Table 1 Experiment treatments.

From: The effects of straw mulching combined with nitrogen applications on the root distributions and nitrogen utilization efficiency of summer maize

Treatments

Straw mulching mode

N application amount/(kg·hm−2)

P and K application amount/(kg·hm−2)

Irrigation quota

CK

Traditional cultivation

225(N3)

The P-fertilizer was DAP, and the amount was 150 kg·hm−2 (calculated as P2O5). K-fertilizer was KCl, and the amount was 45 kg·hm−2 (calculated as K2O). P-fertilizer, K-fertilizer and 50% N-fertilizer were applied once as the base fertilizer, and the remaining N-fertilizer was applied in the jointing stage

Irrigated by Yellow River water, and the salinity was 0.608 g·L−1. Irrigation was done for 3 times during growth period. The irrigation quota for a single was 135 mm. Gasoline pump was used to quantitatively extract water from the canal

BN0

Treatment B: Surfaces were covered with 5 cm thick straw in rows after film-coated planting

0(N0)

BN1

135(N1)

BN2

180(N2)

BN3

225(N3)

SN0

Treatment S: Straw layers with 5 cm thicknesses were buried at 35 cm below the ground

0(N0)

SN1

135(N1)

SN2

180(N2)

SN3

225(N3)