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Results from experiments measuring the residues of nitrogen fertilizer given for sugar beet, and of ploughed-in sugar beet tops, on the yield of following barley

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

F. V. Widdowson
F. V. Widdowson
Affiliation:
Rothamsted Experimental Station, Harpenden, Herts
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Summary

Five sugar beet experiments were made from 1964 to 1968 to measure yields of roots, of sugar and of tops from dressings of 0, 63, 126 or 188 kg N/ha. In 1964 and 1965 the sugar-beet tops were ploughed-in on all plots, but afterwards on only half of the total number of plots. Barley followed the sugar beet and was given 0, 41, 83 or 126 kg N/ha, in all combinations with the dressings of N to the sugar beet; grain was weighed and analysed for % N.

The maximum yield of sugar (8·24 t/ha) was with 126 kg N/ha. The yield of barley was increased greatly by giving it 83 kg N/ha, but not with more. When the barley was not given N, the residues of 126 kg N/ha for sugar beet increased grain yields by 0·17 t/ha, where the tops were carted away, and by 0·77 t/ha, where the tops were ploughed-in, but when the barley was given 83 kg N/ha, the residues increased yield negligibly (by 0·07 t/ha). Together the two sources of residue were equivalent to giving about 30 kg N/ha to the barley. Percentage N to the grain was consistently increased by both kinds of residue, but the grain never recovered more than 10 kg N/ha from them. So, sugar-beet tops had little residual value for barley, but offer a largely unused source of animal feed, rich in N.

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Research Article
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The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 83 , Issue 3 , December 1974 , pp. 415 - 421
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1974

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