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Potato yield gaps across the rainfed Yin-mountain Hilly Area of China |
JIA Li-guo1*, CHEN Yang2*, QIN Yong-lin1, LIANG Rui-fang1, CUI Shi-xin1, MA Zhong3, FAN Ming-shou1 |
1 College of Agronomy, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot 010018, P.R.China
2 College of Ecology & Environmental Science, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot 010019, P.R.China
3 Department of Biology, Truman State University, Kirksville, MO 63501, USA |
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Abstract Yin-mountain Hilly Area is one of the ideal regions for potato (Solanum tuberosum) production in China. However, potato yield is severely limited as a result of rain-fed crop mode due to water deficiency, as well as an inadequate farming practices. In this study, yield gaps were determined by using attainable yield (Ya) as a benchmark under optimized management practices, i.e., micro-ridge and side planting with plastic-mulching (MS), and flat planting with plastic-mulching (PM). The yields under MS and PM modes are defined as Ya1 and Ya2, respectively. Under the same field with MS and PM modes but different densities and fertilizer usages and so on, it was defined as simulated farmers’ practices. The yield of simulated farmers’ practices (Yf1) reached 57.3 and 69.6% of Ya1 and Ya2, respectively, while the average yield of 298 randomly surveyed farmers (Yf2) reached only 37.0 and 47.8% of Ya1 and Ya2 for rain-fed potato, respectively. The gaps of water use efficiency exhibited similar pattern. Further analysis shows that improper measures in rainwater conservation and accumulation, and other management practices contributed to 18.5, 18.2, and 42.6% of yield gap between Ya1 and Yf2. Improper nutrition management, including overuse of nitrogen and the deficiency of phosphorus and potassium supplication, was one of the important reasons of yield gap. The results indicate the possibilities of increasing rain-fed potato yields by optimized water and fertilizer managements in the Yin-mountain Hilly Area.
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Received: 15 December 2017
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Fund: This study was supported by the Special Industry Foundation of Ministry of Agriculture of China (201303104), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31360502), and the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (2015M572633XB). |
Corresponding Authors:
Correspondence FAN Ming-shou, Tel: +86-471-4307390, E-mail: fmswh@126.com
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About author: * These authors contributed equally to this study. |
Cite this article:
JIA Li-guo, CHEN Yang, QIN Yong-lin, LIANG Rui-fang, CUI Shi-xin, MA Zhong, FAN Ming-shou.
2018.
Potato yield gaps across the rainfed Yin-mountain Hilly Area of China. Journal of Integrative Agriculture, 17(11): 2418-2425.
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