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Abstract

Phosphorus (P) management in wheat grown under saline soil conditions requires a better understanding of how P placement and salt stress affect spatial root distribution, plant agronomic performance, and nutrient utilization. A column culture experiment was conducted with two wheat genotypes, Alice and LX99, five P placements (‘Top Dressed High P’, TopHP; ‘Top Dressed Reduced P’, TopRP; ‘Deep Banded High P’, DeepHP; ‘Deep Banded Reduced P’, DeepRP; and ‘No P added’, −P), and two salt stress levels (‘salt stress’, +S; ‘non-salt stress’, −S) to investigate differences in biomass accumulation, nutrient utilization, and root distribution (0–20 cm, 20–40 cm, and 40–100 cm) among treatments. Deep P placement under non-salt stress increased root distribution at 20–40 cm soil depth for both genotypes compared to top P placement. P application under salt stress increased root weight at all three soil depths in both genotypes and P accumulation in aboveground plant parts (except for LX99 under TopRP). The highest P utilization efficiency occurred in Alice with TopRP and in LX99 with DeepRP under non-salt and salt stresses. Overall, a coordinated adaptation in allocating biomass between belowground and aboveground plant parts, along with altered nutrient utilization, was necessary to reach a growth compromise in response to P supply changes and salinity. Therefore, genotype, P placement depth, and soil salinity should be considered to improve wheat P utilization efficiency under saline conditions.

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Title
Biomass Allocation and Nutrients Utilization in Wheat as Affected by Phosphorus Placement and Salt Stress
Author
De-Yong, Zhao 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Xiao-Lin, Zhang 2 ; Shuai-Peng Zhao 3 ; Guo-Lan, Liu 2 ; Zai-Wang, Zhang 3 ; Wang-Feng, Zhao 2 ; Xue-Ping, Li 2 ; Sabaz Ali Khan 4   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Siddique, Kadambot H M 5   VIAFID ORCID Logo 

 College of Biological and Environmental Engineering, Binzhou University, Binzhou 256603, China; [email protected] (X.-L.Z.); [email protected] (S.-P.Z.); [email protected] (G.-L.L.); [email protected] (Z.-W.Z.); [email protected] (W.-F.Z.); [email protected] (X.-P.L.); Shandong Key Laboratory of Eco-Environmental Science for Yellow River Delta, Binzhou University, Binzhou 256603, China; Shandong Engineering and Technology Research Center for Fragile Ecological Belt of Yellow River Delta, Binzhou 256603, China 
 College of Biological and Environmental Engineering, Binzhou University, Binzhou 256603, China; [email protected] (X.-L.Z.); [email protected] (S.-P.Z.); [email protected] (G.-L.L.); [email protected] (Z.-W.Z.); [email protected] (W.-F.Z.); [email protected] (X.-P.L.) 
 College of Biological and Environmental Engineering, Binzhou University, Binzhou 256603, China; [email protected] (X.-L.Z.); [email protected] (S.-P.Z.); [email protected] (G.-L.L.); [email protected] (Z.-W.Z.); [email protected] (W.-F.Z.); [email protected] (X.-P.L.); Shandong Engineering and Technology Research Center for Fragile Ecological Belt of Yellow River Delta, Binzhou 256603, China 
 Department of Biotechnology, COMSATS University Islamabad, Abbottabad Campus, Abbottabad 22060, Pakistan; [email protected] 
 The UWA Institute of Agriculture, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA 6001, Australia; [email protected] 
First page
1570
Publication year
2023
Publication date
2023
Publisher
MDPI AG
e-ISSN
20734395
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2829694557
Copyright
© 2023 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.