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Chinese Agricultural Science Bulletin ›› 2023, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (6): 58-63.doi: 10.11924/j.issn.1000-6850.casb2022-0157

Special Issue: 生物技术 园艺

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Effects of N, P and K Application Time on Yield, Quality and Nutrient Uptake of Processing Tomato Under Chemical Fertilizer Reduction

LI Yali1,2(), BAI Jing2, WU Zhenghu2, HALIHASH Yibati1, LI Qingjun1()   

  1. 1 Institute of Soil, Fertilizer and Water Saving Agriculture, Xinjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Urumqi 830091
    2 Tacheng Agricultural Technology Extension Center, Tacheng, Xinjiang 834700
  • Received:2022-03-06 Revised:2022-06-06 Online:2023-02-25 Published:2023-02-22

Abstract:

To provide technical support for reducing application and increasing efficiency of chemical fertilizers in processing tomato cultivation, the authors studied the effects of different application time of nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P) and potassium (K) fertilizer on the growth and nutritional status of processing tomato under the condition of reducing nitrogen and phosphorus fertilizer by 20%. A field experiment was employed with five treatments: (1) control treatment (CK), P and K were applied as basal fertilizer and N was applied in the whole growth season; (2) T1, N and P were reduced by 20%, P and K were basal applied with N was applied in the whole growth; (3) T2, N and P were reduced by 20%, N and P were applied before anthesis, while N and K were applied after anthesis; (4) T3, N and P were reduced by 20%, N and K were applied before anthesis, while N and P were applied after anthesis; (5) T4, N and P were reduced by 20%, and N, P and K were applied throughout the whole growth season. The results showed that: there was no significant difference of the quality of processed tomato among different treatments. Compared with those of CK, there was no significant difference of biomass, yield and NPK absorption of tomato of T2 and T4, but T2 was better than T4. Compared with those of CK, the yield of T1 and T3 decreased by 11 and 19 t/hm2; the biomass of T1 and T3 significantly decreased by 1.6 and 2.13 t/hm2; the N uptake significantly decreased by 49.43 and 60.0 kg/hm2; the P uptake significantly decreased by 8.47 and 12.37 kg/hm2; and the K uptake significantly decreased by 40.93 and 50.01 kg/hm2, respectively. All reached significant difference level. The effects of T1 on the growth and nutrient uptake of processing tomato were slightly better than those of T3. In summary, under the condition of reducing 20% of N and P fertilizer, applying N and P before anthesis and N and K after anthesis can play the best role in improving the quality, yield and economic benefits of processing tomato.

Key words: processing tomato, NPK fertilizer, nutrient uptake, yield, quality