Abstract:
The exploration on the effects of green manure monoculture and mixed sowing on the nutrient supply of green manure in Gaozong tea garden could provide the basis for the reduction of chemical fertilizer in Gaozong tea garden. Three treatments of the single sowing of
Brassica napus, single sowing of
Vicia benghalensis and mixed sowing of
Brassica napus and
Vicia benghalensis were set up in Gaozong tea garden in Xingtian Town, Wuyishan City. Then, the effects of green manure monoculture and mixed sowing on the above-ground dry matter yield, nutrient supply, land equivalent ratio and competition ratio of
Brassica napus and
Vicia benghalensis were studied. The results showed that the dry matter yield of green manure was as follows: the single sowing of
Vicia benghalensis (1 554.36 g·m
−2) > the single sowing of
Brassica napus (881.75 g·m
−2) > the mixed sowing of
Brassica napus and
Vicia benghalensis (725.16 g·m
−2). The contents of N and P
2O
5 in the single sowing of
Vicia benghalensis were significantly higher than those in the single sowing of
Brassica napus and the mixed sowing of
Brassica napus and
Vicia benghalensis, but the contents of C and K
2O were not significantly different. The C supply amount ranged as the single sowing of
Vicia benghalensis (503.23 g·m
−2) > the single sowing of
Brassica napus ( 432.82 g·m
−2) > the mixed sowing of
Brassica napus and
Vicia benghalensis (265.79 g·m
−2). The N supply amount ranged as the single sowing of
Vicia benghalensis (47.43 g·m
−2) > the mixed sowing of
Brassica napus and
Vicia benghalensis (18.68 g·m
−2) > the single sowing of
Brassica napus (17.81 g·m
−2). The P
2O
5 supply amount ranged as the single sowing of
Vicia benghalensis (6.42 g·m
−2) > the single sowing of
Brassica napus (4.88 g·m
−2) > the mixed sowing of
Brassica napus and
Vicia benghalensis (3.71 g·m
−2). The K
2O supply amount ranged as the single sowing of
Vicia benghalensis (16.90 g·m
−2) > the single sowing of
Brassica napus (9.31 g·m
−2) > the mixed sowing of
Brassica napus and
Vicia benghalensis (7.60 g·m
−2). The land equivalent ratio of
Brassica napus and
Vicia benghalensis mixed sowing was 0.65, and the competition ratios of
Brassica napus and
Vicia benghalensis were 1.52 and 0.66, respectively. The comprehensive analysis showed that the mixed sowing of
Brassica napus and
Vicia benghalensis reduced the above-ground dry matter yield of green manure. There was interspecific competition between
Brassica napus and
Vicia benghalensis, and the competitive advantage of
Brassica napus was greater than that of
Vicia benghalensis. Therefore, the single sowing mode of
Vicia benghalensis should be adopted for the nutrient supply of green manure in Gaozong tea garden system.