不同灌溉方法对保护地土壤有机质及氮素影响的研究

分层采集连续7年分别用渗灌、滴灌和沟灌灌溉的保护地0～80cm土层土壤样品,测定有机质、全氮及无机态氮和有机态氮含量,研究灌溉方法对土壤氮素形态及其数量剖面分布的影响。结果表明,三种灌溉处理0～80cm剖面土壤有机质含量变化范围为8.47～36.48 g kg-1,渗灌与滴灌有机质剖面分布相似,二者与沟灌差异较大;沟灌除30～40cm层次有机质含量低于渗灌和滴灌外,其它层次有机质含量均高于渗灌和滴灌处理。土壤全氮含量变化范围为0.72～3.97 g kg-1,在0～20cm土层不同灌溉方法之间差异显著,渗灌最大,沟灌次之,滴灌最小。无机硝态氮、铵态氮含量的变化范围分别为19.16～1442.06 mg kg-1和0～15.28 mg kg-1,在0～20cm土层各处理之间差异较为明显,以渗灌最大,沟灌次之,滴灌最小。有机态氮含量的变化范围为683.79～2512.87 mg kg-1,各处理之间的差异主要表现在0～30cm土层,其中0～10cm土层以渗灌处理有机态氮含量最高、沟灌次之,滴灌最低,10～30cm沟灌处理有机态氮含量却高于渗灌和滴灌处理。     

不同灌溉方式对保护地土壤酸化特征的影响

自连续13a在同一地块以不同灌溉方式进行灌溉试验的保护地,分层采集沟灌、滴灌、渗灌3个处理0～60cm土层土壤样品,研究灌溉方式对土壤酸化特征的影响。结果表明,3种灌溉处理土壤活性酸度和交换性酸含量均随着土层加深而降低,各处理间土壤活性酸度在0～40cm土层差异明显,总体为沟灌>渗灌>滴灌;土壤交换性酸差异出现在0～30cm土层,为渗灌>沟灌>滴灌;土壤交换性Al3+随土层加深呈先增加后降低的变化趋势,且以滴灌含量最低。各处理土壤盐基饱和度(BS)随土层加深而增加,在0～30cm土层为滴灌>渗灌>沟灌。土壤pH与交换性酸、硝态氮含量呈极显著负相关,与盐基饱和度、特别是Ca2+饱和度呈极显著正相关;Al3+占交换性酸比例与有机质含量呈极显著负相关。总之,保护地土壤酸化与硝态氮含量、盐基饱和度、有机质含量关系密切;与沟灌和渗灌相比,滴灌更利于抑制土壤酸化。     

施氮和灌溉管理下作物产量和土壤生化性质

氮和水对作物生长非常重要,研究施氮和灌溉管理下作物产量、土壤性质以及它们的关系对我国农业科学有重要意义。本文以中国科学院封丘农业生态试验站为平台,研究了施氮(每季施氮150 kg·hm?2、190 kg·hm?2、230 kg·hm?2、270 kg·hm?2,以不施氮为对照)和灌溉(灌溉量达到0~20 cm、0~40 cm、0~60 cm土壤的田间持水量,以雨养为对照)管理下小麦-玉米轮作系统作物产量和土壤生化性质,以及它们之间的关系。研究结果表明,150~270 kg·hm?2施氮量对2008年、2009年玉米产量和2009年、2010年小麦产量无显著影响;灌溉对2010年玉米产量无显著影响,而2008年、2009年玉米产量随灌溉量增大而增加。尽管2008—2011年小麦产量随灌溉量变化趋势不一致,但与雨养相比灌溉提升了小麦产量。施氮在不同程度上提升了土壤全氮和速效氮含量、脱氢酶和脲酶活性、微生物生物量碳、基本呼吸和硝化势,稍微降低了土壤pH并大幅降低了速效磷含量(降幅48.7%~51.6%);灌溉提升了土壤全氮含量和脱氢酶活性,降低了全钾含量、脲酶活性、基本呼吸、硝化势。多元回归分析显示,某些土壤生化性质(全氮、溶解性有机碳、速效磷含量及微生物生物量碳氮、呼吸熵、硝化势)与2009年、2010年玉米产量很好地线性拟合。综上,土壤生化性质因施氮和灌溉发生不同程度的分异,因施氮和灌溉而分异的土壤生化性质能部分地鉴定作物产量。本研究方法可为产量主导因子的筛选及产量估算模型的建立提供一定参考依据。     

Effect of irrigation methods on urea phosphate reactions in calcareous soils

Abstract

Urea phosphate (17–44–0) (UP) was injected in surface placed drip irrigation lines, subsurface placed drip irrigation lines (15 cm below soil surface), or band under furrow irrigation on a calcareous soil. In drip irrigation, UP was split in two applications, two weeks apart, to give a total rate of 50 kg P₂O₅/ha. The furrow rate was 100 kg P₂O₅/ha in a single application. Soil analysis one month after the first injection of UP showed high levels of available P (NaHCO₃ extractable) around the drip emitters. Considerable P mobility in the soil was detected within 20 cm from the emitters. Banding UP under the furrow did not leave any measurable levels of available P by the end of the experiment. Soil NO₃‐N levels were comparable in all fertilized irrigation treatments, and were higher than the levels under an unfertilized furrow. Soil pH was reduced by 0.5 units around the drip emitters, but no change was measurable under furrow irrigation. Soluble salts (ECe) were concentrated in the top 10 cm of the soil surface in all the fertilized irrigation methods. Split application of UP in subsurface drip irrigation provided the longest residual and best distribution of available P in a calcareous soil.     

Suspending Nitrogen Fertilization Reduces Residual Soil Nitrates in Dryland Cotton

Nitrogen (N) fertilizer use in cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) production is a potential source of nitrate (NO₃ ^?) contamination of soils, groundwater, and streams. The McConnell–Mitchell plots, a long-term study of cotton responses to N-fertilization and irrigation methods, were utilized to determine the NO₃ ^?-N in soil cropped to continuous cotton. The McConnell–Mitchell plots had a split-block experiential design. The main blocks of this test were irrigation methods. Each block of plots was irrigated using a single irrigation method for the entirety of the testing. Nitrogen fertilization rates were tested within each irrigation block. The soil NO₃ ^?-N content of two irrigation blocks, furrow flow (FI) and center pivot (CP), were compared to the dryland (DL) control block. Nitrogen treatments tested within each irrigation block ranged from 0 to 168.0 kg N ha^?1 in 33.6-kg N ha^?1 increments. Nitrogen treatments were tested for 18 years (1982 through 1999), discontinued for 4 years (2000 through 2003), and resumed in 2004. Soil samples were taken in the early spring (2000 and 2004) to a depth of 1.50 m in 0.15 m increments and analyzed for NO₃ ^?-N. Soil samples taken in 2004 were prior to any fertilization treatment. Irrigation method was found to influence the distribution of soil NO₃ ^?-N. Little accumulation of soil NO₃ ^?-N was observed in either irrigation block or under dryland production when N rates were less than 67.2 kg N ha^?1. Distribution of soil NO₃ ^?-N in the FI block was significantly different with sample depth and N treatment but not the interaction of depth and treatment in both 2000 and 2004. Presumably, the small and close values of the means and the greater variability of interactions compared to main effects precluded significant interactions. Differences in soil NO₃ ^?-N in the FI block after suspending N treatments for 4 years were similar to those found in 2000, although the soil NO₃ ^?-N was generally depleted in 2004 compared to 2000. The distribution of soil NO₃ ^?-N in the CP-irrigated block was dependent on the interaction of sample depth with N treatment in both 2000 and 2004. Soil NO₃ ^?-N values and differences tended to be too small to be of discernable or practical importance under CP irrigation. The distribution of soil NO₃ ^?-N in the DL block was dependent on the interaction of sample depth with N treatment in 2000 and 2004. Soil NO₃ ^?-N was minimal in the three lowest N treatments (0, 33.6, and 67.2 kg N ha^?1) in 2000. Greatest amounts of soil NO₃ ^?-N were found in conjunction with the 134.4 and 168.0 kg N ha^?1 treatments both years. Depletion of soil NO₃ ^?-N was evident in the surface 0.45 m of the 100.8, 134.4, and 168.0 kg N ha^?1 treatments under DL conditions in 2004.     

Water and temperature dynamics in a clay soil under winter wheat: influence on straw decomposition and N immobilization

Summary Winter wheat grown on a clay soil was subjected to one of four treatments. The control was not irrigated; the drought treatment had screens to divert rainwater; the irrigation and irrigation/fertilization treatments were irrigated using a drip-tube system with liquid fertilizer (200 kg N ha^-1 year^-1) applied daily in the irrigation/fertilization treatment according to predicted plant uptake. All other treatments also received 200 kg N, but as a single application of bag fertilizer. Soil temperature was monitored. Soil moisture was measured using gravimetric samplings and a capacitance method. Litter bags with barley straw were buried at 10 cm depth in the spring and sampled repeatedly during the growing season. Decomposition rates were calculated assuming exponential decay and that water-soluble components were immediately decomposed or leached from the litter bags. Rates were highly dependent on soil moisture, and the constants ranged from 0.11% day^-1 in the drought treatment to 0.55% day^-1 in the irrigation/fertilization treatment. A simulation model with driving variables based on Q ₁₀ temperature dependence and a log/linear relationship between soil water tension and activity was fitted to the data. The control and drought treatments showed high climate-corrected decomposition constants. The high values were attributed to low and erratic mass loss due to drought, and to low precision in the conversions from water content to tension in the dry range. The irrigated treatments showed good fits, and there was little or no difference in decomposition rates between the two irrigated treatments. The N dynamics of the straw differed considerably between treatments, and the ranking of plots in terms of net immobilization in the straw was control>irrigation/fertilization>irrigation>drought.     

灌溉方法对保护地土壤有机氮矿化特性的影响

采用Stanford和Smith提出的长期间歇淋洗通气培养法,对连续7a采用渗灌、滴灌和沟灌灌溉,栽培番茄的保护地不同剖面层次土壤的有机氮矿化特点进行了研究。渗灌管为发汗式半软管,埋深为30cm;渗灌、滴灌和沟灌灌水方法及施肥、田间管理同当地农业生产。当20cm深处的土壤水吸力达到40kPa时开始灌水,渗灌和滴灌每次的灌水量是沟灌灌水量的1/2。试验结果表明,土壤矿化氮含量随着土层深度的增加而降低。从累积矿化氮量—时间曲线变化的趋势看,可将保护地土壤0～50cm剖面分为三个层次,其中渗灌与滴灌处理相似,为0～20cm、20～40cm和40～50cm土层,而沟灌处理则为0～30cm、30～40cm和40～50cm土层。保护地不同层次土壤有机氮的矿化可以用Twopool模型表达。比较不同灌溉处理,在0～10cm土层,易矿化有机氮含量(N1)表现为滴灌>沟灌>渗灌,易矿化有机氮矿化速率(k1)常数也以滴灌处理最大,说明滴灌更有利于表层土壤易矿化有机氮的形成。与渗灌和沟灌相比,长期使用滴灌灌溉有利于改善保护地土壤有机氮的品质。     

Efficiency of Nitrogen Fertilizer for Potato under Fertigation Utilizing a Nitrogen Tracer Technique

Abstract

Efficient crop use of nitrogen (N) fertilizer is critical from economic and environmental viewpoints, especially under irrigated conditions. Nitrogen fertilizer (¹⁵N‐labeled urea) and irrigation methods (drip and furrow) were evaluated on spring and fall potato cultivars under Syrian Mediterranean climatic conditions. Field experiments were conducted in the El‐Ghab Valley near Hama in fall 2000 and spring 2001 on a heavy clay soil. Four N‐fertilizer applications (70, 140, 210, and 280 kg N/ha) were applied in five equally split treatments for both irrigation methods. Potato was irrigated when soil moisture in the specified active root depth reached 80% of the field capacity as indicated by the neutron probe.

Higher marketable tuber yield of spring potato was obtained by fertigation compared to furrow irrigation; the magnitude of tuber yield increases was 4, 2, 31, and 13%, whereas for fall potato the tuber yield increases were 13, 27, 20, and 35% for N fertilizer rates of 70, 140, 210, and 280 kg N/ha, respectively. Shoot dry matter and tuber yields at the bulking stage were not good parameters to estimate marketable tuber yield. The effect of N treatments on potato yield with furrow irrigation and fertigation was limited and not significant. Drip fertigation improved tuber yield of fall potato relative to national average yield. Nitrogen uptake increased with increasing N input under both irrigation methods. Reducing N input under both irrigation methods improved N recoveries. Increasing N input significantly increased total N content in plant tissues at the bulking stage. Spring potato yields were almost double those of fall potato under both irrigation methods and all N treatments.

Nitrate (NO₃) movement in the soil solution for fall potato was monitored using soil solution extractors. Furrow irrigation resulted in greater movements of NO₃‐N below the rooting zone than drip fertigation.

Harvest index did not follow a clear trend but tended to decrease upon increasing N fertilization rates beyond 140 kg N/ha under both irrigation methods. Drip fertigation improved field water‐use efficiencies at the bulking and harvest stages. Fertigation increased specific gravity of potato tubers relative to furrow irrigation. Higher N input decreased specific gravity of potato tubers under both irrigation methods.     

Responses of the soil nematode community to management of hybrid napiergrass: The trade-off between positive and negative effects

An orthogonal experiment (form L₁₆(4⁵)) was used to investigate how the soil nematode community (density, diversity, and faunal structure) and soil health were affected by hybrid napiergrass management. The experiment included four levels of the each of the following main factors: nitrogen fertilization, cutting frequency, cutting intensity, and irrigation. The soil nematode community was affected more by nitrogen fertilization and irrigation than by cutting frequency and cutting intensity. Hybrid napiergrass develops a large root system and the carbon stored in the roots might have buffered any adverse effects of cutting on soil nematodes in the present study. The responses to fertilization indicated that fertilization had both positive and negative effects on the soil community and that the net effect depended on the level of fertilization. Additional water applied in irrigation was detrimental to soil nematode communities in that it might reduce the oxygen content of soil and also increases the potential for the leaching of nutrients from soil. Additionally, we suggest that moderate N fertilization (460 kg ha⁻¹ yr⁻¹), moderate irrigation (one time yr⁻¹ during the dry season), and cutting (three times per year at 20 cm height) will maintain soil health and provide substantial hybrid napiergrass yields.     

垄沟耕作条件下滴灌冬小麦田间土壤水分的动态变化

试验在池栽条件下研究了滴灌与垄沟耕作条件下冬小麦田间土壤水分的动态变化。结果表明：滴灌对0～60cm土壤水分含量影响比较明显，由于受土壤蒸发和作物根系吸收水分的影响，0～30cm土壤水分含量在整个生育时期内变化最为剧烈，其次是30～60cm层次的土壤，90～120cm层次的土壤整个生育时期水分含量最为稳定。灌溉后土壤水分0～120cm土层中呈现“Z”型分布，且与垄作相比，灌溉对沟播处理各层次的影响更大。另外，通过对不同生育时期各个层次土壤水分含量的分析可以看出，冬小麦的灌浆期是其活跃的耗水期，其次是抽穗期。不灌溉处理的耗水深度主要集中在土壤下层，灌溉处理的耗水程度变化较复杂。与畦播处理相比较（见讨论部分），灌溉后沟播处理土壤水分上升最明显，垄作处理次之，畦播最小。灌溉一周后畦播土壤水分下降最快，垄作次之，沟播最小。而就灌溉后土壤水分运动而言，垄作与沟播处理快于畦播处理。     

施肥模式对茶叶品质、产量构成及土壤肥力的影响

采用田间试验,比较分析了撒施、沟施和沟施覆膜3种施肥模式及沟施覆膜下氮肥施用量对茶叶品质成分、产量构成因子和茶园土壤肥力状况的影响。结果表明:沟施覆膜在一定程度上增加了茶叶产量并改善了品质,提高了茶园土壤的基本肥力状况,沟施次之,撒施效果最差。与沟施相比,沟施覆膜下茶叶的水浸出物、咖啡碱、游离氨基酸含量分别提升2.24%、7.26%、14.68%,茶多酚下降1.88%,芽叶密度、芽叶长度分别提升8.50%、8.15%;土壤表层和深层pH分别下降8.16%和5.30%,表层有机质、全氮、速效氮、速效磷、速效钾分别提升10.87%、26.74%、17.95%、34.69%、25.42%,深层有机质、全氮、速效氮、速效磷、速效钾分别提升10.38%、28.22%、25.64%、15.34%、17.97%。比较沟施覆膜下45 kg·hm-2、60 kg·hm-2、75 kg·hm-2、90 kg·hm-2 4种施氮量对茶叶品质、产量构成以及土壤肥力提高的效果,结果表明随着施氮量的增加,茶叶品质及产量构成和茶园土壤肥力增加,但施氮75 kg·hm-2与90 kg·hm-2处理的茶叶品质及产量构成因子间差异不显著,说明沟施覆膜条件下施氮肥75 kg·hm-2即可满足茶园生产需求。     

不同栽培模式及施氮对玉米-小麦轮作体系土壤肥力及硝态氮累积的影响

以在陕西关中土垫旱耕人为土区进行的连续6年定位试验为对象,研究了长期覆盖栽培及施氮量对玉米?小麦轮作体系下土壤有机质、全氮及土壤剖面硝态氮残留量和分布的影响。结果表明,不同栽培模式对土壤有机质和全氮含量的影响为覆草垄沟常规节水,其中覆草模式影响达显著水平。增施氮肥不同程度地提高了土壤有机质和全氮含量。经过12季玉米-小麦的轮作,不同栽培模式0～200cm土壤剖面硝态氮残留量为垄沟节水覆草常规,垄沟和节水栽培模式与常规栽培硝态氮累积量差异达显著水平。随种植年限和施氮量增加,0～200cm土壤中硝态氮累积量明显增加,施240kg·hm-2N(N240)处理0～200cm土壤硝态氮累积量显著高于施120kg·hm-2N(N120)处理。不同施氮量下硝态氮在0～200cm土壤剖面的分布存在差异,与不施氮(N0)和N120处理相比,N240处理下各栽培模式在120cm以下的土壤硝态氮含量随深度增加而显著增加。     

Case Study of the Effects of Irrigation and Nitrogen Fertilization on Active and Reserve Soil Acidity

Excessive soil acidity and low soil pH may liberate plant toxic levels of manganese and aluminum from soil minerals, and interfere with nitrogen and phosphorus availability. Active soil acidity is measured as soil pH and reacts quickly in the soil-plant system. Potential or reserve acidity is inactive in the soil, and acts as a source of replenishment for active acidity. Studies to determine the effect of ammoniacal-nitrogen fertilizer treatments and irrigation methods on plant growth and development of cotton, and changes in soil properties were conducted. Nitrogen treatments ranged from 0 to 168.0 kg N/ha in 33.6-kg N/ha increments. Soil samples from each N-treatment from both irrigation blocks were analyzed for active and potential acidity. Irrigation water high in Na⁺, Ca²⁺, and HCO^3? tended to raise soil pH. Under dry land conditions ammonical N-fertilizer lowered soil pH. Reserve acidity was larger under dry land conditions than under furrow irrigation. No significant differences in reserve soil acidity were observed under furrow irrigation, or under dry land conditions. Calcium, Na⁺, and HCO^3? content of the irrigation water were driving forces to reduce both active and potential soil acidity. Fertilization with ammoniacal-nitrogen sources was the driving force in increasing active and potential soil acidity.     

半干旱地区玉米的水肥空间耦合效应研究

在半干旱地区的杨凌,通过对大田夏玉米在拔节期和抽雄期进行灌溉水和氮肥的不同数量和空间耦合处理,研究了不同耦合方式对玉米生理特性和产量的影响及其节水效果,结果表明:在全生育期灌水量为1125m³/hm²和600m³/hm²的水平下,均匀施肥交替灌水、水肥同区交替灌水、水肥异区交替灌水3种水肥空间耦合方式的产量之间不存在显著差异(P<0.05);玉米全生育期灌水量从2250m³/hm²下降到600m³/hm²,玉米产量下降幅度小于15.26%;在相同灌水量下,水肥异区交替灌水和水肥同区交替灌水的根系活力、光合速率、产量和灌溉水利用效率较高;在试验范围内,灌水量越高,水分利用效率越低。以上结果表明,在杨凌地区夏玉米生产中仍有较大的节水潜力;在试验条件下,每次灌水562.5m³/hm²,水肥异区交替灌水和水肥同区交替灌水处理是较好的水肥空间耦合方式     

华北山前平原农田土壤硝态氮淋失与调控研究

本文依托中国科学院栾城农业生态系统试验站小麦-玉米一年两熟长期定位试验, 应用土钻取土和土壤溶液取样器取水的方法, 研究了不同农田管理措施下土壤硝态氮的累积变化, 计算了不同氮肥处理通过根系吸收层的硝态氮淋失通量。结果表明, 小麦-玉米生长季土壤硝态氮累积量和淋失量随着施氮量的增加显著增加, 相同氮肥水平下增施磷、钾肥增加了作物的收获氮量, 施磷肥增加的作物收获氮量最高可达123kg·hm^-2·a^-1, 施钾肥增加的作物收获氮量最高为31 kg·hm^-2·a^-1。不同灌溉水平下0~400 cm 土体累积硝态氮随着灌溉量的增加而降低, 控制灌溉(小麦季不灌水, 玉米季灌溉1 水)、非充分灌溉(小麦季灌溉2~3 水, 玉米季按需灌溉)、充分灌溉(小麦季灌溉4~5 水, 玉米季按需灌溉)各处理剖面累积硝态氮量分别为1 698 kg·hm^-2、1148 kg·hm^-2 和961 kg·hm^-2。与非充分灌溉和充分灌溉处理相比, 控制灌溉在100~200 cm 土层硝态氮累积量显著高于其他层次, 2003~2005 年间控制灌溉剖面增加的硝态氮量占施肥总量的23%; 非充分灌溉处理剖面增加的硝态氮量占施肥总量的22%; 充分灌溉处理剖面增加的硝态氮量占施肥总量的47%。免耕措施降低了作物产量, 影响土壤水的运移, 增加了硝态氮的淋失风险。根据作物所需降低氮素投入(N 200 kg·hm^-2·a^-1), 增施磷、钾肥, 控制灌溉量是减少华北山前平原地区硝态氮淋失, 保护地下水的有效措施。     

Effect of fertilization and irrigation upon NPK composition of corn leaves,on corn yields,and available k in soil

Abstract

Corn (Zea mays L.) was grown for three consecutive years on Congaree loam to measure the effects of rates of N, P, and K fertilization and irrigation on the nutrient concentration of leaves, the level of available K in the soil, and on the yield of corn. Plant nutrients consisting of 0, 56, 140, 224, and 280 kg N/ha; 0, 15, 37.5, 60, and 75 kg P/ha, and 0, 28, 70, 112, and 140 kg K/ha were applied in a central composite rotatable design in each of the three years. All plant residue was removed each year when the corn was harvested, and the plots remained fallow during the winter months. One half of the experiment was irrigated when there was a 50% depletion of available soil moisture in the 0‐ to 46‐cm soil depth.

Leaf composition was affected by fertilization and irrigation. A rapid decrease in available soil K in the 0‐ to 15‐cm depth was evident the first year with all rates of added K. The decline in available soil K was unaffected by irrigation and levels of applied N and P.

There were consistent yield responses each year to added N, no response to added P, and a response to added K only during the second year.     

Nonuniform leaching of nitrate and other solutes in a furrow‐irrigated,sludge amended field

Abstract

Nitrate leaching losses were estimated using soil core samples from three different locations in a furrow irrigated, N fertilized and sludge amended cotton field. These losses were controlled by irrigation efficiency, as well as sources and quantities of N applied. Statistical comparisons of sample locations and N treatments revealed N treatment to be less significant than the field sampling location. However, sludge amended soils had significantly higher levels of nitrates in the root zone and consequently suffered higher nitrate leaching losses. A NO₃‐N profile (30–210 cm) balance indicated that about forty percent (40%) of available NO₃‐N was leached below the root zone (0–150 cm) in the upper two‐thirds of the field plots during the pre‐plant irrigation. Whereas, the lower one‐third of the field did not experience significant nitrate losses below the root zone. A one‐dimensional finite difference layered model, was used to estimate the depth of moisture penetration at the field (furrow) locations following pre‐plant irritation. It was concluded that the lower one‐third of the plots received less than 50% of mean plot application (30 cm) water during pre‐plant irrigation.     

Sustainability of organic fertilization of macadamia with macadamia husk‐manure compost

Abstract

Macadamia husk‐manure compost was evaluated as an organic fertilizer for the production of macadamia in an experiment over four years at irrigated and unirrigated sites on the MacFarms of Hawaii orchard. The treatments were (1) Fertilizer, a combination of solid and liquid chemical fertilizers applied based on leaf and soil analysis, (2) Compost, 10,000 kg ha^‐1 of a macadamia husk‐cattle manure compost alone applied annually between July and October, and (3) Compost+, compost plus mineral fertilizers applied based on leaf and soil analysis. In‐shell nut and kernel yield and quality were higher at irrigated than unirrigated sites, but were not significantly affected by the treatments. Change in leaf nutrient composition appears minimum except for slightly lower nitrogen (N) and boron (B) at two orchard sites for the compost treatment. Compost increased soil pH, total ion exchange capacity, soil organic matter, potassium (K), calcium (Ca), magnesium (Mg) at all sites, and sodium (Na) at irrigated sites. Soil nitrate (NO)‐N was lower in the compost treatment. Fertilization with compost was not profitable because the cost of compost application exceeded conventional fertilization cost tenfold for MacFarms, the largest macadamia farm in the United States.     

不同栽培模式对小麦—玉米轮作体系土壤硝态氮残留的影响

在陕西关中地区研究了有限灌溉与旱地蓄水保墒栽培相结合的不同栽培模式和施氮量对冬小麦夏玉米轮作体系中硝态氮残留的影响。结果表明,种植五季作物后不同栽培模式0200.cm土壤剖面残留硝态氮平均在2183～29.kg/hm2之间,且残留的硝态氮主要集中在100200.cm土层。不同栽培模式相比,垄沟模式0200.cm土层的硝态氮残留量最高。随着种植年限和施氮量的增加,0200.cm土层硝态氮残留量随之显著增加。施用240kg/hm2氮肥,第五季作物收获后0200.cm土层硝态氮的残留量达477.kg/hm2;从第三季作物收获到第五季作物收获,残留硝态氮的增加量占这一时期氮肥施用量的比例高达51.6%。种植作物五季后,常规、节水和覆草模式在080.cm土层硝态氮残留量相对较低,而80.cm以下土层硝态氮残留量随着施氮量的增加明显增加。垄沟栽培模式在0200.cm土壤剖面残留硝态氮的量随施氮量增加显著增加,且在0120.cm土层硝态氮残留量明显高于其它模式。     

Subsurface drip irrigation and urea phosphate fertigation for vegetables on calcareous soils

Drip irrigation lines installed at 5 cm (shallow) or 15 cm (deep) below the soil surface and furrow irrigation were compared for vegetables grown on calcareous desert soils. Urea phosphate (UP) fertilizer (17–44–0) was injected twice in the drip irrigation lines during the growing season. Yields were compared to preplant fertilized and unfertilized furrows. Fall cabbage (Brassica oleracea var. capitata L.) gave comparable yields under the different irrigation treatments with the drip treatments using half the water used by the furrow treatment. Cabbage yield increased in all fertilized treatments as compared to the unfertilized furrow. Petiole P and NO₃‐N concentrations were higher from the drip than from the furrow treatments. Zucchini squash (Cucurbita pepo L.) had the highest yields under deep drip and fertilized furrow treatments, with the deep drip using half the water and P rate used by the furrow treatment. The deep drip increased squash yield by 34% over the shallow drip. The unfertilized furrow gave the lowest yield. Leaf tissue concentrations of P and NO₃‐N were comparable under deep drip and fertilized furrow treatments and were higher than the concentrations achieved from shallow drip and unfertilized furrow treatments.