An experiment was conducted for two years to determine the effect of seeding rate, and nitrogen fertility on the yield and quality of hard red spring wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) in Quebec. The experiment was conducted on a Ste-Rosalie series soil (humic gleysol), in the St-Hyacinthe region, 50 km east of Montreal. The design of the experiment was a split-plot design. The treatments in the main plots were the plant densities while the nitrogen treatments (rate of nitrogen, number and timing of the applications and formulation of fertilizer nitrogen) were applied to the sub-plots. Nitrogen had a significant effect on yields in 1987, but not in 1986. Maximum yield was 6838 kg ha$ sp{-1}$ in 1986 and 3807 kg ha$ sp{-1}$ in 1987. Protein concentration was increased by higher nitrogen rates in both years. The yield and protein concentration were affected by low precipitation in 1987. Applying the nitrogen later in the season increased the protein concentration in both seasons. It also decreased yield in 1987, but this was caused by lack of water in late June and July 1987. Formulation of nitrogen fertilizer did not have an effect on yield and protein content of the crop.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.56675 |
| Date | January 1992 |
| Creators | Migner, Pierre |
| 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: 001304869, proquestno: AAIMM80455, Theses scanned by UMI/ProQuest. |
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