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Chinese Agricultural Science Bulletin ›› 2025, Vol. 41 ›› Issue (2): 17-22.doi: 10.11924/j.issn.1000-6850.casb2024-0400

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Analysis of Fertilizer Use Efficiency and Economic Benefit of Planting Maize in Yanyuan of Sichuan

YOU Yu1,2(), LIN Xianfeng3, JIANG Yun2, ZHANG Liang2, ZHANG Yunmei2, TANG Dongmei2, YU Hongjie2, XIONG Zhongwei1,2()   

  1. 1 Nanchong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanchong, Sichuan 637000
    2 Yanyuan County Bureau of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Yanyuan, Sichuan 615700
    3 Seed Quality Supervision and Inspection Station of Nanchong, Nanchong, Sichuan 637000
  • Received:2024-06-14 Revised:2024-10-16 Online:2025-01-13 Published:2025-01-13

Abstract:

To analyze the utilization rate of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium fertilizer in corn planting in Yanyuan, promote scientific fertilization to increase efficiency, and promote the protection and quality improvement of cultivated land, we set up treatments of no fertilizer, no nitrogen, no phosphorus, no potassium and NPK full fertilizer to carry out the utilization rate analysis of NPK fertilizer for corn. The results indicated that stem diameter, ear height, number of grains per ear and 1000-grain weight of NPK fertilizer treatment were higher than those of other treatments, except that plant height was lower than that of no potassium; the grain yield and stem and leaf yield were also the highest, which were 12.07 t/hm2 and 13.55 t/hm2, respectively. The order from high to low was full fertilizer zone (T5) > potassium-free zone (T4) > phosphorus free zone (T3) > nitrogen free zone (T2) > fertilizer free zone (T1). The yield to investment ratio of NPK fertilizer area was the lowest (4.73), but the economic benefit was the highest. The utilization rates of N, P and K in the experimental field were from high to low as K > N > P, and the utilization rates were 56.61%, 43.14% and 9.55%, respectively. Therefore, the composite fertilizer containing nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium should be selected for corn production in Yanyuan, and the content of potassium and nitrogen should be higher than that of phosphorus. At the same time, we should increase the application of organic fertilizer and plant green fertilizer to improve the ecological environment and improve the quality of crops.

Key words: maize, fertilizer, utilization rate, Yanyuan, nitrate fertilizer, phosphate fertilizer, potash fertilizer, economic benefits