太湖地区过量施肥现象相当普遍,导致N肥利用率低和N肥损失严重。为此,2004-2006年在中国科学院常熟农业生态实验站进行了连续稻麦轮作试验,研究不同施N量对该地区水稻和小麦产量及N肥利用率的影响,以寻找较为适当的N肥施用量,该施N量即能使作物不减产,又要保持较高的N肥利用率。试验结果表明施N量超过150kg/hm^2后,作物产量增加较少。当施N量从100kg/hm^2增加到350kg/hm^2,连续3年的水稻平均N肥吸收利用率(REN)为46.1%~32.4%,两年小麦试验结果显示小麦的平均REN为36.0%~27.8%。相应的水稻和小麦的农学利用率(AEN)是15.0~5.56kg/kg和17.1~6.91kg/kg。研究还表明太湖地区水稻经济适宜施N量为209kg/hm^2,小麦是219kg/hm^2,在当地作物品种、气候条件和管理方式下,作物产量可分别达到8.2t/hm^2和4.7t/hm^2的高产,水稻的REN、N肥生理利用率(PEN)、AEN、N肥偏生产力(PFPN)可保持为37.6%、29.5kg/kg、11.0kg/kg和44.5kg/kg;小麦则是31.4%、38.4kg/kg、12.0kg/kg和23.7kg/kg。显然,适宜的施N量不仅没使作物减产,而且保证了作物最大的经济效益,并保持了较高的N肥利用率。
Over nitrogen-fertilization often results in a low nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) and high N loss in Tai lake region. In order to find an optimal N application amount to rice and wheat, field experiments were conducted under different N application amounts from 2004 to 2006. The results showed the crop yield response to added N was very low when N amount exceeded 150 kg/hm^2, and the mean nitrogen uptake efficiency (REN) ranged from 32.41% to 46.11% in three years for rice and from 27. 8% to 36.0% in two years for wheat when N rate was 100 to 350 kg/hm^2, and the corresponding nitrogen agronomy efficiency (AEN) ranged from 5.56 kg/kg to 14.95 kg/kg for rice and from 6.91 kg/kg to 17.1 kg/kg for wheat. The study also indicated that REN, nitrogen physiological efficiency (PEN), AEN, and partial factor productivity of applied N (PFPN) were 37.6%, 29.5 kg/kg, 11.0 kg/kg and 44.5 kg/kg respectively for rice with N application amount of 209 kg/hm2 and were 31.4%, 38.4 kg/kg, 12.0 kg/kgand 23.7 kg/kg with N application amount of 219 kg/hm2 for wheat respectively. We concluded that the optimal N application amount could not only increase crop yields but also increase the farmer's benefits.