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Chinese Agricultural Science Bulletin ›› 2021, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (29): 78-83.doi: 10.11924/j.issn.1000-6850.casb2020-0790

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Application Effects of New-type Fertilizers on Maize in Lime Concrete Black Soil of Southern Henan

Liu Gaoyuan1(), He Ailing1, Du Jun1, Yang Zhanping1, Pan Xiuyan2, Xu Jidong2, Zhang Yuting1()   

  1. 1Institute of Plant Nutrition and Environmental Resources, Henan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou 450002
    2Institute of Agricultural Sciences in Suiping County, Zhumadian Henan 463100
  • Received:2020-12-14 Revised:2021-02-23 Online:2021-10-15 Published:2021-10-29
  • Contact: Zhang Yuting E-mail:liugaoyuan678@163.com;zhytsj@sohu.com

Abstract:

To further increase maize yield and improve a better environment condition in lime concrete black soil of Southern Henan, a 2-year field experiment was conducted to analyze the effects of conventional urea (CK), controlled release urea (CRU) and new-type urea containing biochar (BU), microelement (MU) and humic acid (HAU) on maize growth and nutrient absorption under the same fertilization rate. We also evaluated the changes of soil nitrate content and maize economic benefits under different new-type fertilizers. The results showed that the application of new-type fertilizers could increase maize grain yield compared with CK, by the range of 2.7%-10.9%. Among the new-type fertilizers, HAU had the highest increase rate (10.9%), followed by CRU (8.8%), but the increase rates under BU and MU were relatively low. Compared with CK, the number of grains per ear and 100-grain weight under HAU were increased by 9.7% and 9.2%, and the plant uptakes of nitrogen and phosphorus were increased by 20.6% and 27.5%, respectively, with a significant difference level; however, there was no significant difference in yield components or in nutrient uptakes between the other treatments and CK. Additionally, HAU significantly reduced the nitrate content at the 0-40 cm soil depth compared with CK, the nitrate contents were reduced by 26.4% and 32.4% at the 0-20 and 20-40 cm soil depths, respectively. The order of the output-input ratio among all treatments was HAU (2.14) > CRU (2.05) > MU (2.04) ≈ CK (2.04) > BU (2.03). Therefore, the application of humic acid urea could not only increase the maize yield and economic benefit, but also reduce the risk of nitrate pollution in soil, which has a broad application prospect in lime concrete black soil of Southern Henan.

Key words: lime concrete black soil, new-type fertilizer, humic acid urea, summer maize, nutrient uptakes, yield, soil environment

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