ZESZYT Nr 26/ 2016 Abstrakty Volume No. 26/2016 Abstracts |
5. Analysis of water and nitrogen use efficiency in winter wheat grown under mildly dry conditions - Antoni Faber, Zuzanna Jarosz, Agnieszka Rutkowska Abstract. Improving
Nitrogen Use Efficiency (NUE) in crops of winter wheat is of interest
in Poland, due to their significant share in the sown area. The aim of
this study was, therefore, to determine the relationships between grain
(Yd) and N yields (Yn), NUE, Water Use Efficiency (WUE) depending on N
rates (F) and actual potential evapotranspiration (APET). The study
used the results of field experiments, conducted in the years 2003–2013
in two locations in Poland. In the experiments, wheat was fertilized
with doses of 40, 80, 120, 160 and 200 kg N/ha under the fertilization
with P, K, Mg and Ca. It was found that the dose range of 80 ± 40 kg
N/ha allowed to obtain Yd of 5.34 ± 1.43 t/ha and NUE values of 116 ±
17%, which brought the risk of soil N mining. Increasing N doses (160 ±
40 kg/ha) increased Yd (6.08 ± 0.71 t/ha) and allowed for obtaining the
desired values of NUE (73 ± 5%), Yn (119 ± 18 kg/ha) and N surplus (43
± 13 kg/ha). The performed statistical analysis showed that Yd, Yn and
WUE had grown with increasing doses of N under the influence of water
shortages in the range of APET less than 398 mm. Under these conditions
positive interaction between Yd, Yn, WUE depending on F and APET has
been demonstrated. Only for a dose of 200 kg N/ha were found negative
interactions between Yd, WUE on F and APET. NUE decreased with
increasing N doses. The relationship between NUE and WUE was positive
but specific for N doses due to the statistically significant
interaction of F×WUE. The maximum value of WUE obtained in the
experiments was 26 kg grain/ha/mm. In the absence of limiting factors
WUE increased linearly together with growing NUE up to the value of
93.9% and then linearly decreased. In the range of the desired NUE
values (50–90%), WUE values were between 16,4–23,5 kg grain/ha/mm. keywords: winter wheat, Nitrogen Use Efficiency (NUE), Water Use Efficiency (WUE), field experiments |