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Untersuchungen zur Bedeutung der Stickstoffeffizienz für die Ertragssicherheit bei Mais
(2002) Thiemt, Elisabeth-M.; Geiger, Hartwig H.
Increased fertilization with nitrogen (N) in maize production areas often leads to pollution. Maize varieties with improved N-use efficiency under low soil N conditions can therefore contribute to sustainable agriculture. The objectives of this study were to investigate, whether i) hybrids with special adaptation to low soil nitrogen condition show higher yield stability than those which were selected in high nitrogen environments , ii) N-efficient hybrids are more tolerant to drought conditions, iii) combination of parent lines with differences in N-efficiency leads to increased heterosis , and iiii) hybrids show differences concerning components of N-efficiency, in particular N-uptake and N-utilization efficiency. A set of hybrids was generated with parent lines showing superior testcross performance at low or high N-levels, designated L-lines and H-lines, respectively. Field trials were conducted in 14 environments: each trial was grown under high (NH) and low (NL) nitrogen level. Under NL-conditions LxL-hybrids outyielded HxH-hybrids significantly, while at NH the HxH-hybrids showed higher grain yield than LxL hybrids. N-efficient hybrids did not show increased drought tolerance. LxL-hybrids tended to have higher yield stability than HxH-hybrids. Significant increase of heterosis for the traits dry matter yield and dry matter content was not found, neither at NL nor at NH-level. Under NL-conditions N-uptake was reduced, but N-utilization efficiency increased.