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AGRONOMY-BASEL
卷 9, 期 11, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/agronomy9110681
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growth; specific leaf nitrogen; nitrogen use efficiency; critical nitrogen uptake
Excessive nitrogen (N) fertilizers are applied in lettuce causing both environmental issues and N crop luxury consumption. In order to improve the N use efficiency (NUE) by defining optimal crop growth and N requirements of butterhead and crisphead lettuce, two field experiments were conducted using 0, 50, and 100 kg ha(-1) of N fertilizer to study (i) the growth and productivity, (ii) the NUE, (iii) the critical N dilution curve, and (iv) the N demand. Nitrogen supply enhanced dry weight (DW) accumulation in the butterhead (from 295 to 410 g m(-2)), but not in the crisphead type (251 g m(-2)). The NUE indices underlined the poor ability of the crisphead type in absorbing soil N and also in the utilization of the absorbed N for producing DW. The critical N dilution curves %Nc = 3.96 DW-0.205 and %Nc = 3.65 DW-0.115 were determined for crisphead and butterhead lettuce, respectively. Based on these type-specific %Nc curves, the estimated N demand was 125 kg ha(-1) in the butterhead and 80 kg ha(-1) in the crisphead lettuce for producing 4.3 and 2.5 Mg ha(-1) of DW, respectively, under Mediterranean climate. Neither N fertilization nor genotype affected crop productivity.
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