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Field experiments comparing autumn and spring applications of ammonium sulphate, ammonium nitrate and calcium nitrate for winter wheat

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

J. R. Devine
Affiliation:
Department of Soil Science, Levington Research Station, Ipswich
M. R. J. Holmes
Affiliation:
Department of Soil Science, Levington Research Station, Ipswich

Extract

1. Ten experiments were carried out on winter wheat in various parts of England in 1959-61, to compare 60 lb./acre of nitrogen broadcast as ammonium sulphate, ammonium nitrate and calcium nitrate (a) all in autumn, (6) one-third in autumn and two-thirds in spring, (c) all in spring. The winter rainfall was high in four experiments and moderate in six.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1964

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