Nitrogen,phosphorus and potassium recycling in an agroforestry ecosystem of Huanghuaihai Plain：with Paulownia elongata intercropped wheat and maize as an example.pdfVIP

J ournal of E nvir onmen tal Sci ence s　Vol . 10 ,N o. 2 ,pp . 189 —196 , 1998 ISSN 1001 —0742 N itr ogen ,ph osph oru s and potassium recycling in an agr oforestry ecosyst em of Huan ghuaihai Plain :with Pau lown ia elongata intercr opp ed wheat and maize as an examp le Wu Gang Depart ment of Systems Ecology , e sear ch Cent er for Eco- Envi ronment al Science s , Chinese Academy of Science s ,Beij ing 100085 ,China Abstr act —T he st udie s show t hat in t he whole community , P is deficient , and N and K are basically balanced . N , P and K ar e accumulated in plant ti ssue s and litt er s , bu t depleted in soil . N and P cont ent s in sur face soil( 0 —20 cm) ar e the main fact or s affecting cr op gr owt h , and P contents in 20- 80 cm soil layer i s the maj or affecting Pa ulownia elongata gr owth . The absorption coefficients of N , P and K in the communi ties ar e 0. 078 , 0. 0 14 and 0. 052 re spect ively , their ut ilizat ion coefficient s ar e 0. 95 , 0. 90 and 0. 94 , and t he recycling coefficient s ar e 0. 042 , 0. 05 and 0. 063 r espect ively . Keywords : ni tr ogen ; phosphorus , pota ssium ; r ecycling ; agr ofore stry ecosyst em . 1 　Intr oduct ion The purposes of inputtin g N , P and K to agroforestry systems are t o improve its productivity , to ob tain more agroforest ry products of superior quality as well as to at tain bet ter economic benefit . eason able determination of fertilizer consump tion and scientific cont rol of h arvest can not be ach ieved until t he recy clin g process of N , P and K in th e agroforestry systems is un derst ood , and their input , output , accumu lation and deficien cy are accu