Research Article

Regulating N Application for Rice Yield and Sustainable Eco-Agro Development in the Upper Reaches of Yellow River Basin, China

Table 4

Total N accumulative leaching at rice growth stages (kg·ha−1).

YearTreatmentGrowth stage
Seedling stageTillering stageBooting stageFlowering stageHeading stageHarvest stageSum

2010CK1.58 d5.11 d2.76 b2.42 c1.22 c0.50 c13.60 d
N30011.24 a19.31 a8.45 a3.15 b1.47 c0.89 bc44.51 a
N2408.24 b13.98 b7.42 a2.98 bc1.12 c0.45 c34.19 b
RPN I5.14 c10.34 c8.16 a3.35 b2.47 b1.32 b30.78 c
RPN II5.22 c7.96 c8.24 a4.14 a3.72 a2.04 a31.32 bc

2011CK1.07 d3.45 e 1.87 d1.64 d0.82 e0.34 d9.19 d
N3008.96 a17.45 a6.86 a3.25 b1.97 c1.31 b39.8 a
N2406.03 b14.47 b5.56 b2.47 c1.43 d0.62 c30.58 b
RPN I3.42 c8.91 c4.67 c3.87 a3.12 b1.36 b25.35 c
RPN II 3.08 c6.74 d6.52 a4.07 a4.94 a2.36 a27.71 bc