Acta Agriculturae Boreali-Sinica ›› 2025, Vol. 40 ›› Issue (S1): 178-189. doi: 10.7668/hbnxb.20196119

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Effect and Evaluation of Water-saving and Nitrogen Reduction on Yield and Quality of Strong Gluten Wheat

WANG Bianyin1, YAN Zhenxing2, LIU Binhui1, LIU Bo3, CHEN Zhaoyang1, LIU Yajie1, ZHANG Wenying1   

  1. 1 Institute of Dryland Farming of Hebei Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences,Hebei Key Laboratory of Crops Drought Resistance Research,Hengshui 053000,China
    2 Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Center for Agricultural Resources Research,Shijiazhuang 050022,China
    3 Workstation of Cangzhou Seed,Cangzhou 061000,China
  • Received:2025-04-23 Published:2025-12-29

Abstract:

To address the challenges of water scarcity and excessive nitrogen fertilizer application in strong gluten wheat production in the low plain areas of Hebei Province,the effects of water-saving and nitrogen-reduction cultivation modes on grain yield and quality of strong-gluten wheat were studied and evaluated,which provided reference for breeding and cultivation management of strong gluten wheat in this region.Field experiments were conducted in Cangzhou from 2016 to 2018,with the conventional treatment(CK:irrigation of 1 500 m3/ha,nitrogen application of 240 kg/ha)as the control,two experimental groups were established:water-saving(W1:750 m3/ha;W0:0 m3/ha)and nitrogen-reduction(N-:120 kg/ha;N0:0 kg/ha).The yield and quality responses of 13 strong gluten wheat varieties were analyzed.The results showed that in the water-saving experiment,treatments W1 and W0 significantly reduced yield by 20.8% and 38.0%,respectively,compared with CK,while W0 exhibited a significant yield reduction of 21.6% compared with W1.The three tested varieties showed strong drought resistance and water-saving characteristics.Treatment W1 significantly prolonged the dough stability time by 8.25 min, while treatment W0 led to a significant decrease in protein content by 1.0 percentage point and a notable reduction in flour water absorption by 2.25 percentage points.Under reduced nitrogen treatment (N-), yield decreased by 3.7% compared to CK, but nitrogen absorption and utilization efficiency increased significantly by 9.8 percentage points.The treatment N0 showed a significant yield reduction of 15.8% and 12.6% compared to CK and N-, respectively. For dough quality, treatment N- increased the stability time by 0.6 min and the extensibility area by 0.35 cm2, while treatment N0 caused a significant decrease in protein content by 0.8 percentage points and a reduction in other quality indicators.Principal component analysis showed that the treatment W1 achieved the highest comprehensive quality score(W1>CK>W0),among nitrogen reduction treatments,the ranking was CK>N->N0.Cultivars Shiluan 02-1,Gaoyou 5218,Gaoyou 5766,and Gaoyou 2018 demonstrated stable quality performance across all treatments,and can be used as excellent breeding materials.The conclusions showed that in the low plain areas of Hebei,moderate water stress(W1)could improve certain quality traits despite causing yield reduction;halving nitrogen application(N-)maintained stable yield while significantly improving nitrogen fertilizer absorption and utilization efficiency without affecting quality.The responses of strong gluten wheat to water and nitrogen regulation were asynchronous between yield and quality,and among different quality characteristics.Therefore,both breeding programs and cultivation management should adopt multi-objective synergistic optimization strategies to achieve balanced improvement in both yield and quality.

Key words: Strong gluten wheat, Water-saving and nitrogen reduction, Grain yield, Quality, Coefficient of variation

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WANG Bianyin, YAN Zhenxing, LIU Binhui, LIU Bo, CHEN Zhaoyang, LIU Yajie, ZHANG Wenying. Effect and Evaluation of Water-saving and Nitrogen Reduction on Yield and Quality of Strong Gluten Wheat[J]. Acta Agriculturae Boreali-Sinica, 2025, 40(S1): 178-189. doi: 10.7668/hbnxb.20196119.

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