Acta Agriculturae Zhejiangensis ›› 2024, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (12): 2739-2747.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1004-1524.20231406

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Effects of nitrogen reduction and biochar application on growth and development of Citurs reticulata Blanco cv. ‘Ponkan’ and soil properties

MA Ling1(), ZHANG Zhenwu1, FANG Yingzi1, WU Huixin1, XING Chenghua1,2,*()   

  1. 1. College of Agronomy, Jinhua University of Vocational Technology, Jinhua 321017, Zhejiang, China
    2. Key Laboratory of Crop Harvesting Equipment Technology of Zhejiang Province, Jinhua 321000, Zhejiang, China
  • Received:2023-12-15 Online:2024-12-25 Published:2024-12-27

Abstract:

In order to investigate the effect of nitrogen reduction and biochar application on the growth and development of ponkan citrus (Citrus reticulata Blanco cv. ‘Ponkan’) and soil properties, the experiment was set up with conventional nitrogen application (N100, 0.910 kg N), nitrogen reduction of 20% (N80, 0.728 kg N), nitrogen reduction of 40% (N60, 0.546 kg N), nitrogen reduction of 40%+biochar 10 g (N60+BC10, 0.546 kg N+10 g BC), nitrogen reduction of 40%+biochar 20 g (N60+BC20, 0.546 kg N+20 g BC) and nitrogen reduction of 40%+biochar 30 g (N60+BC30, 0.546 kg N+30 g BC), the amount of fertilizer applied per plant. The root growth, fruit quality, single fruit weight and soil properties of Ponkan in different treatments were measured and analysed. The results showed that compared with N100, the root activity, root morphology, fruit quality, single fruit weight and soil properties of N80 and N60 treatments showed different degrees of decreasing trends, while the corresponding indicators of N60+BC10, N60+BC20 and N60+BC30 treatments showed increasing trends. The statistical analysis of principal components showed that the scores of nitrogen reduction and biochar application were in the order of N60+BC30>N60+BC20>N60+BC10, among which the fruit quality and soil properties of N60+BC30 treatment were the best.

Key words: nitrogen fertiliser, biochar, Ponkan, fruit quality, soil property

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