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Journal of Agricultural and Crop Research

Research Article | Published May 2020 | Volume 8, Issue 5 pp. 90-97.

doi: https://doi.org/10.33495/jacr_v8i5.20.121

 

Different nitrogen forms on the growth and nitrogen utilization of cucumber

 



 

 

Chao Ma2

Tian-tian Ban2

Yi-nan Gao3

Hong-jun Yu1

Qiang Li1

Xiao-hui Li2

Ying Deng2

Wei-jie Jiang1*

 

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1. Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China.

2. Institute of Horticulture, Guizhou Academy of Agricultural Science, Guiyang, Guizhou 550006, China.

3. College of Horticulture and Landscape, Tianjin Agricultural University, Tianjin 300000, China.


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Citation: Ma C, Ban T, Gao Y, Yu H, Li Q, Li Q, Deng Y, Jiang W (2020). Different nitrogen forms on the growth and nitrogen utilization of cucumber. J. Agric. Crop Res. 8(5):90-97.

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 Abstract 


Different nitrogen sources are effective on plants growth and yield. Ammonium [NH4+-N], nitrate [NO3--N] and amide [CO (NH2)2] are the three different nitrogen sources. Here, we studied the effects of 9 ratios of different nitrogen forms with equal nitrogen on dry matter, nitrogen utilization and yield in cucumber. The results demonstrated that the yield of cucumber was enhanced as the proportion of nitrate increased in the ammonium and nitrate treatments except 100% nitrate. Nitrogen utilization efficiency in treatments with added amide were higher than in treatments with added ammonium with equal proportion of nitrate. A correlation analysis was performed; the proportion of nitrate and ammonium was significantly positively related to total dry matter, total nitrogen content and nitrogen utilization efficiency respectively (r = 0.919, 0.930, and 0.961), and nitrate-amide ratio was related to root-shoot ratio (r = 0.934). Additionally, there was a remarkably positive relationship between leaf nitrogen content and yield. Dry matter distribution, yield and root cap index may be regulated by the ratios of nitrogen forms. Moreover, cucumber yield is inseparable from its leaf nitrogen content. In conclusion, the nitrogen consisting of 75% nitrate+25% amide was superior to other treatments in cucumber growth in the present study.

Keywords  Cucumis sativus    Nitrogen sources    dry matter   nitrogen utilization   yield  

 

 

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