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Chinese Agricultural Science Bulletin ›› 2025, Vol. 41 ›› Issue (20): 91-96.doi: 10.11924/j.issn.1000-6850.casb2025-0051

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Effect of Different Innovative Bio-organic Fertilizers on Growth Uniformity and Benefit of Flue-cured Tobacco

ZHANG Mingfa1(), ZHANG Di1(), ZHANG Sheng1, CHAO Jin1, TIAN Maocheng1, LIU Laihua2, TIAN Yongmei1, MA Lin1, QIN Lang1, PENG Zhangqiang1, PU Wenxuan3   

  1. 1 Production Technique Center, Xiangxi Tobacco Company, Jishou, Hunan 416000
    2 China Agriculture University, Beijing 100083
    3 China Tobacco Hunan Industrial Co, Ltd., Changsha 410100
  • Received:2025-01-23 Revised:2025-06-17 Online:2025-07-15 Published:2025-07-21

Abstract:

In order to identify the effect of new bio-organic fertilizers on growth uniformity and benefit of flue-cured tobacco, five treatments including bio-organic fertilizer A (Pennisetum giganteum), bio-organic fertilizer B (a controlled-release fertilizer), and conventional bio-organic fertilizer (control) were designed for a field-plot experimental study. By using a correlation analysis and partial least squares path model, we investigated the uniformity of major agronomic traits of flue-cured tobacco plants during the maturation growth period, the relationship between fertilizer cost and the final yield value, as well as some related variabilities. Results showed that the application of the biological fertilizer A and B could improve the uniformity of the length of the middle- and upper-part tobacco leaves, and modulate the uniformity of leaf numbers. Among them, the treatment A had a significant effect on the middle leaf area, and the B treatment had a more obvious optimization of the middle leaf area uniformity. The yield was significantly positively correlated with plant height uniformity, upper leaf area uniformity and leaf number uniformity (P < 0.05), and the output value of T3 (A type 450 kg /hm2) and T5 (B type 450 kg /hm2) treatments increased by 8.28 % and 5.52 %, respectively, compared with the control. The partial least squares path model showed that plant height uniformity ( path coefficient 0.543 ), upper leaf area uniformity ( 0.423 ) and leaf number uniformity ( 0.335 ) were the main factors affecting yield, and the model fitting correlation coefficient was 0.946 (P < 0.05). The study confirmed that the new bio-organic fertilizer can improve the yield and economic benefits of flue-cured tobacco by improving the uniformity of the field, and provide a theoretical basis for the screening of bio-fertilizer and the optimization of cultivation techniques.

Key words: uniformity, bio-organic fertilizer, Pennisetum giganteum, flue-cured tobacco, correlation analysis, partial least squares path modelq