Paper · 2019 · Scientific Reports

Potential for high yield with increased seedling density and decreased N fertilizer application under seedling-throwing rice cultivation

Yang Liu; Chao Li; Baohua Fang; et al.

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Abstract

Abstract Fertilizer application for rice production has increased significantly in southern China to raise yields, but has led to problems with lodging, quality decline and environmental pollution. Therefore, research on fertilizer-saving cultivation technologies for high-yielding rice is necessary. A two-factor experiment was conducted to evaluate the effects of seedling-addition treatment (SAT) and nitrogen-saving treatment (NST) on yield formation and nitrogen absorption of individual plants and plant groups under the seedling-throwing cultivation system. Numbers of spikelets per panicle and filled grains per panicle of individual plants declined under decreased nitrogen application, but was compensated by substantially increased effective panicles number and total number of glumous flowers under SAT. Under the optimal SAT–NST treatments of 18% less N fertilizer and 32% additional seedlings, yield increased 1.79% and 4.29% compared with that of conventional practice (CK) in 2015 and 2016, respectively. The mature-stage individual-plant biomass under SAT–NST treatments decreased by 27.46% and 20.49% compared with CK in 2015 and 2016, but plant-group biomass did not differ significantly (all >16 t ha −1 ). Under SAT–NST treatments, effective number of panicles was positively correlated with maximum number of seedlings ( r = 0.643) and N absorption amount in the tillering stage ( r = 0.901).

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Decreased nitrogen reduced spikelets per panicle of individual plants.

Treatment
decreased nitrogen applicatione0
Outcome
Numbers of spikelets per paniclee0
Direction
declinede0

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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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“Numbers of spikelets per panicle and filled grains per panicle of individual plants declined under decreased nitrogen application”

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“rice”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

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Decreased nitrogen reduced filled grains per panicle of individual plants.

Treatment
decreased nitrogen applicatione0
Outcome
filled grains per paniclee0
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declinede0

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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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“Numbers of spikelets per panicle and filled grains per panicle of individual plants declined under decreased nitrogen application”

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“rice”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

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Seedling addition increased effective panicle number.

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SATe0
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effective panicles numbere0
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increasede0

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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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“substantially increased effective panicles number and total number of glumous flowers under SAT”

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“rice”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

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Seedling addition increased total glumous flower number.

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SATe0
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total number of glumous flowerse0
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increasede0

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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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“substantially increased effective panicles number and total number of glumous flowers under SAT”

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“rice”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

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With 18% less nitrogen and 32% more seedlings, yield rose 1.79% in 2015 versus conventional practice.

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18% less N fertilizer and 32% additional seedlingse0
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increasede0
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1.79%e0
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2015e0
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conventional practice (CK)e0

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Oryza sativa
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“Under the optimal SAT–NST treatments of 18% less N fertilizer and 32% additional seedlings, yield increased 1.79% and 4.29% compared with that of conventional practice (CK) in 2015 and 2016, respectively”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

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With 18% less nitrogen and 32% more seedlings, yield rose 4.29% in 2016 versus conventional practice.

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18% less N fertilizer and 32% additional seedlingse0
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yielde0
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increasede0
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4.29%e0
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2016e0
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conventional practice (CK)e0

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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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“Under the optimal SAT–NST treatments of 18% less N fertilizer and 32% additional seedlings, yield increased 1.79% and 4.29% compared with that of conventional practice (CK) in 2015 and 2016, respectively”

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“rice”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

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Combined treatments reduced mature individual plant biomass by 27.46% in 2015.

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SAT–NST treatmentse0
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mature-stage individual-plant biomasse0
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decreasede0
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27.46%e0
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2015e0
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CKe0

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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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“The mature-stage individual-plant biomass under SAT–NST treatments decreased by 27.46% and 20.49% compared with CK in 2015 and 2016”

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“rice”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

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Combined treatments reduced mature individual plant biomass by 20.49% in 2016.

Treatment
SAT–NST treatmentse0
Outcome
mature-stage individual-plant biomasse0
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decreasede0
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20.49%e0
Qualifier
2016e0
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CKe0

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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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“The mature-stage individual-plant biomass under SAT–NST treatments decreased by 27.46% and 20.49% compared with CK in 2015 and 2016”

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“rice”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultno effectnot significant (as stated)measured

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Group biomass did not differ significantly under combined treatments versus conventional practice.

Treatment
SAT–NST treatmentse0
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plant-group biomasse0
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did not differe0
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>16 t ha −1e0
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CKe0

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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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“The mature-stage individual-plant biomass under SAT–NST treatments decreased by 27.46% and 20.49% compared with CK in 2015 and 2016, but plant-group biomass did not differ significantly (all >16 t ha −1 )”

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Associationobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

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Effective panicle number correlated positively with maximum seedling number (r = 0.643).

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maximum number of seedlingse0
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effective number of paniclese0
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positively correlatede0
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r = 0.643e0

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

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

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“effective number of panicles was positively correlated with maximum number of seedlings ( r = 0.643)”

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“rice”

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Associationobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

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Effective panicle number correlated positively with tillering-stage nitrogen absorption (r = 0.901).

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tillering stagee0
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effective number of paniclese0
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positively correlatede0
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r = 0.901e0

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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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“effective number of panicles was positively correlated with maximum number of seedlings ( r = 0.643) and N absorption amount in the tillering stage ( r = 0.901)”

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