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Acta Prataculturae Sinica ›› 2010, Vol. 19 ›› Issue (5): 156-160.

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Effects of potassium fertiliser on potassium content in flue-cured tobacco leaves and the economic benefits in Gansu province

HU Juan1, QIU Hui-zhen1, HE Xiu-cheng1, ZHANG Wen-ming1,
LI Ya-juan2, ZHANG Chun-hong1   

  1. 1.College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070,
    China;
    2.College of Prataculture, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, China
  • Received:2009-09-11 Online:2010-05-25 Published:2010-10-20

Abstract: Low potassium (K) content in flue-cured tobacco leaves and the low economic benefits of flue-cured tobacco have been a big problem in tobacco production because of inadequate fertilization in Gansu province. The effects of different K rates on K content in flue-cured tobacco leaves and the subsequent economic benefits were studied in a field trial in Zhengning county, Qingyang city, Gansu province in 2007. The four K rates were 0, 90, 180, and 270 K2O kg/ha (treatments K0, K1, K2 and K3). The K content in flue-cured tobacco leaves increased with K fertilization rates and reached a peak at the rate of 270 K2O kg/ha. The response of K content in leaves to K application differed with leaf position, and the most sensitive response was in the middle leaves. K fertilizer application had significant effects on the order of K content in upper, middle, and bottom leaves, which changed in K1, K2, and K3 treatments compared with K0. The flue-cured tobacco yield, average price, ratio of mid-high grade leaves, output value, and other economic benefit parameters were all increased with increased K fertilizer rate. Therefore increased K fertilizer application could increase economic benefits of flue-cured tobacco by enhancing yield and improving quality. In this field trial, the best K application rate was at least 270 K2O kg/ha.

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