Journal
CROP JOURNAL
Volume 9, Issue 1, Pages 168-180Publisher
KEAI PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.cj.2020.04.003
Keywords
Maize-rice system; Straw return; K fertilizer; K-use efficiency; Quantity/intensity curve
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- Special Fund for Agro-scientific Research in the Public Interest of China [201503122]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [31571622]
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Straw return can effectively improve crop yield and K-use efficiency, with Sr33 and Sr67 treatments showing potential to replace chemical K fertilizer by increasing soil K supply capacity.
Straw return is an effective way to improve crop grain yield and potassium (K) use efficiency by increasing soil K content. However, the effects of straw return on soil K supplying capacity, replacement of K fertilizer, and K-use efficiency under maize (Zea mays L.)-rice (Oryza sativa L.) cropping systems are little studied. A two-year field experiment was conducted to determine the physiological determinants of K-use efficiency under straw return with four K fertilization rates. Sr33 (straw returned plus 33% of K fertilizer applied) and Sr67 (straw returned plus 67% of K fertilizer applied) increased annual crop yields by 1.5% and 3.2% and increased agronomic K-use efficiency by respectively 2.9 and 1.3-fold on average in the two years, compared with the conventional practice S0K100 (no straw returned plus normal amounts of K fertilizer applied). The Sr33 and Sr67 treatments resulted in significantly greater equilibrium K concentration ratios (CR0K) and specifically exchangeable K (K-X) values according to quantity/intensity (Q/I) relationship analyses, indicating improvement of the potential soil K supply capacity. However, the Sr67 better maintained the soil exchangeable K level and K balance. The results suggested that K released from maize and rice straw can replace about half of chemical K fertilizer, depending on the available K content in maize-rice cropping system production. (C) 2020 Crop Science Society of China and Institute of Crop Science, CAAS. Production and hosting by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of KeAi Communications Co., Ltd.
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