Effects of density,phosphorous,and nitrogen fertilizers on yield and quality of Andrographis paniculata

Objective To study the effects of density,phosphorous(P),and nitrogen(N)fertilizers on yield and quality of Andrographis paniculata.Methods Randomized block design in yield was used and HPLC was used to analyze the content of andrographolide and dehydroandrographolide.Results Plant height,fresh weight,dry weight,content of dehydroandrographolide were influenced significantly by density.The quality character and economic yield of content of andrographolide,dehydroandrographolide,total content of both andrographolide and dehydroandrographolide were significantly influenced by P nutrition.The economic yield of dry weight,content of andrographolide and dehydroandrographolide,and total content of both andrographolide and dehydroandrographolide were influenced significantly or extreme significantly by N nutrition.P and the interaction of P and N fertilizer extremely influenced the economic yield.The relative influences between plant weight and dry weight was extremely significance,that between quality character and quality character,that between quality character and economic yield were significant or extremely significant.Conclusion When planted with 1.8×105 /hm2,fertilizered with P2O5 540 kg/hm2 and pure N 225 kg/hm2,the hightest economic yield is gained.