Response of six-row barley to N and P2O5 fertilizer application in high fertility sites in Central Alberta

1991 ◽  
Vol 71 (2) ◽  
pp. 317-326 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. G. Briggs

Two series of N and P2O5 fertilizer response trials were conducted at a total of five sites in Central Alberta in 1985 and 1986 to determine whether a range of barley (Hordeum vulgare) cultivars differed in their response to high levels of fertility application under high-yielding conditions. The cultivars included were two semidwarf (Samson, Duke) and three of conventional height (Leduc, Klondike and Johnston). No cultivar × fertility level interaction was obtained for grain yield in any of the trials, although significant interactions of minor magnitude were found for other agronomic traits in some trials. The most important of these traits was extent of lodging which was at a low level (less than 3 on the 0.2–9 Belgian Scale) in all trials, despite average grain yields ranging from 4000 to 6289 kg ha−1. Lodging was more severe in Johnston than in the other cultivars. Yields of the semidwarf s were no higher than those of Leduc in any trial, although minor lodging occurred for Leduc in some cases. Lack of significant cultivar × fertility interaction may be partially explained by the general lack of response to the higher fertility levels that were used, although good yield response was found to addition of 45 kg ha−1 of P2O5 in four of six trials, and to addition of up to 90 kg ha−1 of N in three of the six trials. No significant correlation was found between initial soil test N and P2O5 versus the mean year-site yield for different locations, suggesting that factors other than base soil fertility were more important in determining site-year yield potential. These results suggest that use of individualized fertilizer recommendations for targeting maximum yield for any of the cultivars studied is not warranted, since the cultivars demonstrated similar yield responses. The excellent straw strength advantage of the semidwarf cultivars was reconfirmed under these high yielding conditions, but yields over 6000 kg ha−1 with several taller cultivars were also recorded without lodging (e.g. Leduc). Key words: Target yields, lodging, Intensive Crop Management®, cultivar specific fertilizer recommendations

2004 ◽  
Vol 142 (5) ◽  
pp. 553-560 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. M. SHATAR ◽  
A. B. MCBRATNEY

An algorithm to fit boundary lines, using cubic smoothing splines, was written and used to identify yield responses to changes in soil properties. This method involves fitting a curve that represents the maximum yield response to each predictor value, which represents the yield potential at each soil property value. Boundary-line yield responses to individual soil properties were found to differ from responses found by fitting curves through the data scatter. The effects of correlated variables appeared to be lessened using the boundary line approach. Multivariate boundary-line models, based on the Law of the Minimum, were found to be useful for the identification of site-specific causes of yield variation and yield potentials. The boundary line was found to be a useful complement to more traditional data analysis techniques.


1973 ◽  
Vol 81 (2) ◽  
pp. 311-316
Author(s):  
E. W. Bolle-Jones ◽  
F. Sanei

SummaryField experiments were conducted in four provinces of Iran in which sugar-beet yield responses to added nitrogen and phosphorus fertilizers were correlated with soil test values and number of irrigations.Although significant yield responses to fertilizer application were obtained in all four provinces, extremely few significant relationships were established between soil test values and yield response.Average crop yield was favourably influenced by the number of irrigations applied in Fare and Khorasan, by organic carbon status in Esfahan and Khorasan and adversely affected by increased soil conductivity in Esfahan and Khorasan. These results were taken to imply an inadequate number of irrigations in Fars and Khorasan. The high calcium carbonate status found in Fars soil adversely affected the level of average yield.Response to nitrogen fertilizer declined in Fars and Khorasan as the leaf nitrogen exceeded 3·15 and 4·0% respectively. Response to phosphate fertilizer declined in West Azerbaijan and Khorasan when leaf phosphorus exceeded 0·4%.


1983 ◽  
Vol 63 (1) ◽  
pp. 113-123
Author(s):  
EMILE CHAMBERLAND

The objective of this study was to verify and improve the accuracy of fertilizer recommendations for growing cole crops on mineral soils. To achieve this end, 21 field trials were conducted on 12 soils during 1978–1981; of these trials, 13 were performed with late cabbage and Brussels sprouts and eight early cabbage and brocoli. The test crops were fertilized at four rates of N, P and K, and yield responses were related to soil test values. The Cate-Nelson iteration method was used to partition soils into three different classes according to their yield response to fertilization. Furthermore, polynomial and Mitscherlich equations were fitted to yield versus soil K and P data. These procedures suggested that fertilizer recommendations would be more precise by classifying these crops into early- and late-maturing groups. Accordingly, the recommended fertilization rates for soils containing a deficient or medium P supply were 70 and 80 kg P/ha for early and late crops, respectively. A clear yield response by early cabbage to K fertilization was indicated for soils containing a medium K supply; on these soils maximum yields would be achieved with an application of about 180 kg K/ha. On the other hand late cabbage and Brussels sprouts apparently only needed about 120 kg K/ha to achieve maximum yields on the same class of soils. While an increase in yields attributable to K fertilization is unlikely on soils containing a low and high K supply, a rate of 120 kg K/ha is nonetheless recommended to ensure maximum yield and maintain soil fertility levels. As regards N-fertilization, maximum yields early and late crop were produced with 160 and 180 kg N/ha, respectively. Key words: Fertilizer, N, P, K, vegetables, cabbages


2001 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 28-33 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. P. Damicone ◽  
K. E. Jackson

Abstract Two trials with iprodione and three trials with fluazinam were conducted to assess the effects of application method and rate on the control of Sclerotinia blight of peanut with fungicide. In order to concentrate the fungicides near the crown area where the disease causes the most damage, applications were made through a canopy opener with a single nozzle centered over the row to achieve a 30.5-cm-wide band (canopy opener), and through a single nozzle centered over the row to achieve a 46-cm-wide band (band). Broadcast applications were compared to these methods at rates of 0, 0.28, 0.56, and 1.12 kg/ha on the susceptible cultivar Okrun. Sclerotinia blight was severe, with > 70% disease incidence and < 2000 kg/ha yield for the untreated controls in each trial. Linear reductions in area under the disease progress curve (AUDPC), but not final disease incidence, with iprodione rate were significant (P < 0.05) for all methods of application. However, the rate of decrease did not differ among application methods. Linear increases in yield with rate of iprodione were greater for canopy opener compared to the band or broadcast applications. Only a 50% reduction in AUDPC and a maximum yield of < 2700 kg/ha was achieved with iprodione using the best method. At the maximum rate of 1.12 kg/ha, fluazinam provided > 75% disease control and > 4000 kg/ha yield for all application methods. Differences in disease control and yield among application methods only occurred at the 0.28 and 0.56 kg/ha rates of fluazinam. Reductions in AUDPC with fluazinam rate were quadratic for all application methods, but AUDPC values were less for the canopy opener and band methods at 0.28 and 0.56 kg/ha compared to the broadcast methods. The yield response to rate for broadcast applications of fluazinam was linear. However, predicted yield responses to fluazinam rate were quadratic for the band and canopy opener methods and approached the maximum response at 0.84 kg/ha. Targeting fungicide applications using the band and/or canopy opener methods was beneficial for fluazinam at reduced rates. Disease control with iprodione was not adequate regardless of application method.


1963 ◽  
Vol 3 (9) ◽  
pp. 114 ◽  
Author(s):  
JD Colwell

The effects of the different sowing rates of 20, 40, and 60 lb of seed an acre on the yield, bushel weight, composition, and response to fertilizers, of wheat grown on soils of high fertility has been studied in seven field experiments in the wheat-belt of southern New South Wales. Seasonal conditions ranged from drought to lush growing conditions and in addition one experiment was irrigated to reduce the effects of moisture stress on plant growth. Yields ranged from 10 to 70 bushels of wheat an acre and fertilizer treatments gave both positive and negative effects. For the wide range of growth conditions, variation in seeding rate had only small and non-significant effects on grain yields, with the exception of the irrigated experiment where a consistent trend indicated the need for higher seeding rates for maximum yield. Effects of the seeding rates on grain size and composition and fertilizer response, were negligible. Losses in potential grain yield, caused by the exhaustion of soil moisture reserves by excessive vegetative growth of high fertility soils before grain development has been completed, does not seem to be reduced appreciably by the use of low seeding rates.


2011 ◽  
Vol 183-185 ◽  
pp. 1100-1104
Author(s):  
Lu Fei ◽  
Xin Chen ◽  
Mu Qiu Zhao ◽  
Ya Jie Zhao ◽  
Yi Shi ◽  
...  

Inappropriate applications of phosphorus (P) in agricultural production lead to the leaching loss of P, which subsequently contributes to the eutrophication of water bodies. A leaching experiment using unsaturated intact soil columns was conducted to study the influence of fertilizer application on leaching of phosphorus in a gley meadow soil at different fertility levels (low-, medium and high fertility levels). The soil column at each fertility level received three fertilization treatments (control [CK], manure [M] and chemical fertilizer [F]). The results indicated that the leaching loss of total P (TP) from the soil column was induced by the P input from either manure or chemical fertilizer application, and the extent of leaching loss of P was also positively related to the soil fertility level. In addition, the TP concentrations in the leachates from all fertilization treatments exceeded the critical value for water eutrophication (0.02 mg P/L). This suggests that applications of manure and chemical fertilizer at proper rates with close consideration of the soil fertility level are essential to reduce the leaching loss of TP to the environment.


2016 ◽  
Vol 67 (4) ◽  
pp. 397 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. J. French ◽  
M. Seymour ◽  
R. S. Malik

In 24 experiments conducted across a range of agricultural environments in Western Australia between 2010 and 2014 canola (Brassica napus L.) grain yield response to crop density was adequately described by an asymptotic model (where yield approaches but never quite reaches a ceiling at very high density) in 101 out of 112 individual responses; in the other 11 yield reached a maximum and declined slightly at higher densities. Seed oil was more likely to increase than decrease with increasing density but the effect was always small; less than 1% oil over the range of densities tested. Increasing density also suppressed annual ryegrass (Lolium rigidum (L.) Gaud.) head numbers in six experiments where it was measured, especially at densities below 20 plants/m². Economic optimum densities ranged from 7 to 180 plants/m², with a median of 32.2. Mean optima in low and medium rainfall zones (growing season rainfall <300 mm) were about 25, 30, and 75 plants/m² respectively for glyphosate-tolerant (Roundup Ready), hybrid triazine-tolerant (TT), and open-pollinated TT cultivars, assuming open-pollinated TT cultivars were grown from farm-saved seed. There was little difference between optimum densities for hybrid and open-pollinated glyphosate-tolerant cultivars, and optima in the high rainfall zone were about 10 plants/m² higher than in low and medium rainfall zones. Yield at optimum density was greater than 90% of maximum yield in 74% of cases. The economic penalty for not achieving the optimum density with hybrids was usually small if the deviation was less than 10 plants/m², and with open-pollinated TT cultivars was small even 50-60 plants/m² below the optimum. The penalty was usually greater for deviations below than above the optimum in medium and high yield potential environments (yield potential >1000 kg/ha). Predicted optima were more sensitive to seed cost and field establishment (the proportion of viable seeds that become established) than grain price or seed size over the range of values expected in Western Australian agriculture. Field establishment varied from 0.3 to 1 and was higher at low target densities and for hybrid compared with open-pollinated cultivars, with a median of 0.585 at a target density of 40 plants/m². We identified improving field establishment of canola as an important research priority.


2018 ◽  
Vol 48 (2) ◽  
pp. 98-108
Author(s):  
André Fróes de Borja Reis ◽  
Adriano Stephan Nascente ◽  
Rodrigo Estevam Munhoz de Almeida ◽  
Aloísio Freitas Chagas Júnior

ABSTRACT In order to reach an optimum and sustainable production, growers must know the fertilizing potassium (K) and phosphorous (P) application rates. The present study aimed to determine the rice development in response to combined rates of P and K, on Plinthaquults (380-400 g kg-1 of clay), under high and low fertility conditions, in the tropical lowland plain of the Araguaia river, Brazil. Three field experiments were performed, each one consisting of a completely randomized factorial block design, with three replications. Treatments included a combination of six K2O rates (0 kg ha-1, 30 kg ha-1, 60 kg ha-1, 90 kg ha-1, 120 kg ha-1 and 150 kg ha-1) with six P2O5 rates (0 kg ha-1, 30 kg ha-1, 60 kg ha-1, 90 kg ha-1, 120 kg ha-1 and 150 kg ha-1). No interaction effect between P and K rates was observed for the evaluated variables in any fertility level/year. Phosphorous application under low fertility conditions, as well as K under high fertility conditions, affect overall crop nutrition, tillering capacity, yield components and grain yield of lowland rice, though no effects were observed due to the P application in high fertility soils and K in low fertility soils. Under high fertility conditions, the grain yield increment rate due to the K application was 4.04 kg ha-1, whereas in the low fertility areas, such as recently cleared fields, a maximum yield of 7,161 kg ha-1 was achieved by applying 140 kg ha-1 of P.


Rice ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hang Yu ◽  
Qihang Li ◽  
Yudi Li ◽  
Huijing Yang ◽  
Zijun Lu ◽  
...  

Abstract Background Neo-tetraploid rice (NTR) is a useful new germplasm that developed from the descendants of the autotetraploid rice (ATR) hybrids. NTR showed improved fertility and yield potential, and produced high yield heterosis when crossed with indica ATR for commercial utilization. However, their classification, population structure and genomic feature remain elusive. Results Here, high-depth genome resequencing data of 15 NTRs and 18 ATRs, together with 38 publicly available data of diploid rice accessions, were analyzed to conduct classification, population structure and haplotype analyses. Five subpopulations were detected and NTRs were clustered into one independent group that was adjacent to japonica subspecies, which maybe the reason for high heterosis when NTRs crossed with indica ATRs. Haplotype patterns of 717 key genes that associated with yield and other agronomic traits were revealed in these NTRs. Moreover, a novel specific SNP variation was detected in the first exon of HSP101, a known heat-inducible gene, which was conserved in all NTRs but absent in ATRs, 3KRG and RiceVarMap2 databases. The novel allele was named as HSP101–1, which was confirmed to be a heat response factor by qRT-PCR, and knockout of HSP101–1 significantly decreased the thermotolerance capacity of NTR. Interestingly, HSP101–1 was also specifically expressed in the anthers of NTR at pre-meiotic and meiosis stages under optimal environment without heat stress, and its loss-of-function mutant showed significant decrease in fertility of NTR. Conclusion The construction of first genomic variation repository and the revelation of population structure provide invaluable information for optimizing the designs of tetraploid rice breeding. The detection of specific genomic variations offered useful genomic markers and new directions to resolve high fertility mechanism of NTR.


Author(s):  
G. Samuels ◽  
E. Orengo-Santiago ◽  
A. Beale

The fertilizer requirements of plantains (Musa acuminata x M. balbisiana, AAB) were determined for a San Antón sandy clay (Cumulic Haplustolls), with irrigation, on the southern coast of Puerto Rico. Significant responses per plant in number of fruit and weight per bunch were obtained with 168 kg N/ha. The use of the Capó fertilizer-yield equation indicated that applications of 259 and 282 kg N/ha would be required for a maximum yield of 155,988 fruit/ha weighing 45,030 kg. Levels of N in excess of 336 kg N/ha reduced production by restricting the number and weight of bunches/ha, with 673 kg N/ha having 22.8% less bunches than with optimum N fertilizer application. Leaf-N value of 3.20% at 10 mo of age was associated with response toN fertilizers and values of 3.66% with maximum production. Optimum K2O fertilization rates, required for maximum yields, were 420 and 405 kg/ha for number and weight of plantains, respectively, with 336 kg K2O giving 99% of maximum yields. Phosphorus increments up to 336 kg P2O5/ha failed to increase production per plant or per hectare. The unfertilized soil contained 45 p/m P (Olsen), and leaf samples from these plots contained 0.28% P in the leaf at 10 mo. Applications of 94 kg MgO/ha were sufficient to attain 95% of maximum yield potential for number and weight of fruit per ha. Soil and leaf values (699 p/m Mg and leaf 0.48% Mg) for the no-Mg treatment exceeded published critical values for plantains. For optimum production of plantains on an irrigated San Antón sandy clay, the use of 168 kg N and 336 kg K2O/ha are suggested.


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