Paper · 2026 · The Crop Journal

Relationship between leaf color change and ammonia volatilization in rice during grain filling

Chang Ye; Yanan Xu; Yi Tao; et al.

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Abstract

The objective of this study was to determine whether leaf color change in rice plants predicts ammonia (NH 3 ) volatilization during the late grain-filling period. In a pot study of indica and indica–japonica hybrid cultivars, the leaf color-changing rate was highly significantly positively correlated with NH 3 volatilization during the grain-filling stage. Cultivars with fast leaf color-changing had higher NH 3 volatilization loss due to their higher apoplastic NH 4 + concentration and NH 3 compensation point, along with lower glutamine synthetase (GS) activity. N application, although it delayed leaf color change, led to increased NH 3 volatilization. Selecting cultivars with slow leaf color-changing characteristics and managing fertilization to delay the leaf color change process could reduce N gas loss and increase N use efficiency

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Associationobservedoriginal resultsignificant (as stated)measured

Claim · model-written summary

In a pot study of indica and indica-japonica hybrid rice cultivars, the leaf color-changing rate was highly significantly positively correlated with NH3 volatilization during grain filling.

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indica and indica–japonica hybrid cultivarse0
Outcome
NH 3 volatilizatione0
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positively correlatede0
Qualifier
leaf color-changing ratee0

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Oryza sativa
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“In a pot study of indica and indica–japonica hybrid cultivars, the leaf color-changing rate was highly significantly positively correlated with NH 3 volatilization during the grain-filling stage”

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Associationobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

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Rice cultivars with fast leaf color-changing had higher NH3 volatilization loss.

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Cultivars with fast leaf color-changinge0
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NH 3 volatilization losse0
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highere0

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“Cultivars with fast leaf color-changing had higher NH 3 volatilization loss due to their higher apoplastic NH 4 + concentration and NH 3 compensation point, along with lower glutamine synthetase (GS) activity”

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Mechanismauthor interpretationoriginal resultmeasured

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The higher NH3 volatilization loss of fast leaf color-changing rice cultivars is attributed to higher apoplastic NH4+ concentration and NH3 compensation point together with lower glutamine synthetase activity.

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glutamine synthetase (GS)e0
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apoplastic NH 4 +e0
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NH 3 volatilization losse0
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higher apoplastic NH 4 + concentration and NH 3 compensation point, along with lower glutamine synthetase (GS) activitye0

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Oryza sativa
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“Cultivars with fast leaf color-changing had higher NH 3 volatilization loss due to their higher apoplastic NH 4 + concentration and NH 3 compensation point, along with lower glutamine synthetase (GS) activity”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultmeasured

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N application delayed leaf color change in rice.

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N applicatione0
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leaf color changee0
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delayede0

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Oryza sativa
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“N application, although it delayed leaf color change, led to increased NH 3 volatilization”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

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N application increased NH3 volatilization in rice.

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N applicatione0
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NH 3 volatilizatione0
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increasede0

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Oryza sativa
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“N application, although it delayed leaf color change, led to increased NH 3 volatilization”

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Recommendationauthor interpretationoriginal resultpositivebasis n/a

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Selecting rice cultivars with slow leaf color-changing and managing fertilization to delay leaf color change could reduce N gas loss and increase N use efficiency.

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reduce N gas loss and increase N use efficiencye0

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Oryza sativa
Oryza sativa · Taxon · picture from its Wikimedia Commons categoryDesmanthus4food · CC BY-SA 3.0 us · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“Selecting cultivars with slow leaf color-changing characteristics and managing fertilization to delay the leaf color change process could reduce N gas loss and increase N use efficiency”

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