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Impacts of wheat photosynthate allocation on soil N2O emission during post-anthesis period

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Abstract

Both spikelet removal and low temperature stress largely reduced photosynthate allocation to wheat grain; the former stimulated the average N2O emissions by 31.3% and 33.2% under the field and pot conditions; the latter increased average N2O emission by 19.9% under pot condition. Spikelet removal and low temperature stress significantly reduced total plant N uptake, thereby increasing soil NO3–-N content, and increased root biomass. Our findings indicated that photosynthate allocation affects the soil N2O emissions from wheat fields through altering plant N uptake and root growth, and suggest that promoting photosynthate allocation to grain may not only benefit higher wheat yield but also mitigate greenhouse gas emissions.

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This work was financially supported by the National Key Research and Development Program China (2016YFD0300803), the Chinese Nature Science Foundation (31201179), the Special Fund for Agro-scientific Research in the Public Interest (201503116-10), and the Innovation Program of CAAS.

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  1. Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Key Laboratory of Crop Physiology & Ecology, Ministry of Agriculture, Beijing, 100081, China

    Aixing Deng, Xin Zhang, Haoyu Qian, Yu Zhang, Changli Chen, Chengyan Zheng & Weijian Zhang

  2. The College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, 95616, USA

    Xingyue Zhang

  3. College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, EX4 4RJ, UK

    Yu Jiang

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Deng, A., Zhang, X., Zhang, X. et al. Impacts of wheat photosynthate allocation on soil N2O emission during post-anthesis period. Biol Fertil Soils 55, 643–648 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00374-019-01377-4

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