Drip Fertigation Optimizes the Spatial Distribution and Translocation of Nitrogen, Thereby Increasing Yields and Improving Water and Nitrogen Use Efficiency in High-Density Summer Maize.

Chenxi Liu, Dong Cui, Xingyuan Chen, Shuo Cheng, Baizhao Ren, Ningning Yu, Jiwang Zhang

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Chenxi LiuCollege of Agronomy, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian 271018, China.

Dong CuiCollege of Agronomy, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian 271018, China.

Xingyuan ChenCollege of Agronomy, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian 271018, China.

Shuo ChengCollege of Agronomy, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian 271018, China.

Baizhao RenCollege of Agronomy, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian 271018, China.

Ningning YuCollege of Agronomy, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian 271018, China.

Jiwang ZhangCollege of Agronomy, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian 271018, China.ORCID 0000-0002-6300-3642

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Department of Science and Technology of Shandong Province Key R&D Program of Shandong Province (2023LZGC006)

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Abstract

Achieving simultaneous improvements in grain yield and water-nitrogen use efficiency remains a major challenge in high-density summer maize production. Therefore, this study investigated how drip fertigation (DI) regulates soil nitrogen spatial distribution, plant nitrogen translocation, and ultimately resource use efficiency. A two-year field experiment (2023-2024) was conducted in Tai'an, Shandong, China, using a split-plot design. Two water-fertilizer management regimes, conventional border irrigation (BI) and drip fertigation (DI), were assigned to the main plots, while eight planting densities (15,000-120,000 plants ha

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drip fertigationnitrogen accumulation and translocationplanting densitysummer maizewater and nitrogen use efficiency

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PMID42452232

DOI10.3390/plants15132026

PMCPMC13364147

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