Polymer-Coated Urea Delays Growth and Accumulation of Key Nutrients in Aerobic Rice but Does Not Affect Grain Mineral Concentrations
Southern Cross Plant Science, Southern Cross University, PO Box 157 Lismore, NSW 2480, Australia
Academic Editor: Gareth J. Norton
Agronomy 2016, 6(1), 9; https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy6010009
Received: 30 July 2015
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Revised: 12 January 2016
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Accepted: 25 January 2016
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Published: 28 January 2016
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Accumulation and Distribution of Elements in Crop Plants)
Enhanced efficiency nitrogen (N) fertilizers (EEFs) may improve crop recovery of fertilizer-N, but there is evidence that some EEFs cause a lag in crop growth compared to growth with standard urea. Biomass and mineral nutrient accumulation was investigated in rice fertilized with urea, urea-3,4-dimethylpyrazole phosphate (DMPP) and polymer-coated urea (PCU) to determine whether any delays in biomass production alter the accumulation patterns, and subsequent grain concentrations, of key mineral nutrients. Plant growth and mineral accumulation and partitioning to grains did not differ significantly between plants fertilized with urea or urea-DMPP. In contrast, biomass accumulation and the accumulation of phosphorus, potassium, calcium, magnesium, copper, zinc and manganese were delayed during the early growth phase of plants fertilized with PCU. However, plants in the PCU treatment ultimately compensated for this by increasing growth and nutrient uptake during the latter vegetative stages so that no differences in biomass or nutrient accumulation generally existed among N fertilizer treatments at anthesis. Delayed biomass accumulation in rice fertilized with PCU does not appear to reduce the total accumulation of mineral nutrients, nor to have any impact on grain mineral nutrition when biomass and grain yields are equal to those of rice grown with urea or urea-DMPP.
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Keywords:
controlled-release urea; nitrification inhibitor; nitrogen; phosphorus
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Rose, T.J. Polymer-Coated Urea Delays Growth and Accumulation of Key Nutrients in Aerobic Rice but Does Not Affect Grain Mineral Concentrations. Agronomy 2016, 6, 9. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy6010009
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Rose TJ. Polymer-Coated Urea Delays Growth and Accumulation of Key Nutrients in Aerobic Rice but Does Not Affect Grain Mineral Concentrations. Agronomy. 2016; 6(1):9. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy6010009
Chicago/Turabian StyleRose, Terry J. 2016. "Polymer-Coated Urea Delays Growth and Accumulation of Key Nutrients in Aerobic Rice but Does Not Affect Grain Mineral Concentrations" Agronomy 6, no. 1: 9. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy6010009
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