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Growth and nitrogen allocation of dry season tropical rice as a result of carbon dioxide fertilization and elevated night time temperature

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A field experiment was laid out on carbon dioxide (CO2) fertilization for 3 years in dry cropping seasons to investigate the effects of elevated CO2 (e-CO2) (550 µmol mol−1) and elevated CO2 (550 µmol mol−1) + elevated temperature (+2 °C over ambient) (e-CO2 + T) on biomass production, carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) concentration in plant parts, its allocation and grain quality in a tropical rice (cultivar-Naveen) under open top chambers (OTCs). The aboveground plant biomass, root biomass, leaf area index and net C assimilation rates were increased significantly under e-CO2 to that of ambient CO2 in control chamber CC by 32, 26, 21 and 37 %, respectively over the three dry cropping seasons. The grain yield was significantly higher under e-CO2 compared to CC (21.6 %), although the higher temperature in e-CO2 + T significantly reduced the yield advantage by 8.5 % overe-CO2. The amylose content was significantly increased by 10 % under e-CO2 + T over CC. In dry season, CO2 fertilization enhanced the rice yield by 21.6 % but the yield advantage of CO2 fertilization were reduced by 8.5 % due to elevated temperature. We did not found any deterioration ingrain quality in elevated temperature (2 °C) in low land rice ecologies.

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Acknowledgments

The work has been partially supported by the grant of ICAR- NAIP (Component-4, 2031), ICAR-NICRA project and CRRI. Authors are grateful to the then and present Director of CRRI for providing the facilities. We also acknowledge the guidance of Dr. S. N. Singh and Dr. V. R. Rao. Some portions of the results are the part of PhD work of Mr. K. S. Roy. Technical support provided by Mr. Subrat Ranjan Das and the technical staff of the division of Crop Production in maintaining the OTCs, field and laboratory experiments is gratefully acknowledged.

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      K. S. Roy, P. Bhattacharyya & A. K. Nayak

    2. Biochemistry Physiology and Environmental Science Division, Central Rice Research Institute, Cuttack, Orissa, 753006, India

      S. G. Sharma

    3. Division of Plant Physiology, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, Pusa, New Delhi, 110012, India

      D. C. Uprety

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    Roy, K.S., Bhattacharyya, P., Nayak, A.K. et al. Growth and nitrogen allocation of dry season tropical rice as a result of carbon dioxide fertilization and elevated night time temperature. Nutr Cycl Agroecosyst 103, 293–309 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10705-015-9741-2

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