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Symbiotic performance, shoot biomass and water-use efficiency of three groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) genotypes in response to phosphorus supply under field conditions in Ethiopia |
Sofiya K. MUHABA1,2, Felix D. DAKORA3() |
1. Department of Soil Fertility and Health Management, Debre Zeit Agricultural Research Center, Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research, PO Box 32, Debre Zeit, Ethiopia 2. Department of Crop Sciences, Tshwane University of Technology, Private Bag X680, Pretoria 0001, South Africa 3. Department of Chemistry, Tshwane University of Technology, Arcadia Campus, Private Bag X680, 175 Nelson Mandela Drive, Pretoria 0001, South Africa |
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Abstract Phosphorus is a key nutrient element involved in energy transfer for cellular metabolism, respiration and photosynthesis and its supply at low levels can affect legume nodulation, N2 fixation, and C assimilation. A two-year field study was conducted in Ethiopia in 2012 and 2013 to evaluate the effects of P supply on growth, symbiotic N2 nutrition, grain yield and water-use efficiency of three groundnut genotypes. Supplying P to the genotypes significantly increased their shoot biomass, symbiotic performance, grain yield, and C accumulation. There was, however, no effect on shoot δ13C values in either year. Compared to the zero-P control, supplying 40 kg·ha−1 P markedly increased shoot biomass by 77% and 66% in 2012 and 2013, respectively. In both years, groundnut grain yields were much higher at 20 and 30 kg·ha−1 P. Phosphorus supply markedly reduced shoot δ15N values and increased the %Ndfa and amount of N-fixed, indicating the direct involvement of P in promoting N2 fixation in nodulated groundnut. The three genotypes differed significantly in δ15N, %Ndfa, N-fixed, grain yield, C concentration, and δ13C. The phosphorus × genotype interaction was also significant for shoot DM, N content, N-fixed and soil N uptake.
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Keywords
shoot yield
N-fixed
%Ndfa
δ15N
δ13C
water-use efficiency
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Corresponding Author(s):
Felix D. DAKORA
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Just Accepted Date: 30 June 2020
Online First Date: 24 July 2020
Issue Date: 06 November 2020
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