Effects of different applying methods of Super Absorbent Polymer on growth and water use efficiency of potato
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DOI:10.7606/j.issn.1000-7601.2007.04.20
Key Words: super absorbent polymer(SAP)  potato(Solanum tuberosum L)  growth  yield  water use efficiency (WUE)
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LIU Dian-hong Liaocheng Vocational and Technical College, Liaocheng, Shandong 252000, ChinaThe State Key Laboratory of Soil Erosion and Dry-land Farming on Loess Plateau, Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, CAS and MWR, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China 
HUANG Zhan-bin School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology, Beijing 100083, China
The State Key Laboratory of Soil Erosion and Dry-land Farming on Loess Plateau, Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, CAS and MWR, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China 
DONG Li School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology, Beijing 100083, China 
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Abstract:
      Pot experiment was made to simulate different using methods of Super Absorbent Polymer(SAP), including deep using SAP, shallow using SAP, side part using SAP, all part using SAP and no using SAP(control), to understand the effect on growth and water use efficiency (WUE) of potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) under high and low water condition. The results showed that all SAP treatments enhanced potato plant height, and also accelerated root development under low water condition. Under high and low water conditions, the yields of potato to deep using SAP treatment were 9.4% and 16.6% higher than that of control, and WUE raised 12.82% and 54.73% respectively, and the yields of potato with side part using SAP treatment were 39.4% and 21.5% higher than that of control, and its WUE raised 58.79% and 59.46% respectively. Under low water condition, the yields and WUE of potato with all part using SAP treatment increased 15.4% and 56.76% respectively than that of control.