小麦垄作栽培的田间小气候效应及对植株发育和产量的影响

小麦垄作栽培是在克服了传统栽培(平作)许多不利因素的基础上发展起来的一种耕作栽培方式。与传统栽培方式相比，小麦垄作栽培可降低田间湿度10％左右，改善群体内部的通风透光条件(透光率较平作增加5％～15％，光能利用率较平作增加10％～13．8％)，倒伏程度及纹枯病和白粉病等发病程度均较传统栽培方式有明显降低，植株发育健壮。小麦垄作栽培可较传统平作增产10％～13.4％。     

寒地水稻垄作双深耕作栽培模式技术效果的评价

为评价垄作双深耕作栽培模式对土壤部分理化指标和水稻产量及肥料利用效率的影响,在3个试验地点,对垄作双深耕作栽培(简称垄作)和常规平作耕作栽培(简称平作)的产量、干物质生产、根部性状、肥料利用率及土壤容重、团聚体和温度进行了比较研究。结果表明:采用该技术模式,土壤容重下降,土壤温度和团聚体升高是普遍现象。垄作0—5 cm和5—10 cm土层的容重分别下降10.40%,10.26%,0—10 cm和10—20 cm土层团聚体分别增加27.85%,14.18%,6月上旬—9月上旬距地表5,10,15 cm位置旬平均温度分别升高2.35,0.58,1.12℃。垄作齐穗期干物重和叶面积指数、灌浆期干物重和叶面积指数、各时期根干重方面表现出显著优势。垄作平均增产7.85%,增产幅度为7.92%～9.86%,穗数或穗粒数增加是其增产的主要原因。垄作氮肥贡献率、土壤氮素依存率、氮肥农学利用率和氮肥偏生产力分别较平作提高13.85%,15.46%,20.86%,6.97%。因此,垄作双深耕作栽培模式改善了土壤理化性质,促进根系生长发育,从而使水稻地上部分表现出生长优势,提高了肥料利用率和产量。     

全覆膜垄作种植对旱作马铃薯生长和土壤特性的影响

针对内蒙古长城沿线丘陵区土壤保水保肥性差,春旱严重及马铃薯产量和降雨利用率低的问题,采用地膜覆盖和垄作种植相结合的技术手段,通过连续2年的田间试验,研究了露地平作(CK)、全膜垄作(全膜双垄垄上播(A1)、全膜单垄垄上播(A2)、全膜单垄垄上微沟播(A3))和全覆膜平作(A4)5种栽培方式对旱作农田土壤酶活性与相应土层土壤含水量、温度、pH及马铃薯生长的影响。结果表明:整个生育期内,全覆膜和垄作提高了土壤增温保墒能力,A1、A2、A3和A4处理,与CK相比,土壤含水量分别提高了32.76%,23.60%,42.92%,17.58%,土壤温度分别提高11.51%,9.41%,6.87%,4.83%,同时显著降低0—20cm土层土壤pH,提高了相应土层土壤过氧化氢酶和脲酶活性,进而增加芽鲜重、根鲜重和芽粗,提高了根系活力,降低了丙二醛含量。与CK相比,产量分别提高48.62%,34.22%,52.85%,21.70%,显著增加了降雨利用率和肥料偏生产力。可见,全膜垄作种植可改善土壤质量,提高作物产量和降雨利用率,且以A1和A3效果最优,更适合作为内蒙古长城沿线丘陵区节水高产栽培模式。     

旱地玉米覆盖栽培的土壤水热及产量效应

采用单因素随机区组设计,以春玉米沈单16号品种为试验材料,全膜双垄沟播(FMRFC)、沙膜二元覆盖沟种(FSMC)、全沙覆盖平作(SMC)和露地平作(CK)为处理,研究旱地玉米覆盖栽培的土壤水热及产量效应。结果表明:各覆盖处理玉米苗期-抽雄期0~25cm土层的平均地温均有所提高,对0~100cm土层的土壤水分的消耗增大,且都以FMRFC居首,比CK增温3.1~3.3℃、多耗水9.8%。收获后,各覆盖处理0~20cm土层的土壤水分得到了恢复,但20~100cm土层的水分没有恢复到播前状态。覆盖处理显著改善了穗粒数、穗粒重和百粒重等经济性状,增加了玉米产量,提高了作物水分利用效率(WUE),优先次序为FMRFCFSMCSMCCK。FMRFC是半干旱区玉米种植优先选择的覆盖方式,但对0~100cm土层土壤水分消耗较多,对年际水分平衡不利,需深化匹配水分高效调控技术的研究。     

夏玉米垄作覆盖对农田土壤水分及其利用影响

在小麦-玉米1年两熟雨养旱农区，将垄作和秸秆覆盖技术结合起来，进一步提高天然降雨的利用效率。试验结果表明，在0～40cm土层含水量，夏玉米垄作覆盖较平作有显著的提高，以5～10cm表现尤为突出，随着土层的加深，这种差异逐渐减少；玉米冠层蒸发量平作平均值分别高于平作覆盖、垄作和垄作覆盖12．8％，7．6％和13．2％，地面蒸发量平作平均值分别高于平作覆盖、垄作和垄作覆盖48．6％，29．9％和54．3％；垄作覆盖比平作水分利用效率提高24．32％，叶片失水率较低。这说明了垄作覆盖能最大程度将天然降雨蓄存在土中，并转化为作物可用水资源。     

休闲期耕作方式和施用保水剂对旱地小麦产量及水分利用率的影响

为探讨提高旱地麦田休闲期土壤蓄水保水能力、保证旱地小麦稳产高产的有效途径,本研究采用双因素裂区试验,主区为耕作方式(深松、深翻和旋耕),副区为保水剂施用量(0、45、90 kg·hm^-2),研究了耕作方式和施用保水剂对土壤含水量、土壤养分、旱地小麦产量和水分利用率的影响,并分析了土壤含水量、生育期耗水量与旱地小麦产量及其构成因素和水分利用率之间的相关关系。结果表明,与休闲期旋耕相比,休闲期深松提高了播前20~160 cm土层的土壤含水量,休闲期深翻提高了播前0~20 cm和60~140 cm土层的土壤含水量,加速了收获期20~200 cm土层的水分利用;并通过增加穗数和穗粒数使旱地小麦产量分别提高了12.63%和6.88%,显著提高了水分利用率和降水利用率,20~40 cm土层有机质、碱解氮、速效磷含量总体提高。休闲期耕作,配施保水剂45 kg·hm^-2显著提高了旱地小麦休闲期蓄水保水能力、水分利用率和产量。休闲期深松增产效果和提高水分利用率效果优于休闲期深翻。旱地小麦产量和降水利用率与播前60~120 cm土层含水量呈正相关。本研究结果为晋南旱地小麦优化耕作方式和保水剂施用量提高产量和水分利用率提供了理论依据,对旱地小麦稳产高产、减小年际间产量波动具有重要意义。     

旱地全膜覆土穴播和全沙覆盖平作对小麦田土壤水分和产量的调节机理

以春小麦品种‘陇春27’为试材,采用田间试验法,以裸地平作为对照,研究半干旱区旱地全膜覆土穴播和全沙覆盖平作对小麦田土壤水分和产量的调节作用。结果表明:与裸地平作(CK)相比,全膜覆土穴播(PM)和全沙覆盖平作(SM)小麦田0~40 cm土壤水分条件明显改善,尤其在干旱年份,能满足小麦前期生长,同时促进小麦出苗后对0~200 cm土壤水分的利用;种植第1年PM在60~80 cm土层耗水量最大,SM和CK在40~60 cm土层耗水量最大;种植第2年PM以120~180 cm土层耗水量最多,SM和CK则以60~80 cm土层耗水量最多。连续种植两年后,PM耗水深度从120 cm延伸到200 cm,SM耗水深度从120 cm延伸到140 cm,CK耗水深度无变化;小麦田休闲效率PM最大,SM次之,CK最小,但是各处理休闲效率随种植年限增加而降低。可见,PM和SM能改善小麦前期生长水分环境,促进出苗后耗水,并加快小麦对土壤深层水分的利用,因而与CK相比,PM产量增加48.77%~815.79%,SM产量增加49.41%~702.24%。但随种植年限增加,耗水深度加大,休闲效率降低,多年种植可能对土壤水分生态产生不利影响。     

渭北旱塬小麦不同栽培模式对土壤硝态氮残留的影响

在陕西渭北旱塬进行了4年田间小麦试验,研究了旱地不同栽培模式、施氮量和种植密度对土壤硝态氮残留累积的影响。结果表明,种植小麦4年后,0-200 cm土壤剖面中残留硝态氮为29.87~462.59 kg/hm2,且主要积累在80-160 cm土层,土壤氮库不仅明显,且残留比前3年土壤剖面显著下移(前3年主要累积在100 cm),差异达显著和极显著水平;不同栽培模式和种植密度0-200 cm土层硝态氮残留累积规律及其小麦籽粒吸氮量基本相似,排序均为:地膜覆盖>常规种植>秸秆覆盖>垄沟种植;随施氮量的增加土壤硝态氮残留量也相应增加,N0处理0-200 cm土壤平均硝态氮残留量为57.69 kg/hm2,N120处理平均为97.04 kg/hm2,虽然高于无氮处理,但两者差异未达到显著水平,N240处理平均为355.43 kg/hm2,比前者增加的幅度更大,其差异达到极显著水平。因施氮肥而增加的土壤硝态氮残留量为14.9~401.18 kg/hm2,平均占4年施氮量的19.59%,其中地膜覆盖占26.07%,常规种植占20.98%,秸秆覆盖占17.46%,垄沟种植种植占13.87%。     

绿洲灌区固定道耕作对土壤盐分动态的影响

解决节水灌溉与控制土壤次生盐渍化的矛盾,对干旱内陆绿洲灌区农田节水、防止土壤次生盐渍化和保证绿洲农业稳定持续发展具有重要意义。本研究以传统翻耕(CT)、垄作沟灌(FRB)、固定道保护性耕作(PRB)和固定道平作(ZT)4种耕作方式为研究对象,研究了固定道耕作模式下的土壤盐分特征。结果表明:与播前相比,收获后FRB处理0~20 cm、20~40 cm、40~60 cm和60~100 cm土层土壤含盐量分别提高83.3%、77.2%、47.6%和84.0%,PRB处理分别提高62.6%、46.3%、28.2%和103.6%。ZT和CT处理0~200 cm土壤含盐量呈"脱盐"和"聚盐"交替变化趋势,0~60 cm各土层土壤含盐量随灌水显著降低,而60~200 cm各土层土壤含盐量随灌水显著增加。0~20 cm、20~40 cm和40~60 cm土层是PRB和FRB处理土壤盐分的主要累积区,ZT和CT处理土壤含盐量随灌水最终积累在100~160 cm土层。从头水后至收获各个时期,PRB处理0~200 cm各土层土壤含盐量均高于FRB处理,且差异显著。ZT处理0~20 cm、20~40 cm、40~60 cm和60~100 cm土层土壤含盐量均显著高于CT处理。垄床不同位置土壤盐分运动水平方向上均呈"垄边向垄中"迁移特点,但PRB处理迁移能力强于FRB处理。垂直方向上,FRB处理在土壤60~80 cm处形成积盐峰,而PRB处理在土壤40~60 cm处形成积盐峰。随灌溉水分入渗再分布后FRB处理土壤盐分向垄沟中部和垄床表层迁移,PRB处理土壤盐分在垄床40~60 cm土层处形成一个积盐层。结果说明,垄作方式能显著增加土壤剖面盐分累积。随着垄作年限增加,盐分向垄床中部积累的能力和含量均增强,由此垄作种植应考虑适时漫灌以达到淋洗土壤盐分的目的。     

垄作覆膜种植对夏玉米生长和土壤水分动态的影响

旨在探索垄作覆膜对夏玉米动态生长过程、作物产量和水分利用效率及土壤水分运移规律的影响。试验设置垄作覆膜(RM)和平作不覆膜(NM)处理,在试验数据分析的基础上,采用Logistic方程及其修正方程分别拟合株高和叶面积指数生长动态,结合数值模型HYDRUS-2D模拟典型降雨过程的土壤水分动态。结果表明:Logistic方程拟合下,垄作覆膜与平作未覆膜处理夏玉米株高最大增长速率及其出现时间分别为5.1,5.2cm/d和播种后39,41天(3年均值),同时垄作覆膜夏玉米叶面积指数最大增长率较平作未覆膜提高了14.6%,增长速率最大值出现时间提前了2天;垄作覆膜夏玉米穗长、穗粒数、百粒重、产量及水分利用效率较平作未覆膜分别增加了7.8%,15.4%,1.3%,6.0%和3.1%(3年均值)。HYDRUS-2D模型对典型降雨后土壤剖面水分变化的模拟结果表明,垄作覆膜能增加降雨入渗,增大0—20cm土层和0—200cm剖面平均含水量。垄作覆膜种植具有增产保墒效应,但其增产效应与生育期气象条件有关,生育季降雨过多或过少都会影响其增产效应。     

低氮和干旱胁迫对富士和秦冠生长及氮素利用的影响

【目的】以富士（Fuji）、 秦冠（Qinguan）嫁接在平邑甜茶（Malus hupehensis Rehd.）上的当年生盆栽苗为试验材料,采用砂培方法,研究了缺氮胁迫和干旱对富士和秦冠生长情况、 光合参数、 植株各部位氮磷钾含量及氮素利用效率的影响,分析比较了低氮干旱条件下富士和秦冠生长及氮素利用的差异,以期为果树生产高效肥水利用提供理论指导。【方法】试验共设四个处理: 正常氮正常水（ZZ）、 低氮正常水（DZ）、 正常氮干旱（ZG）、 低氮干旱（DG）。氮素和水分均设置两个水平,分别为正常氮（6 mmol/L NO-3-N）、 低氮（0.3 mmol/LNO-3-N）、 正常供水（保持盆中砂子相对含水量为饱和含水量的80%~85%）、 干旱处理（保持盆中砂子相对含水量为饱和含水量的60%~65%）。【结果】富士和秦冠的生物量（茎和叶）、 株高茎粗等生长指标以及光合速率、 气孔导度、 蒸腾速率均为正常氮正常水（ZZ）＞低氮正常水（DZ）＞正常氮干旱（ZG）＞低氮干旱（DG）,并且相对应处理下秦冠的以上指标均高于富士;正常供水下,缺氮处理使富士、 秦冠的根冠比比正常氮处理均有所增加,富士提高了2.05%,秦冠提高了22.40%。富士和秦冠的氮、 磷、 钾含量均表现出正常氮正常水（ZZ）＞低氮正常水（DZ）＞正常氮干旱（ZG）＞低氮干旱（DG）; 氮、 钾元素含量在植株各部位的分布顺序依次是叶＞根＞茎,磷元素则是根＞叶＞茎;光合氮素利用效率（PNUE）和氮素利用效率表现为秦冠处理之间差异极显著,富士处理之间差异不显著;秦冠的PNUE和NUE明显高于富士,在低氮正常水（DZ）处理下,秦冠氮肥利用率比富士高42.07%,在低氮干旱（DG）处理下高64.14%;低氮胁迫下富士和秦冠的NUE显著提高,并且秦冠提高的幅度高于富士。【结论】施用氮肥能够显著提高富士与秦冠的干物质量,同等水肥条件下,秦冠生长优于富士;水分亏缺会减少叶片对氮的吸收,干旱条件下适度增施氮肥,可提高果树的抗旱能力;低氮干旱胁迫下秦冠的生长指标、 光合指标及氮素利用效率指标均优于富士,表现出较强的抗低氮干旱胁迫的能力。     

Pasture Vegetation Elemental Analysis by Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy

Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) is a new technique for the analysis of plant material. This study investigates the application of LIBS to pasture-based plant samples. The LIBS measurements were obtained from pelletized pasture samples (100 samples) that had been also analyzed by inductively coupled plasma–optical emission spectroscopy (ICP-OES) following microwave digestion for calibration and comparison purposes. Comparisons for elements sodium (Na), potassium (K), magnesium (Mg), calcium (Ca), manganese (Mn), iron (Fe), copper (Cu), zinc (Zn), boron (B), phosphorus (P), and sulfur (S) showed that LIBS could be used for almost all the standard profile total elements with concentrations down to low mg/kg levels (observed error of Na: 0.024 percent, K: 0.18 percent, Mg: 0.016 percent, Ca: 0.073 percent, P: 0.017 percent, Mn: 31 mg/kg, Fe: 150 mg/kg, Zn: 6.6 mg/kg, and B: 1.1 mg/kg). Elemental analysis at less than mg/kg levels was not possible using LIBS. The elements S and Cu were particularly difficult to analyze with reliability using LIBS at the concentration levels found in the plant samples. Replacing microwave digestion and subsequent ICP analysis with a direct analysis of dried plant samples using LIBS has the potential to improve the productivity and reduce the cost of testing.     

Faculty positions:Center for Agricultural Resources Research,Chinese Academy of Sciences

正The Center for Agricultural Resources Research(CARR),the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology(IGDB),Chinese Academy of Sciences,invites applicants for several research group leader positions.CARR is one of the research organizations in Chinese Academy of Sciences(CAS).We seek nominations and applications from individuals who have expertise and a record of accomplishment in research areas related to ecology,agro-hydrology,     

Biodiversity and ecogeography of wild Lactuca spp. in some European countries

Staff members of the Department of Botany of Palacký University in Olomouc and Gene Bank Department – Workplace Olomouc, Research Institute of Crop Production in Prague, Czech Republic, conducted an expedition in seven European countries (Austria, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Switzerland) in August/September 1999 to collect wild Lactuca spp. germplasm and study its geographic distribution, ecology and biodiversity. During the mission, more than 600 locations were visited resulting in the collection of 602 seed samples (accessions) of wild Lactuca species and 13 seed samples of related genera (Chondrilla and Mycelis). Lactuca serriola f. serriola, L. serriola f. integrifolia, L. saligna and L. viminea subsp. chondrilliflora were prevalent in southern Europe (Italy, France), however, only L. serriola was common in central and western Europe (Austria, Czech Republic, Germany, Netherlands, Switzerland). The greatest diversity of Lactuca species was found in France, where also the most seed samples (165) were collected. The most characteristic habitats with a high density of Lactuca spp. populations were observed along roads and highways, grassy ditches, ruderal communities, and dust-heaps. Natural infections by powdery mildew (Erysiphe cichoracearum) and downy mildew (Bremia lactucae) on some wild Lactuca spp. were observed. Recent observations concerning the geographic distribution, population structure, habitats, and natural occurrence of diseases of Lactuca spp. are discussed. This assemblage of genetic resources of Lactuca spp. can serve as the basis of future studies of species diversification, spatial population structure, plant microevolution, domestication processes, and genetic variability of host-parasite interactions.     

Macroinvertebrates in North American tallgrass prairie soils: effects of fire, mowing, and fertilization on density and biomass

The responses of tallgrass prairie plant communities and ecosystem processes to fire and grazing are well characterized. However, responses of invertebrate consumer groups, and particularly soil-dwelling organisms, to these disturbances are not well known. At Konza Prairie Biological Station, we sampled soil macroinvertebrates in 1994 and 1999 as part of a long-term experiment designed to examine the effects and interactions of annual fire, mowing, and fertilization (N and P) on prairie soil communities and processes. For nearly all taxa, in both years, responses were characterized by significant treatment interactions, but some general patterns were evident. Introduced European earthworms (Aporrectodea spp. and Octolasion spp.) were most abundant in plots where fire was excluded, and the proportion of the total earthworm community consisting of introduced earthworms was greater in unburned, unmowed, and fertilized plots. Nymphs of two Cicada genera were collected (Cicadetta spp. and Tibicen spp.). Cicadetta nymphs were more abundant in burned plots, but mowing reduced their abundance. Tibicen nymphs were collected almost exclusively from unburned plots. Treatment effects on herbivorous beetle larvae (Scarabaeidae, Elateridae, and Curculionidae) were variable, but nutrient additions (N or P) usually resulted in greater densities, whereas mowing usually resulted in lower densities. Our results suggest that departures from historical disturbance regimes (i.e. frequent fire and grazing) may render soils more susceptible to increased numbers of European earthworms, and that interactions between fire, aboveground biomass removal, and vegetation responses affect the structure and composition of invertebrate communities in tallgrass prairie soils.     

Properties of anaerobically digested and composted municipal solid waste assessed by linking soil mesofauna dynamics and nitrogen modelling

We have studied the effect of anaerobically digested (ADMSW) and composted municipal solid waste (CMSW) on mineralization and foodweb dynamics to verify the hypothesis that ADMSW would immobilize N right after addition to soil in contrast to addition with CMSW. Another hypothesis was that the mesofauna (enchytraeids and microarthropods) would stimulate N release from the decomposer community. We measured excretion of -N and urea-N from the mesofauna and hypothesized that enchytraeids would release urea. ADMSW and CMSW were amended to pots with sandy loam and barley. The pots were divided into treatments with or without mesofauna. Mesofauna, plant N and biomass, soil N and ergosterol (fungal biomass) were measured over a 113-day period of four equidistant samplings. Soil respiration, N mineralization and N release by the mesofauna were modelled from concurrent studies. ADMSW- and CMSW-treated soils initially (<20 days) immobilized N. The amendments did not increase plant growth substantially, and this was probably due to N-limitation in the early stages of plant growth. Enchytraeid abundance was about three times higher in ADMSW- than CMSW-treated soils, indicating that ADMSW contained more labile compounds, bacteria, and microfauna. The mesofauna did not affect N-content, but the cumulated -N excreted by the mesofauna was estimated to be substantial and about one-fifth of total plant N in ADMSW. An explanation for this discrepancy might be that in the absence of the mesofauna, other members of the detrivore and microbivore community performed the mesofauna’s function. Neither enchytraeids nor microarthropods excreted urea.     

Faculty positions: Center for Agricultural Resources Research,Chinese Academy of Sciences

正The Center for Agricultural Resources Research(CARR),the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology(IGDB),Chinese Academy of Sciences,invites applicants for several research group leader positions.CARR is one of the research organizations in Chinese Academy of Sciences(CAS).We seek nominations and applications from individuals who have expertise and a record of accomplishment in research areas related to ecology,agro-hydrology,     

Faculty positions: Center for Agricultural Resources Research,Chinese Academy of Sciences

正The Center for Agricultural Resources Research(CARR),the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology(IGDB),Chinese Academy of Sciences,invites applicants for several research group leader positions.CARR is one of the research organizations in Chinese Academy of Sciences(CAS).We seek nominations and applications from individuals who have expertise and a record of accomplishment in research areas related to ecology,agro-hydrology,     

Variation in quality parameters between and within 14 Nordic tree fruit and berry species

Abstract

A 3-year study was carried out to investigate quality parameters in 14 tree fruit and berry species grown in southern Norway. The species were blueberry, apple, aronia, sour cherry, sweet cherry, red raspberry, strawberry, blackcurrant, gooseberry, red currant and elderberry, harvested along with wild bilberry, cloudberry and lingonberry. Significant differences between species were identified for all quality parameters. The coefficient of variation between species was lowest for pH (12.5%), dry matter (18.9%) and soluble solids (25.3%), followed by titratable acids (59.3%), total phenolics (83.8%), antioxidant capacity FRAP (85.7%) and antiradical power by the DPPH-assay (97.8%), total monomeric anthocyanins (132%) and ascorbic acid (137%). Average coefficient of variation within species were lower and ranged from 4 (pH) to 62% (ascorbic acid). Only the FRAP values were significantly affected by harvesting year with lower levels in 2004 than in 2005 and 2006. There were significant interactions between species and harvesting year for dry matter, soluble solids, pH, ascorbic acid and FRAP. The results indicate generic ranges in composition within species independent upon growing location and climate, and the composition of the tree fruits and berries is not likely to deviate from these ranges. It is concluded that desirable composition of tree fruits and berries and their products should primarily be achieved by selection among species rather than searching fors broadened variation within individual species.     

Potassium Fixation and Release Characteristics in Rhizosphere and Nonrhizosphere Soils for a Rapeseed–Rice Cropping Sequence

Potassium (K) fixation and release in soil are important factors in the long-term sustainability of a cropping system. Changes in K concentration and characteristics of K fixation and release in rhizosphere and nonrhizosphere soils in the rapeseed (Brassica napus L.)–rice (Oryza sativa L.) rotation were investigated using a rhizobox system. The concentrations of different forms of K in both rhizosphere and nonrhizosphere soils decreased with plants compared to without plants, regardless of K fertilizer application. Potassium uptake by crops mainly came from the rhizosphere soil. In the treatment without K fertilizer (–K), the main form of K supplied by the soil to the crops was 1.0 mol L^?1 nitric acid (HNO₃) nonextractable K, followed by nonexchangeable K, and then exchangeable K. In the treatment with K fertilizer (+K), the main K forms supplied by the soil to the crops were exchangeable K and nonexchangeable K. The amount and rate of K fixation after one cycle of the rapeseed–rice rotation was greater in rhizosphere soil than in nonrhizosphere soil. The amount and rate of K fixation of soil in the +K treatment were significantly less than in the –K treatment. The cumulative amounts of K released with 1.0 mol L^?1 ammonium acetate (NH₄OAc) and 1.0 mol L^?1 HNO₃ extraction increased with the increasing numbers of extractions, but the K-releasing power of soil by successive extraction decreased gradually and finally became almost constant. The release of K was less in rhizosphere soil than in nonrhizosphere soil. The release of K in the +K treatment was similar to that in the –K treatment in rhizosphere soil, but the K release in nonrhizosphere soil was greater with the +K than the –K treatment. Overall, the information obtained in this study will be helpful in formulating more precise K fertilizer recommendations for certain soils.