Acta Agriculturae Boreali-Sinica ›› 2025, Vol. 40 ›› Issue (1): 122-132. doi: 10.7668/hbnxb.20194972

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Effects of Nitrogen Application Rate on Growth,Development,Carbon and Nitrogen Metabolism of Upper Leaves of Different Flue-cured Tobacco Varieties

CHEN Keling1, WANG Dequan2, SONG Dewei2, WANG Dahai2, WANG Yuhua2, GUAN Ensen2, YANG Mingfeng3, LIU Jiang3, MA Xinghua1,   

  1. 1 Institute of Tobacco Research,Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences,Key Laboratory of Tobacco Biology and Processing,Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs,Qingdao 266101,China
    2 Shandong Weifang Tobacco Limited Company,Weifang 262100,China
    3 China Tobacco Shandong Industrial Co.,Ltd.,Jinan 250014,China
  • Received:2024-11-08 Published:2025-02-28

Abstract:

In order to provide production advice of high-quality upper tobacco leaves,field experiment was carried out to elucidate the effects of nitrogen application on the growth,development,carbon and nitrogen metabolism of upper leaves of different tobacco varieties.Three treatments,37.5(LN),75.0(MN)and 112.5 kg/ha nitrogen application rate(HN)were conducted with NC89 and Yunyan 87 as the test varieties.The effects of different treatments on the agronomic traits,photosynthetic characteristics,leaf tissue structure,key enzymes activity of carbon and nitrogen metabolism,and chemical composition of the upper leaves of were studied.The results showed that the leaf length,leaf width,leaf area,and leaf dry mass of the upper leaves of both varieties were significantly improved with the increased of nitrogen application rates.At 115 days after transplanting(DAT),the leaf area of NC89 and Yunyan 87 of HN were significantly increased by 63.10% and 68.43% compared to LN,respectively.Increasing nitrogen rate improved the leaf chlorophyll content of NC89,the leaf chlorophyll content of HN was 6.67%—37.50% higher than that of LN,respectively.The leaf net photosynthetic rate was notably improved by increasing nitrogen rate of Yunyan 87,especially at 70 DAT and 80 DAT.The leaf palisade tissue,leaf spongy tissue,and leaf thickness were markedly promoted with the increased nitrogen application rate on 85—115 DAT.The palisade tissue and spongy tissue thickness of LN and MN were almost stable from 95 to 115 DAT,but HN improved by 9.82%—14.08% and 10.72%—13.72% respectively.The leaf carbon content and leaf carbon and nitrogen ratio of both varieties were significantly decreased by reduced nitrogen rate,while leaf nitrogen content significantly increased.The activities of invertase,sucrose phosphate synthase,sucrose synthase,and glutamate synthase of both varieties were increased with the increased nitrogen application rate.HN decreased the amylase activity of Yunyan 87,but increased that of NC89.At 115 DAT,the amylase activity of HN of Yunyan 87 was 27.53% lower than MN,while HN increased amylase activity by 33.86% and 21.74% compared to LN and MN of NC89,respectively.The activity of glutamine synthetase of Yunyan 87 significantly increased with the increased nitrogen application rate,while there was no significant difference among different treatments of NC89.The content of flue-cured tobacco leaf reducing sugar and total sugar were reduced,but the content of nicotine and total nitrogen were improved with increased nitrogen application rate.Under the same nitrogen application rate,the content of flue-cured tobacco leaf nicotine,total nitrogen,and potassium of Yunyan 87 were higher than NC89,while the content of reducing sugar,content of total sugar(except LN),sugar and nicotine ratio,and nitrogen and nicotine ratio were lower than NC89.The effect of nitrogen application rate on upper leaves of tobacco varieties is difference.Increasing nitrogen application rate could promote the growth,development and carbon metabolism,reduce sugar and nicotine ratio and nitrogen and nicotine ratio,and improve the coordination of chemical components of NC89.However,increasing nitrogen application rate could lead to excessive nitrogen metabolism,delay the transformation from nitrogen metabolism to carbon accumulation metabolism,and cause late maturity of Yunyan 87.

Key words: Flue-cured tobacco, Nitrogen application rate, Variety, Upper leaf, Carbon and nitrogen metabolism

Cite this article

CHEN Keling, WANG Dequan, SONG Dewei, WANG Dahai, WANG Yuhua, GUAN Ensen, YANG Mingfeng, LIU Jiang, MA Xinghua. Effects of Nitrogen Application Rate on Growth,Development,Carbon and Nitrogen Metabolism of Upper Leaves of Different Flue-cured Tobacco Varieties[J]. Acta Agriculturae Boreali-Sinica, 2025, 40(1): 122-132. doi: 10.7668/hbnxb.20194972.

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