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Arid Land Geography ›› 2025, Vol. 48 ›› Issue (12): 2099-2110.doi: 10.12118/j.issn.1000-6060.2025.036

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Simulation study on water and fertilization coupling optimization scheme of spring maize based on DNDC model

LI Haolin1(), ZHANG Xuejie2(), ZHANG Hongjuan2, SUN Li’na3, SONG Pengcheng2, LI Ping2   

  1. 1 College of Environmental and Energy Engineering, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China
    2 College of Water Conservancy and Hydropower Engineering, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, Gansu, China
    3 Agricultural Technology Extension Center of Liangzhou District, Wuwei 733000, Gansu, China
  • Received:2025-01-16 Revised:2025-04-18 Online:2025-12-25 Published:2025-12-30
  • Contact: ZHANG Xuejie E-mail:teddylhl@gmail.com;15048612668@163.com

Abstract:

To investigate the effects of reducing the use of traditional fertilizers and substituting them with organic fertilizers on the growth of spring maize (Zea mays L.) under different irrigation gradients, we used a combination of field trials and crop growth modeling. Fully (75%-95% of field capacity) and partially (55%-75% of field capacity) irrigated gradients were set. Additionally, three modes of fertilizer addition, traditional, traditional reduced by one-third, and traditional reduced by one-third+organic fertilizer, were set based on the local fertilizer application rates of 225 kg·hm−2. The effects of different water-fertilizer combinations on the yield and water use efficiency of crops in the Minqin Oasis, Gansu Province, China, could be ascertained based on a quantitative analysis using the DNDC model. The results showed that: (1) The Nash coefficients (ME) of the simulated and measured values of the standard and validation periods during 2022—2023, employing the DNDC model, were in the range of 0.72-0.98, and the coefficients of determination (R2) were >0.80. (2) The validated DNDC model exhibited good applicability in simulating the growth rates of maize plants in the Minqin Oasis. (3) The yield under different water-fertilizer application scenarios varied; that with T240-40% (40% organic fertilizer) treatment was 1.08% lower than that with T300-40% (40% organic fertilizer) treatment; while water use efficiency and irrigation water use efficiency increased by 17.40% and 23.65%, respectively; and the partial fertilizer productivity improved by 1.07%. T240-40% was the most optimal water-fertilizer treatment scheme. The results of this study can provide a theoretical basis for improving the water-fertilizer use efficiency of spring maize in the Minqin Oasis.

Key words: DNDC model, maize, yield, water use efficiency, partial fertilizer productivity