施氮量对晋南旱地冬小麦光合特性、产量及氮素利用的影响

在自然降水条件下,通过2年大田试验研究了施氮量对晋南旱地冬小麦光合特性、产量、氮素利用效率以及0~200 cm土层NO₃-N残留的影响。结果表明,在0~270 kg hm^-2施氮量范围内,随施氮量的增加,旗叶的净光合速率和叶绿素含量增加,气孔导度增大,胞间二氧化碳浓度降低,旗叶蒸腾速率显著提高; 但施氮量超过180 kg hm^-2时,除蒸腾速率外其他光合指标均无显著变化。N180处理的氮素当季回收率及氮素农学效率均最高,且显著高于N90处理。生物产量以N270处理最高,且与其他处理差异显著; 但施氮量超过180 kg hm^-2时,氮素营养对籽粒产量不再有显著贡献。从产量构成因素来看,提高穗数和穗粒数是增加当地旱作小麦籽粒产量的关键。施氮量90~270 kg hm^-2会造成土壤NO₃-N的残留,残留量占施氮量的35%左右,其中20~40 cm和40~60 cm土层出现NO₃-N积累峰值,NO₃-N残留会导致氮素淋失风险增加及产量对氮肥反应不明显。综合考虑光合特性、产量、氮素利用率和NO₃-N残留量,当地旱作冬小麦施氮量以180 kg hm^-2左右为宜。     

Relationship between grain yield and grain nitrogen concentration in winter triticale

Summary Ten hexaploid winter triticale lines were grown for two cropping periods at three locations in western Switzerland. Averaged across the six environments, the differences between lines were statistically significant (P=0.05) for grain yield, above-ground biomass, N uptake, grain N yield, nitrogen harvest index, grain N concentration and straw N concentration. There were significant line x environment interactions for all traits. Grain yield and grain N concentration were inversely related (r=–0.74^**). Diagrams in which grain yields were plotted against grain N concentration were used to identify lines with a consistently unusual combination of grain yield and grain N concentration. Despite comparable grain yields, Line 3 had a high grain N concentration, while that of Line 7 was low. Line 3 was superior to Line 7 in both N uptake and N harvest index. Averaged across environments and lines, the N harvest index was 0.73 which corresponds to N harvest indices reported for bread wheat in the same region. We considered the feasibility of developing triticale lines which would outperform the best recent ones in N uptake and partitioning. However, we doubted that this would bring about a marked increase in grain N concentration, because, in the long run, the expected genetic progress in grain yield will lead to a dilution of grain protein by grain carbohydrate increments.Abbreviations GNC grain N concentration - GNY grain N yield - GY grain yield - HI above-ground dry matter harvest index - NHI nitrogen harvest index - SNC straw N concentration - TB total above-ground biomass - TPN total plant N     

土壤肥力和灌水组合对小麦植株-土壤系统氮素平衡的影响

采用15N示踪技术，在池栽群体条件下，研究了三种土壤肥力和两种灌水量组合对冬小麦生产系统氮素平衡的影响，结果表明：（1）不同处理氮肥的当季吸收利用率变化在39.08%~53.08%，土壤残留率在21.80%~33.59%之间，损失率变化幅度为18.81%~34.62%，植株吸收积累氮素中的29.88%~47.55%来自肥料；证明，采用不同土壤肥力和灌水量组合来调控小麦生产系统的氮素平衡具有较大的空间。（2）随土壤肥力的提高，植株吸收的总氮和土壤氮量显著增加，但营养体滞留量增加，向子粒的分配比例减少；而对肥料氮的吸收量则表现为中肥>高肥>低肥；氮肥损失率表现为低肥>高肥>中肥，残留率无明显变化，说明土壤肥力达到本实验的中等水平后再继续提高，会给肥料氮的吸收利用带来不利影响，但可有效降低对肥料氮的依赖。（3）增加灌水量在不同土壤肥力条件下均可促进对总氮的吸收量，但对土壤氮吸收的促进作用远高于肥料氮，同时也提高了肥料氮的损失率、降低了土壤残留率和向子粒的分配率。（4）提高土壤肥力和增加灌水量均可提高小麦的经济产量、生物产量和土壤A值，降低收获指数；子粒蛋白质含量随肥力的提高而增加，随灌水的增加而下降。     

养分管理对直播稻产量和氮肥利用率的影响

为探明不同养分管理模式在实地农户种植条件下对直播水稻产量和氮肥利用率的影响。本试验于2011年6月至2013年11月在江苏省兴化市茅山镇基本农田保护区的田间稻麦轮作条件下,分别选取茅山东村、茅山西村和冯顾村各8个农户,开展3个不同养分管理模式试验,设置了不施肥对照(CK)、农民习惯施肥(FFP)和优化施肥(OPT1和OPT2)4个处理,主要研究了水稻产量及构成因子、氮累积分配和氮肥利用率等对不同养分管理模式的响应。结果表明：(1)施肥较不施肥显著提高水稻产量,优化施肥(226 kg N hm^-2)在较习惯施肥(333 kg N hm^-2)平均减氮32.1%的基础上显著提高水稻产量5.5%,增产原因是提高了穗粒数、结实率和千粒重;OPT2较OPT1平均增产3.1%,其原因是在孕穗期增施了钾肥(18 kg hm^-2 K₂O)。(2)优化施肥水稻植株各部位氮浓度、百千克籽粒需氮量和秸秆氮累积均显著低于习惯施肥,且降低营养器官的氮素分配比例。(3)优化施肥较习惯施肥显著提高水稻氮肥利用率,其氮肥偏生产力(PFP_N)、氮肥农学效率(AE_N)、氮肥回收效率(RE_N)和氮肥生理效率(PE_N)分别平均增加55.5%、79.1%、18.7%和48.7%。(4)水稻植株氮累积与产量呈显著正相关,且优化施肥单位氮累积的增产效果高于习惯施肥。因此,基于氮肥总量控制、分期调控和增施钾肥的养分优化管理措施可在实地农户直播稻种植上协同实现水稻高产和氮肥高效。     

减量施氮对玉米-大豆套作系统中作物产量的影响

通过田间试验,研究了种植模式(玉米单作、大豆单作、玉米-大豆套作)和施氮水平(0、180、240 N kg hm^–2)对作物产量和大豆光合特性、干物质积累的影响。结果表明,大豆叶片P_n、G_s、C_i、T_r和植株干物质积累量随生育时期的推移呈先增加后降低的趋势。与单作相比,套作处理大豆的P_n、G_s、T_r在V5期(玉米大豆共生期)显著降低,但在R2、R4、R6期(玉米收获后)无显著差异,地下部、地上部及总干物质积累量在各生育时期呈降低趋势,R4~R6期的作物生长率和经济系数则显著提高。玉米-大豆套作体系下,施氮显著提高了大豆花后叶片P_n、G_s、T_r和植株地下部、地上部及总干物质积累量,增加了大豆单株荚数和产量,与习惯施氮(240 N kg hm^–2)相比,减量施氮处理(180 N kg hm^–2)大豆的P_n在R4、R6期提高了3.57%、11.82%,总干物质积累量在R6、R8期提高了5.06%、10.21%,单株荚数、产量提高了8.30%、10.15%。减量施氮处理下,玉米-大豆套作系统的总产量最高,总经济系数为0.49,LER达2.17。玉米-大豆套作减量一体化施肥有利于提高大豆光合特性和干物质积累,提高大豆产量和玉米-大豆套作系统总产。     

Strategies to Improve the Use Efficiency of Mineral Fertilizer Nitrogen Applied to Winter Wheat

Recovery of fertilizer nitrogen (N) applied to winter wheat crops at tillering in spring is lower than that of N applied at later growth stages because of higher losses and immobilization of N. Two strategies to reduce early N losses and N immobilization and to increase N availability for winter wheat, which should result in an improved N use efficiency (= higher N uptake and/or increased yield per unit fertilizer N), were evaluated. First, 16 winter wheat trials (eight sites in each of 1996 and 1997) were conducted to investigate the effects of reduced and increased N application rates at tillering and stem elongation, respectively, on yield and N uptake of grain. In treatment 90‐70‐60 (90 kg N ha^?1 at tillering, 70 kg N ha^?1 at stem elongation and 60 kg N ha^?1 at ear emergence), the average values for grain yield and grain N removal were up to 3.1 and 5.0 % higher than in treatment 120‐40‐60, reflecting conventional fertilizer practice. Higher grain N removal for the treatment with reduced N rates at tillering, 90‐70‐60, was attributed to lower N immobilization (and N losses), which increased fertilizer N availability. Secondly, as microorganisms prefer NH₄⁺ to NO₃^? for N immobilization, higher net N immobilization would be expected after application of the ammonium‐N form. In a pot experiment, net N immobilization was higher and dry matter yields and crop N contents at harvest were lower with ammonium (ammonium sulphate + nitrification inhibitor Dicyandiamide) than with nitrate (calcium nitrate) nutrition. Five field trials were then conducted to compare calcium nitrate (CN) and calcium ammonium nitrate (CAN) nutrition at tillering, followed by two CAN applications for both treatments. At harvest, crop N and grain yield were higher in the CN than in the CAN treatment at each N supply level. In conclusion, fertilizer N use efficiency in winter wheat can be improved if N availability to the crops is increased as a result of reduced N immobilization (and N losses) early in the growth period. N application systems could be modified towards strategies with lower N applications at tillering compensated by higher N dressing applications later. An additional advantage is expected to result from use of nitrate‐N fertilizers at tillering.     

Dinitrogen Fixation by Winter Chickpea Across Scales in Waterlogged Soil in a Mediterranean Climate

Studies on N₂ fixation by grain legumes during periods of winter waterlogging prone Mediterranean regions have rarely been performed across scales. Here, we quantified the spatial variability of N₂ fixation by rain‐fed chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) at the field‐ and micro‐scales (0.15 m spacing) after waterlogging during the vegetative growth phase in the winter. We also determined effects of tillage (standard and minimum) and crop and soil variables on N₂ fixation in water stressed conditions. After waterlogging, yield was greatly reduced but there were no visible signs of water stress or tillage effects on N₂ fixation. At the field scale, percent N derived from N₂ fixation (%Ndfa) ranged from 51 to 93 % and was related to the amount of soil‐derived N in the plant. Total grain N did not increase when N₂ fixation increased and the amount of N derived from the soil was replaced with fixed N. In contrast, %Ndfa at the micro‐scale, ranging between 0 to 72 %, was primarily related to yield and total plant N whereas available soil N or any of the other measured soil properties were not significant predictors of %Ndfa. Total N in the grain increased solely due to N₂ fixation as the contribution from soil N remained constant. Although %Ndfa had a nearly pure nugget variance across the scales, total N derived from N₂ fixation (gNdfa) showed a relatively high level of spatial correlation. The range of available soil N pools was likely different at the two scales, leading to differences in the responses of chickpea N₂ fixation to available soil N.     

控释肥对坡耕地花生生理特性、产量及品质的影响

选用山东省大面积种植的花生品种小白沙,在不同坡度、相同降雨侵蚀条件下,以普通复合肥为对照,研究了控释复合肥对大田花生生理特性、产量及品质的影响。结果表明,在不同坡度、相同施肥水平下,与相同坡度普通肥料相比,控释肥能提高花生生长后期叶片叶绿素含量、净光合速率(P_n)、蒸腾速率(T_r)和气孔导度(G_s),有效地降低气孔限制值(L_s);改善花生植株氮、磷、钾积累量和养分当季利用效率;单株结果数提高7.1%~36.0%,百仁重提高5.8%~9.7%,荚果产量和生物产量都有增加,其中坡度为10°时,荚果产量和生物产量分别提高17.1%和3.8%,15°时分别提高15.7%和15.7%;花生籽粒的粗脂肪、蛋白质含量都高于对照。同时,随着坡度的增大,控释复合肥和普通复合肥处理的花生叶片叶绿素含量、净光合速率(P_n)、蒸腾速率(T_r)、气孔导度(G_s)、花生体内氮、磷、钾积累量、肥料养分当季利用效率、荚果产量和生物产量均有不同程度的降低,但同种肥料不同坡度处理间花生籽粒品质差异不显著。     

NDVI-based estimates of evapotranspiration of winter wheat indicate positive effects of N fertilizer application on agronomic water-use efficiency

Yield increases by fertilizer application impose higher crop water use, as biomass production is positively correlated with transpiration. To quantify effects of N fertilizer supply on evapotranspiration (ET) of winter wheat, a field experiment with three nitrogen rates (N0, N120 and N230) under non-water-limited conditions was performed during 2014 and 2015. Normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) was used to derive crop coefficients which were used to calculate N effects on bare soil evaporation (E), transpiration, evapotranspiration (ET), grain yield and harvest index (HI). E during the early post-winter growth period was measured with micro-lysimeters and compared with model estimates. N fertilizer supply resulted in lower cumulative E, and increases in grain yield were higher than increases in ET, resulting in a higher agronomic water-use efficiency (WUE_Y). HI of treatment N120 was higher than that of treatment N230 indicating that HI was not the main reason of higher WUE_Y of treatment N230. It is concluded that estimates of ET under variable N supply require consideration of N-induced effects on canopy development which could be successfully monitored by NDVI measurements. N supply increases ET and WUE_Y potentially imposing a trade-off between water conservation and efficiency of water use for crop production.     

不同土壤肥力条件下的滴灌冬小麦水肥运筹试验研究

旨在探索滴灌冬小麦最佳水肥运筹模式,为滴灌条件下冬小麦优质高产的水肥高效管理提供科学依据。本研究选择两块不同土壤基础肥力的田块,进行冬小麦不同生育阶段的水氮组合处理对比试验研究,通过对冬小麦干物质积累、品质等指标的测定,分析不同土壤肥力条件、不同水氮运筹方案对滴灌冬小麦产量及品质的影响。结果表明：土壤基础肥力对滴灌小麦干物质积累影响显著,增施基肥能提高冬小麦光合产物从而提高冬小麦产量。土壤基础肥力提高对滴灌冬小麦籽粒容重、蛋白质含量、维生素B1、氨基酸含量和吸水率具有负效应。推荐高肥力田滴灌冬小麦水肥运筹方式为W2N2,即灌浆期水分调控和氮肥后移的组合方式;低肥力田滴灌冬小麦水肥运筹方式为W1N3即返青-拔节期水肥调控的组合方式为宜。     

Effect of Different Crop Densities of Winter Wheat on Recovery of Nitrogen in Crop and Soil within the Growth Period

Previous experiments have shown that, at harvest of winter wheat, recovery of fertilizer N applied in early spring [tillering, Zadok’s growth stage (GS) 25] is lower than that of N applied later in the growth period. This can be explained by losses and immobilization of N, which might be higher between GS 25 and stem elongation (GS 31). It was hypothesized that a higher crop density (i.e. more plants per unit area) results in an increased uptake of fertilizer N applied at GS 25, so that less fertilizer N is subject to losses and immobilization. Different crop densities of winter wheat at GS 25 were established by sowing densities of 100 seeds m^–2 (S_low), 375 seeds m^–2 (S_cfp= common farming practice) and 650 seeds m^–2 (S_high) in autumn. The effect of sowing density on crop N uptake and apparent fertilizer N recovery (aFNrec = N in fertilized treatments ? N in unfertilized treatments) in crops and soil mineral N (N_min), as well as on lost and immobilized N (i.e. non‐recovered N = N rate ? aFNrec), was investigated for two periods after N application at GS 25 [i.e. from GS 25 to 15 days later (GS 25 + 15d), and from GS 25 + 15d to GS 31] and in a third period between GS 31 and harvest (i.e. after second and third N applications). Fertilizer N rates varied at GS 25 (0, 43 and 103 kg N ha^–1), GS 31 (0 and 30 kg N ha^–1) and ear emergence (0, 30 and 60 kg ha^–1). At GS 25 + 15d, non‐recovered N was highest (up to 33 kg N ha^–1 and up to 74 kg N ha^–1 at N rates of 43 and 103 kg N ha^–1, respectively) due to low crop N uptake after the first N dressing. Non‐recovered N was not affected by sowing density. Re‐mineralization during later growth stages indicated that non‐recovered N had been immobilized. N uptake rates from the second and third N applications were lowest for S_low, so non‐recovered N at harvest was highest for S_low. Although non‐recovered N was similar for S_cfp and S_high, the highest grain yields were found at S_cfp and N dressings of 43 + 30 + 60 kg N ha^–1. This combination of sowing density and N rates was the closest to common farming practice. Grain yields were lower for S_high than for S_cfp, presumably due to high competition between plants for nutrients and water. In conclusion, reducing or increasing sowing density compared to S_cfp did not reduce immobilization (and losses) of fertilizer N and did not result in increased fertilizer N use efficiency or grain yields.     

氮磷钾对红花草固氮根瘤菌生长及种植后土壤肥力的影响

为了发展有机水稻,以红花草-有机水稻轮作培肥水田土壤肥力,研究氮、磷、钾对红花草固氮根瘤菌生长及种植后土壤肥力的影响,为红花草的合理种植、培肥地力提供依据。2012—2013 2年稻后茬种植红花草,过冬前分别单独施用不同用量的氮肥、磷肥、钾肥,以不施肥为对照,探讨不同肥料不同用量对红花草产草量、固氮根瘤菌数量、固氮根瘤菌重量的影响及种植后的土壤肥力变化状况。研究结果表明：红花草前期补施氮、磷、钾,氮素对红花草的影响较大,在施氮75 kg/hm²(N 46%)时,产草量最高,固氮根瘤菌数量最多,固氮根瘤菌重量大;种植后土壤全氮变化表现为不同施氮量增幅随肥料用量增加而增加,施磷、施钾各处理增幅随肥料用量增加而先降后升;土壤速效磷变化为施氮、施磷各处理增幅随肥料用量增加而增加,施钾各处理增幅趋势表现不明显;土壤速效钾变化表现为施氮、施磷各处理增幅变化趋势是随肥料用量增加先升后降,在施氮150 kg/hm²(N 46%)、施磷300 kg/hm²(P₂O₅ 12%)时,土壤速效钾增幅达最大;土壤有机质变化表现为增幅随肥料用量增加而增加。所以,种植红花草,前期适当补施氮、磷、钾,可以提高红花草产草量,有效提高土壤肥力。     

氮肥用量及钾肥施用对稻麦周年产量及效益的影响

为探明优化施氮量与高施氮量下不同钾肥施用处理对稻麦周年产量及效益的影响。本试验于2010年5月–2011年7月在江苏省如皋市农业科学研究所试验基地的田间稻麦轮作条件下,对常规粳稻品种镇稻11和春性中筋品种扬麦16设置了两个氮肥用量下不同钾肥用量及施用方法处理,测定稻麦周年的产量和组成因子,成熟期不同器官的氮、钾浓度和累积量,氮、钾利用效率及经济效益。试验结果表明,钾肥的施用显著提高了周年稻麦的产量,同时提高了稻麦的有效穗数、穗粒数和结实率,钾肥的利用效率和经济效益。稻麦周年钾肥(K₂O)的偏生产力(PFP)、农学效率(AE)、回收利用率(RE)和经济效益均以周年钾肥(K2O)土壤施用150 kg hm^-2 + 叶面喷施16.2 kg hm^-2 (K_S150 + K_F16.2)处理最高。氮肥用量的结果表明,相对于优化施氮量,高施氮量有利于提高水稻的氮素营养而增产,但对稻麦周年产量的影响不显著,且优化施氮量的氮肥利用效率及经济效益均高于高施氮量。因此,综合考虑土壤环境因素、经济效益和肥料资源管理,本地区最佳氮肥(N)用量为水稻200 kg hm^-2,小麦180 kg hm^-2;最佳钾肥(K₂O)用量及方法为水稻土壤施用90 kg hm^-2 + 叶面喷施9.7 kg hm^-2 (K_S90 + K_F9.7),小麦土壤施用60 kg hm^-2 + 叶面喷施6.5 kg hm^-2 (K_S60 + K_F6.5)。     

Can Leaf Chlorophyll Measures at Differing Growth Stages be used as an Indicator of Winter Wheat and Spring Barley Nitrogen Requirements in Eastern Canada?

Plant need-based N management approaches may increase the efficiency of N fertilizer application in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) and barley (Hordeum vulgare L.). The leaf chlorophyll concentration estimated through the SPAD-502 meter gives a relative assessment of N status in crop. Field trials were conducted near St John's, Newfoundland, between 1997 and 2000 to describe the relationship between winter wheat and spring barley grain yield, protein content, protein yield and SPAD measurements, as affected by differential stage of crop growth, seeding rate and topdress N fertilizer. Grain yield, protein content, and protein yield of winter wheat and spring barley exhibited linear responses to increasing N topdress application rate. SPAD-502 values were moderately to highly positively correlated with grain yield, protein content, and protein yield as a result of increasing topdress N fertilization, and moderately negatively correlated as a result of increasing seeding rate. It may be difficult to make an N-application rate recommendation based on SPAD measurements, as a critical SPAD value may vary among years, locations, cultivars and soil characters.     

Performance and application of the APSIM Nwheat model in the Netherlands

APSIM Nwheat is a crop system simulation model, consisting of modules that incorporate aspects of soil water, nitrogen (N), crop residues, and crop growth and development. The model was applied to simulate above- and below-ground growth, grain yield, water and N uptake, and soil water and soil N of wheat crops in the Netherlands. Model outputs were compared with detailed measurements of field experiments from three locations with two different soil types. The experiments covered two seasons and a range of N-fertiliser applications. The overall APSIM Nwheat model simulations of soil mineral N, N uptake, shoot growth, phenology, kernels m⁻², specific grain weight and grain N were acceptable. Grain yields (dry weight) and grain protein concentrations were well simulated with a root mean square deviation (RMSD) of 0.8 t ha⁻¹ and 1.6 protein%, respectively. Additionally, the model simulations were compared with grain yields from a long-term winter wheat experiment with different N applications, two additional N experiments and regional grain yield records. The model reproduced the general effects of N treatments on yields. Simulations showed a good consistency with the higher yields of the long-term experiment, but overpredicted the lower yields. Simulations and earlier regional yields differed, but they showed uniformity for the last decade.In a simulation experiment, the APSIM Nwheat model was used with historical weather data to study the relationship between rate and timing of N fertiliser and grain yield, grain protein and soil residual N. A median grain yield of 4.5 t ha⁻¹ was achieved without applying fertiliser, utilising mineral soil N from previous seasons, from mineralisation and N deposition. Application of N fertiliser in February to increase soil mineral N to 140 kg N ha⁻¹ improved the median yield to 7.8 t ha⁻¹ but had little effect on grain protein concentration with a range of 8–10%. Nitrogen applications at tillering and the beginning of stem elongation further increased grain yield and in particular grain protein, but did not affect soil residual N, except in a year with low rainfall during stem elongation. A late N application at flag leaf stage increased grain protein content by several per cent. This increase had only a small effect on grain yield and did not increase soil residual N with up to 40 kg N ha⁻¹ applied, except when N uptake was limited by low rainfall in the period after the flag leaf stage. The economic and environmental optima in winter wheat were identified with up to 140 kg N ha⁻¹ in February, 90 kg N ha⁻¹ between tillering and beginning of stem elongation and 40 kg N ha⁻¹ at flag leaf stage resulting in a median of 8.5 t ha⁻¹ grain yield, 14.0% grain protein and 13 kg N ha⁻¹ soil residual N after the harvest. The maximum simulated yield with maximum N input from two locations in the Netherlands was 9.9 t ha⁻¹.     

减少化肥配施有机肥对滴灌棉花N、P吸收和产量的影响

施用有机肥是作物增产和提升地力的有效途径。本试验在连续定位施肥的第3年,研究了常规单施化肥(CF)和化肥减量20%~40%、配施3000~6000 kg·hm-2不同种类的有机类肥料对棉株干物质质量,产量,氮、磷吸收量,土壤保水性以及养分利用率的影响。结果表明,与单施化肥相比,减化肥配施有机肥各处理的生物量在蕾期、铃期和吐絮期分别增加4.3%~30.0%、16.8%~35.1%和18.5%~38.8%;棉花产量在第3年提高了6.9%~18.5%,其中施用6000 kg·hm-2生物有机肥获得最高产,子棉产量为7578 kg·hm-2。施用有机肥能增加棉株对氮、磷养分的吸收,且显著提高了氮肥利用率(P0.05)以及田间持水量,生物有机肥对磷肥利用率的提高优于普通有机肥。     

Effects of cover crops on soil mineral nitrogen and on the yield and nitrogen content of maize

Current agricultural practice favours winter cover crops, which can not only optimize N management in field crop rotation; but also affect subsequent crops. Three field experiments were carried out in Eastern Slovenia to examine the effects of Italian ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum Lam.), winter rape (Brassica napus ssp.oleifera (Metzg.) Sinsk), subclover (Trifolium subterraneum L.), and crimson clover (Trifolium incarnatum L.) as winter cover crops on the mineral N (N_min) content of soil and on the yield and N content of subsequent maize (Zea mays L.), fertilized with 120 kg N ha⁻¹. Italian ryegrass and winter rape decreased soil N_min contents before winter and in spring more than both clovers. In contrast, clovers accumulated significantly higher amounts of N in organic matter and had lower C/N ratios than winter rape and especially Italian ryegrass. In comparison to the control (bare fallow without cover crop), clovers increased the whole above ground maize dry matter yield, maize grain yield and N contents in whole above ground plants and in grain. The yields and N contents of maize following winter rape were on the same level as the control, while yields and N contents of maize following Italian ryegrass were, in two of the experiments, at the same level as the control. The effects of Italian ryegrass on the maize as subsequent crop in the third experiment were markedly negative. Maize in the control treatment exploited N much more efficiently than in treatments with cover crops. Therefore, cover crop N management should be improved, especially with a view to optimizing the timing of net N mineralization in accordance with the N demands of the subsequent crop.     

Organic fertilizer effects on growth,crop yield,and soil microbial biomass indices in sole and intercropped peas and oats under organic farming conditions

In a field experiment, peas (Pisum sativum L.) and oats (Avena sativa L.) were grown as sole crops and intercrops, fertilized with horse manure and yard-waste compost derived from shrub and garden cuttings at 10 t C ha⁻¹ each. The objectives were to compare the effects of these organic fertilizer and cropping system in organic farming on (a) yield of peas and oats, grown as the sole crop or intercropped, as well as N₂ fixation and photosynthetic rates, (b) the yield of wheat as a succeeding crop, (c) microbial biomass indices in soil and roots, and (d) microbial activity estimated by the CO₂ evolution rate in the field and the amount of organic fertilizers, recovered as particulate organic matter (POM). In general, organic fertilizer application improved nodule dry weight (DW), photosynthetic rates, N₂ fixation, and N accumulation of peas as well as N concentration in oat grain. Averaged across fertilizer treatments, pea/oat intercropping significantly decreased nodule DW, N₂ fixation and photosynthetic rate of peas by 14, 17, and 12%, respectively, and significantly increased the photosynthetic rate of oats by 20%. However, the land equivalent ratio (LER) of intercropped peas and oats exceeded 1.0, indicating a yield advantage over sole cropping. Soil microbial biomass was positively correlated with pea dry matter yields both in sole and intercropped systems. Organic fertilizers increased the contents of microbial biomass C, N, P, and fungal ergosterol in soil and CO₂ production, whereas the cropping system had no effects on these microbial indices. According to the organic fertilizer recovered as POM, 70% (manure) and 64% (compost) of added C were decomposed, but only 39% (manure) and 13% (compost) could be attributed to CO₂–C during a 101-day period. This indicated that horse manure was more readily available to soil microorganisms than compost, leading to increased grain yields of the succeeding winter wheat.     

Productivity and Sustainability of Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.)–Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) Cropping System as Influenced by Prilled Urea, Farmyard Manure and Azotobacter

Field experiments were conducted at Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, during 2001–2002 and 2002–2003, to study the effect of inorganic, organic and Azotobacter combined sources of N on cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) and their residual effect on succeeding wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) crop. The results indicated considerable increase in yield attributes and mean seed cotton yield (2.33 Mg ha^?1) with the combined application of 30 kg N and farmyard manure (FYM) at 12 Mg ha^?1 along with Azotobacter (M₄). The treatment in cotton that included FYM, especially when fertilizer N was also applied could either improve or maintain the soil fertility status in terms of available N, P and K. Distinct increase in yield attributes and grain yield of wheat was observed with the residual effect of integrated application of 30 kg N ha^?1 + FYM at 12 Mg ha^?1 + Azotobacter. Direct application of 120 kg N ha^?1 resulted 67.4 and 17.7 % increase in mean grain yield of wheat over no N and 60 kg N ha^?1, respectively. Integrated application of organic and inorganic fertilizer is therefore, recommended for higher productivity and sustainability of the cotton–wheat system.     

西北绿洲灌区水氮耦合对燕麦品种陇燕3号耗水特性及产量的影响

灌水和施肥,尤其是施氮肥,是调控作物生长和增加产量的两大重要技术措施,其互作是燕麦高产高效栽培中重要因素。2014—2015年连续2个生长季,在甘肃河西绿洲灌区的田间试验设3个定额灌溉和3个施氮(纯氮)水平,研究水氮耦合对陇燕3号农田0~150 cm土层耗水量、棵间蒸发、产量及水分利用效率的影响。3个灌溉处理的灌水量分别为270 mm(I_1)、337.5 mm(I_2)和405 mm(I_3),3个施氮水平分别为90 kg hm~(–2)(N_1)、120 kg hm~(–2)(N_2)和150 kg hm~(–2)(N_3)。从播种到成熟,燕麦阶段耗水强度呈先增后减趋势,抽穗至灌浆是最大耗水期,且同一施氮水平下,阶段耗水强度随灌水量增大而显著增加。在全生育期内,棵间蒸发量(E)及土壤水分蒸发量占总蒸发量的比例(E/ET)表现先降后升趋势,且相同施氮量下,拔节至灌浆期随灌水量的增大而增大,而灌浆至成熟期则随灌水量的增大而减小。相同施氮量下,燕麦产量随灌水量增加而显著增加,水分利用效率却随灌水量增加而降低。产量N_3I_3最高(5466.0~5727.5 kg hm~(–2)),N_3I_2次之(5428.5~5678.5 kg hm~(–2)),N_1I_1最低(4504.5~4804.3 kg hm~(–2));水分利用效率N_3I_2最大(12.11~12.82 kg mm~(–1) hm~(–2)),N_3I_1次之(12.04~12.63 kg mm~(–1) hm~(–2)),N_1I_3最小(9.79~10.58 kg mm~(–1) hm~(–2))。由此表明,水氮耦合对燕麦水分利用及产量具有显著互作效应。施氮量150 kg hm~(–2)、灌溉定额337.5 mm是西北绿洲灌区燕麦种植较佳的节水、高产水氮管理模式。