A pot experiment was conducted to study the effects of different kinds and amount of nitrogen fertilizers on cultivating rape(Brassica chinensis Linn)growth and soil properties.Results showed that the treatment of calcium nitrate was the highest increasing yield compared with no fertilizer application.However,the effect of ammonium sulfate increasing yield was not obviously shown.Calcium nitrate could also increase soil pH greatly,and added Ca2+ ion played a dominant role in increasing the content of available cadmium in soil.Coated urea did not influence soil pH,but could greatly decrease the availability of cadmium compared with normal urea; Soil pH value of other treatments(especially DCD application)decreased,and the soil available Cd content increased in response to their soil acidification.Use of urea and ammonium sulfate could decrease the cadmium content in the root and aerial portion of rape compared with calcium nitrate,but the translocation factor had nothing to do with the kinds and amount of nitrogen fertilizers.The treatment with excessive application of urea got a higher soil pH than other doses.