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Acta Prataculturae Sinica ›› 2010, Vol. 19 ›› Issue (4): 47-53.

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Effects of N dressing ratio on carbon and nitrogen transport and on grain yield of Lolium multiflorum

ZHOU Qin, ZHAO Chao-peng, CAO Chun-xin, JIANG Qiao-jun, JIANG Hai-dong   

  1. Key Laboratory of Crop Physiology and Ecology Ministry of Agriculture, Hi-Tech Key Laboratory
    of Information Agriculture, Jiangsu Province, Nanjing 210095, China
  • Received:2009-09-08 Online:2010-08-20 Published:2010-08-20

Abstract: The effects of the same total amount of nitrogen fertilizer, applied as different ratios of base, jointing and heading fertilizer, on stem and tiller dynamics, dry matter accumulation and yield of annual Lolium multiflorum was studied in a field trial. Grain yield was significantly influenced by the nitrogen application strategy. Increasing the ratio of base fertilizer increased stem and tiller numbers at the greening stage and promoted dry matter accumulation at the over-wintering and greening stages. Increasing the ratio of jointing fertilizer effectively increased stem and tiller numbers and dry matter accumulation at the jointing stage. Increasing the ratio of heading fertilizer increased the spike rate and grain yield. The effective spike rate, grains per spike, spike numbers and theoretical yield of applying heading fertilizer treatments (N6-N10) were higher than for treatments of non-heading fertilizer (N1-N5). Dry matter accumulation after anthesis was curvedly related with grain yield (r=0.961 7**), while the nitrogen transfer amount of vegetative organs after anthesis was linearly related with grain yield (r=0.921 5**). The appropriate ratio of heading fertilizer could increase dry matter and nitrogen accumulation after anthesis, and promote nitrogen transfer, which in turn, could increase the yield of annual L. multiflorum. Too high a ratio of heading fertilizer inhibited the transfer of organic matter, reduced nitrogen transfer amount and nitrogen transfer efficiency. In this study the most appropriate N ratio of base, jointing and heading fertilizer was 4∶5∶1 and this produced the highest grain yield.

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