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Acta Prataculturae Sinica ›› 2021, Vol. 30 ›› Issue (1): 81-95.DOI: 10.11686/cyxb2020067

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Effects of controlled release nitrogen and urea ratio on nitrogen accumulation, transfer, and nitrogen-use efficiency of different summer maize varieties

Jia-meng GUO(), Ling-zhi HE, Dong-liang YAN, Zhuo LI, Yong-chao WANG, Rui-xin SHAO, Qing-hua YANG()   

  1. College of Agriculture,Henan Agricultural University,Zhengzhou 450046,China
  • Received:2020-02-21 Revised:2020-04-26 Online:2021-01-20 Published:2021-01-08
  • Contact: Qing-hua YANG

Abstract:

The overall aim of this research was to provide a theoretical foundation for matching nitrogen fertilizer types to maize varieties to improve the production of summer maize on the Huang Huai Hai Plain. Various combinations of nitrogen and controlled-release nitrogen (CRU) were applied to different varieties of summer maize, and the yield, nitrogen uptake pre-and post-silking, nitrogen-use efficiency, and economic benefits were determined. A 2-year field experiment with a split-spot randomized block design was conducted with nitrogen as the main plot and maize variety as the subplot. Nitrogen was applied at three levels: 0, 180,and 300 kg·ha-1, and at two ratios of CRU-urea (1∶2 and 2∶1-N from CRU∶N from urea), as well as a CRU-only treatment at the 180 kg·ha-1 level and a urea-only treatment at the 300 kg·ha-1 level. Thus, there were six treatments, as follows: N0 (CK, no nitrogen fertilizer), N180U (urea only), N180C1 (urea-N∶CRU-N=1∶2), N180C2 (urea-N∶CRU-N=2∶1), N180C (CRU only), and N300U (urea only). The two maize varieties were YH988 (low nitrogen-use efficiency) and ZD958 (high nitrogen-use efficiency). The results indicated that the one-off application of a mixture of CRU and urea at 180 kg N·ha-1 before sowing was able to satisfy the nitrogen demands of the summer maize system with the varieties YH988 and ZD958 on the Huang Huai Hai Plain. The highest yields of YH988 and ZD958 were in the N180C1 treatment and the N180C2 treatment, respectively (a one-off application of a mixture of CRU and urea at 1∶2 and 2∶1 at 180 kg·ha-1, respectively). The biomass increase and nitrogen uptake after the post-silking stage were higher in N180C1 (for YH988) and N180C2 (for ZD958) than in the other treatments. The cultivars YH988 and ZD958 showed the highest nitrogen partial productivity, nitrogen agronomic efficiency, nitrogen-use efficiency, and economic benefits in the N180C1 and N180C2 treatments, respectively. In summary, YH988 and ZD958 showed the highest yield, above-ground dry matter accumulation, and nitrogen accumulation after the post-silking stage in the N180C1 and N180C2 treatments. Therefore, the combination of nitrogen and CRU can improve the production of summer maize on the Huang Huai Hai Plain, and promote the synergistic improvement of yield and nitrogen-use efficiency.

Key words: summer maize, mixture of controlled release nitrogen and urea, nitrogen transfer, nitrogen use efficiency