Abstract
To investigate an efficient mode of water and fertilizer supply, a pot experiment was conducted to study the effects of alternate partial root-zone irrigation on dry mass accumulation, yield and water use of sticky maize with fertigation. Three irrigation methods, i.e. conventional irrigation (CI), alternate partial root-zone irrigation (APRI) and fixed partial root-zone irrigation (FPRI), and three fertilization methods, i.e. 100% of total fertilizer (0.2gN, 0.15gP2O5 and 0.2gK2Okg−1soil) as basal fertilizer (F1), 100% of total fertilizer (0.2gN, 0.15gP2O5 and 0.2gK2Okg−1soil) as basal fertilizer and topdressing with irrigation water (F2), 80% of total fertilizer (0.16gN, 0.12gP2O5 and 0.16gK2Okg−1soil) as basal fertilizer and topdressing with irrigation water (F3), were designed. Results show that compared to CI, APRI decreased more water consumption than total dry mass of sticky maize, thus increased water-use efficiency (WUE) on the basis of total dry mass. Compared to F1, F2 increased dry seed yield of sticky maize under APRI, thus WUE on the basis of dry seed (WUEs) and WUEs per unit fertilizer were also increased. Therefore sticky maize with 100% of total fertilizer as basal fertilizer and topdressing with irrigation water is an efficient mode of water and fertilizer supply under APRI in this study.
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