Effects of Irrigation, Nitrogen Levels, and Plant Population on Corn Yields in Lajas Valley, P. R.

1969 ◽  
Vol 44 (3) ◽  
pp. 121-137
Author(s):  
Roberto Vázquez

Three field experiments using three irrigation, three nitrogen, and three plant-population levels were conducted at Lajas Substation in order to determine the effect of irrigation in combination with nitrogen fertilizer and different plant populations on the production of field corn. "Frequently irrigated" plots were irrigated when 20 percent of the available moisture had been depleted from the active root zone, "intermediately irrigated" plots when the depletion was 60 percent, and "nonirrigated" plots were used as a check. The nitrogen levels tested were 0, 80, and 160 pounds per acre, and the plant-population levels were 9,600, 14,500, and 19,400 plants per acre.

1969 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 85-105
Author(s):  
Roberto Vázquez

Two field experiments using nine irrigation and three nitrogen levels were conducted at Lajas Substation in order to determine the effects of irrigation at different growth stages on the production of field corn. Some plots were frequently irrigated, irrigated when 20 percent of the available moisture had been depleted from the active root zone; and intermediately irrigated, irrigated when the depletion was 60 percent throughout the whole growing season. Other plots were frequently irrigated from planting to the tasseling, silking, and hard-dough stages, not being irrigated thereafter; while others still were not irrigated after the crop was established until the tasseling, silking, and hard-dough stages; these plots were frequently irrigated thereafter. Nonirrigated plots were used as checks.


2003 ◽  
Vol 38 (11) ◽  
pp. 1257-1264 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luiz Balbino Morgado ◽  
Robert William Willey

Nitrogen supply and plant population are basic parameters for cereal-legume intercropping. In order to study plant population and nitrogen fertilizer effects on yield and yield efficiency of maize-bean intercropping, a field experiment was established. Three bean plant populations and three nitrogen levels were used. Maize dry matter accumulation decreased with increases in bean plant population. Competitive effect of intercrop beans on maize yields was high at higher plant populations, being decreased by nitrogen fertilizer; application of 50 kg ha-1 N was very efficient in increasing maize cob yield. Intercropping significantly decreased harvest index of beans in all plant population and nitrogen fertilizer situations. The efficiency of intercropping, compared to sole cropping, was evidenced by the values obtained for Land Equivalent Ratio (LER) for biomass, cob and pod yields that increased with increases in bean plant populations and nitrogen fertilizer levels.


1969 ◽  
Vol 50 (2) ◽  
pp. 92-112
Author(s):  
R. Vázquez ◽  
A. Eschenwald-Hess ◽  
M. J. Martínez-Luciano

A field experiment was conducted at Lajas Substation in order to study the effects of four irrigation and three nitrogen levels under three different seeding rates on dry-matter yields of White Native sorghum. The following irrigation treatments were tried: High moisture, plots irrigated when the average soil-moisture suction in the active root-zone reached 0.7 atm.; medium moisture, irrigated when the average soil-moisture suction reached 2.0 atm.; low moisture, irrigated when the average soil-moisture suction reached 5.0 atm., and nonirrigated plots were used as check. The nitrogen levels tested were 40, 80, and 120 pounds per acre per harvest. The seeding rates used were 10, 20, and 30 pounds per acre.


1993 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 934-939 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cathy A. Morton ◽  
R. Gordon Harvey ◽  
James J. Kells ◽  
Douglas A. Landis ◽  
William E. Lueschen ◽  
...  

Field experiments were conducted in Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin in 1990 to explore interactions between nicosulfuron applied POST and terbufos insecticide at 0.06 or 0.11 g ai/m of row applied in-furrow on ‘Pioneer 3751’ field corn and ‘Jubilee’ sweet corn. Nicosulfuron at 0, 70, and 140 g ai/ha plus nonionic surfactant and 28% nitrogen fertilizer was applied to both corn types. Field corn response to nicosulfuron and terbufos was similar at all locations, whereas sweet corn injury varied with location. Nicosulfuron injured field corn more when applied at the four-leaf than the three-leaf stage. Injury to both corn types increased as nicosulfuron rate increased or when applied following terbufos. Nicosulfuron at 140 g/ha without terbufos did not reduce yield of either corn type; however, corn previously treated in-furrow with terbufos reduced yield.


1971 ◽  
Vol 76 (2) ◽  
pp. 269-275 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. P. Draycott ◽  
M. J. Durrant

SUMMARYThe concentration of nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, sodium, calcium and magnesium was measured in the dry matter of sugar beet from four field experiments (1966–9). All combinations of four amounts of nitrogen fertilizer (0–1·8 cwt/acre), four plant populations (8800–54000 plants/acre) and irrigation were tested, which gave a wide range of plant size and yield. Nutrient concentration and uptake by the crop were also greatly affected by the treatments.Nitrogen fertilizer and irrigation increased uptake of nitrogen by the crop but increasing the plant population had little effect on uptake and decreased the concentration of nitrogen. Sugar yield was related to the total nitrogen concentration in tops and roots and to uptake. There were optimal values of nitrogen concentration for maximal sugar yield, but the optima were greatly affected by plant population. Leaf colour was a good guide to nitrogen concentration.Phosphorus concentration was affected little by the treatments but cation concentrations were greatly affected. In general, uptake of all the elements was increased by all treatments – the exception was sodium, which decreased as the plant population increased but this was balanced to somo extent by increased potassium uptake.


Agriculture ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. 579
Author(s):  
Gustavo Castilho Beruski ◽  
Luis Miguel Schiebelbein ◽  
André Belmont Pereira

The potential yield of annual crops is affected by management practices and water and energy availabilities throughout the crop season. The current work aimed to assess the effects of plant population, planting dates and soil covering on yield components of maize. Field experiments were carried out during the 2014–2015 and 2015–2016 growing seasons at areas grown with oat straw, voluntary plants and bare soil, considering five plant populations (40,000, 60,000, 80,000, 100,000 and 120,000 plants ha−1) and three sowing dates (15 September, 30 October and 15 December) for the hybrid P30F53YH in Ponta Grossa, State of Paraná, Brazil. Non-impacts of soil covering or plant population on plant height at the flowering phenological stage were observed. Significant effects of soil covering on yield components and final yield responses throughout the 2014–2015 season were detected. An influence of plant populations on yield components was evidenced, suggesting that, from 80,000 plants ha−1, the P30F53YH hybrid performs a compensatory effect among assessed yield components in such a way as to not compromise productivity insofar as the plant population increases up to 120,000 plants ha−1. It was noticed, a positive trend of yield components and crop final yield as a function of plant density increments.


1962 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 61 ◽  
Author(s):  
LJ Phillips ◽  
MJT Norman

In 1957-58 and 1958-59, cotton was grown under dryland conditions on Tippera clay loam at Katherine, N.T., at plant populations of 4, 8, 16, 32 and 64 thousand plants per acre, under three nitrogen fertilizer treatments and at two dates of planting. In 1960-61, cotton was grown at 8, 16, 24, 32, 40 and 48 thousand plants per acre at one date of planting and at a standard nitrogen fertilizer level. The 1957-58 and 1958-59 results showed that 8, 16, and 32 thousand plants per acre gave a higher yield of seed cotton than 4 and 64 thousand plants per acre, with no interaction between population and nitrogen fertilizers. No significant yield differences were recorded in 1960-61. The combined data indicated an optimum population of 8 to 32 thousand plants per acre, with only a 5 per cent yield difference across the population range. High populations encouraged early boll development.


1977 ◽  
Vol 17 (84) ◽  
pp. 143 ◽  
Author(s):  
GA Constable

Field experiments in three seasons examined the effects of plant population and row spacing on the yield of two cotton cultivars. For the early maturing cultivar, Riverina Poplar, 36 cm rows yielded 18 per cent more than 100 cm rows with no additional benefit being obtained from 18 cm rows. The medium maturing commercial cultivar, Deltapine 16, had the same average yield at all row spacings. The effect of plant population on yield was significant in all row spacings, with populations above 40 plants m-2 in 18 cm rows, above 30 plants m-2 in 36 cm rows, and above 13 plants m-2 in 100 cm rows yielding less. In all experiments, narrow rows and high plant populations had smaller bolls, more barren plants and smaller plants than wide rows and low plant populations. At low yield levels, Riverina Poplar in narrow rows was superior to wide rows and to Deltapine 16 in any row spacing. At high yield levels, Deltapine 16 was superior, particularly in wide rows


1971 ◽  
Vol 76 (2) ◽  
pp. 261-267 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. P. Draycott ◽  
D. J. Webb

SUMMARYFive experiments (1965–9) on calcareous sandy loam tested all combinations of four amounts of nitrogen (0–1·8 cwt/acre N) and four plant populations (8000–54 000 plants/ acre) given to sugar beet grown with and without irrigation. On average, nitrogen and plant population influenced yields greatly but irrigation relatively little. In all years between 0·6 and 1·2 cwt/acre N and between 17000 and 32000 plants/acre gave largest sugar yield. Giving more nitrogen or increasing the plant population neither increased nor decreased sugar yield much in any year. Irrigation was beneficial in only two out of five years.Sugar yield was linearly related to root dry-matter yield. Although total dry matter was greatest when the largest plant population was given the largest dressing of nitrogen and irrigation, the proportion of dry matter in the roots was decreased by all three factors.


Author(s):  
Gustavo Castilho Beruski ◽  
Luis Miguel Schiebelbein ◽  
André Belmont Pereira

The potential yield of annual crops is affected by management practices and water and energy availabilities throughout the crop season. The current work aimed to assess the effects of plant population and soil covering on yield components of maize. Field experiments were carried out during 2014-15 and 2015-16 growing seasons at areas grown with oat straw, voluntary plants and bare soil, considering five different plant populations (40,000, 60,000, 80,000, 100,000 and 120,000 plants ha-1) and three sowing dates (15 Sep., 30 Oct., 15 Dec.) for the hybrid P30F53YH in Ponta Grossa, State of Parana, Brazil. Non-impacts of soil covering or plant population on plant height at the flowering phenological stage were observed. Significant effects of soil covering on crop physiological and yield components responses throughout the 2014-15 season were detected. Influence of plant populations on yield components was evidenced, suggesting that from 80,000 plants ha-1 the P30F53YH hybrid performs a compensatory effect among assessed yield components in such a way as to not compromise productivity insofar as plant population increases up to 120,000 plants ha-1. It was noticed a positive trend of yield components and crop final yield as a function of plant density increments.


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