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Effect of nitrogen source and time of application on wheat nitrogen uptake and grain yield

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

Ali T. Ayoub
Affiliation:
Hudeiba Research Station, P.O. Box 31, Ed Darner, Sudan

Extract

Two field experiments were conducted in 1971–72 and 1972–73 on two similar sites of calcareous clay soils (vertisol) with paste pH 8·2, 0·024% and 0·22% organic carbon. Wheat (Triticum aestivum L. var. (LR N10) An3) was grown and the fertilizers ammonium sulphate, urea, nitrophoska 15% N, 15% P2O5, 6% K2O), calcium nitrate (Ca NO3)2·4H2O) and ammonium sulphate nitrate were each used at 70 kg N/ha at seeding, tillering, jointing or ear emergence and there was one treatment with no N fertilizer. The treatments were arranged in a randomized block design with four replications. Each plot was 6·0 x 7·0 m of which 4·0 x 5·0 m was harvested. N fertilizers were broadcast by hand and no basal potassium or phosphorus were added since they are known to have no effect on wheat yield on these soils. Seed a rate equivalent to 85 kg/ha was weighed separately for each plot and sown by hand in rows spaced 20 cm apart. Each experiment received 10 irrigations, each equivalent to a head of 10 cm of water, at 10-day intervals.

Type
Short Note
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1974

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