title: [Characteristics of accumulation and distribution of nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, calcium and magnesium in Chrysanthemum morifolium].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study the characteristics of dry matter accumulation and N, P, K, Ca and Mg accumulation and distribution of Chrysanthemum morifolium.
  
  
  METHODS
  The sampling were carried out on the different growing time of C. morifolium, and the amount of dry matter and the content of N, P, K, Ca and Mg in all parts of the plant were measured.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The dry matter accumulation was lineally increased with the absorption and accumulation of N, P, K, Ca, and Mg. In different growing periods, the accumulation and distribution of mineral nutrition were different in C. morifolium. The mineral nutrition was mostly in the leaf of the plant in the vegetative period. When the growth changed from vegetative growth to reproductive growth, the mineral nutrition was transferred and distributed into bud, flower and root shoot. And the period of flower bud differentiation of C. morifolium was the period of maximal accumulation of dry matter and showed the maximum efficiency of N, P and K nutrition. For production of 100 kg dry flower 4.13 kg N, 0.37 kg P, 5.03 kg K, 3.03 kg Ca and 0.81 kg Mg were needed. And the ratio of them was 1:0.09:1.22:0.73:0.20.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The period of flower bud differentiation is the most crucial period in the growth of C. morifolium. And it must pay attention to the supply of mineral nutrition and moisture of plant to promote flower formation and dry matter accumulation in this period. It is strongly recommended that the phosphorus and potassium fertilizers should be early applied, the nitrogenous fertilizer should be applied dividedly, and the calcium magnesium fertilizers are also applied properly.
authors.affiliation: College of Resources and Environment, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China.
authors.forename: Dahui
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Lanping
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: Duanwei
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Hang
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Jin
mesh_terms: D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D031202:Chrysanthemum / Q000737:chemistry / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism*; D009584:Nitrogen / Q000378:metabolism*; D010758:Phosphorus / Q000378:metabolism*; D018514:Plant Structures / Q000737:chemistry / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism; D011188:Potassium / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D010758:Phosphorus; D009584:Nitrogen; D011188:Potassium; D002118:Calcium