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Chinese Agricultural Science Bulletin ›› 2023, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (15): 85-91.doi: 10.11924/j.issn.1000-6850.casb2022-0452

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Effects of Different Long-term Fertilization Modes on Photosynthetic Carbon Distribution in Sweetpotato Cropping System

WEI Meng(), ZHAO Peng, JIA Zhihang, JIANG Wei, ZHANG Jia, TANG Zhonghou, ZHANG Aijun()   

  1. Xuzhou Sweetpotato Research Center of Jiangsu Province/Xuzhou Institute of Agricultural Sciences of the Xuhuai District of Jiangsu Province, Xuzhou, Jiangsu 221131
  • Received:2022-07-01 Revised:2022-10-13 Online:2023-05-25 Published:2023-05-22

Abstract:

The 13CO2 pulse labeling technique was used to trace 13C in sweetpotato cropping system and evaluate the effects of 4 fertilization modes (CK: no fertilization, NPK: combined application of N, P and K fertilizer, M: organic fertilizer, MNPK: combination of N, P, K and organic fertilizer) on the distribution of photosynthetic carbon based on 40-year long-term fertilization experiment in Xuzhou of Jiangsu Province. The results showed that fertilizer application significantly increased the biomass and dry matter weight of sweetpotato, and the increasing range of MNPK treatment was higher than that of other fertilization treatments. The carbon was quickly translocated and unevenly distributed in the sweetpotato cropping system on D1 (the first day after labeling), following the order of leaf, petiole>stem, root>bulk soil, and the δ13C value in the aboveground parts under no fertilization was significantly higher than that under fertilization. The δ13C value in various sweetpotato plant organs decreased from D1 to D30 (the 30th day after labeling), with the distribution ratio ranged from 19.38% to 31.44% in the aboveground parts, and from 60.19% to 71.86% in roots; while the δ13C value in bulk soil increased slightly after labeling, with the distribution ratio ranged from 8.05% to 11.11%. Fertilizer application significantly increased the content of 13C in the roots compared with no fertilization. And the content of 13C in roots under MNPK treatment was significantly higher than that under NPK and M treatments, indicating that fertilizer application during the expansion stage of sweetpotato was beneficial to the accumulation of photosynthetic carbon in roots, and the combined application of organic and inorganic fertilizers had significant cumulative effect.

Key words: long-term fertilization, sweetpotato, 13C labeling, photosynthetic carbon, distribution