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Chinese Agricultural Science Bulletin ›› 2025, Vol. 41 ›› Issue (11): 123-131.doi: 10.11924/j.issn.1000-6850.casb2024-0798

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Effects of Reducing Biochar Based Fertilizer Application on Rice Yield, Nutrient Uptake and Cost-benefit in Middle-low Yield Field

XIAO Zhuoxi1,2(), ZHANG Zhi1,2, LIU Donghai1,2, QIAO Yan1,2, LI Shitao1, HU Cheng1,2()   

  1. 1 Institute of Plant Protection and Soil Fertilizer, Hubei Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Wuhan 430064
    2 National Agricultural Experimental Hongshan Station for Soil Quality, Wuhan 430064
  • Received:2024-12-19 Revised:2025-02-24 Online:2025-04-15 Published:2025-04-11

Abstract:

To explore the application potential of biochar based fertilizer to increase the yield and income of rice production in middle-low yield field, field plot experiments were conducted in Yangxin and Shashi area of Hubei Province. The effects of no fertilization (CK), customary fertilization (F), customary fertilization + biochar (FB), biochar based fertilizer (BF1), biochar based fertilizer reduction of 10% (BF2) and biochar based fertilizer reduction of 20% (BF3) on rice yield, nutrient uptake and cost-benefit were studied. The results showed that the application of biochar based fertilizer increased rice yield and straw biomass, and BF1 treatment significantly increased rice yield compared with F treatment, which increased by 11.09% and 9.51% in middle and low yield fields, respectively. Biochar based fertilizer treatment promoted the nutrient uptake of rice, the above-ground N and P accumulations of rice treated with BF1 and BF2 were higher than those treated with F. At the same time, compared with F treatment, BF1 and BF2 treatment significantly improve the apparent recovery rates of N, P and K in middle yield field and the apparent recovery rates of P and K in low yield field. And, BF2 treatment had the highest apparent recovery rate of N (38.99%) in middle yield field, which was 29.41% higher than that of F treatment. In addition, BF1 and BF2 treatments increased the income of rice planting in middle-low yield fields, among which BF1 treatment had the highest income, with an increase of 560.7 yuan/hm2 and 1460.3 yuan/hm2 compared with F treatment in low and middle yield fields, respectively. In conclusion, the application of 0%-10% reduction of biochar based fertilizer can improve rice yield and fertilizer use efficiency, and increase farmers’ planting income, which is suitable for rice production in middle-low yield field.

Key words: rice, biochar based fertilizer, medium-low yield field, nutrient uptake, fertilizer use efficiency