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Chinese Agricultural Science Bulletin ›› 2023, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (28): 40-47.doi: 10.11924/j.issn.1000-6850.casb2022-0776

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Effect of Different Type of Potassium Fertilizer on Yield, Quality and Nutrient Uptake of Seed Lotus

LI Jun1(), TANG Jiping2, YANG Liangbo2, LIU Dongbi1(), ZHANG Zhiyi1, ZHENG Xingwen2, JIE Zhihui2, ZOU Dongwang2, XU Jinxing2, CHENG Zizhen1, NI Chengfan1, ZHU Dandan1   

  1. 1 Institute of Plant Protection and Soil Fertilizer, Hubei Academy of Agricultural Sciences/ National Station for Qianjiang Agro-Environment/ Hubei Engineering Research Center for Agricultural Non-point Source Pollution Control/ Key Laboratory of Fertilization from Agricultural Wastes, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Wuhan 430064
    2 Guangchang Seed Lotus Industry Development Center, Guangchang, Jiangxi 344900
  • Received:2022-09-13 Revised:2023-03-06 Online:2023-10-05 Published:2023-09-25

Abstract:

To appropriately select potassium fertilizer for seed lotus (Nelumbo nucifera) production, a micro-plot experiment was conducted to study the effects of different types of potassium fertilizer on growth, yield, quality and nutrient uptake of seed lotus by using ‘Taikonglian No.36’as test material, with three treatments of no potassium (CK), potassium chloride (MOP) and potassium sulfate (SOP). The results showed that potassium fertilizer application significantly increased the yield of lotus seed cotyledon (LSC) and developed rhizome (DR) in the lotus field with 32.2 mg/kg available sulfur (S) and 10.0 mg/kg available chloride (Cl) in the soil. Compared with CK treatment, yield of LSC and DR in MOP treatment increased by 29.7% and 21.5%,respectively, and that in SOP treatment increased by 41.3% and 71.2%, respectively. Compared with MOP treatment, the yield of LSC and DR in SOP treatment increased by 9.0% and 40.9% respectively, the harvest index of LSC and DR increased by 0.6 and 5.0 percentage points, and the starch content increased by 2.6 and 7.9 percentage points, respectively, and the yield, harvest index and starch content of DR increased significantly. The Cl content in most organs of seed lotus plant decreased significantly by 34%-77%, therefore the total Cl absorption decreased by 55.2%; S content in the organs of seed lotus plant increased by 0.4%-57%, and the total S absorption increased by 23.0%. The recovery efficiency of K of SOP treatment increased by 2.4 percentage points when compared with MOP treatment. SOP was slightly better than MOP in increasing yield and improving quality of LSC, and significantly superior to MOP in increasing yield and improving quality of DR. Therefore, a fertilization strategy of ‘MOP in early stage and SOP in late stage’ was preliminary proposed for seed lotus production in Guangchang County, Jiangxi Province.

Key words: seed lotus, potassium chloride, potassium sulfate, yield, quality, nutrient uptake