Onion (<i>Allium cepa</i> L.) Yield and Growth Dynamics Response to In-Season Patterns of Nitrogen and Sulfur Uptake
The in-season trend of onion biomass and its yield depend on the dynamics of nitrogen (N) and sulfur (S) uptake. This hypothesis was verified based on a three-year (2009, 2010, 2011) field study (Poznan University of Life Sciences). The experimental factors consisted of N: 0, 60, 120 and S: 0, 30, 6...
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| author | Katarzyna Przygocka-Cyna Przemysław Barłóg Witold Grzebisz Tomasz Spiżewski |
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| description | The in-season trend of onion biomass and its yield depend on the dynamics of nitrogen (N) and sulfur (S) uptake. This hypothesis was verified based on a three-year (2009, 2010, 2011) field study (Poznan University of Life Sciences). The experimental factors consisted of N: 0, 60, 120 and S: 0, 30, 60 kg ha<sup>−1</sup>. The dynamics of onion total dry weight (TDW), total N uptake (TNU), and total S uptake (TSU) were determined at 10-day intervals. The in-season course of TDW and TNU was best described by the expolinear and TSU by the quadratic growth model. Sulfur uptake increased in onion at day after emergence (DAE) 40, independent of its rate with respect to SN control, resulting in increased N by 50%, and consequently higher yield. The maximum absolute S uptake rate (SC<sub>m</sub>), a factor defining yield, increased progressively with the N rate, but only in the absence of S application. Plants fertilized simultaneously with S and N showed a more complicated impact on SC<sub>m</sub>. The N rate of 120 kg ha<sup>−1</sup> resulted in SC<sub>m</sub> reduction, leading to a yield drop. The expolinear model indicated an onion growth disturbance, revealed under unfavorable growth conditions, leading to yield depression. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-86cef094be32435e9148f884245fff302023-11-20T09:16:09ZengMDPI AGAgronomy2073-43952020-08-01108114610.3390/agronomy10081146Onion (<i>Allium cepa</i> L.) Yield and Growth Dynamics Response to In-Season Patterns of Nitrogen and Sulfur UptakeKatarzyna Przygocka-Cyna0Przemysław Barłóg1Witold Grzebisz2Tomasz Spiżewski3Department of Agricultural Chemistry and Environmental Biogeochemistry, Poznan University of Life Sciences, Wojska Polskiego 28, 60-637 Poznan, PolandDepartment of Agricultural Chemistry and Environmental Biogeochemistry, Poznan University of Life Sciences, Wojska Polskiego 28, 60-637 Poznan, PolandDepartment of Agricultural Chemistry and Environmental Biogeochemistry, Poznan University of Life Sciences, Wojska Polskiego 28, 60-637 Poznan, PolandDepartment of Vegetables Production, Poznan University of Life Sciences, Wojska Polskiego 71F, 60-625 Poznań, PolandThe in-season trend of onion biomass and its yield depend on the dynamics of nitrogen (N) and sulfur (S) uptake. This hypothesis was verified based on a three-year (2009, 2010, 2011) field study (Poznan University of Life Sciences). The experimental factors consisted of N: 0, 60, 120 and S: 0, 30, 60 kg ha<sup>−1</sup>. The dynamics of onion total dry weight (TDW), total N uptake (TNU), and total S uptake (TSU) were determined at 10-day intervals. The in-season course of TDW and TNU was best described by the expolinear and TSU by the quadratic growth model. Sulfur uptake increased in onion at day after emergence (DAE) 40, independent of its rate with respect to SN control, resulting in increased N by 50%, and consequently higher yield. The maximum absolute S uptake rate (SC<sub>m</sub>), a factor defining yield, increased progressively with the N rate, but only in the absence of S application. Plants fertilized simultaneously with S and N showed a more complicated impact on SC<sub>m</sub>. The N rate of 120 kg ha<sup>−1</sup> resulted in SC<sub>m</sub> reduction, leading to a yield drop. The expolinear model indicated an onion growth disturbance, revealed under unfavorable growth conditions, leading to yield depression.https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/10/8/1146bulb yieldelemental sulfurgrowth patternsonion leavesnitrogen fertilization |
| spellingShingle | Katarzyna Przygocka-Cyna Przemysław Barłóg Witold Grzebisz Tomasz Spiżewski Onion (<i>Allium cepa</i> L.) Yield and Growth Dynamics Response to In-Season Patterns of Nitrogen and Sulfur Uptake Agronomy bulb yield elemental sulfur growth patterns onion leaves nitrogen fertilization |
| title | Onion (<i>Allium cepa</i> L.) Yield and Growth Dynamics Response to In-Season Patterns of Nitrogen and Sulfur Uptake |
| title_full | Onion (<i>Allium cepa</i> L.) Yield and Growth Dynamics Response to In-Season Patterns of Nitrogen and Sulfur Uptake |
| title_fullStr | Onion (<i>Allium cepa</i> L.) Yield and Growth Dynamics Response to In-Season Patterns of Nitrogen and Sulfur Uptake |
| title_full_unstemmed | Onion (<i>Allium cepa</i> L.) Yield and Growth Dynamics Response to In-Season Patterns of Nitrogen and Sulfur Uptake |
| title_short | Onion (<i>Allium cepa</i> L.) Yield and Growth Dynamics Response to In-Season Patterns of Nitrogen and Sulfur Uptake |
| title_sort | onion i allium cepa i l yield and growth dynamics response to in season patterns of nitrogen and sulfur uptake |
| topic | bulb yield elemental sulfur growth patterns onion leaves nitrogen fertilization |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/10/8/1146 |
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