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Chinese Agricultural Science Bulletin ›› 2025, Vol. 41 ›› Issue (25): 54-59.doi: 10.11924/j.issn.1000-6850.casb2025-0192

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Effects of Nitrogen Fertilizer Reduction Levels on Rhizosphere Soil Microorganisms and Enzyme Activities of Winter Wheat Under Rotary Tillage System

NIE Shengwei1,2(), ZHANG Qiaoping1,2, WANG Jianchao2,3, PAN Xiuyan2,4, WANG Hui4, LI Jinping4   

  1. 1 Institute of Plant Nutrient and Environmental Resources, Henan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou 450002
    2 Henan Key Laboratory of Agricultural Resources and Environment, Zhengzhou 450002
    3 Institute of Agricultural Science in Baofeng County, Pingdingshan, Henan 467400
    4 Institute of Agricultural Science in Suiping County, Zhumadian, Henan 463100
  • Received:2025-03-05 Revised:2025-08-05 Online:2025-09-05 Published:2025-09-16

Abstract:

In this paper, the effects of reduction levels of nitrogen fertilizer on rhizosphere soil microorganisms and soil enzyme activities were studied, so as to obtain rational application levels and improve resource use efficiency. Under rotary tillage methods, treatments of CK (over-application, 300 kgN/hm2), RF10 (N reduce 10%), RF20 (N reduce 20%), and RF30 (N reduce 30%) were set to conduct experiments in 2017 to 2018 (the first season) and 2018 to 2019 (the second season), respectively. The results showed that compared with CK, RF20 increased the yield, RF10 had a slight decrease in yield, but the difference was not significant. RF30 reduced the yield, with a significant reduction in the first season. The number of bacteria and fungi in the rhizosphere soil of RF20 decreased at the jointing and filling stages, and the number of fungi decreased significantly in the second season, by 21.50% and 20.63% respectively compared with the control. The number of actinomycetes in the rhizosphere soil of RF20 decreased significantly by 27.78% to 39.76% at the filling stage. The number of bacteria and fungi in the rhizosphere soil of RF10 increased at the filling stage, while that of RF30 decreased. The effect of RF10 and RF30 on actinomycetes was irregular. In addition, at the jointing and tillering stage, the urease activity in the rhizosphere soil of RF20 decreased, and the sucrase and urease activities in the rhizosphere soil of RF10 both decreased. At the filling stage, the sucrase activity in the rhizosphere soil of RF20 and the urease activity in the rhizosphere soil of RF30 both increased. In conclusion, under the nitrogen application rate of 300 kgN/hm2, reducing the nitrogen supply by 10% and 20% in the wheat season improved the soil microbial quantity and soil enzyme activity, saved fertilizer input, and achieved stable yield and increased efficiency.

Key words: rotary tillage, reduction levels of nitrogen fertilizer, winter wheat growing season, soil microorganisms, soil enzyme