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Poultry manure nitrogen availability influences winter wheat yield and yield components

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Title Poultry manure nitrogen availability influences winter wheat yield and yield components
 
Creator Savala, C.E.N.
Crozier, C.R.
Smyth, T.J.
 
Subject cropping
agriculture
poultry
manures
 
Description Standard poultry manure use recommendations in North Carolina consider waste analysis but not differences among manure types, cropping seasons, or application timing. This study evaluated poultry manure source, N rate strategy, and application time effects on soft red winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) tiller density, yield components, grain yield, and N availability coefficients. Coefficients included fertilizer N equivalence based on grain yield and plant-available N based on aboveground plant N content. Four field experiments used broiler litter (BL) and composted layer manure (CLM), two rates (67 and 134 kg total-N ha−1), and three different application times (incorporated in October preplant, Feekes’ 3 in December/January, or Feekes’ 4 in February). Dual-source treatments received 67 kg N ha−1 of manure plus 67 kg N ha−1 as urea ammonium nitrate (UAN) solution at Feekes’ 5. Fertilizer-N (UAN) rate treatments (0, 39, 78, 117, and 156 kg N ha−1) were also included. Yields responded to N inputs but were lowest when BL and CLM were applied at 67 kg N ha−1 either preplant or at Feekes’ 3. Grain yield and N availability were greater with CLM than with BL (3.0 vs. 2.8 t ha−1 grain and 58 vs. 52 kg ha−1 N uptake, respectively). Availability coefficients ranged from 12 to 32%, lower than the standard assumed values of 50 to 60%. The feasible poultry manure application window includes preplant until Feekes’ 4, but fertilizing winter wheat crops solely with poultry manure may supply less N than intended.
 
Date 2016-03
2016-05-23T14:12:07Z
2016-05-23T14:12:07Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Savala, C.E., Crozier, C.R. & Smyth, T.J. (2016). Poultry manure nitrogen availability influences winter wheat yield and yield components. Agronomy Journal, 108(2), 864-872.
0002-1962
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/74288
https://doi.org/10.2134/agronj2015.0355
 
Language en
 
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Open Access
 
Format 864-872
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Publisher Wiley
 
Source Agronomy Journal