采用分根装置,对均匀灌水、固定灌水和交替灌水3种方式下,于1/2根区设施(^15NH4)2SO4的处理;另1/2根区施人等量的(^14NH4)2SO4,研究玉米不同根区氮素的吸收与分配特征。结果表明,处理15、20、40d时,玉米累积^15N肥料氮量表现为,固定灌水下^15N施在灌水区分别是非灌水区的2.37、2.95和3.41倍;交替灌水下^15N施在先灌水区是后灌水区的1.57、1.08和1.06倍。作物自不同根区土壤或肥料吸收氮素占总吸氮量的百分数表明,交替灌水时,不同根区有同等贡献;固定灌水时,作物吸收的氮素绝大部分来自灌水区。根系的氮素吸收速率和根长均表现为,交替灌水两根区趋于相同;固定灌水的非灌水区明显小于灌水区,表明吸收速率和根长对作物吸收氮素都有重要作用。处理40d时,玉米各部分累积^15N肥料氮占根区总吸收量百分数为地上部:均匀灌水〉交替灌水〉固定灌水;^14N区根系:^15N施在固定灌水的非灌水区〉其他4个处理;^15N区根系:^15N施在固定灌水的灌水区〉固定灌水的非灌水区和交替灌水任一根区〉均匀灌水。说明局部供水使根系的氮素分配明显增多,地上部减少;两种局部灌水所不同的是,固定灌水时,氮素向灌水区根系的分配大于非灌水区;交替灌水时,两根区相近。
Effects of partial root-zone irrigation on uptake and allocation of nitrogen from different root zones of maize grown in split-root containers were studied. Maize was irrigated on both halves of the container (conventional irrigation, C), on one side only (fixed partial root-zone irrigation, F), or alternatively on both sides (alternative partial root-zone irrigation, A). Isotope-labled ^15N - (NH4)2SO4 was applied to one half of the pot with (^14NH4)2SO4 to the other half so that N inflow could be tracked. Results showed that in the day 15, 20, 40, the ratios of N uptake from ^15N- fertilizer applied in the irrigated root zone(Fw)to that from the non-irrigated zone (Fd) of F treatment were 2.37, 2.95 and 3.41, respectively. For A treatment, the ratios of N uptake from ^15N - fertilizer applied in the early irrigated zone(Ae)to that from the late irrigated zone(Al) were 1.57, 1.08 and 1.06, respectively. The percentages of plant N absorbed from soil or fertilizer in different root zones to total N uptake for three irrigation methods also indicated that the amount of N absorp- tion from two root zones of A treatment was equal whereas for F treatment, the N accumulation in plant was mainly from the irrigated root zone. Considering the fact that root N inflow and root length in the irrigated zone were larger than those of the non-irrigated zone for F treatment, it could be concluded that both of root length and N absorption capacity con- tribute to plant N uptake largely. At 40 day, the percentage of ^15N - fertilizer N allocation in shoot to total accumulation for A treatment was higher than that for F treatment but lower than that for C. The ^15N allocation percentage of the subroot supplied with ^14N - fertilizer was higher for Fd than for the others. The ^15N allocation percentage of the subroot supplied with ^15N - fertilizer was higher for Fd, Al and Ae than for C treatment but lower than for Fw. Our results suggest that partial root-zone irrigation increased N allocation in