Drip Fertigation Optimizes the Spatial Distribution and Translocation of Nitrogen, Thereby Increasing Yields and Improving Water and Nitrogen Use Efficiency in High-Density Summer Maize
Chenxi Liu, Dong Cui, Xingyuan Chen, Shuo Cheng, Baizhao Ren, Ningning Yu, Jiwang Zhang · 2026
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Chenxi Liu and colleagues present a 2026 field study on drip fertigation for dense summer maize in Shandong, China. Over two years, two hybrids grew under border flooding or drip lines that deliver water and nitrogen together, across eight planting densities up to very tight stands. The team tracked where nitrogen sat in the soil and how plants moved it from leaves to grain.
Drip fertigation raised yield for both hybrids and lifted water and nitrogen efficiency by larger margins. It kept nitrogen in the top root zone, left less nitrate deep down, and pushed more nitrogen into grain after silking, while uptake efficiency itself barely changed. The gain, the authors say, comes from better placement and remobilization, not from pulling in more nitrogen.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Chenxi Liu, Dong Cui, Xingyuan Chen, Shuo Cheng, Baizhao Ren, Ningning Yu, Jiwang Zhang |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 42853 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |