Nitrate Leaching from Maize Intercropping Systems with N Fertilizer Over-Dose.pdfVIP

Availableonlineatwww．sciencedirect．corn NitrateLeachingfrom MaizeIntercroppingSystemswithNFertilizerOver— Dose NIEShengwei1，2．AEgrinyaEneji3，CHENYuan—quan1，SUIPeng，HUANGJian—xiongandHUANG Shao-min2 ResearchCenterofCircularAgriculture，ChinaAgriculturalUniversity，Beijing100193，PR·C·hina 2KeyFietdscientiffcObservationStationofZhengzh0uFluvo-AquicSoiIsEcologYEnvironmenl，MinistryofAgriculture／InstttuteofPlnn NMfritiDn．RPoHrces ndEnvironment，HenanAcademyofAgriculturalScience，Zhengzhou450002，P-R-China S0ilScienceResearchCenter,UniversityofCalabar,PMB1115，Nigeria Abstract A 2一yrfieldexperimentwasconductedonacalcareousalluvialsoilwithfoursummermaizeintercroppingsystemsat ShangzhuangExperimentStation(116．3。E，39．9。N)intheNorthChinaPlain．Theobjectivewastodeterminenitrate leachingfrom intercroppingsystemsinvolvingmaize(ZeamaysL．)：solemaize(CK)，maize+soybean(CST)，maize+ groundnutfCGT)，maize+ryegrass(CHM)，andmaize+al~lN (CMX)．Intercroppinggreatlyreducednitrateaccumulation inthe 100—200 cm soi1layerscomparedwithmaizemonoculture．Nitrateaccumulationunderintercroppingsystems decreasedsignificantlyatthe140—200cm soildepth；theaccumulationvariedintheorderCKCSTCMXCHM CGT． However，comparedtotheCK treatment，nitrateleachinglossesduringthemaizegrowingperiodwerereducedby20．9— 174．8(CGT)．35．2—130．8(CHM)，60．4—122．0(CMX)，and30．6—82．4kghai(CST)．Theresultsalsosuggestedthatinter~ropping isaneffectivewaytoreducenitrogenleachinginfieldswithN fertilizerover—dose． Keywords：NO3一N leaching，maize，intercropping，over—dose excessofcroprequirementstendtoincreasethepo— tentialriskofnitratepollutionofgroundwater，espe— lNTRODUCTION ciallyofrlight—textured，wel1drainedsoilsandinten— Nitrate—nitrogen(N0一N)isaprimarysourceofNfor sireproductionofshallow—rooted