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The effects of leys and their management on the yield of succeeding wheat crops on heavy land

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

F. Hanley ,
W. J. Ridgman  and
R. H. Jarvis
F. Hanley
Affiliation:
School of Agriculture, University of Cambridge
W. J. Ridgman
Affiliation:
School of Agriculture, University of Cambridge
R. H. Jarvis
Affiliation:
School of Agriculture, University of Cambridge
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1. One long-term experiment comparing the effects of leys and arable cropping on the yield of arable crops and three experiments on the effect of management of lucerne/grass leys on the following arable crops, all conducted on heavy clay land, are described and the results discussed.

2. In the first two years after breaking a ley yields of wheat were higher than on plots which had had all-arable cropping and it is suggested that this effect could be due to a combination of disease and weed control and the nitrogen status of the soil.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 62 , Issue 1 , February 1964 , pp. 47 - 54
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1964

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