Performance of site-specific nutrient management for irrigated rice in Southeast China

Rice (Oryza sativa L.) yield increases in Zhejiang, China have slowed since 1985 despite the increasing use of hybrids and fertilizers. On‐farm experiments at 21 sites were conducted to evaluate a new approach for site‐specific nutrient management (SSNM). Field‐ and season‐specific N–P–K application...

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Main Authors: Wang, Guanghuo, Dobermann, Achim, Witt, Christian, Sun, Quingzhu, Fu, Rongxing
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: Wiley 2001
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/167036
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author Wang, Guanghuo
Dobermann, Achim
Witt, Christian
Sun, Quingzhu
Fu, Rongxing
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Fu, Rongxing
Sun, Quingzhu
Wang, Guanghuo
Witt, Christian
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Dobermann, Achim
Witt, Christian
Sun, Quingzhu
Fu, Rongxing
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description Rice (Oryza sativa L.) yield increases in Zhejiang, China have slowed since 1985 despite the increasing use of hybrids and fertilizers. On‐farm experiments at 21 sites were conducted to evaluate a new approach for site‐specific nutrient management (SSNM). Field‐ and season‐specific N–P–K applications were calculated by accounting for the indigenous nutrient supply, yield targets, and nutrient demand as a function of the interactions between N, P, and K. Nitrogen applications were fine‐tuned based on season‐specific rules and field‐specific monitoring of crop N status. The performance of SSNM was tested for four successive rice crops. Compared with the current farmers' fertilizer practice (FFP), average grain yield increased from 5.9 to 6.4 Mg ha−1 while plant N, P, and K uptake increased by 8 to 14%. The gross return over fertilizer cost was about 10% greater with SSNM than with FFP. Yields were about 20% greater in late rice (hybrid cultivars) than in early rice (inbred cultivars), but SSNM performed equally better than FFP in both seasons. Improved timing and splitting of fertilizer N increased N recovery efficiency from 0.18 kg kg−1 in FFP plots to 0.29 kg kg−1 in SSNM plots. The agronomic N use efficiency (grain yield increase per kilogram fertilizer applied) was 80% greater with SSNM than with FFP. As defined in our study, SSNM has potential for improving yields and nutrient efficiency in irrigated rice. Future research needs to develop a practical approach for achieving similar benefits across large areas without field‐specific modeling and with minimum crop monitoring.
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spelling CGSpace1670362025-02-19T14:26:05Z Performance of site-specific nutrient management for irrigated rice in Southeast China Wang, Guanghuo Dobermann, Achim Witt, Christian Sun, Quingzhu Fu, Rongxing agronomy crop science Rice (Oryza sativa L.) yield increases in Zhejiang, China have slowed since 1985 despite the increasing use of hybrids and fertilizers. On‐farm experiments at 21 sites were conducted to evaluate a new approach for site‐specific nutrient management (SSNM). Field‐ and season‐specific N–P–K applications were calculated by accounting for the indigenous nutrient supply, yield targets, and nutrient demand as a function of the interactions between N, P, and K. Nitrogen applications were fine‐tuned based on season‐specific rules and field‐specific monitoring of crop N status. The performance of SSNM was tested for four successive rice crops. Compared with the current farmers' fertilizer practice (FFP), average grain yield increased from 5.9 to 6.4 Mg ha−1 while plant N, P, and K uptake increased by 8 to 14%. The gross return over fertilizer cost was about 10% greater with SSNM than with FFP. Yields were about 20% greater in late rice (hybrid cultivars) than in early rice (inbred cultivars), but SSNM performed equally better than FFP in both seasons. Improved timing and splitting of fertilizer N increased N recovery efficiency from 0.18 kg kg−1 in FFP plots to 0.29 kg kg−1 in SSNM plots. The agronomic N use efficiency (grain yield increase per kilogram fertilizer applied) was 80% greater with SSNM than with FFP. As defined in our study, SSNM has potential for improving yields and nutrient efficiency in irrigated rice. Future research needs to develop a practical approach for achieving similar benefits across large areas without field‐specific modeling and with minimum crop monitoring. 2001-07 2024-12-19T12:56:56Z 2024-12-19T12:56:56Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/167036 en Wiley Wang, Guanghuo; Dobermann, Achim; Witt, Christian; Sun, Quingzhu and Fu, Rongxing. 2001. Performance of site-specific nutrient management for irrigated rice in Southeast China. Agronomy Journal, Volume 93 no. 4 p. 869-878
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crop science
Wang, Guanghuo
Dobermann, Achim
Witt, Christian
Sun, Quingzhu
Fu, Rongxing
Performance of site-specific nutrient management for irrigated rice in Southeast China
title Performance of site-specific nutrient management for irrigated rice in Southeast China
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title_fullStr Performance of site-specific nutrient management for irrigated rice in Southeast China
title_full_unstemmed Performance of site-specific nutrient management for irrigated rice in Southeast China
title_short Performance of site-specific nutrient management for irrigated rice in Southeast China
title_sort performance of site specific nutrient management for irrigated rice in southeast china
topic agronomy
crop science
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/167036
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