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Spring wheat response to tillage system and nitrogen fertilization within a crop-fallow system
- Abstract::
- Spring wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) production in the northern Great Plains generally utilizes conventional tillage systems. A 12-yr study evaluated the effects of tillage system [conventional-till (CT), minimum-till (MT), and no-till (NT)], N fertilizer rate (0, 22, and 45 kg N ha-1), and cultivar (Butte86 and Stoa) on spring wheat grain yields in a dryland spring wheat-fallow rotation (SW-F). Butte86 yields with CT exceeded NT yields in five out of 12 years with 0 and 22 kg N ha-1 applied, and four years with 45 kg N ha-1 applied. Stoa yields with CT exceeded NT yields in three out of 12 years with no N applied, four years with 22 kg N ha-1 applied, and only one year with 45 kg N ha-1 applied. Yields with NT exceeded those with CT in one year. Most years, yields with MT equaled those with CT. Responses to N tended to be greatest in years when spring soil NO3-N was lowest. Positive yield responses to N fertilization with CT occurred in three years with Butte86 and two years with Stoa; with MT, four years with Butte86 and two years with Stoa; and with NT, five years with Butte86 and three years with Stoa. Cultivars were not consistent in their response to tillage and N fertilization. These results indicate that farmers in the northern Great Plains can successfully produce spring wheat in a SW-F system using MT and NT systems, but yields may be slightly reduced when compared with CT systems some years.
- Author(s):
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Halvorson, A.D. , Black, A.L. , Krupinsky, J.M. , Merrill, S.D. , Wienhold, B.J. , Tanaka, D.L.
- Subject(s):
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Triticum aestivum , tillage , conservation tillage , no-tillage , dryland farming , soil fertility , application rate , ammonium nitrate , North Dakota
- Description:
- Includes references
- Source:
- Agronomy journal Mar/Apr 2000. v. 92 (2)
- Language:
- English
- Year:
- 2000
- Collection:
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Journal Articles, USDA Authors, Peer-Reviewed
- File:
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- Rights:
- Works produced by employees of the U.S. Government as part of their official duties are not copyrighted within the U.S. The content of this document is not copyrighted.
