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Assessment of nitrogen inputs and loss risks in maize fields at the county scale in the Qingtongxia Irrigation District, Ningxia
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Jian-hang LUO1, Yu-zhou XU2, Xiao-tong LIU1, Ke-feng HOU3, Yong-feng DING4, Han-lin WANG5, Zhi LI6, Xiao-xia MA7, Ying ZHAO1, Ying MA1, Xue-jun ZHANG1, *, Tian-peng ZHANG8, Qiu-liang LEI8
Journal of Plant Nutrition and Fertilizers | 2026, 32(5) : 1030 - 1042
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Journal of Plant Nutrition and Fertilizers | 2026, 32(5): 1030-1042
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Assessment of nitrogen inputs and loss risks in maize fields at the county scale in the Qingtongxia Irrigation District, Ningxia
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Jian-hang LUO1, Yu-zhou XU2, Xiao-tong LIU1, Ke-feng HOU3, Yong-feng DING4, Han-lin WANG5, Zhi LI6, Xiao-xia MA7, Ying ZHAO1, Ying MA1, Xue-jun ZHANG1, *, Tian-peng ZHANG8, Qiu-liang LEI8
Affiliations
  • 1Institute of Agricultural Resources and Environment, Ningxia Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Yinchuan, Ningxia 750002, China
  • 2College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, Shaaxi 712100, China
  • 3Qingtongxia Science and Technology Bureau, Wuzhong, Ningxia
  • 4Qingtongxia Agricultural Technology and Agricultural Mechanization Extension Service Center, Wuzhong, Ningxia
  • 5Yinchuan Agricultural Technology Promotion Service Center, Yinchuan, Ningxia
  • 6Shizuishan Agricultural Technology Promotion Service Center, Shizuishan, Ningxia
  • 7Wuzhong Agricultural Technology Promotion Service Center, Wuzhong, Ningxia
  • 8State Key Laboratory of Efficient Utilization of Arid and Semiarid Arable Land in Northern China / Key Laboratory of Non-point Source Pollution Control, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs / Changping Soil Quality National Observation and Research Station / Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China
Published: 2026-05-25 doi: 10.11674/zwyf.2025238
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Objectives

To clarify the characteristics of nitrogen flux balance, nitrogen fertilizer use efficiency, and nitrogen loss thresholds (maximum environmentally permissible emissions) in maize fields of the Qingtongxia Irrigation District, Ningxia, and to establish a corresponding management system.

Methods

From 2018 to 2023, total nitrogen input in maize fields across the irrigation district increased from 47800 t in 2018 to 65000 t in 2023, an increase of 35.83%, primarily due to a cropland expansion of 17100 hectares. Concurrently, environmental nitrogen emissions rose from 8900 t (18.70% of input) to 12100 t (18.55% of input), a 34.69% growth, with ammonia volatilization as the dominant pathway (accounting for 56.98% of total environmental emissions), followed by leaching (accounting for 26.54% of total environmental emissions) and runoff/erosion (accounting for 9.99% of total environmental emissions). The nitrogen fertilizer use efficiency in the irrigation district reached 42.92% in 2023, an increase of 5.72 percentage points compared with 2018. Notably, in Jinfeng District, ammonia volatilization risk decreased from 208% above the threshold (high risk in 2018) to low risk in 2023 through fertilizer reduction, while leaching risk was effectively controlled−by 2023, only Xixia District remained at low risk, and all other counties achieved risk-free status. Balanced fertilization combined with enhanced-efficiency fertilizers (S2) was identified as the optimal strategy. Compared with nitrogen reduction alone (S1), S2 increased nitrogen fertilizer reduction potential by 5.19−8.42 percentage points, improved use efficiency by 4.80−5.14 percentage points, reduced total environmental emissions by 44.13% (with all loss pathways below thresholds), and decreased environmental emissions by 52.50% while increasing nitrogen fertilizer use efficiency by 12.45 percentage points, compared with the 2023 baseline (S0).

Conclusions

Integrating balanced fertilization with enhanced efficiency fertilizers, together with water saving engineering measures, can reduce all forms of nitrogen emissions below environmental thresholds in the Qingtongxia Irrigation District, representing a key technological pathway for achieving regional agricultural green development and nitrogen emission mitigation.

Nufer model  /  Qingtongxia irrigation district  /  maize field system  /  nitrogen balance  /  nitrogen loss  /  loss risk assessment
Jian-hang LUO, Yu-zhou XU, Xiao-tong LIU, Ke-feng HOU, Yong-feng DING, Han-lin WANG, Zhi LI, Xiao-xia MA, Ying ZHAO, Ying MA, Xue-jun ZHANG, Tian-peng ZHANG, Qiu-liang LEI. Assessment of nitrogen inputs and loss risks in maize fields at the county scale in the Qingtongxia Irrigation District, Ningxia[J]. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Fertilizers, 2026 , 32 (5) : 1030 -1042 . DOI: 10.11674/zwyf.2025238
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doi: 10.11674/zwyf.2025238
  • Receive Date:2025-06-02
  • Online Date:2026-07-16
  • Published:2026-05-25
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  • Received:2025-06-02
  • Accepted:2025-10-04
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    1Institute of Agricultural Resources and Environment, Ningxia Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Yinchuan, Ningxia 750002, China
    2College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, Shaaxi 712100, China
    3Qingtongxia Science and Technology Bureau, Wuzhong, Ningxia
    4Qingtongxia Agricultural Technology and Agricultural Mechanization Extension Service Center, Wuzhong, Ningxia
    5Yinchuan Agricultural Technology Promotion Service Center, Yinchuan, Ningxia
    6Shizuishan Agricultural Technology Promotion Service Center, Shizuishan, Ningxia
    7Wuzhong Agricultural Technology Promotion Service Center, Wuzhong, Ningxia
    8State Key Laboratory of Efficient Utilization of Arid and Semiarid Arable Land in Northern China / Key Laboratory of Non-point Source Pollution Control, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs / Changping Soil Quality National Observation and Research Station / Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China
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表12种不同金属材料的力学参数

Family
属数
Number of
genus
种数
Number of
species
占总种数比例
Percentage of
total species (%)

Genus
种数
Number of
species
占总种数比例
Percentage of total
species (%)
鹅膏菌科Amanitaceae 2 11 5.26 鹅膏菌属 Amanita 10 4.78
小菇科 Mycenaceae 2 12 5.74 丝盖伞属 Inocybe 5 2.39
多孔菌科 Polyporaceae 8 14 6.70 蜡蘑属 Laccaria 5 2.39
红菇科 Russulaceae 3 23 11.00 小皮伞属 Marasmius 6 2.87
小菇属 Mycena 11 5.26
光柄菇属 Pluteus 5 2.39
红菇属 Russula 17 8.13
栓菌属 Trametes 5 2.39
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