Nitrogen(N)serves as an essential nutrient for yield formation across diverse crop types.However,agricultural production encounters numerous challenges,notably high N fertilizer rates coupled with low N use efficiency...Nitrogen(N)serves as an essential nutrient for yield formation across diverse crop types.However,agricultural production encounters numerous challenges,notably high N fertilizer rates coupled with low N use efficiency and serious environmental pollution.Deep placement of nitrogen fertilizer(DPNF)is an agronomic measure that shows promise in addressing these issues.This review aims to offer a comprehensive understanding of DPNF,beginning with a succinct overview of its development and methodologies for implementation.Subsequently,the optimal fertilization depth and influencing factors for different crops are analyzed and discussed.Additionally,it investigates the regulation and mechanism underlying the DPNF on crop development,yield,N use efficiency and greenhouse gas emissions.Finally,the review delineates the limitations and challenges of this technology and provides suggestions for its improvement and application.This review provides valuable insight and reference for the promotion and adoption of DPNF in agricultural practice.展开更多
Integrated agronomic optimization(IAO)adopts suitable crop varieties,sowing dates,planting density,and advanced nutrient management to redesign the entire production system according to the local environment,and it ca...Integrated agronomic optimization(IAO)adopts suitable crop varieties,sowing dates,planting density,and advanced nutrient management to redesign the entire production system according to the local environment,and it can achieve synergistic improvements in crop yields and resource utilization.However,the intensity and magnitude of the impacts of IAO on soil quality under long-term intensive production and high nitrogen use efficiency(NUE)require further clarification.Based on a 13-year field experiment conducted in Dawenkou,Tai'an,Shadong Province,China,we investigated the effects of four cultivation modes on the grain yield,NUE,and soil aggregate structure,as well as the fraction of organic matter(SOM)and soil quality,reflected by the integrated fertility index(IFI),during the winter wheat maturation periods in 2020–2022.The four cultivation modes were traditional local farming(T1),farmer-based improvement(T2),increased yield regardless of production cost(T3),and integrated soil–crop system management(T4).As the IAO modes,T2 and T4 were characterized by denser planting,reduced nitrogen(N)fertilizer application rates,and delayed sowing compared to T1 and T3,respectively.In this long-term experiment,IAO was found to maintain aggregate stability,increase SOM content(by increasing organic carbon and total nitrogen of the light fraction(LF)and the particulate organic matter fraction(POM)),and improve SOM quality(by increasing the proportions of LF and POM and the ratio of organic carbon to total nitrogen in SOM).Compared to T1,the IFI values of T2,T3,and T4 increased by 10.91,23.38,and 25.55%,and by 17.78,6.41,and 28.94%in the 0–20 and 20–40 cm soil layers,respectively.The grain yield of T4 was 22.52%higher than that of T1,and reached 95.98%of that in T3.Furthermore,the NUE of T4 was 35.61%higher than those of T1 and T3.In conclusion,our results suggest that the IAO mode T4 synergistically increases grain yield and NUE in winter wheat,while maximizing soil quality.展开更多
基金funded by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(32301947,32272220 and 32172120)the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(2023M730909).
文摘Nitrogen(N)serves as an essential nutrient for yield formation across diverse crop types.However,agricultural production encounters numerous challenges,notably high N fertilizer rates coupled with low N use efficiency and serious environmental pollution.Deep placement of nitrogen fertilizer(DPNF)is an agronomic measure that shows promise in addressing these issues.This review aims to offer a comprehensive understanding of DPNF,beginning with a succinct overview of its development and methodologies for implementation.Subsequently,the optimal fertilization depth and influencing factors for different crops are analyzed and discussed.Additionally,it investigates the regulation and mechanism underlying the DPNF on crop development,yield,N use efficiency and greenhouse gas emissions.Finally,the review delineates the limitations and challenges of this technology and provides suggestions for its improvement and application.This review provides valuable insight and reference for the promotion and adoption of DPNF in agricultural practice.
基金jointly supported by the Key Research and Development Program of Shandong Province,China(LJNY202103 and 2023TZXD086)the National Major Agricultural Science and Technology Project,China(NK202218080315)+1 种基金the Project of Central Government Guiding Local Science and Technology Development,China(YDZX2022130)the Cooperative Promotion Plan of Major Agricultural Technologies of Shandong Province,China(SDNYXTTG-2023-10)。
文摘Integrated agronomic optimization(IAO)adopts suitable crop varieties,sowing dates,planting density,and advanced nutrient management to redesign the entire production system according to the local environment,and it can achieve synergistic improvements in crop yields and resource utilization.However,the intensity and magnitude of the impacts of IAO on soil quality under long-term intensive production and high nitrogen use efficiency(NUE)require further clarification.Based on a 13-year field experiment conducted in Dawenkou,Tai'an,Shadong Province,China,we investigated the effects of four cultivation modes on the grain yield,NUE,and soil aggregate structure,as well as the fraction of organic matter(SOM)and soil quality,reflected by the integrated fertility index(IFI),during the winter wheat maturation periods in 2020–2022.The four cultivation modes were traditional local farming(T1),farmer-based improvement(T2),increased yield regardless of production cost(T3),and integrated soil–crop system management(T4).As the IAO modes,T2 and T4 were characterized by denser planting,reduced nitrogen(N)fertilizer application rates,and delayed sowing compared to T1 and T3,respectively.In this long-term experiment,IAO was found to maintain aggregate stability,increase SOM content(by increasing organic carbon and total nitrogen of the light fraction(LF)and the particulate organic matter fraction(POM)),and improve SOM quality(by increasing the proportions of LF and POM and the ratio of organic carbon to total nitrogen in SOM).Compared to T1,the IFI values of T2,T3,and T4 increased by 10.91,23.38,and 25.55%,and by 17.78,6.41,and 28.94%in the 0–20 and 20–40 cm soil layers,respectively.The grain yield of T4 was 22.52%higher than that of T1,and reached 95.98%of that in T3.Furthermore,the NUE of T4 was 35.61%higher than those of T1 and T3.In conclusion,our results suggest that the IAO mode T4 synergistically increases grain yield and NUE in winter wheat,while maximizing soil quality.
