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Chinese Agricultural Science Bulletin ›› 2024, Vol. 40 ›› Issue (10): 29-34.doi: 10.11924/j.issn.1000-6850.casb2023-0337

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Effects of Different Ratios of Ammonium Nitrogen and Nitrate Nitrogen on Yield and Quality of Sonchus arvensis

CHEN Fangling, WANG Changxian()   

  1. College of Modern Agriculture and Ecological Environment, Heilongjiang University, Harbin 150080
  • Received:2023-05-04 Revised:2023-11-19 Online:2024-04-05 Published:2024-04-01

Abstract:

A pot experiment was carried out to investigate the effects of different ratios of NH4+-N and NO3--N on the yield and quality of Sonchus arvensis. Vermiculite was used as cultivation substrate, and total nitrogen concentration was 15 mmol/L. Five ratios of NH4+-N and NO3--N (100/0, 75/25, 50/50, 25/75, 0/100) were designed in the experiment. The 40-day seedlings were harvested, then indexes related to the yield and quality were determined. The results showed that the S. arvensis preferred nitrate, the yield increased along with the increase of NO3--N content, and the yield of plant supplied with only NH4+-N nutrition solution was the lowest. There was no significant difference in yield between 50/50 treatment and 25/75 treatment, but the leaf area, total nitrogen content and total phosphorus content in shoots of 50/50 treatment were 1.21, 1.15 and 1.47 times of 25/75 treatment, respectively. Moreover, the nitrate and Vc contents of 50/50 treatment was 2.23 times and 1.12 times of 25/75 treatment, respectively. However, proper combination NH4+-N with NO3--N could significantly reduce the nitrate content to the level of raw food, and increased the chlorophyll content. The research suggested that 50/50 treatment was better for yield and quality.

Key words: Sonchus arvensis, ammonium nitrogen, nitrate nitrogen, yield, quality