Scientia Agricultura Sinica ›› 2013, Vol. 46 ›› Issue (6): 1182-1190.doi: 10.3864/j.issn.0578-1752.2013.06.011

• SOIL & FERTILIZER·WATER-SAVING IRRIGATION·AGROECOLOGY & ENVIRONMENT • Previous Articles     Next Articles

Soil Nitrate N Accumulation Under Different N-Fertilizer Rates in Summer Maize and Its Residual Effects on Subsequent Winter Wheat

 ZHANG  Jing-Ting, WANG  Zhi-Min, ZHOU  Shun-Li   

  1. Key Laboratory of Farming System, Ministry of Agriculture/College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193
  • Received:2012-10-10 Online:2013-03-15 Published:2012-11-20

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Abstract: 【Objective】 The study was conducted to clarify the annual characteristics of soil NO3--N accumulation under different N-fertilizer (NF) rates applied in maize (Zea mays L.) and its residual effects on succeeding wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) in winter wheat-summer maize rotation system.【Method】Four NF rates (0, 120, 240 and 360 kg N•hm-2) were applied in maize and the cultivation practices of water-saving and NF-saving were adopted in wheat, the annual changes of NO3--N in a 2 m-depth soil profile in different NF treatments and its residual effects on wheat were observed.【Result】There was a significant positive correlation between NF rates and residual soil NO3--N amount at maize harvest stage, and the yield of following wheat also showed a significant positive relationship with the residual soil NO3--N amount, which could be fitted by a linear model. Compared with that at maize harvest stage, NO3--N content in each soil layer sharply decreased at wheat maturity stage under the NF rates of 157.5 and zero kg N•hm-2 applied in wheat. 240 kg N•hm-2 applied in maize and 157.5 kg N•hm-2 applied in wheat (N240+157.5) or the treatment N360+0 (360 kg N•hm-2 was applied in maize but no NF in wheat) could meet wheat demand for N, eventually maintained yield, plant N uptake amount and annual apparent N recovery efficiency at a higher level. However, the treatments in which higher NF applied in maize had a great NO3--N leaching loss risk in rainy season. 【Conclusion】 NF applied in summer maize has a strong residual effectiveness to subsequent winter wheat. Adopting the water-saving and NF-saving cultivation techniques in winter wheat not only shrinks sharply the NO3--N accumulation in the soil profile, but also sustains high-yielding and increases NF recovery efficiency. Therefor, the residual effect should be considered in NF optimization in crop production.

Key words: soil nitrate-N , nitrogen fertilizer , summer maize , winter wheat , residual effect

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