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Effects of Sowing Date, Nitrogen and Seed Rate on Wheat Yields in the Sudan Gezira

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 October 2008

M. A. Khalifa
M. A. Khalifa
Affiliation:
Gezira Agricultural Research Station, Republic of the Sudan
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Summary

A three-year study of the effects of sowing date, nitrogen application and seed rate on wheat showed that sowing in mid-October gave consistently greater grain yields than sowing in mid-September or mid-November because grains were larger and more numerous per head. Nitrogen increased yields but the effect decreased with later sowing. Nitrogen probably increased grain yield by increasing the number of ears, but this effect diminished with higher levels of nitrogen. Grain yield was only slightly influenced by seed rate, and the interaction of seed rate with sowing date or nitrogen was unimportant.

Type
Research Article
Information
Experimental Agriculture , Volume 6 , Issue 2 , April 1970 , pp. 143 - 149
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1970

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