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Yield and Nitrogen Use Efficiencies (NUEs) in Open-Field Pepper: Effect of Different Types of Basal Fertilizer and Fertigation Ratio
Yejin Lee1†
,
Ga-Eun Kim2†
,
Taek-Keun Oh3*
,
Jwakyung Sung4*
1Research Scientist, Division of Soil and Fertilizer, National Institute of Agricultural Sciences, RDA, Wanju 55365, Korea
2Graduate Student, Department of Crop Science, College of Agriculture, Life and Environment Sciences, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju 28644, Korea
3Professor, Department of Bio-Environmental Chemistry, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 34134, Korea
4Professor, Department of Crop Science, College of Agriculture, Life and Environment Sciences, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju 28644, Korea
*Corresponding Author
†These authors contributed equally to this work.
30 November 2022. pp. 286-298
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Abstract

With an increasing concern of fertilizer-saving crop production system, an optimal nitrogen (N) management strategy is strongly required to attain both sustainable crop production and environmental sustainability. Therefore, we employed an open-field pepper production system to investigate soil nitrate variation, pepper growth and yield and nitrogen use efficiency (NUE). The following fertilization treatments were established; three types of fertigation ratio, basal and topdressing (100:0, 50:50 and 30:70), and three types of basal fertilizers, chemical fertilizer (CF), slow release fertilizer (SRF) and livestock compost (LC)+CF as a ratio of 50:50. The CF 50:50, which is widely practiced by farmers in South Korea, was used as a control group to compare with other treatments. Soil nitrate from transplanting until 36 days after transplanting (DAT) ranged from 20 to 60 mg kg-1 except for CF 100:0 and SRF 100:0, indicating significant higher concentrations. Compared to the control, marketable pepper yield was significantly greater, and the difference was not observed by both fertigation ratio and the types of basal fertilizer. The NUE (fruit yield/N applied, kg kg-1) was significantly higher in CF 100:0, LC+CF 50:50 and LC+CF 30:70, and higher N availability (NutE) showed in fertigation ratio (50:50) and basal fertilizer (LC+CF). Our results clearly represented that the combined application of LC+CF as a basal fertilizer with 50:50 of fertigation ratio could achieve the benefits of sustainable yield, higher NUE and reduced potential soil nitrate leaching in an open-field pepper production system in South Korea.

Effect of different types of basal fertilizer and fertigation ratio on yield and NUE in pepper.
Keywords
Fertigation
Nitrogen use efficiency
Pepper
Upland
Yield
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  • Publisher :Korean Society of Soil Science and Fertilizer
  • Publisher(Ko) :한국토양비료학회
  • Journal Title :Korean Journal of Soil Science and Fertilizer
  • Journal Title(Ko) :한국토양비료학회 학회지
  • Volume : 55
  • No :4
  • Pages :286-298
  • Received Date : 2022-08-19
  • Revised Date : 2022-10-26
  • Accepted Date : 2022-10-28
  • DOI :https://doi.org/10.7745/KJSSF.2022.55.4.286
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