Paper · 2026 · Scientific Reports

The quality of artificial grasslands in alpine regions is controlled by crop photosynthesis under different fertilization conditions

Ting-xu Feng; Fei Li; Wei-shan Lin; et al.

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Abstract

The Qinghai-Xizang Plateau has abundant sunlight resources. Making rational use of this advantage can effectively increase the forage yield and nutrient accumulation of mixed grassland sown with gramineous and leguminous plants. External fertilization is a key measure to further enhance the productivity and quality of the mixed grassland. This study focused on the Avena sativa+Pisum sativum mixed sowing system and set up four treatment groups: single application of nitrogen fertilizer (A1), single application of phosphorus fertilizer (A2), nitrogen and phosphorus combined application (A3), and no fertilization control (CK). The study evaluated the effects of different fertilization treatments on the spectral indices and leaf morphology of the oat-pea mixed sowing leaves and their impact on forage quality. The results showed that under the nitrogen and phosphorus combined application treatment, the total chlorophyll content of oat plants was 15.14% higher than that of the CK; the soil-plant analysis development value was 26.44% higher than that of the CK, 17.05% higher than A1, and 26.85% higher than A2. In terms of leaf morphology, the nitrogen and phosphorus combined application significantly increased leaf area, while single application of nitrogen fertilizer made leaf length, leaf width, and perimeter higher than that of the CK. In terms of nutritional quality, the nitrogen and phosphorus combined application significantly increased total phosphorus, total nitrogen, crude protein, soluble sugar, and total carbon content, and simultaneously reduced neutral detergent fiber and acid detergent fiber by 7.78% and 25.25%, respectively, compared to the CK. In summary, the combined application of nitrogen and phosphorus significantly affected the spectral indices, morphology, and plant nutrient indicators of the leaves. This fertilization strategy and mixed sowing combination can be applied in the experimental area to further enhance the yield and quality of artificial grassland.

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

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Combined nitrogen and phosphorus application raised total chlorophyll content of oat plants by 15.14% over the control

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nitrogen and phosphorus combined applicatione0
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total chlorophyll contente1
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highere1
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15.14%e1
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CKe1

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Avena sativa
Avena sativa · TaxonSendelbach ( talk ) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“under the nitrogen and phosphorus combined application treatment, the total chlorophyll content of oat plants”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 841–950 · show in text ↑
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“the total chlorophyll content of oat plants was 15.14% higher than that of the CK”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

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Combined nitrogen and phosphorus application raised the soil-plant analysis development value by 26.44% over the control

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nitrogen and phosphorus combined applicatione0
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soil-plant analysis development valuee2
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highere2
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26.44%e2
Comparator
CKe2

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Avena sativa
Avena sativa · TaxonSendelbach ( talk ) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“under the nitrogen and phosphorus combined application treatment, the total chlorophyll content of oat plants”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 841–950 · show in text ↑
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“the soil-plant analysis development value was 26.44% higher than that of the CK”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

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Combined nitrogen and phosphorus application raised the soil-plant analysis development value by 17.05% over single nitrogen application

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nitrogen and phosphorus combined applicatione0
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soil-plant analysis development valuee2
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highere3
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17.05%e3
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A1e3

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Avena sativa
Avena sativa · TaxonSendelbach ( talk ) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“under the nitrogen and phosphorus combined application treatment, the total chlorophyll content of oat plants”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 841–950 · show in text ↑
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“the soil-plant analysis development value was 26.44% higher than that of the CK”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 990–1069 · show in text ↑
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“17.05% higher than A1”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

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Combined nitrogen and phosphorus application raised the soil-plant analysis development value by 26.85% over phosphorus application alone

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nitrogen and phosphorus combined applicatione0
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soil-plant analysis development valuee2
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highere4
Value
26.85%e4
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A2e4

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Avena sativa
Avena sativa · TaxonSendelbach ( talk ) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“under the nitrogen and phosphorus combined application treatment, the total chlorophyll content of oat plants”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 841–950 · show in text ↑
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“the soil-plant analysis development value was 26.44% higher than that of the CK”

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“26.85% higher than A2”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivesignificant (as stated)measured

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Combined nitrogen and phosphorus application significantly increased oat leaf area

Treatment
nitrogen and phosphorus combined applicatione0
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leaf areae5
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increasede5

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Avena sativa
Avena sativa · TaxonSendelbach ( talk ) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“under the nitrogen and phosphorus combined application treatment, the total chlorophyll content of oat plants”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 841–950 · show in text ↑
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“the nitrogen and phosphorus combined application significantly increased leaf area, while single application of nitrogen fertilizer made leaf length, leaf width, and perimeter higher than that of the CK”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

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Single nitrogen fertilizer application made oat leaf length, leaf width and perimeter higher than the control

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single application of nitrogen fertilizere5
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leaf length, leaf width, and perimetere5
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highere5
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CKe5

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Avena sativa
Avena sativa · TaxonSendelbach ( talk ) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“under the nitrogen and phosphorus combined application treatment, the total chlorophyll content of oat plants”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 841–950 · show in text ↑
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“the nitrogen and phosphorus combined application significantly increased leaf area, while single application of nitrogen fertilizer made leaf length, leaf width, and perimeter higher than that of the CK”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1150–1352 · show in text ↑
Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivesignificant (as stated)measured

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Combined nitrogen and phosphorus application significantly increased total phosphorus, total nitrogen and crude protein

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nitrogen and phosphorus combined applicatione0
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total phosphorus, total nitrogen, crude proteine7
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increasede7
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CKe7

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Avena sativa
Avena sativa · TaxonSendelbach ( talk ) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“under the nitrogen and phosphorus combined application treatment, the total chlorophyll content of oat plants”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 841–950 · show in text ↑
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“significantly increased total phosphorus, total nitrogen, crude protein, soluble sugar, and total carbon content, and simultaneously reduced neutral detergent fiber and acid detergent fiber by 7.78% and 25.25%, respectively, compared to the CK”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivesignificant (as stated)measured

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Combined nitrogen and phosphorus application significantly increased soluble sugar and total carbon content

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nitrogen and phosphorus combined applicatione0
Outcome
soluble sugar, and total carbon contente7
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increasede7
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CKe7

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Avena sativa
Avena sativa · TaxonSendelbach ( talk ) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“under the nitrogen and phosphorus combined application treatment, the total chlorophyll content of oat plants”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 841–950 · show in text ↑
e7

“significantly increased total phosphorus, total nitrogen, crude protein, soluble sugar, and total carbon content, and simultaneously reduced neutral detergent fiber and acid detergent fiber by 7.78% and 25.25%, respectively, compared to the CK”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1436–1679 · show in text ↑
Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

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Combined nitrogen and phosphorus application reduced neutral detergent fiber by 7.78% compared with the control

Treatment
nitrogen and phosphorus combined applicatione0
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neutral detergent fibere7
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reducede7
Value
7.78%e7
Comparator
CKe7

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Avena sativa
Avena sativa · TaxonSendelbach ( talk ) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“under the nitrogen and phosphorus combined application treatment, the total chlorophyll content of oat plants”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 841–950 · show in text ↑
e7

“significantly increased total phosphorus, total nitrogen, crude protein, soluble sugar, and total carbon content, and simultaneously reduced neutral detergent fiber and acid detergent fiber by 7.78% and 25.25%, respectively, compared to the CK”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1436–1679 · show in text ↑
Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

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Combined nitrogen and phosphorus application reduced acid detergent fiber by 25.25% compared with the control

Treatment
nitrogen and phosphorus combined applicatione0
Outcome
acid detergent fibere7
Direction
reducede7
Value
25.25%e7
Comparator
CKe7

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Avena sativa
Avena sativa · TaxonSendelbach ( talk ) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“under the nitrogen and phosphorus combined application treatment, the total chlorophyll content of oat plants”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 841–950 · show in text ↑
e7

“significantly increased total phosphorus, total nitrogen, crude protein, soluble sugar, and total carbon content, and simultaneously reduced neutral detergent fiber and acid detergent fiber by 7.78% and 25.25%, respectively, compared to the CK”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1436–1679 · show in text ↑
Recommendationauthor interpretationoriginal resultpositivebasis n/a

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The fertilization strategy and mixed sowing combination can be applied to further enhance the yield and quality of artificial grassland in the experimental area

Treatment
This fertilization strategy and mixed sowing combinatione6
Outcome
yield and qualitye6

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Avena sativa
Avena sativa · TaxonSendelbach ( talk ) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

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“under the nitrogen and phosphorus combined application treatment, the total chlorophyll content of oat plants”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 841–950 · show in text ↑
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“This fertilization strategy and mixed sowing combination can be applied in the experimental area to further enhance the yield and quality of artificial grassland”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1847–2008 · show in text ↑

nitrogen · quality: grain · Avena sativa (oats)Results differ

21 papers: 12 positive, 9 negative or no effect

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  1. negative
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  3. negative

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nitrogen · quality: protein · Avena sativa (oats)Results differ

26 papers: 24 positive, 2 negative or no effect

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  1. negative
  2. no effect
  3. positive

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fertilization · growth · Avena sativa (oats)Results differ

54 papers: 44 positive, 10 negative or no effect

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  1. negative
  2. negative
  3. no effect

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phosphorus · physiology: osmolytes · Avena sativa (oats)Positive and negative results

2 papers: 1 positive, 1 negative or no effect

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  1. no effect
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nitrogen · physiology: pigments · Avena sativa (oats)Positive and negative results

6 papers: 4 positive, 2 negative or no effect

3 papers in the same direction as this paper · 2 in the opposite direction

  1. negative
  2. negative
  3. positive
    Chlorophyll appears to be less stable in nitrogen-deficient oat leaves than in controls

    The relation between nitrogen deficiency and leaf senescence · 1984 · compared with controls

    Same directionAbout lacking this nutrient, so it counts the other way round

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phosphorus · growth · Avena sativa (oats)Positive and negative results

14 papers: 11 positive, 3 negative or no effect

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  1. negative
  2. no effect
  3. no effect

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nitrogen · growth · Avena sativa (oats)Positive and negative results

48 papers: 38 positive, 10 negative or no effect

37 papers in the same direction as this paper · 10 in the opposite direction

  1. negative
  2. no effect
  3. negative

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phosphorus · quality: protein · Avena sativa (oats)Results agree

4 papers: 4 positive, 0 negative or no effect

3 papers in the same direction as this paper

  1. positive
  2. positive
  3. positive
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