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The effect of seedbed condition on the grain yield and quality of spring malting barley

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 March 1998

M. J. CONRY
M. J. CONRY
Affiliation:
Teagasc, Oak Park Research Centre, Carlow, Ireland
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Abstract

The effect of seedbed conditions at the time of sowing on the grain yield and quality ex-farm of spring-sown malting barley was examined in three experiments in the south-east of Ireland in 1993–95. Blenheim malting barley sown in good seedbed conditions gave significantly (P<0·05) greater yields (3·1–9·6% more) than the identically treated crop, sown several days earlier, in less suitable seedbed conditions in all three experiments, but there was no effect on grain nitrogen content or the amount of screenings. The better soil conditions gave significantly (P<0·05) better plant emergence, a greater number of fertile tillers and more grains per ear.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 130 , Issue 2 , March 1998 , pp. 135 - 138
Copyright
© 1998 Cambridge University Press

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