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The relationship between SPAD and Na displayed leaf lateral asymmetry, in which the wide side reflected a higher coefficient of determination than the narrow side. The ability to estimate Na of the whole leaf was slightly improved by averaging SPAD values across the leaf sides and measured points for the top two leaves. Apparently, it was more accurate and easier to measure SPAD readings on the wide side than the narrow side of rice leaf blade with respect to estimating plant N status. Due to the relatively poor relationship of the upper leaf, and the structural limit for SPAD measurements of the base, this study suggests that the most suitable and representative position for SPAD meter measurement on the leaf blade of rice is the lower-middle part from the leaf apex on the wide side.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/sym9060083","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2017,6,2]],"date-time":"2017-06-02T10:20:44Z","timestamp":1496398844000},"page":"83","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":4,"title":["Rice Leaf Lateral Asymmetry in the Relationship between SPAD and Area-Based Nitrogen Concentration"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"9","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4786-145X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Shen","family":"Yuan","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, MOA Key Laboratory of Crop Ecophysiology and Farming System in the Middle Reaches of the Yangtze River, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, Hubei, China"}]},{"given":"Travis","family":"Goron","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Plant Agriculture, University of Guelph, 50 Stone Road East Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada"}]},{"given":"Liying","family":"Huang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, MOA Key Laboratory of Crop Ecophysiology and Farming System in the Middle Reaches of the Yangtze River, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, Hubei, China"}]},{"given":"Lilian","family":"Wu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, MOA Key Laboratory of Crop Ecophysiology and Farming System in the Middle Reaches of the Yangtze River, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, Hubei, China"}]},{"given":"Fei","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, MOA Key Laboratory of Crop Ecophysiology and Farming System in the Middle Reaches of the Yangtze River, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, Hubei, China"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2017,6,2]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"203","DOI":"10.1016\/j.gfs.2013.08.004","article-title":"Can there be a green revolution in Sub-Saharan Africa without large expansion of irrigated crop production?","volume":"2","author":"Cassman","year":"2013","journal-title":"Glob. 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