Abstract:A field study with greenhouse celery (Apium graveolens L.) showed that compared with basal application of ordinary compound fertilizer, one-time basal application of DMPP-compound fertilizer (ENTEC®, 12-12-17) at the rates of 67.5 kg N·hm-2 and 54.0 kg N·hm-2 increased the yield by 5.78% and 10.14%, respectively. The application of ENTEC® also improved the nu- tritional quality of edible parts, e . g ., the Vc, amino acid, soluble sugar, N and P contents in- creased, while nitrate content decreased. Compared with basal plus side dressing applications, appropriately reducing the application rate and times of ENTEC® had more beneficial effects on celery yield and quality, and reduced the production costs. ENTEC® could suppress the transf- ormation of soil NH4+-N to NO3--N effectively, and thus, its application could retain soil residual N more in NH4+-N than in NO3--N form after celery harvested,resulting in a reduction of nitrate leaching.