Abstract:The aim of the experiment was to explore the accurate management mode of water and fertilizer supplies for greenhouse cabbage in Hexi Corridor oasis irrigation area. Greenhouse cabbage plot experiments were conducted to analyze the effects of fertilizer amount and irrigation frequency on cabbage growth, yield, quality, nutrients absorption and water and fertilizer use efficiency. Three fertilizer levels (F1: N 320-P2O5 160-K2O 210 kg/hm2, F2: N 260-P2O5120-K2O157.5 kg/hm2, F3: N 200- P2O5 80-K2O 105 kg/hm2) and two drip irrigation frequencies (H1: 6 days, H2: 9 days) were set. The results showed that contents of total nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium consistently increased with the increasing of fertilizer in H1 treatment. The contents of total nitrogen and phosphorus increased at first and then decreased with the increasing of fertilizer application in H2 treatment, but the content of potassium increased gradually. Under the same irrigation condition, the partial productivity of fertilizer increased with the decreasing of fertilizer amount. Under the same fertilization level, the contents of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium and the absorption amount per plant in high irrigation frequency treatment were higher than those in low irrigation frequency treatment, but the partial factor productivity was opposite. The leaf height and diameter, biological yield and dry biomass reached the highest value in the treatment of H2F1. The leaf ball compactness, ratio of dry and fresh weight, single head weight, economic yield and economic coefficient were the maximum in H2F2 treatment, while the center column, midrib and leaf ratio were the minimum in H2F3 treatment. The effects of fertilizer amount and irrigation frequency on the quality of cabbage were significant, and the interaction of two factors reached a significant level. The content of nitrate, soluble sugar and vitamin C was the maximum in the treatment of H1F1, H2F1 and H2F2, respectively. The contents and absorption efficiency of total nitrogen and phosphorus were the maximum in H2F2 treatment, and the maximum of potassium content and absorption rate were observed in H2F1 treatment. With the increasing of fertilizer amount, water use efficiency also increased gradually, and it was significantly higher in H2F1 than that in other treatments. Integrated analysis implied that both the fertilizer amount and the irrigation frequency had significant effects on growth, yield, quality, nutrients absorption and water and fertilizer use efficiency of the greenhouse cabbage, and effect of irrigation frequency was greater than that of fertilizer amount. Thus, H2F2 treatment (9 days of irrigation frequency, N 260-P2O5 120-K2O 157.5 kg/hm2) was the best water and fertilizer application combination for getting the best agronomic traits, yield, quality, nutrient absorption and water and fertilizer utilization efficiency of the greenhouse cabbage in Hexi oasis.