outcome
- N depleted from the compartmentse0
Not reportedDirection
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Verbatim
e0“The amount of N depleted from the compartments significantly correlated with root‐length density”
t0“oilseed rape”
Claim · model-written summary
Suboptimal nitrogen reduced biomass and seed yield by 24% for Apex.
- Taxon
- oilseed rapeBrassica napust0
- Material
- Apexe0
- Treatment
- Suboptimal N applicatione0
- Outcome
- total biomass and seed‐yield formatione0
- Direction
- reducede0
- Value
- 24%e0
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“Suboptimal N application to the crop reduced total biomass and seed‐yield formation substantially (24% and 38% for ‘Apex’ and ‘Capitol’, respectively)”
t0“oilseed rape”
Claim · model-written summary
Suboptimal nitrogen reduced biomass and seed yield by 38% for Capitol.
- Taxon
- oilseed rapeBrassica napust0
- Material
- Capitole0
- Treatment
- Suboptimal N applicatione0
- Outcome
- total biomass and seed‐yield formatione0
- Direction
- reducede0
- Value
- 38%e0
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“Suboptimal N application to the crop reduced total biomass and seed‐yield formation substantially (24% and 38% for ‘Apex’ and ‘Capitol’, respectively)”
t0“oilseed rape”
Claim · model-written summary
At shooting, root production and nitrogen depletion did not differ between cultivars or nitrogen supplies.
- Taxon
- oilseed rapeBrassica napust0
- Organ / stage
- shooting stagee0
- Outcome
- root production and N depletione0
- Direction
- no differencese0
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Verbatim
e0“At the shooting stage, there were no differences in root production and N depletion from the compartments by the two cultivars between N 0 and N 227”
t0“oilseed rape”
Claim · model-written summary
At flowering and seed filling, N0 had higher root production and nitrogen depletion than N227.
- Taxon
- oilseed rapeBrassica napust0
- Organ / stage
- flowering and seed‐filling stagese0
- Treatment
- N 0e0
- Outcome
- root production and accordingly higher N depletione0
- Direction
- highere0
- Comparator
- N 227e0
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Verbatim
e0“at flowering and seed‐filling stages, higher root production and accordingly higher N depletion was observed at N 0 compared to N 227”
t0“oilseed rape”
Claim · model-written summary
Later new roots had smaller diameters.
- Taxon
- oilseed rapeBrassica napust0
- Organ / stage
- later growth stagese0
- Outcome
- root diametere0
- Direction
- reductione0
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Verbatim
e0“Towards later growth stages, the newly developed roots were characterized by a reduction of root diameter”
t0“oilseed rape”
Claim · model-written summary
Later root growth shifted to the 0.3–0.6m layer.
- Taxon
- oilseed rapeBrassica napust0
- Outcome
- shift towards the deeper soil layere0
- Value
- 0.3–0.6me0
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Verbatim
e0“a shift towards the deeper soil layer (0.3–0.6m)”
t0“oilseed rape”
Claim · model-written summary
At low nitrogen supply, Apex had greater root growth than Capitol.
- Taxon
- oilseed rapeBrassica napust0
- Material
- Apexe0
- Outcome
- root growthe0
- Direction
- highere0
- Comparator
- Capitole0
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Verbatim
e0“At low but not at high N supply, the N‐efficient cv. ‘Apex’ exhibited higher root growth and accordingly depleted nitrate‐N more effectively than the N‐inefficient cv. ‘Capitol’”
t0“oilseed rape”
Claim · model-written summary
At low nitrogen supply, Apex depleted nitrate more effectively than Capitol.
- Taxon
- oilseed rapeBrassica napust0
- Material
- Apexe0
- Outcome
- nitrate‐Ne0
- Direction
- more effectivelye0
- Comparator
- Capitole0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“At low but not at high N supply, the N‐efficient cv. ‘Apex’ exhibited higher root growth and accordingly depleted nitrate‐N more effectively than the N‐inefficient cv. ‘Capitol’”
t0“oilseed rape”
Claim · model-written summary
Nitrate uptake per root length was maximal at flowering under low nitrogen.
- Taxon
- oilseed rapeBrassica napust0
- Organ / stage
- floweringe0
- Outcome
- nitrate‐N‐uptake rate per unit root lengthe0
- Direction
- maximale0
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Verbatim
e0“The calculated nitrate‐N‐uptake rate per unit root length was maximal at flowering (for the low N supply)”
t0“oilseed rape”
Claim · model-written summary
Nitrate uptake per root length did not differ between Apex and Capitol.
- Taxon
- oilseed rapeBrassica napust0
- Outcome
- nitrate‐N‐uptake rate per unit root lengthe0
- Direction
- no differencee0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The calculated nitrate‐N‐uptake rate per unit root length was maximal at flowering (for the low N supply) but showed no difference between the two cultivars”
t0“oilseed rape”
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