scholarly journals The response of potato tuber yield, nitrogen uptake, soil nitrate nitrogen to different nitrogen rates in red soil

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kailou Liu ◽  
Jiangxue Du ◽  
Yijun Zhong ◽  
Zhe Shen ◽  
Xichu Yu
Keyword(s):  
Nitrogen Uptake ◽  
Nitrogen Fertilizer ◽  
Nitrogen Balance ◽  
Nitrogen Fertilization ◽  
Tuber Yield ◽  
Nitrate Nitrogen ◽  
Red Soil ◽  
Nitrogen Application ◽  
Nitrogen Surplus ◽  
Application Rates

AbstractNutrient-deficient red soil found in the southern region of China is increasingly being used for potato crops to meet the demand for this staple food. The application of nitrogen fertilizer is necessary to support the production of higher tuber yields; however, the links between nitrate nitrogen and the nitrogen balance in red soil are unknown. A field experiment was conducted in Jiangxi Province in 2017 and 2018 to determine the effects of different nitrogen application rates, 0 kg ha−1 (N0), 60 kg ha−1 (N60), 120 kg ha−1 (N120), 150 kg ha−1 (N150), 180 kg ha−1 (N180), 210 kg ha−1 (N210), and 240 kg ha−1 (N240, the highest rate used by local farmers), on potatoes growing in red soil. Data on tuber yield, crop nitrogen uptake, and the apparent nitrogen balance from the different treatments were collected when potatoes were harvested. Additionally, the content and stock of nitrate nitrogen at different soil depths were also measured. Nitrogen fertilization increased tuber yield but not significantly at application rates higher than 150 kg ha−1. We estimated that the threshold rates of nitrogen fertilizer application were 191 kg ha−1 in 2017 and 227 kg ha−1 in 2018, where the respective tuber yields were 19.7 and 20.4 t ha−1. Nitrogen uptake in potato in all nitrogen fertilization treatments was greater than that in N0 by 61.2–237% and 76.4–284% in 2017 and 2018, respectively. The apparent nitrogen surplus (the amount of nitrogen remaining from any nitrogen input minus nitrogen uptake) increased with increasing nitrogen application rates. The nitrate nitrogen stock at a soil depth of 0–60 cm was higher in the 210 and 240 kg ha−1 nitrogen rate treatments than in the other treatments. Moreover, double linear equations indicated that greater levels of nitrogen surplus increased the nitrate nitrogen content and stock in soils at 0–60 cm depths. Therefore, we estimate that the highest tuber yields of potato can be attained when 191–227 kg ha−1 nitrogen fertilizer is applied to red soil. Thus, the risk of nitrate nitrogen leaching from red soil increases exponentially when the apparent nitrogen balance rises above 94.3–100 kg ha−1.

Sorghum-Legume Intercropping and the Effects of Nitrogen Fertilization. I. Yield and Nitrogen Uptake by Crops

1984 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 251-259 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. B. Waghmaref ◽  
S. P. Singh
Keyword(s):  
Nitrogen Uptake ◽  
Nitrogen Fertilization ◽  
Agricultural Research ◽  
Indian Agricultural Research Institute ◽  
New Delhi ◽  
Total System ◽  
Nitrogen Application ◽  
Agricultural Research Institute ◽  
Maximum Increase ◽  
Four Levels

SUMMARYSix intercropping systems and four levels of nitrogen were compared at the Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, in the summer rainy seasons (July-October) of 1978 and 1979. The maximum increase in sorghum yield was obtained when it was associated with fodder cowpea, followed by association with grain cowpea and greengram. The application of 40, 80 and 120 kg N ha−1 increased sorghum yield by 8.6, 16.1 and 18.2% in 1978 and by 2.9, 8.1 and 14.1% in 1979, respectively, compared with unfertilized sorghum. The nitrogen uptake by sorghum, and by the total system, was greater in sorghum-legume intercropping systems than in sole sorghum. Nitrogen application also increased the nitrogen uptake by sorghum and by the whole system.

Effect of nitrogen fertilization on head size, vitamin C content and storage life of broccoli (Brassica oleracea var. Italica)

1994 ◽  
Vol 74 (3) ◽  
pp. 607-610 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter M. A. Toivonen ◽  
B. J. Zebarth ◽  
P. A. Bowen
Keyword(s):  
Vitamin C ◽  
Brassica Oleracea ◽  
Nitrogen Fertilization ◽  
Fertilization Rate ◽  
Climatic Conditions ◽  
Head Size ◽  
First Year ◽  
Nitrogen Application ◽  
Application Rates ◽  
And Storage

Broccoli quality in British Columbia can vary with season and with the farm site on which it is grown. One major management difference between farms is nitrogen fertilization rate. This work was conducted to determine the effect of nitrogen fertilization (0, 125, 250, 375, 500 and 625 kg N ha−1) and growing season (three plantings in 2 consecutive years) on vitamin C content, head size and storability of broccoli (Brassica oleracea var. Italica, 'Emperor'). The climatic conditions during crop growth and development had a greater overall effect on vitamin C content, head diameter and head weight than nitrogen fertilization. Weight and vitamin C losses during storage in the first year were not affected by nitrogen fertilization rates. Moderate nitrogen application rates of 125 and 250 kg N ha−1 in all three plantings produced a head size considered optimal for marketing. Key words: Postharvest, vegetable quality, climatic conditions

scholarly journals The effect of nitrogen application on the development of rusts on wheat varieties

2014 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 191-194
Author(s):  
M. E. Haggag ◽  
M. H. Eweida ◽  
F. F. El-Sayed
Keyword(s):  
Nitrogen Fertilizer ◽  
Nitrogen Fertilization ◽  
Nitrogen Application ◽  
Wheat Varieties ◽  
Resistant Varieties ◽  
Moderately Resistant ◽  
Different Levels

The effect of four different levels of nitrogen fertilization on the severity of rusts on three local Egyptian wheat varieties have been investigated. Nitrogen fertilizer was at the rates 0, 40, 60, and 80 kg nitrogen per feddan. Data obtained indicated that resistance of the varieties did not change while percent severity of postules on susceptible, moderately susceptible and moderately resistant varieties was increased as the level of nitrogen fertilization increased. Heavy doses of nitrogen promoted the size and frequency of postules and hence the rust growth and predisposed the plants to higher infection with rusts.

Nitrogen Fertilization of Sugarcane in an Intercropping System with Maize and Potato in the Humid Tropical Climate of Mauritius

1996 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 213-218 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. F. Ng Kee Kwong ◽  
G. Umrit ◽  
J. Deville
Keyword(s):  
Nitrogen Uptake ◽  
Nitrogen Fertilization ◽  
Field Experiments ◽  
Nitrogen Recovery ◽  
Food Crops ◽  
Pure Stand ◽  
Nitrogen Application ◽  
Fertilizer Nitrogen ◽  
Labelled Nitrogen ◽  
Companion Crop

SUMMARYThe competition for fertilizer nitrogen between sugarcane and a companion crop (maize or potato) grown between the sugarcane rows was studied using nitrogen-15 labelled nitrogen in three field experiments in Mauritius. The effect of the timing of nitrogen application on nitrogen recovery by sugarcane was also investigated. Not more than 15 kg ha−1 of the 120 kg ha−1 nitrogen applied to the sugarcane was taken up by the companion crop but this was compensated for by the uptake of 8 kg ha−1 nitrogen applied to maize or potato. The present recommendations for nitrogen fertilization of pure stand sugarcane were found to be applicable to sugarcane intercropped with non-leguminous food crops. Though fertilizer nitrogen uptake by sugarcane was increased by delaying nitrogen application until after the harvest of the maize and potato, this was not accompanied by an increase in sugarcane yields.

scholarly journals The effect of nitrogen fertilization on yield efficiency and quality of tubers potato varieties cultivated in an integrated production system

2020 ◽  
pp. 15-22
Author(s):  
Cezary Trawczyński
Keyword(s):  
Nitrogen Uptake ◽  
Nitrogen Fertilization ◽  
Tuber Yield ◽  
Total Yield ◽  
Weather Conditions ◽  
Utilization Efficiency ◽  
Agronomic Efficiency ◽  
Potato Varieties ◽  
Yield Structure

The aim of the research conducted in the years 2016 – 2018 was to perform the effect of nitrogen on the total yield and quality evaluation of edible and starch potato varieties harvested after tuber maturity, as well as to establish fertilization efficiency indices. The quality of tubers was expressed: yield structure, share of deformations, content of starch and nitrates (V), but the nitrogen utilization efficiency as agronomic efficiency (AE) and fertilizer recovery efficiency (FRE) in tubers. Two experimental factors were researched: nitrogen doses (0, 50,100, 150 kg·ha-1) and varieties (Impresja, Mazur, Otolia, Szyper and Widawa) tested under different weather conditions. The total yield fresh matter between nitrogen doses ranged from 42.8 to 53.7 t·ha-1 and for varieties from 42.1 (var. Szyper) to 54.8 t·ha-1 (var. Impresja). Increasing nitrogen doses caused an increase share in the yield structure big tubers (diameter above 60 mm), nitrates (V) and total nitrogen content and nitrogen uptake with tuber yield, but decrease starch content and nitrogen fertilization efficiency indicators. On the basis of quadratic function parameters, it was shown that the varieties of Impresja, Szyper and Otolia were characterized by greater requirements in relation to the optimal nitrogen dose than the varieties of Mazur and Widawa. More assessed features determined  the weather conditions during the growing season than the factors studied: the nitrogen fertilization dose and the variety. In the year with the highest amount of rainfall in relation to the average of many years, the largest decrease was recorded: tuber yield, share of big tubers in the yield structure, nitrogen uptake and agronomic efficiency. Year with the most rainfall was characterized by the highest reduction the yield of tubers, share big tubers in the yield structure, nitrogen uptake and its agronomic efficiency.  

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