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Chinese Agricultural Science Bulletin ›› 2025, Vol. 41 ›› Issue (6): 22-28.doi: 10.11924/j.issn.1000-6850.casb2024-0762

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Effects of Different Maize and Soybean Planting Patterns on Crop Yield, Economic Benefit and Soil Nutrient

LI Xianghua1(), FAN Caiying2, XU Qin1, HOU Jian2, WANG Hui2, LIU Yanyan2, WANG Heng2, LIU Guangya3, HAN Wei3()   

  1. 1 Lanshan District Andongwei Street Agricultural Comprehensive Service Center of Rizhao City, Rizhao, Shandong 276808
    2 Rizhao Agricultural Technical Service Center, Rizhao, Shandong 276800
    3 Shandong Agricultural Technology Extension Center, Jinan 250100
  • Received:2024-12-16 Revised:2025-01-16 Online:2025-02-25 Published:2025-02-24

Abstract:

The aim is to study the effects of different planting densities and planting ratios on biomass accumulation, nitrogen absorption, yield and economic benefits, and soil nutrient status of maize and soybean. Based on a field experiment, six treatments, including maize monoculture (M), soybean monoculture (S), maize/soybean 2:4 mode (I1) [60000 maize plants/hm2+135000 soybean plants/hm2 (D1), 67500 maize plants/hm2+135000 soybean plants/hm2 (D2)], and maize/soybean 4:6 mode (I2) [60000 maize plants/hm2+135000 soybean plants/hm2 (D1), 67500 maize plants/hm2+135000 soybean plants/hm2 (D2)], were designed. The results showed that maize/soybean planting pattern significantly decreased crop yield and biomass, compared to M and S, maize yield was decreased by 18.91%-25.45%, biomass was decreased by 12.62%-30.69%, soybean yield was decreased by 50.43%-56.79%, and biomass was decreased by 36.84%-46.61%. The biomass and yield of maize in I1 were lower than that of I2, while soybean showed the opposite trend. Under the same planting ratio, the maize yield of D1 was significantly higher than that of D2, while the soybean yield was not significantly different. Due to the difference of yield and input cost, the economic benefits of different planting patterns are different. Among them, the economic benefits of I1D1 were increased the most compared with M and S, which were 38.61% and 22.25%, respectively. In addition, different maize/soybean planting patterns could improve the soil chemical properties, especially the contents of soil alkali-hydrolyzed nitrogen and organic matter in maize soil. Compared with M, I1D1 significantly increased the contents of alkali-hydrolyzed nitrogen and organic matter by 14.17% and 16.61%, respectively. Overall, the maize/soybean 2:4 planting pattern combined with 60000 maize plants/hm2+135000 soybean plants/hm2 is the optimal treatment in terms of improving crop yield and economic benefits of the system and improving soil nutrient status, etc. The research results have certain theoretical value for the application and promotion of maize/soybean combined planting pattern in Shandong Province.

Key words: maize, soybean, crop growth, economic benefit, soil nutrient