Table 1 Effect of different slow release fertilizers and N rates on plant height (cm), DMAA (kg ha−1, CDMAA (%) and grain NPK%

From: Effect of slow-release nitrogenous fertilizers on dry matter accumulation, grain nutritional quality, water productivity and wheat yield under an arid environment

Treatments

Plant height (cm)

DMAA (kg ha−1)

CDMAA (%)

Grain N (%)

Grain P (%)

Grain K (%)

UreaN0

99.60 abc

1289 e

31.99 d

1.97 d

0.58 d

0.93 c

UreaN1

97.67 c

965 i

28.04 f

1.21 g

0.47 g

0.73 f

UreaN2

86.00 ef

615 m

25.40 g

0.96 ij

0.33 j

0.47 ij

UreaN3

77.67 h

315 p

17.01 i

0.77 k

0.19 m

0.35 k

NCUN0

97.00 c

1478 bc

35.45 c

2.51 c

0.59 c

0.95 bc

NCUN1

98.21 bc

1110 g

31.66 d

1.45 f

0.53 f

0.77 ef

NCUN2

89.00 de

687 l

27.24 f

1.08 h

0.35 i

0.50 i

NCUN3

80.67 gh

404 o

19.99 h

0.88 j

0.23 l

0.38 k

SCUN0

102.00 ab

1744 ab

39.39 b

2.99 b

0.62 b

0.97 b

SCUN1

97.00 c

1250 f

34.63 c

1.77 e

0.54 ef

0.78 e

SCUN2

91.00 d

943 j

30.14 e

1.29 g

0.36 i

0.56 h

SCUN3

79.33 gh

562 n

21.28 h

1.04 hi

0.24 kl

0.44 j

BSCUN0

102.67 a

1989 a

44.63 a

3.54 a

0.66 a

1.07 a

BSCUN1

98.33 bc

1472 d

38.20 b

2.05 d

0.55 e

0.84 d

BSCUN2

92.00 d

1085 h

32.47 d

1.45 f

0.40 h

0.60 g

BSCUN3

82.67 fg

740 kl

27.35 f

1.22 g

0.25 k

0.48 ij

Interactions sources × N levels

 

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  1. N0 130 kg N ha−1, N1 117 kg N ha−1, N2 104 kg N ha−1, N3 94 kg N ha−1, BSCU bioactive sulfur coated urea, SCU sulfur coated urea, NCU neem coated urea, CDMAA dry matter accumulation contributed amount after anthesis, DMAA accumulated dry matter after anthesis stage.