Nitrogen partitioning and remobilization in relation to leaf senescence, grain yield and grain nitrogen concentration in wheat cultivars ☆

Abstract Our objective was to investigate the determinants of genetic variation in N accumulation, N partitioning and N remobilization to the grain post-flowering and associations with flag-leaf senescence, grain yield and grain N% in 16 wheat cultivars grown under high N (HN) and low N (LN) conditions in the UK and France. Overall, cultivars ranged in leaf lamina N accumulation at anthesis from 5.32 to 8.03 g N m−2 at HN and from 2.69 to 3.62 g N m−2 at LN, and for the stem-and leaf-sheath from 5.45 to 7.25 g N m−2 at HN and from 2.55 to 3.41 g N m−2 at LN (P

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