Jin, D.; Lu, Z.; Song, X.; Ahammed, G.J.; Yan, Y.; Chen, S. Organic Fertilizer Application Compensates Reduced Fertilizer Supply and Improves Radish Yield and Soil Quality. Preprints2024, 2024041436. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202404.1436.v1
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Jin, D., Lu, Z., Song, X., Ahammed, G.J., Yan, Y., & Chen, S. (2024). Organic Fertilizer Application Compensates Reduced Fertilizer Supply and Improves Radish Yield and Soil Quality. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202404.1436.v1
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Jin, D., Yan Yan and Shuangchen Chen. 2024 "Organic Fertilizer Application Compensates Reduced Fertilizer Supply and Improves Radish Yield and Soil Quality" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202404.1436.v1
Abstract
To investigate the effects of organic fertilizer combined with reduced chemical fertilizer on radish yield, quality, and soil environment in high mountainous areas (elevation: 1800 m), and to mitigate the environmental pollution caused by excessive use of chemical fertilizers. The field trial was conducted to study the effects of different fertilizer treatments. (Control:local fertilizer application rate: 375 kg·hm² reduction in chemical fertilizer + 4500 kg·hm² organic fertilizer; T1:12% reduction in chemical fertilizer + 4500 kg·hm² organic fertilizer; T2:20% reduction in chemical fertilizer + 4500 kg·hm² of organic fertilizer; T3:28% reduction in chemical fertilizer + 4500 kg·hm² organic fertilizer). Four different fertilizer ratios were studied to assess their impacts on radish quality, yield, and soil environment. The findings showed that T2 significantly increased radish yield by 12.92%. Moreover, it led to significant improvements in the content of vitamin C, soluble sugars, soluble solids, soluble proteins, titratable acidity, and glucosinolates, which increased by 10.62%, 2.15%, 50.00%, 26.90%, 43.90%, and 44.57%, respectively. Treatment T2 also significantly increased soil nutrient content, with a 7.69% and 14.29% increase in total nitrogen and total phosphorus content compared to the control (Control) treatment, and a significant reduction of 21.64% in soil bulk density . T2 treatment significantly enhanced soil urease activity, sucrase activity, alkaline phosphatase activity, and catalase activity, showing an improvement of 28.97%, 55.92%, 52.08%, and 17.47% compared to the control, respectively (p<0.05). Moreover, treatment T2 resulted in a relative abundance increase of 12.25% and 10.43% in Proteobacteria and Actinobacteria respectively. Thus, the combined application of T2:20% reduction in chemical fertilizer + 4500 kg·hm² of organic fertilizer improved the quality and yield of radish while optimizing the soil environment. T2 effectively promoted radish growth, enhanced radish yield and quality, and improved the soil environment.
Biology and Life Sciences, Agricultural Science and Agronomy
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