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Acta Agron Sin ›› 2014, Vol. 40 ›› Issue (01): 93-100.doi: 10.3724/SP.J.1006.2014.00093

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Effects of Nitrogen Fertilizer Management on Yield and Nitrogen Use Efficiency in Winter Wheat Growing on Dryland with Plastic Film Mulching

LI Qiang1,4,WANG Zhao-Hui1,2,*,LI Fu-Cui1,DAI Jian1,LI Meng-Hua1,HE Gang1,CAO Qun-Hu3,DUAN Chang-Lin3,YU Chang-Wei3   

  1. 1 Key Laboratory of Plant Nutrition and Agri-environment in Northwest China, Ministry of Agriculture / College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A&F University), Yangling 712100, China; 2 State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology in Arid Areas / Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China; 3 Agricultural Technology Extension Center of Changwu County of Shaanxi Province, Changwu 713600, China; Wuwei Academy of Forestry Science, Wuwei 733000, China
  • Received:2013-02-21 Revised:2013-08-16 Online:2014-01-12 Published:2013-10-22
  • Contact: 王朝辉, E-mail: w-zhaohui@263.net, Tel: 029-87082234

Abstract:

Wheat production in Northwest China is mainly restricted by insufficient and uneven distributed precipitation across seasons. Besides, luxurious and improper application of nitrogen (N) is an obvious problem. In a two-year field experiment from October 2010 to June 2012, we compared grain yield and N use efficiency of winter wheat with cultivation patterns of conventional fertilization (P), current farmer’s habitual fertilization (C), reducing N with early-spring topdressing (NT), NT + ridging and mulching with plastic film (NR), and NR+ high plant density (NRH). Compared with P treatment, C had no effect on stable increases of grain yield and N use efficiency, while NT, NR, and NRH treatments significantly increased yield and N use efficiency of wheat. However, N content in grain was reduced in NR and NRH treatments. In an overall view, NR was the optimal treatment for high-yield and high-efficient wheat production, with the increases of grain yield, N partial factor productivity, and N physiological efficiency by 38.6%, 49.6%, and 35.1% in the first cropping year and by 7.6%, 16.3%, and 25.7% in the second year, respectively. These results indicate that N management plus ridge mulching is an important technique for high-yield production in Northwest China, and suitable N supply after flowering should be considered for high quality also.

Key words: Dryland, Winter wheat, Mulching with plastic film, Nitrogen use efficiency, Yield, Reducing nitrogen application

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