Acta Agriculturae Boreali-Sinica ›› 2022, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (2): 96-103. doi: 10.7668/hbnxb.20192579

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Effect of Nitrogen and Zinc Application on the Accumulation and Distribution of Dry Matter and Nitrogen and Zinc of Different Summer Maize Varieties

ZHANG Panpan1, SHAO Yunhui2, LIU Jingbao1, QIAO Jiangfang1, LI Chuan1, ZHANG Meiwei1, ZHAO Xia1, HUANG Lu1   

  1. 1.Cereal Crops Institute,Henan Academy of Agricultural Sciences,Zhengzhou 450002,China
    2.Wheat Research Institute,Henan Academy of Agricultural Sciences,Zhengzhou 450002,China
  • Received:2021-12-09 Published:2022-04-28

Abstract:

This study investigated the accumulation and distribution of dry matter,nitrogen(N)and zinc(Zn)of summer maize under N and Zn fertilization,to provide a basis for reasonable application of zinc fertilizer and combined fertilization.Split-split design was used with three N rates(90,180,225 kg/ha N)as the main factor,two Zn rates(0,4.5 kg/ha ZnSO4·7H2O)as the second factor,two varieties(ZD958 and GSY66)as the third factor.The effect of N and Zn application on the grain yield,dry matter accumulation dynamic and N and Zn absorption,accumulation and distribution of each organ of different maize varieties by field experiment.The results showed that the grain yield achieved 9.77,10.42 t/ha under the N rates of 180,225 kg/ha,respectively,increased by 18.0% compared with 90 kg/ha.The treatment of 225 kg/ha N had the highest plant dry matter accumulation after silking,while the treatment of 90 kg/ha had higher ratio of cob and grain dry matter at the mature stage.Highest N concentration in each organ,Zn concentration in the stem and N and Zn accumulation in the leaf and grain were obtained in the treatment of 225 kg/ha,while highest Zn concentration in the sheath,bract and grain and ratio of grain N and Zn were found in the treatment of 90 kg/ha.No effect was found in the grain yield and dry matter accumulation and distribution under two Zn treatments.Zn application significantly increased N and Zn concentration and accumulation but decreased distribution ratio of grain N and Zn by 6.93,6.86 percentage points,respectively.Relative to GSY66,ZD958 had higher grain yield and dry matter ratio,and increased dry matter by 29.2% at maturity.Besides this,ZD958 decreased grain N and Zn concentration by 8.9% and 5.3%,respectively,but improved grain accumulation and distribution ratio.Correlation analysis showed that grain yield and N concentration in the stem,leaf and grain were significantly positively correlated.There was also a significantly or extremely significantly positive correlation between Zn concentration in the leaf and N concentration in the sheath and grain,between Zn concentration in the cob and N concentration in the sheath,cob and bract.These results suggested that combination of N and Zn fertilizers could increase yield and plant dry matter accumulation,enhance the N and Zn absorption and accumulation in each organ especially grain,but decrease distribution ratio of N and Zn in the grain.

Key words: Summer maize, Combination of N and Zn fertilizers, Yield, Dry matter, Accumulation and distribution

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ZHANG Panpan, SHAO Yunhui, LIU Jingbao, QIAO Jiangfang, LI Chuan, ZHANG Meiwei, ZHAO Xia, HUANG Lu. Effect of Nitrogen and Zinc Application on the Accumulation and Distribution of Dry Matter and Nitrogen and Zinc of Different Summer Maize Varieties[J]. Acta Agriculturae Boreali-Sinica, 2022, 37(2): 96-103. doi: 10.7668/hbnxb.20192579.

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