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DOI 10.1080/03650340.2022.2126457
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Title (Primary) Fertilization strategies to improve crop yields and N use efficiency depending on soil pH
Author Xie, J.; Blagodatskaya, E.; Zhang, Y.; Wang, J.; Wan, Y.; Shi, X.-J.
Source Titel Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science
Year 2023
Department BOOEK
Volume 69
Issue 10
Page From 1893
Page To 1905
Language englisch
Topic T5 Future Landscapes
Keywords Chinese cabbage; maize; N uptake; N use efficiency; N surplus
Abstract The efficiency of fertilizer nitrogen (N) use strongly depends on soil pH and affects both agricultural production and environmental pollution control. We selected four treatments (no-fertilization control (CT); combined mineral N, P and K fertilization (CF); 50% CF+50% chicken manure N (CFM); and chicken manure N (M)) to compare crop yield, N uptake, N use efficiency (NUE), and the N surplus in a Chinese cabbage-maize cropping system in a field experiment from 2011 to 2016 along a pH gradient (alkaline (pH 8.32), near-neutral (pH 6.56) and acidic soil (pH 5.91)). Chicken manure treatment was most appropriate in acidic soils because it increased pH by 2.03 units, up to 13% crop yield, and increased N uptake and NUE than that in alkaline and near-neutral soils. Under mineral fertilization, the N surplus in acidic soil was the highest. We conclude that combined organic-mineral fertilization in alkaline, near-neutral, and acidic soils is a promising strategy that not only increases the crop yield, N uptake, and NUE but also decreases the N surplus. Organic manure is especially recommended as an efficient strategy in acidic soils to increase crop yield and NUE.
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Xie, J., Blagodatskaya, E., Zhang, Y., Wang, J., Wan, Y., Shi, X.-J. (2023):
Fertilization strategies to improve crop yields and N use efficiency depending on soil pH
Arch. Agron. Soil Sci. 69 (10), 1893 - 1905 10.1080/03650340.2022.2126457