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Chinese Agricultural Science Bulletin ›› 2023, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (18): 34-42.doi: 10.11924/j.issn.1000-6850.casb2022-0422

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Potassium Sulfate and Potassium Chloride: Effects on the Growth and Yield of Potato

SU Riguga(), WU Chunyu, LIU Rongyue, SONG Dan, MENG Meilian(), CHEN Youjun   

  1. College of Agriculture, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot 010018
  • Received:2022-05-23 Revised:2023-03-15 Online:2023-06-25 Published:2023-06-25

Abstract:

For clarifying the effect of K2SO4 and KCl on the growth and yield of potato (variety ‘Kexin 1’), five fertilization treatments were conducted in this study. The results are as followings. (1) The plant height and stem thickness get their highest levels at the application rate of 353.55 kg/hm2 K2SO4; while the highest plant and the thickest plant stem appear at 600.30 kg/hm2 KCl and 300.15 kg/hm2 KCl, respectively. But all potassium fertilizer treatments have lower plant height and stem thickness than no fertilizer treatment. (2) The application rate of K2SO4 has no significant effect on the numbers of main stems and creeping stems. The number of main stems under KCl application rate of 750.45 kg/hm2 is significantly higher than that of no fertilizer treatment; KCl is more beneficial to the growth of creeping stems at the rates of 600.30 and 750.45 kg/hm2. (3) Potassium fertilizer can inhibit leaf growth at the early growth stage, while promote leaf growth at the middle and late stages, and KCl has a greater effect than K2SO4. (4) Both the two potassium fertilizers can delay the appearance of the maximum dry matter weight of stems and leaves. (5) Compared with K2SO4, KCl could increase tubers per plant and tuber yield per plant, and has a better effect on tuber yield increase. Overall, KCl has greater effects on potato growth and yield than K2SO4.

Key words: potato, K2SO4, KCl, growth, nutrient distribution, yield