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ArticleFrontiers in plant science2026

Controlled-release fertilization reshapes maize yield through plant-soil synchrony: shifting from nitrogen supply intensity to synchronization-driven vegetative remobilization.

Hongyu Ma, Xianyue Li, Mauro De Feudis, Qi Hu, Yanan Sun, Yue Li, Xinlu Li, Hongxing Liu, Gloria Falsone, Marcello Di Bonito

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Hongyu MaState Key Laboratory of Water Engineering Ecology and Environment in Arid Area, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Huhhot, China.
Xianyue LiState Key Laboratory of Water Engineering Ecology and Environment in Arid Area, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Huhhot, China.
Mauro De FeudisDepartment of Agricultural and Food Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum-Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
Qi HuState Key Laboratory of Water Engineering Ecology and Environment in Arid Area, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Huhhot, China.
Yanan SunCollege of Desert Control Science and Engineering, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Huhhot, China.
Yue LiState Key Laboratory of Water Engineering Ecology and Environment in Arid Area, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Huhhot, China.
Xinlu LiState Key Laboratory of Water Engineering Ecology and Environment in Arid Area, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Huhhot, China.
Hongxing LiuState Key Laboratory of Water Engineering Ecology and Environment in Arid Area, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Huhhot, China.
Gloria FalsoneDepartment of Agricultural and Food Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum-Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
Marcello Di BonitoDepartment of Agricultural and Food Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum-Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy.

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Abstract

Background and aims: Nitrogen (N) management in maize systems is constrained by low fertilizer use efficiency and substantial environmental losses, particularly in arid irrigated regions where soil N heterogeneity disrupts plant uptake and allocation. Controlled-release fertilizers (CRFs) offer a promising approach to coordinate soil N supply with crop N demand and regulate internal N cycling during yield. Methods: To elucidate the mechanisms by which CRF enhances N utilization and coordinates N allocation, field experiments were conducted in western Inner Mongolia, China from 2022 to 2024. This study to evaluate their impact on N accumulation (NA), tissue-specific N partitioning and N remobilization, leaf N remobilization efficiency (NRE Results: The results showed CRF markedly enhanced N remobilization, with NRE Conclusion: These findings demonstrate that optimizing N supply-demand synchronization, rather than increasing N inputs, fundamentally reshapes maize yield formation by coordinating internal N cycling. CRFs, particularly at moderate N rates, offer a pathway for improving N use efficiency while reducing environmental risk, providing actionable insights for sustainable maize production in N-limited, arid irrigated systems.

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controlled-release fertilizermaize yieldnitrogen remobilizationnitrogen supply-demand synchronizationsoil-plant nitrogen couplingstructural equation modeling

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PMCPMC13555697

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