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Chinese Agricultural Science Bulletin ›› 2016, Vol. 32 ›› Issue (4): 68-76.doi: 10.11924/j.issn.1000-6850.casb15090017

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Exploration of Nutrient Solution Demand Rule and Irrigation Schemes in Different Cucumber Seedling Stages

Wang Zheng1,2, Liu Mingchi1,3, Liu Haihe2,4, Ji Yanhai1,3, Zhang Yanping2, Wu Zhanhui1,3   

  1. (1Vegetable Research Center, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Beijing 100097;2College of Agronomy, Hebei University Engineering, Handan Hebei 056038;3Key Laboratory of Urban Agriculture (North), Ministry of Agriculture, Beijing 100097;4College of Horticulture, Agricultural University of Hebei, Baoding Hebei 071001)
  • Received:2015-09-07 Revised:2016-01-19 Accepted:2015-09-28 Online:2016-02-01 Published:2016-02-01

Abstract: The study aims to explore nutrient solution demand rule and irrigation schemes in different cucumber seedling stages, the authors took cucumber ‘Beijing 403’ as test material, and used the integrated nutrient solution supply in the form of tidal irrigation. The experiment with central composite rotatable design was conducted to investigate the maintaining time and the interval time of nutrient irrigation, and obtained the best solution. The results showed that the demand quantity of nutrient solution in different seedling stages was different, with the increase of leaf number, nutrient solution demand was gradually increasing, strong seedling index also increased, nutrient solution use efficiency showed a trend of increase gradually. The maintaining time and the interval time of nutrient solution irrigation in different seedling stages influenced the seedling index and nutrient solution use efficiency together, the maintaining time and the interval time which were too long or too short were bad for strong seedling formation and the absorption of nutrient solution. The cucumber strong seedling index and nutrient solution use efficiency were all the best when the maintaining time was from 13 to 23 minutes and the interval time was 360 minutes in cucumber one leaf stage. The best irrigation schemes in others leaf stages were as follows: the maintaining time was 13-16 minutes and the interval time was 349-496 minutes in two leaf stage, the maintaining time was 8-18 minutes and the interval time was 349-401 minutes in three leaf stage, the maintaining time was 13-23 minutes and the interval time was 360 minutes in four leaf stage. With this scheme, the advantages are not only strong seedling growth, but also nutrient solution saving in cucumber seedling stage.

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