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Chinese Agricultural Science Bulletin ›› 2023, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (6): 52-57.doi: 10.11924/j.issn.1000-6850.casb2022-0233

Special Issue: 生物技术 园艺

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Effects of Chemical Fertilizer Reduction on Growth Characteristics and Fertilizer Use Efficiency of Tomato

ZHENG Jianchao(), DONG Fei   

  1. Agricultural Science Research Institute of the Twelfth Division of XPCC, Urumqi 830088
  • Received:2022-03-28 Revised:2022-06-03 Online:2023-02-25 Published:2023-02-22

Abstract:

To study the effects of chemical fertilizer reduction combined with bio-fertilizer and fulvic acid on tomato growth and fertilizer use efficiency under the condition of facility cultivation, tomato variety ‘Yuanyi 504’ was used as the experimental material. The experiment adopted randomized block design. Five treatments were set as: conventional fertilization (CK), base fertilizer reduction by 40%, top dressing soluble fertilizer reduction by 20%, top dressing soluble fertilizer reduction by 40%, and no fertilizer application (blank). The results showed that the plant height of tomato decreased with the fertilizer application reduction. There was no significant difference among CK, base fertilizer reduction by 40% treatment and topdressing soluble fertilizer reduction by 20% treatment. The base fertilizer reduction by 40% treatment had little effect on tomato stem diameter. There was no significant difference in the number of leaf nodes and panicles among CK, base fertilizer reduction by 40% treatment and topdressing soluble fertilizer reduction by 20% treatment. The fertilizer use efficiency of tomato was improved by reducing fertilizer application. The fertilizer use efficiency of base fertilizer reduction by 40% treatment was the highest, which was not significantly different from that of topdressing soluble fertilizer reduction by 20% treatment. The partial productivity of base fertilizer reduction by 40% treatment was higher than that of CK, top dressing soluble fertilizer reduction by 20% treatment and topdressing soluble fertilizer reduction by 40% treatment by 17.1%, 9.4% and 16.4%, respectively. The yield of CK was the highest, but was not significantly different from that of base fertilizer reduction by 40% treatment and topdressing soluble fertilizer reduction by 20% treatment. To sum up, under the condition of appropriate application of bio-fertilizer and fulvic acid, base fertilizer reduction by 40% or topdressing soluble fertilizer reduction by 20% had little effect on the growth and yield of facility tomato.

Key words: tomato, chemical fertilizer reduction, production development, fertilizer use efficiency, bio-fertilizer, fulvic acid