Zeolite alleviates potassium deficiency and improves lodging-related stem morphological characteristics and grain yield in rice
Yinghao Li A , Junlin Zheng A , Qi Wu A , Wenhua Lin B , Xingmei Gong B , Yinglong Chen
C , Taotao Chen A D , Kadambot H. M. Siddique C and Daocai Chi A D
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A College of Water Conservancy, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, Liaoning 110866, China.
B Water Affairs Service Center of Donggang, Dandong, Liaoning 118000, China.
C The UWA Institute of Agriculture and UWA School of Agriculture and Environment, The University of Western Australia, Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia.
D Corresponding authors. Emails: taotao-chen@syau.edu.cn; chidaocai@syau.edu.cn
Crop and Pasture Science 72(6) 407-415 https://doi.org/10.1071/CP21017
Submitted: 10 January 2021 Accepted: 11 April 2021 Published: 21 June 2021
Abstract
Zeolite is an abundant potassium (K)-rich silicate mineral that could increase K supply to plants. Potassium deficiency causes lodging problems and yield reductions in paddy fields in China. However, it is unknown whether zeolite amendments alleviate K deficiency or enhance lodging-related stem morphology characteristics in rice. A 2-year field experiment was conducted to evaluate the effect of zeolite amendment (0, 5 and 10 t ha–1) and K application (0, 30 and 60 kg ha–1) on rice grain yield, stem morphology, and K nutrient status in soil and plant tissues. In both years zeolite and K application, alone or in combination, significantly increased grain yield, mainly through increased number of panicles per plant with zeolite application and number of spikelets per panicle with K application. In the top 30 cm soil layer, zeolite amendment increased cation exchange capacity by up to 31% and available K by up to 38%. Zeolite or K application alone significantly increased stem, leaf and panicle K concentrations. Zeolite promoted K allocation to rice stems, and improved stem morphology associated with lodging index. In both years, zeolite or K application alone increased stem diameter, dry weight linear density and the breaking resistance moment by up to 7.0%, 8.3% and 16%, respectively, and decreased the stem lodging index by up to 6.7%. In summary, zeolite is an alternative source of K fertiliser and can alleviate K deficiency in paddy fields in China and elsewhere.
Keywords: zeolite, potassium, grain yield, lodging, rice stem morphology.
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