30 Sep 2018Methodology of fertilizer recommendation based on yield response and agronomic efficiency for rice in ChinaXu XP, He P*, Yang FQ, Ma JC, Pampolino MF, Johnston AM, Zhou W. Methodology of fertilizer recommendation based on yield response and agronomic efficiency for rice in China. Field Crops Research, 2017 ...
30 Sep 2018Spatial variation of attainable yield and fertilizer requirements for maize at the regional scale in ChinaXu XP, He P*, Zhang JJ, Pampolino MF, Johnston AM, Zhou W. Spatial variation of attainable yield and fertilizer requirements for maize at the regional scale in China. Field Crops Research, 2017, 203: ...
30 Sep 2018Agronomic Characteristics Related to Grain Yield and Nutrient Use Efficiency for Wheat Production in ChinaChuan L, He P*, Zhao T, Zheng H, Xu X (2016) Agronomic Characteristics Related to Grain Yield and Nutrient Use Efficiency for Wheat Production in China. PLoS ONE 11(9): e0162802. doi:10.1371/journal.p ...
30 Sep 2018Narrowing yield gaps and increasing nutrient use efficiencies using the Nutrient Expert system for maize in Northeast ChinaXu XP, He P*, Pampolino MF, Li YY, Liu SQ, Xie JG, Hou YP, Zhou W. Narrowing yield gaps and increasing nutrient use efficiencies using the Nutrient Expert system for maize in Northeast China. Field Cr ...
29 Sep 2018Temporal and spatial changes in soil available phosphorus in China (1990–2012)Ma JC, He P*, Xu XP, He WJ, Liu YX, Yang FQ, Chen F, Li ST, Tu, SH, Jin JY, Johnston A, Zhou W. Temporal and spatial changes in soil available phosphorus in China (1990–2012). Field Crops Research, 20 ...
Differing from many other crops, banana is a crop that needs sufficiently higher amount of potassium (K) than nitrogen (N) to obtain best yield and quality. Besides fertilization rates, the ratio of K ...
Both potassium chloride (KCl) and potassium sulfate (K2SO4) are commonly used in agricultural production. People used to apply KCl on grain and oil crops, but for vegetables, which fertilizer should b ...
Yunnan province enjoys fame as the kingdom of mountains, the hometown of rivers, and is a treasure bowl of plant genes. There are more than 18,000 species of higher plants (including 2,500 ornamental, ...
To the north of the Himalayas within the Chinese borders, lies the Tibet Autonomous Region of China - the Roof of the World, with an area of 1,202,230 square kilometers and a population of 3. 08 milli ...
Sichuan province, heavily populated, and situated in southwest China, is a large inland province known for its agricultural production capabilities. Its population was 81. 4 million at the end of 2014 ...
Hainan province, also known as the Coco Island and abbreviated as Qiong, is the second largest island in China only after Taiwan, and whose capital is Haikou city. Hainan covers more than two million ...
Guizhou province, as the major part of the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, is located between 24037′- 29013′N and 103036′- 109035′E. Hunan province lies to its east, to its south is Guangxi province, Yunnan p ...
Guangxi province is located between 20054′- 26024′ N and 104026′- 112004′E. To its south is Beibu Bay, to its north is the Nanling mountains and the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau lies to its west. It covers ...
Guangdong province is located between 20013′- 25031′N and 109041′- 117020′E. It occupies a land area of 179. 8 thousand sq. km and has a cultivated land area of 4. 34 million ha, which is one of provi ...
Chongqing used to be part of Sichuan province. In 1997 it was municipalized and since then it has become the biggest economic centre in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River. Two large rivers (Yangtz ...
In order to understand effects of nitrogen sources and plastic mulching on fluxes and pathways of soil nutrient losses, a randomized block experiment design was employed with two factors and four nitr ...
In a long-term field experiment with rice-wheat rotations conducted in Guanghan city, Sichuan province of China, it is of interest to observe that the K omission plot has headed about one week earlier ...
In a field experiment to test effects of different rates and timings of controlled release urea (CRU) against regular urea (RU) on banana growth, it was observed that the CRU applied in three splits a ...
Chinese cabbage is one of the most widely year-round-grown leafy vegetables in China. Nutrient studies on Chinese cabbage conducted in the past were mostly targeted for winter varieties. Thus, the pur ...
Sorghum is a key ingredient in liquor production. In recent years, the demand for liquor has increased considerably, and so the area planted to sorghum has increased. The aim of this experiment was to ...
Three field experiments were carried out to validate fertilizer recommendations for maize made by the Nutrient Expert (NE) in Yunnan province in 2013. The experiments were arranged in three locations ...
In order to investigate yield limiting factors in red dragon fruit production and examine the optimal rates of K on the soils where red dragon fruit mainly grows, a two-year field experiment was condu ...
On an acid soil, not only optimal fertilizer application but neutralizing soil acidity is important to high yield and quality of potato production. Among the liming materials tested, quick lime was mo ...
Abstract: Due to high economic returns of vegetable production, overdosing fertilizers is quite common in the vegetable bases in China. Thus, the purpose of this study was to determine the optimal fer ...
Abstract: Applying controlled-release urea (CRU) to crops with long growing seasons is considered to be an idea practice to reduce times of fertilizer applications and enhance nitrogen use efficiency. ...
Abstract: Due to high economic returns of vegetable production, overdosing fertilizers by farmers is quite common in the vegetable bases in China. Thus, the purpose of this study was to determine the ...
A study was conducted to investigate the soil nutrient status on sloping lands as affected by elevation and land use in Qujing, Yuannan province. The results showed that the contents of soil organic m ...
Shatang tangerine is an orange variety that grows in Guangdong province and is very sweet and popular in China. Due to its high profitability, its growing areas have extended very fast and farmers aff ...
Two-year field experiments were conducted to investigate the effects of controlled-release urea (CRU) on maize yield and nitrogen use efficiency under rainfed and plastic mulching conditions in Yunnan ...
Potato is a common crop in the hilly areas of the southwest China. However, most of this crop is grown on acid soil with soil pHs below 5. 5, which seriously limits potato yield and quality. Field exp ...
18 Oct 2012P losses from sloping farmland as affected by N resources and P recovery in paddy field by P rates
09 Oct 2012Straw returns to field reduce fertilizer rates and increase crop yieldsStraw return and nutrient management
There are eight provinces involved in the southwest China program of the International Plant Nutrition Institute, including Tibetan Autonomous District, Guangxi Autonomous District of Zhuang Nationali ...
Chongqing, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Sichuan, Tibet, Yunnan
Chongqing, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Sichuan, Tibet, Yunnan
Chongqing, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Sichuan, Tibet, Yunnan
09 Oct 2012IPNI China Programme Annual Meeting in HainanTogether with Annual Meeting of IPNI Balanced Fertilization Program of China, the Annual Meeting of Southwest China was held in Haikou from February 13 to 16, 2012. During the meeting, IPNI collaborat ...
08 Oct 2012Soil potassium reserves decide application rates of fertilizer potassiumNutrient management
08 Oct 2012Potassium is more easily mined from soil pool than phosphorusP and K management in rice - wheat rotation system
08 Oct 2012Returning crop residue to soil alleviates potassium deficiencyNutrient management under straw mulch
08 Oct 2012Excessive potassium fertilizer intensifies fruit cracking in litchiNutrient management for litchi
A farmers' training course on balanced fertilization on vegetables was conducted in early September 2011 in Quxi Village, Zhenxi Town, Huling District, Chongqing. This district is the origin of the sp ...
China has just experienced a unusual clod winter in history. It is said that the possibility of such coldness was one in fifty years. Southern China, including Hunan, Hubei, Jiangxi, Anhui, Guzhou, Gu ...
Balanced fertilization improves crop yield . Three-year field experiments were conducted to study effect of balanced fertilization on crop yield and soil erosion in Ziyang County, Sichuan province. Fe ...
The effectiveness of combining balanced fertilizer use with alley cropping is being evaluated as a measure to improve farmers’ income by reducing water and soil loss on erosive farmlands in a hilly re ...
The majority of soils in Yunnan province are acidic with a pH of 4. 0 to 5. 5. Acidity induced adverse soil conditions usually reduces availability of indigenous soil P, K and some other nutrients and ...
Balanced fertilization on production of high-yield Baxi banana Application technologies of K, Mg and S for the first and second Baxi banana plant were studied. The vegetative growth, floral emergence, ...
Adrian Johnston,vice president of IPNI accompanied by Dr. Tu Shihua, director of IPNI Chengdu Office visited Soil and Fertilizer Institute, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences and the field tri ...