Abstract:In 2004 and 2005, a field experiment was conducted in a peach orchard in Pinggu District of Beijing to study the effects of organic manure on the prof ile distribution of nitrateN in soil. Four treatments were installed, i.e., ap plying 6.75×104 kg·hm-2 of organic manure both in 2004 and in 2005 (T1), no fertilization in 2004 but applying 13.5×104 kg·hm-2 of organic manure in 2005 (T2), no fertilization in 2004 but applying 6.75×104 kg ·hm-2 of organic manure in 2005 (CK), and no fertilization both in 2004 and in 2005 (CK). In 2006, soil samples at the depth of 0-120 cm were collected from the treatments and analyzed. The results showed that s oil nitrate-N had a relatively uniform distribution in the profile in CK, acc umulated more at the depth of 0-60 cm and decreased gradua lly at 60-120 cm in T1 and T3, and increased with increasing depth, with the peak at the depth of 100-120 cm in T2. The soil nitrate-N content below 60 cm in T2 was the highest among all the treatments, indicating that applying excessive amount of organic manure could induce nitrate-N leaching. The profile distribution of soil nitrate-N had significant correlations with the total amount of applied organic manure, the amount of organic manure applied in the nearest year, and the distance of sampling sites from peach tree. A correlation model of organic manure treatments and soil nitrate-N distribution was established.