Nitrogen fertilizer use suffers from low efficiencies and increased residual NO$ sb3$ in the soil. The purpose of this study was to compare N fertilizer efficiency by a comparison of three N sources, three rates of N fertilization, and three application times of N fertilizer. Grain corn yields increased with increases in N rates, and split applications of N were superior to preplant incorporated (PPI) fertilizer. Grain N uptake was associated to grain yield and N uptake. Stover yields increased with increased N and varied with application times of N, but the effects were not as pronounced as with grain yields. Soil NO$ sb3$ generally increased with increases of added N but not with split application of N compared to PPI N. Soil NO$ sb3$ in the spring in control plots was related to grain yield response to added N but not to stover yield response.
Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.69575 |
Date | January 1993 |
Creators | Atmodjo, Slamet |
Contributors | MacKenzie, A. F. (advisor) |
Publisher | McGill University |
Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
Language | English |
Detected Language | English |
Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
Format | application/pdf |
Coverage | Master of Science (Department of Renewable Resources.) |
Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
Relation | alephsysno: 001324362, proquestno: AAIMM87915, Theses scanned by UMI/ProQuest. |
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