Nitrogen resorption in senescing leaf blades of rice exposed to free-air CO2 enrichment (FACE) under different N fertilization levels

Shimpei Oikawa, Hitomi Ehara, Mika Koyama, Tadaki Hirose, Kouki Hikosaka, Charles P. Chen, Hirofumi Nakamura, Hidemitsu Sakai, Takeshi Tokida, Yasuhiro Usui, Toshihiro Hasegawa

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Abstract

Aims: Nitrogen (N) resorption from senescing leaves is essential to meet N demand for grain development in rice (Oryza sativa L.). We asked whether rice is capable of reducing N in their senesced leaf blade to lower concentration at elevated [CO2] more in low than in high N fertilization. Methods: The effects of elevated [CO2] and N fertilization on senesced leaf N concentration were examined for 3 years with the free-air CO2 enrichment (FACE) technology. Results: Elevated [CO2] decreased the senesced leaf N concentration but the change was generally small and did not hold over the growing seasons. Additionally, there was no evidence that the change was greater at low than at high N fertilization levels. Conclusions: The 3-year field measurements showed that elevated [CO2] did not change the senesced leaf N concentration consistently. The occasional decrease in senesced leaf N concentration was associated with a decrease in green leaf N concentration at elevated [CO2] but not with the proportion of leaf N resorbed during leaf senescence.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)231-240
Number of pages10
JournalPlant and Soil
Volume418
Issue number1-2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2017 Sept 1

Keywords

  • Atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration
  • Global change
  • Leaf senescence
  • Litter production
  • Litter quality
  • Nitrogen retranslocation

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