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Maize growth and phosphorousand zinc uptake under different phosphorous supply levels

ZHANG Fucang1,KANG Shaozhong1,2,GONG Daozhi1,LI Zhijun1   

  1. 1Key Laboratory of Agricultural Soil and Water Engineering in Arid and Semiarid Areas,Northwest Sci-Tech University of Agriculture and Forestry, Yangling 712100,China; 2College of Water Resources and Civil Engineering of China Agricultural University,Beijing 100083,China

  • Received:2003-12-11 Revised:2004-09-10 Online:2005-05-18

Abstract: By the method of solution culture,this paper studied the P and Zn uptake of maize at its growth stages under different P supply levels.The results showed that maize growth reached its maximum at the supply level of 100 μmol P·L-1,while the root/shoot ratio was the highest at 0.1 μmol·L-1 P supply.Increase of P concentration in culture solution promoted the uptake of P,but decreased its utilization rate.The Zn content in root increased with increasing P supply,while that in shoot varied little,which meant that the Zn transportation rate from root to shoot had little change with increasing P concentration.There was a positive correlation between the concentrations of Zn and P in maize seedling roots.

Key words: Eco-agricultural model, Management information, Decision support system, Chinese eco-agriculture