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Variations of growth, nitrogen accumulation and nitrogen use efficiency among 18 willow clones under two nitrogen regimes

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Willows (Salix spp.) have excellent capacity for acquiring nutrients, and are widely used for removing excess nutrients in wastewater purification system. In this study, 18 willow clones were evaluated in terms of growth parameters, nitrogen (N) accumulation and N use efficiency under two N regimes (low N and high N) with a sand culture system. Clonal differences were observed in biomass production, relative growth rate, N accumulation and use efficiency under two N regimes, which were contributed to the clone level. For all clones, nitrogen use efficiency was lower under high N condition than under low N condition. Nitrogen removal efficiency differed by 7-fold (low N regime) and 10-fold (high N regime) based on shoot N contents between the lowest and the highest clone. Among all the clones, J799 had the highest N content in shoots, showing largest N removal potential. These results confirmed that growth analysis and nutrient use strategy are efficient method of selecting Salix clones for improving the N removal potential.

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Acknowledgments

This work was funded by the Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 31100513), the Key International Cooperative Project of CN-USA (Grant No. 2010DFB33960), the Key Project of Ningbo Science and Technology Bureau of Zhejiang Province (Grant No. 2012C10003), the Key project of Ministry of Science and Technology of China (Grant No. 2012BAC17B02) and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities. We thank Jianhong Li for her excellent technical assistance.

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  1. Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Environmental Remediation and Ecological Health, College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China

    Weidong Yang, Zhiqiang Zhu, Fengliang Zhao, Zheli Ding, Muhammad Tariq Rafiq, Yuyan Wang, Xincheng Zhang & Xiaoe Yang

  2. College of Agriculture, Hainan University, Renmin Road 58, Haikou, 570228, China

    Zhiqiang Zhu

  3. Ministry of Agriculture Danzhou Scientific Observing and Experimental Station of Agro-Environment, Environment and Plant Protection Institute, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences (CATAS), Danzhou, 571737, China

    Fengliang Zhao

  4. Haikou Experimental Station, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences (CATAS), Haikou, 570102, China

    Zheli Ding

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Yang, W., Zhu, Z., Zhao, F. et al. Variations of growth, nitrogen accumulation and nitrogen use efficiency among 18 willow clones under two nitrogen regimes. Agroforest Syst 89, 67–79 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10457-014-9742-1

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