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Chinese Agricultural Science Bulletin ›› 2024, Vol. 40 ›› Issue (4): 6-13.doi: 10.11924/j.issn.1000-6850.casb2023-0111

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Effects of Excessive Nitrogen Application on the Growth and Development of Highland Barley in Tibet Valley Agricultural Area

TAN Jianxin1,2(), TONG Jian1,2, YUN Minzheng1,2, JIANG Zhibing1,2, LIANG Sha1,2   

  1. 1 Tibet Academy of Agricultural and Animal Husbandry Sciences, Lhasa 850032
    2 State Key Laboratory of Barley and Yak Germplasm Resources and Genetic Improvement, Lhasa 850032
  • Received:2023-02-06 Revised:2023-06-07 Online:2024-02-05 Published:2024-01-29

Abstract:

To find out the change and regulation mechanism of growth and development indexes of different highland barley varieties under excessive nitrogen application, providing scientific foundations for high-yield and high efficiency cultivation of highland barley in the Tibet river valley, five fertilization treatments were set in this study, including N1 (70 kg/hm2 of nitrogen, conventional nitrogen application treatment), N2 (172.5 kg/hm2 of nitrogen), N3 (275 kg/hm2 of nitrogen), N4 (275 kg/hm2 of nitrogen) and CK (0 kg/hm2 of nitrogen), to compare and analyze the variations of plant height, tiller and spike rate, chlorophyll, grain filling, nitrogen utilization and yield of the highland barley varieties ‘Zangqing 3000’ and ‘6927’ under different nitrogen application levels. The results showed that there was no significant difference on the basic seedlings in different treatments, the variation of tillering rate increased first and then decreased. The tiller number of ‘6927’ was higher than that of ‘Zangqing 3000’ under the same treatment; the number of spike decreased with the increase of nitrogen application; the plant height increased first and then decreased or no significant difference in growth stage with the increasing of nitrogen application rate; the chlorophyll SPAD increased first and then kept stable or decreased significantly with the increase of nitrogen application rate; the chlorophyll SPAD of ‘Zangqing 3000’ was higher than that of ‘6927’ under the same treatment; nitrogen application could increase the grain weight significantly in each growth period, the grain weight increased significantly from 7 to 28 days after flowering date, reached the maximum value on 35th days after flowering. The actual grain weight and theoretical maximum of thousand-grain weight of conventional nitrogen application were higher than that of other treatments. In this study, the maximum grouting rate (Vmax) and average grouting rate (Vmean) of two highland barley varieties (lines) were in N2 treatment; the yield of highland barley decreased with the increase of nitrogen application, and the yield of ‘Zangqing 3000’ was higher than that of ‘6927’under the same treatment; the nitrogen agronomic efficiency and nitrogen partial factor productivity decreased with the increasing of nitrogen application rate.

Key words: highland barley, Tibet, nitrogen, growth and development, yield