@article{Ye2026, 
author = {Chang Ye and Yanan Xu and Yi Tao and Junlin Zhu and Wenli Liao and Yijun Zhu and Guang Chu and Kai Yu and Chunmei Xu and Danying Wang},
title = {Relationship between leaf color change and ammonia volatilization in rice during grain filling},
year = {2026},
journal = {The Crop Journal},
volume = {14},
number = {3},
pages = {1085-1090},
keywords = {Rice, Leaf color-changing rate, NH3 volatilization},
url = {https://www.sciopen.com/article/10.1016/j.cj.2025.12.017},
doi = {10.1016/j.cj.2025.12.017},
abstract = {The objective of this study was to determine whether leaf color change in rice plants predicts ammonia (NH3) volatilization during the late grain-filling period. In a pot study of indica and indica–japonica hybrid cultivars, the leaf color-changing rate was highly significantly positively correlated with NH3 volatilization during the grain-filling stage. Cultivars with fast leaf color-changing had higher NH3 volatilization loss due to their higher apoplastic NH4+ concentration and NH3 compensation point, along with lower glutamine synthetase (GS) activity. N application, although it delayed leaf color change, led to increased NH3 volatilization. Selecting cultivars with slow leaf color-changing characteristics and managing fertilization to delay the leaf color change process could reduce N gas loss and increase N use efficiency.}
}