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JOURNAL OF PLANT NUTRITION
Volume 41, Issue 20, Pages 2637-2643Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.1080/01904167.2018.1527934
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benchmarking; nitrogen nutrition index; plant nitrogen status; risk management
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Insufficient nitrogen applications may contribute to yield gaps in low rainfall environments of Western Australia (WA). This study tested a nitrogen nutrition index (NNI) for wheat tailored for low rainfall regions, which is based on rainfall-scaled dilution curves. We analyzed yield, shoot biomass, and nitrogen concentration from 32 field trials in WA. An empirical rainfall threshold of 400 mm (summer + growing season rainfall) returned two parallel dilution curves accounting for the reduction of critical N in drier and lower yielding conditions. Scatterplots of relative yield and rainfall-adjusted NNI returned a robust boundary function that may lead to greater adoption by growers. The NNI defined in this research study can be applied and further tested by growers in WA, but may also apply to other low rainfall environments, to close nitrogen related yield gaps.
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