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Acta Prataculturae Sinica ›› 2021, Vol. 30 ›› Issue (3): 189-199.DOI: 10.11686/cyxb2020166

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Effect of organic fertilizer application on the medicinal character, yield and disease resistance of Angelica sinensis

Wan-jun XIAO1(), Feng-xia GUO1(), Yuan CHEN1,2(), Lan-lan LIU1, Yong-zhong CHEN1, Xu-sheng JIAO1, Bi-quan ZHANG1, Gang BAI1, Jian-qin JIN1   

  1. 1.College of Life Science and Technology,College of Agronomy,Gansu Provincial Key Lab of Aridland Crop Science,Gansu Provincial Key Lab of Good Agricultural Production for Traditional Chinese Medicines,Gansu Provincial Engineering Research Centre for Medical Plant Cultivation and Breeding,Gansu Agricultural University,Lanzhou 730070,China
    2.Gansu Engineering Lab of Resource Reservation and Utilization for Characteristic Medical Plants,Gansu Cultivated Engineering and Technology Research Center of Standardization and Traceability for Characteristic Chinese Medicine,Gansu Zhongtian Pharmaceutical Co. ,Ltd,Dingxi 748100,China
  • Received:2020-04-08 Revised:2020-04-27 Online:2021-03-20 Published:2021-03-09
  • Contact: Feng-xia GUO,Yuan CHEN

Abstract:

In order to explore effect of organic fertilizer on medicinal cultivationof Angelica sinensis, various fertilization regimes including pure organic fertilizer (O,2000 kg·hm-2), pure chemical fertilizer (C, diammonium phosphate, 420 kg·hm-2), and half of organic and chemical fertilizers [1/2(O+C)] were applied under black film mulching in Min County, using no fertilization as the control (CK). During cultivation, early bolting, incidence, yield and root character indicators were measured. The results showed that organic fertilizer could reduce the early bolting rateto 8.0%, which was 19.4%, 15.2% and 7.1% lower, respectively, than in the CK, 1/2(O+C) and C treatments. The angelica yield was increased by fertilizer. The fresh yields in O, C and 1/2(O+C) treatments were increased by 105.9%, 84.6% and 78.2%, respectively, compared with the CK treatment. In the O treatment, the medicinal plant had the longest roots, the most lateral roots, the heaviest single root and the highest yield. Fertilization treatment C resulted in a significant increase in root thickening, but the roots had a high water content, and a higher incidence of root disease. Among the different fertilization treatments the angelica fresh yields ranked: O(9220.6 kg·hm-2)>C(9038.5 kg·hm-2)>1/2(O+C) (8728.4 kg·hm-2)>CK (4897.4 kg·hm-2). Values for a multivariate evaluative index ranked in the same order: O(0.926)>C(0.610)>1/2(O+C)(0.481)>CK(0.190). Ranks for the angelica dry yield (which decided economic profit) were O (3149.2 kg·hm-2)>1/2(O+C) (3098.7 kg·hm-2)>C (2909.2 kg·hm-2)>CK (1707.0 kg·hm-2). In summary, under black film mulching without pollution in Min County, pure organic fertilizer can significantly increase A. sinensis productivity, efficiently reduce early bolting rate, disease incidence and severity and improve medicinal root characters. Its application should be recommended as part of the standard cultivation method for A. sinensis so as to reduce the dependence on chemical fertilizer and promote green organic cultivation.

Key words: Angelica sinensis, organic fertilizer, medicinal yield, root character, disease resistance, early bolting rate