Acta Agriculturae Boreali-Sinica ›› 2026, Vol. 41 ›› Issue (4): 174-184. doi: 10.7668/hbnxb.20196312

Special Issue: Potato crops Soil fertilizer

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Effects of Magnesium Fertilizer Combined with Different Nitrogen Forms on Nitrogen Use Efficiency and Yield Formation of Potato in the Northern Foothills of Yinshan Mountains

LIU Kun, SHI Xiaohua, DONG Wenzhuo, JIA Liguo, QIN Yonglin, YU Jing, WU Lan, FAN Mingshou   

  1. College of Agronomy, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot 010019, China
  • Received:2025-07-21 Published:2026-08-28

Abstract:

To clarify the effects of different nitrogen forms combined with magnesium fertilization on potato in the northern foothills of Yinshan Mountains,a field experiment was conducted in Hohhot,Inner Mongolia.The experiment included two nitrogen forms(nitrate nitrogen and ammonium nitrogen)and two magnesium application rates(0,45 kg/ha),resulting in four treatments.The impacts of these treatments on potato yield and its components,dry matter,nitrogen,magnesium,and potassium contents,their accumulation,and nitrogen use efficiency throughout the growth period were analyzed.The results showed that,compared with the application of nitrate nitrogen alone,the combined application of nitrate nitrogen and magnesium significantly increased potato leaf dry matter(21.24%—75.60%)and tuber dry matter(22.04%—62.36%)from tuber initiation stage to harvest stage,as well as whole-plant dry matter(32.54%—70.28%)from seedling stage to harvest stage.It also enhanced nitrogen accumulation(44.01%—69.84%)in tuber initiation stage,starch accumulation stage and harvest stage,whole-plant magnesium accumulation(37.66%—84.21%)during the entire growth period,whole-plant potassium accumulation (24.30%—54.95%) from tuber initiation stage to harvest stage, nitrogen uptake efficiency (30.77%—66.67%) during the entire growth period,and partial factor productivity of nitrogen fertilizer at harvest stage(35.13%).Correlation analysis indicated that potato dry matter,whole-plant nitrogen,magnesium,and potassium accumulation were significantly positively correlated with nitrogen uptake efficiency during the entire growth period(r was all greater than 0.78).At harvest stage,whole-plant potassium content showed a highly significant negative correlation with yield(r was -0.78).Principal component analysis further demonstrated that the total variation among treatments during the entire growth period was highly dispersed,indicating significant differences between nitrogen form combined with magnesium fertilization treatments and those without magnesium application.These findings provide a new strategy for improving nitrogen use efficiency and optimizing nitrogen-magnesium management in potato production in the northern foothills of Yinshan Mountains.

Key words: Potato, Nitrogen form, Nutrient accumulation, Yield

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LIU Kun, SHI Xiaohua, DONG Wenzhuo, JIA Liguo, QIN Yonglin, YU Jing, WU Lan, FAN Mingshou. Effects of Magnesium Fertilizer Combined with Different Nitrogen Forms on Nitrogen Use Efficiency and Yield Formation of Potato in the Northern Foothills of Yinshan Mountains[J]. Acta Agriculturae Boreali-Sinica, 2026, 41(4): 174-184. doi: 10.7668/hbnxb.20196312.

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