Abstract:Using japonica Xiushui 110 as the tested rice cultivar, effects of different mixture rates of sulfur-polyester resin-coated urea(SPCU)and prilled urea(PU)on rice grain yield and nitrogen use efficiency(NUE)were studied in fields during 2007 and 2008. Results show that compared to the PU100% at N 210 kg/ha in conventional fertilizer application, the rice grain yields are 7644.0, 7172.5 and 7008.2 kg/ha under the single basal application of SPCU100%, SPCU70%+PU30% and SPCU50%+PU50% treatments, respectively, which are significantly increased by 17.75%, 10.49% and 7.96%, and the nitrogen use efficiencies are 27.64%, 23.24% and 18.06%, which are significantly increased by 18.73,14.33 and 9.15 percent point. These results indicate the agronomic nitrogen use efficiencies are significantly increased.