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Strip deep rotary tillage combined with controlled-release urea improves the grain yield and nitrogen use efficiency of maize in the North China Plain

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Inappropriate tillage practices and nitrogen (N) management have become seriously limitations for maize (Zea mays L.) yield and N use efficiency (NUE) in the North China Plain (NCP). In the current study, we examined the effects of strip deep rotary tillage (ST) combined with controlled-release (CR) urea on maize yield and NUE, and determined the physiological factors involved in yield formation and N accumulation during a 2-year field experiment. Compared with conventional rotary tillage (RT) and no-tillage (NT), ST increased the soil water content and soil mineral N content (Nmin) in the 20–40 cm soil layer due to reduction by 10.5 and 13.7% in the soil bulk density in the 0–40 cm soil layer, respectively. Compared with the values obtained by common urea (CU) fertilization, CR increased the Nmin in the 0–40 cm soil layers by 12.4 and 10.3% at the silking and maturity stages, respectively. As a result, root length and total N accumulation were enhanced under ST and CR urea, which promoted greater leaf area and dry matter (particularly at post-silking), eventually increasing the 1000-kernel weight of maize. Thus, ST increased the maize yield by 8.3 and 11.0% compared with RT and NT, respectively, whereas CR urea increased maize yield by 8.9% above the values obtained under CU. Because of greater grain yield and N accumulation, ST combined with CR urea improved the NUE substantially. These results show that ST coupled with CR urea is an effective practice to further increase maize yield and NUE by improving soil properties and N supply, so it should be considered for sustainable maize production in the NCP (and other similar areas worldwide).

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HAN Yu-ling、GUO Dong、MA Wei、GE Jun-zhu、LI Xiang-ling、Ali Noor MEHMOOD、ZHAO Ming、ZHOU Bao-yuan

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Institute of Crop Sciences,Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Key Laboratory of Crop Physiology and Ecology,Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs,Beijing 100081,P.R.China

College of Agriculture,Northeast Agricultural University,Harbin 150030,P.R.China

College of Agronomy&Resource and Environment,Tianjin Agricultural University,Tianjin 300384,P.R.China

College of Agronomy and Biotechnology,Hebei Normal University of Science&Technology,Qinhuangdao 066004,P.R.China

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National Natural Science Foundation of ChinaKey National Research and Development Program of ChinaScience and TechnologyInnovation Program of Chinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesChina Agriculture Research System of MOF and MARA

320719572018YFD03005042060302-2CARS-02

2022

农业科学学报(英文)
中国农业科学院农业信息研究所

农业科学学报(英文)

CSTPCDCSCDSCI
影响因子:0.576
ISSN:2095-3119
年,卷(期):2022.21(9)
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