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Journal of Desert Research ›› 2019, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (5): 222-231.DOI: 10.7522/j.issn.1000-694X.2019.00071

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Effect of Nitrogen and Phosphorous Application on Nitrogen Accumulation, Allocation and Nitrate-reductase Activity in Kentucky Bluegrass

Zhang Haowei, Bai Xiaoming, Chen Hui, Fan Jinghui, Li Xiongliang, Lian Yahong, Sun Min   

  1. College of Grassland Science/MOA Key Laboratory of Grassland Ecosystem/Pratacultural Engineering Laboratory of Gansu Province, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, China
  • Received:2019-07-06 Revised:2019-08-25 Online:2019-09-29 Published:2019-09-29

Abstract: To investigate the effect of nitrogen and phosphorous application on nitrogen accumulation, allocation and nitrate-reductase activity in Kentucky bluegrass (Poa pratensis), two varieties were selected under pot culture experiments. An experiment with a randomized block design was conducted to determine the effects of different phosphorous (P2O5) application rates (5, 15 and 25 g·m-2) and nitrogen application rates (5, 10 and 15 g·m-2) on nitrogen accumulation, allocation and nitrate-reductase activity in Kentucky bluegrass. The results showed that aboveground nitrogen accumulation, underground nitrogen accumulation and nitrogen accumulation in whole plant increased as nitrogen application rate increased. For the Kentucky bluegrass from Tianzhu county, the aboveground nitrogen accumulation, underground nitrogen accumulation and nitrogen accumulation in whole plant as phosphorous application rate increased. For the Kentucky bluegrass from Yuzhong county, the aboveground nitrogen accumulation and nitrogen accumulation in whole plant increased, whereas underground nitrogen accumulation increased firstly, and then decreased as phosphorous application rate increased. The aboveground nitrogen allocation increased as nitrogen and phosphorous application rate increased, while The underground nitrogen allocation and nitrogen use efficiency decreased as nitrogen and phosphorous application rate increased. The nitrate-reductase activity in Kentucky bluegrass increased as nitrogen application rate increased, whereas increased firstly, and then decreased as phosphorous application rate increased. The nitrogen accumulation and nitrogen use efficiency in Kentucky bluegrass from Yuzhong county was higher than that in Kentucky bluegrass from Tianzhu county. Effects of nitrogen application on nitrogen accumulation, allocation and nitrate-reductase activity was distinctly higher than that of phosphorous application. A significant positive correlation was found between nitrate-reductase activity and nitrogen application rate (P<0.01), and between nitrate-reductase activity and nitrogen accumulation (P<0.05).

Key words: Kentucky bluegrass, nitrogen and phosphate fertilizer, nitrogen accumulation, allocation, nitrate-reductase activity

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