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Acta Agron Sin ›› 2011, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (01): 152-157.doi: 10.3724/SP.J.1006.2011.00152

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Effect of In-Season Nitrogen Management Strategy on Maize Grain Yield and Nitrogen Use Efficiency

YE You-Liang1,2,HUANG Yu-Fang1,LIU Chun-Sheng2,QU Ri-Tao2,SONG Hai-Yan2,CUI Zhen-Ling3   

  1. 1 College of Resources and Environment, Henan Agricultural University / Engineering Research Center of Agricultural Resources and Environment, Colleges and Universities of Henan Province, Zhengzhou 450002, China; 2 College of Resources and Environment, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai’an, 271018, China; 3 College of Resources and Environment, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100094, China
  • Received:2010-05-30 Revised:2010-09-22 Online:2011-01-12 Published:2010-11-16

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Abstract: In order to improve maize yield and nitrogen use efficiency cooperatively, in-season nitrogen management strategy based on soil nitrate nitrogen test was conducted for three years in four fields at Tai’an and Yanzhou city of Shandong province. The results showed that compared with farmers traditional fertilization, maize grain yields of optimized nitrogen management were increased by 2.73%–14.22%, averaged 7.90%, nitrogen rates were reduced by 36.80%–53.85%, averaged 44.75%, nitrogen uptake efficiencies were increased by 13.68%–115.91%, nitrogen recovery efficiencies were increased by 44.26%–377.89%, nitrogen agronomy efficiencies were increased by 54.31%–271.31%, nitrogen partial factor productivities were increased by 53.38%–141.23%, value cost ratios were increased by 37.35%–93.18%. It suggested that in-season nitrogen management strategy based on soil nitrate nitrogen test could reduce maize nitrogen rate, increase nitrogen use efficiency, improve grain yield and value cost ratio.

Key words: Maize, Nitrate nitrogen, Yield, Nitrogen use efficiency

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