Paper · 2007 · Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica Section B - Soil & Plant Science

Optimization of application of nitrogen fertilizers to increase the yield and improve the quality of Chinese cabbage heads

Gediminas Staugaitis; Pranas Viškelis; Petras Rimantas Venskutonis

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Abstract

The study investigates the effects of nitrogen fertilizers on the characteristics of the autumn crop of Chinese cabbage.The rates applied varied from 0 to 225 kg ha (1 (N 0 , N 45 , N 90 , N 135 , N 180 , N 225 ); the supply of phosphorus and potassium fertilizers was similar in the all trials, 90 and 150 kg ha (1 , respectively.It was found that the optimum nitrogen fertilization rate for the autumn crop of Chinese cabbage was N 135 .In the case of lower nitrogen rates the yield decreased and the cabbage heads were smaller.Further increase in fertilizer rate ( N 135 ) resulted in a higher percentage of non-standard cabbage heads, while the yield remained almost unchanged compared with N 135 .The total plant mass of cabbage crop fertilized with N 135 was 76 t ha (1 ; plant residues constituted 33 t ha (1 (43% of the total mass).The yield of market quality cabbage heads was 30 t ha (1 (70% of all the heads produced); the rest of heads were loose, not formed or rot-infected.The optimal amount of total mineral nitrogen (the sum of nitrogen present in the 060 cm soil layer and the nitrogen supplied with fertilizers) before planting was 260 kg ha (1 .When nitrogen rates were higher than N 180 the quality of cabbage heads in terms of the content of vitamin C, nitrates, soluble solids, total solids and sugars decreased.

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N 135 was the optimum rate for autumn Chinese cabbage.

Treatment
N 135e0
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optimum nitrogen fertilization ratee0

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Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis
Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis · Taxondekochan · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“optimum nitrogen fertilization rate for the autumn crop of Chinese cabbage was N 135”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

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Lower nitrogen rates decreased yield.

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lower nitrogen ratese0
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yielde0
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decreasede0

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Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis
Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis · Taxondekochan · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“In the case of lower nitrogen rates the yield decreased”

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“Chinese cabbage heads”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

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Lower nitrogen rates produced smaller heads.

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lower nitrogen ratese0
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cabbage headse0
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smallere0

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Brassica oleracea var. capitata
Brassica oleracea var. capitata · TaxonThamizhpparithi Maari · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“In the case of lower nitrogen rates the yield decreased and the cabbage heads were smaller”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

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Further fertilizer increase raised the share of non-standard heads.

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Further increase in fertilizer ratee0
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percentage of non-standard cabbage headse0
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highere0
Comparator
N 135e0

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Brassica oleracea var. capitata
Brassica oleracea var. capitata · TaxonThamizhpparithi Maari · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“Further increase in fertilizer rate ( N 135 ) resulted in a higher percentage of non-standard cabbage heads”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultno effectmeasured

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Yield remained almost unchanged above N 135.

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yielde0
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almost unchangede0
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N 135e0

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Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis
Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis · Taxondekochan · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“the yield remained almost unchanged compared with N 135”

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“Chinese cabbage heads”

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At N 135, total plant mass was 76 t ha (1.

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N 135e0
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total plant masse0
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76 t ha (1e0

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Brassica oleracea var. capitata
Brassica oleracea var. capitata · TaxonThamizhpparithi Maari · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“The total plant mass of cabbage crop fertilized with N 135 was 76 t ha (1”

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At N 135, residues were 33 t ha (1, or 43% of total mass.

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plant residuese0
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33 t ha (1e0
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43% of the total masse0

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Brassica oleracea var. capitata
Brassica oleracea var. capitata · TaxonThamizhpparithi Maari · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“plant residues constituted 33 t ha (1 (43% of the total mass)”

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“cabbage heads”

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Market quality head yield was 30 t ha (1, or 70% of heads.

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yield of market quality cabbage headse0
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30 t ha (1e0
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70% of all the heads producede0

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Brassica oleracea var. capitata
Brassica oleracea var. capitata · TaxonThamizhpparithi Maari · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“The yield of market quality cabbage heads was 30 t ha (1 (70% of all the heads produced)”

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Remaining heads were loose, unformed, or rot-infected.

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loose, not formed or rot-infectede0

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Brassica oleracea var. capitata
Brassica oleracea var. capitata · TaxonThamizhpparithi Maari · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“the rest of heads were loose, not formed or rot-infected”

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“cabbage heads”

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Optimal total mineral nitrogen before planting was 260 kg ha (1.

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optimal amount of total mineral nitrogene0
Value
260 kg ha (1e0
Qualifier
before plantinge0

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Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis
Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis · Taxondekochan · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“The optimal amount of total mineral nitrogen (the sum of nitrogen present in the 060 cm soil layer and the nitrogen supplied with fertilizers) before planting was 260 kg ha (1”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 987–1162 · show in text ↑
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“Chinese cabbage heads”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Above N 180, head quality in vitamin C, nitrates, soluble solids, total solids and sugars decreased.

Treatment
nitrogen rates were higher than N 180e0
Outcome
quality of cabbage heads in terms of the content of vitamin C, nitrates, soluble solids, total solids and sugarse0
Direction
decreasede0

Not reportedComparator

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Brassica oleracea var. capitata
Brassica oleracea var. capitata · TaxonThamizhpparithi Maari · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“When nitrogen rates were higher than N 180 the quality of cabbage heads in terms of the content of vitamin C, nitrates, soluble solids, total solids and sugars decreased”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1164–1333 · show in text ↑

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