Table 3 Rice yield, biomass, nitrogen content assimilated from urea and the fate of urea-derived N at harvest (% of applied N).

From: Effect of straw and inhibitors on the fate of nitrogen applied to paddy soil

Treatment

Yield (g)

Biomass (g)

Panicle N uptake (g)

Rice N uptake (g)

Rice urea N uptake (%)

Soil urea-N retention (%)

Unaccounted-for (%)

C

13.5 ± 2.47c

43.2 ± 4.57c

5.6 ± 0.82d

6.2 ± 0.87d

U

20.5 ± 0.43ab

67.2 ± 2.18a

147.4 ± 3.60ab

231.6 ± 13.40b

51.4 ± 0.05b

11.5 ± 0.02a

36.9 ± 0.04b

US

18.9 ± 1.45b

56.0 ± 7.75b

122.4 ± 9.54c

173.3 ± 31.97c

38.5 ± 0.11c

12.5 ± 0.02a

48.9 ± 0.11a

UI

23.1 ± 1.61a

69.9 ± 4.13a

157.6 ± 8.94a

273.1 ± 27.23a

60.7 ± 0.04a

10.2 ± 0.01a

29.0 ± 0.05c

UIS

22.0 ± 1.71ab

67.1 ± 3.25a

143.3 ± 5.10b

228.6 ± 4.99b

50.8 ± 0.06b

14.2 ± 0.01a

34.9 ± 0.05b

  1. C: no nitrogen, inhibitor and straw; U: 15N labeled urea; US: 15N labeled urea + straw; UI: 15N labeled urea + inhibitor; UIS: 15N labeled urea + inhibitor + straw. The values in the table represent the mean of three replicates. Different lowercase letters represent significant differences among treatments during the same sampling period (Duncan, P < 0.05).