Relationship between water use and nitrogen use efficiency discerned by 13C discrimination and 15N isotope ratio in bread wheat grown under no-till》.pdf

Soil Tillage Research 128 (2013) 110–118 Contents lists available at SciVerse ScienceDirect Soil Tillage Research jou r nal h o mep age: w ww.els evier .co m/lo c ate/s till Relationship between water use and nitrogen use efficiency discerned by 13C discrimination and 15N isotope ratio in bread wheat grown under no-till a,* b,1 b,1 c R.C. Dalal , W.M. Strong , J.E. Cooper , A.J. King a Department of Science, Information Technology, Innovation and the Arts, Dutton Park, Qld 4102, Australia b Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Toowoomba, Qld 4350, Australia c Department of Natural Resources and Mines, Toowoomba, Qld 4350, Australia A R T I C L E I N F O A B S T R A C T Article history: Tillage practices affect soil water and nitrogen supply to bread wheat grown under rainfed conditions. It Received 28 November 2011 may, therefore, affect grain yields and 13C/12C ratio or d13C, expressed as D13C discrimination in Received in revised form 16 July 2012 photosynthesis and d15N natural abundance by the wheat crop. To assess whether D13C and d15N natural Accepted 29 July 2012 abundance can be used to evaluate the tillage and N use effects on wheat crop yield, N uptake, and nitrogen use efficiency (NUE), we examined the d15N and D13C values of wheat dry matter at anthesis Keywords: