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Chinese Agricultural Science Bulletin ›› 2025, Vol. 41 ›› Issue (25): 75-84.doi: 10.11924/j.issn.1000-6850.casb2025-0145

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Performance of Different Soil Conditioners on Planting of Cuimi Kumquat in Rong’an

ZHANG Yaoxin1,2(), SUN Jiamei1,2, LIU Yu2, CHEN Yuqing1,2, CAI Xiongsheng3, ZHOU Wenbing1,2(), ZHOU Dayun3()   

  1. 1 Frontiers Science Center for Animal Breeding and Sustainable Production, Wuhan 430070
    2 Lab of Ecological and Environmental Engineering/ College of Resources and Environment, Huazhong Agricultural University,Wuhan 430070
    3 Guangxi Langlin Ecological Agriculture Technology Corporation, Liuzhou, Guangxi 530401
  • Received:2025-02-21 Revised:2025-07-16 Online:2025-09-05 Published:2025-09-16

Abstract:

The purpose of this research is to compare and evaluate the effects of five kinds of soil conditioners used in the cultivation of crispy honey kumquats on neutrally tilled soil of Rong’an County, Liuzhou City, Guangxi Province. In this study, two kinds of new amendments, amino acid-modified biomass ash (MBA) and amino acid-modified wood chips (MSD), and three kinds of commercially available soil amendments, dolomite (DOL), biochar (BC) and potassium humate (HAP) (used as the controls) were used for planting Cuimi kumquat. Optimal soil conditioners were selected from three aspects: the contents of soil available nutrients, the photosynthetic characteristics of leaves during plant growth, and the quality indexes of harvested kumquat fruits. The results showed that among the treatments originated from 5 kinds of soil conditioners, the comprehensive effect of the ‘base fertilizer+ amino acid modified biomass ash’ (CK+MBA) treatment was the best. Under this treatment, the soil alkali hydrolyzable nitrogen, available phosphorus, organic matter and available manganese contents were significantly higher than those of other treatments, the net photosynthetic rate and stomatal conductance of plant leaves were the highest, and the soluble solids content, fruit shape index and solid-acid ratio of fruit were the highest. The second were ‘base fertilizer + dolomite’ (CK+DOL) and ‘base fertilizer + potassium humate’ (CK+HAP) treatments, each treatment had its own advantages and disadvantages, in which CK+DOL treatment had a good effect on the soil available nutrient contents, but would increase the soil available lead and available sodium contents, and CK+HAP treatment had the highest single fruit weight of kumquat fruit, the highest juice yield and vitamin C content. MBA had the best comprehensive effect among the five conditioners, followed by DOL and HAP, which could be preferentially promoted and applied in the production of Cuimi kumquat on neutral soil.

Key words: Cuimi kumquat, soil available nutrients, leaf photosynthesis, fruit quality, amino acid-modified biomass ash, dolomite, potassium humate, biochar