Journal of Zhejiang Agricultural Sciences ›› 2025, Vol. 66 ›› Issue (2): 354-362.DOI: 10.16178/j.issn.0528-9017.20231103

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Effects of pig manure instead of partial nitrogen fertilizer on soil quality, yield and vitamin C content of Chinese flowering cabbage

YANG Chunya1,2(), WU Dongyang1,2, TAN Huiling1,2, YE Yu3, ZHAO Zhongqiu1, LI Yongtao1,2, XU Huijuan1,2,*()   

  1. 1. College of Resources and Environment, South China Agricultural University, Key Laboratory of Arable Land Conservation in South China, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Guangzhou 510642, Guangdong
    2. College of Resources and Environment, South China Agricultural University, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Land Use and Reconstruction, Guangzhou 510642, Guangdong
    3. Agricultural Development Center of Luoding City, Yunfu 527200, Guangdong
  • Received:2023-11-13 Online:2025-02-11 Published:2025-03-24

Abstract:

In response to the challenges of harmless treatment and resource utilization of a large amount of livestock and poultry manure produced by large-scale intensive pig farms, this study focuses on the effects of pig manure fertilizer on soil fertility and crop yield improvement. The aim is to provide data support for the resource utilization and technology promotion of pig manure. Selecting Chinese flowering cabbage as the test crop, the experiment was designed with six treatments in the field: CK (no fertilization treatment), CF1 (farmers' habitual fertilization), CF2 (optimized formula fertilizer), PM1 (pig manure replacing 15% N), PM2 (pig manure replacing 30% N) and VC (vermicompost replacing 15% N). Nine indicators, including soil bulk density, soil pH value, soil electrical conductivity, soil ammonium N content, soil nitrate N content, soil available P content and soil available K content, as well as yield and vitamin C of Chinese flowering cabbage, were measured after harvest. The fertilizer effects of different treatments were comprehensively evaluated through principal component analysis and membership function analysis. The results showed that there was no significant difference in soil bulk density among different treatments, and the soil electrical conductivity was low among different treatments. Compared with treatments of CK, CF1, CF2, and VC, the soil pH value, soil ammonium N content and soil available K content of PM1 respectively increased by 4.68%-9.45%, 1.75%-62.62% and 17.81%-109.76%; the soil pH value, soil available P content and soil available K content of PM2 respectively increased by 1.72%-6.36%, 4.96%-152.99% and 12.33%-100.00%. Compared with treatments of CK, CF1 and CF2, the soil nitrate N content of PM1 and PM2 respectively increased by 77.93%-248.65% and 70.69%-234.46%, the yield of Chinese flowering cabbage of PM1 and PM2 respectively increased by 38.3%-1 057.0% and 38.6%-1 060.0%.The soil quality index (SQI) of different treatments is ranked as follows: PM2>PM1>VC>CF2>CF1>CK. There was a significant correlation between yield and vitamin C content of Chinese flowering cabbage at the 0.001 level, and PM2 has the best comprehensive effect on increasing yield and improving quality. In summary, pig manure replacing 30% N was the best recommended fertilization method.

Key words: pig manure, Chinese flowering cabbage, soil physicochemical property, yield, principal component analysis, membership function analysis

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