OPTIMUM LEAF LEVELS OF NITROGEN, PHOSPHORUS AND POTASSIUM IN SWEET CORN AND SNAP BEANS

1962 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
pp. 238-246 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. C. MacKay ◽  
J. S. Leefe

Optimum nutrient levels were derived by comparing the polynomial regression curves relating leaf analyses and crop yields with rates of applied nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium. Uppermost mature leaves were used for analysis, and samples were collected at specific physiological stages of development.In two seasons the optimum levels in sweet corn differed by 7, 25 and 9 per cent, and in snap beans by 12, 29 and 11 per cent for nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium respectively. A low moisture supply was generally associated with lower optimum levels for all three nutrients, but "excess" moisture had only slight effects on these levels for any nutrient.Optimum nutrient levels which were calculated from ample moisture conditions were, for the tassel-emerging stage of sweet corn, 3.5, 0.38 and 2.5 per cent, and at the early flower stage of snap beans 5.1, 0.40 and 2.0 per cent for nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium, respectively. At the sixth to seventh leaf stage of sweet corn optimum levels were higher for nitrogen and potassium but lower for phosphorus (3.8, 3.1 and 0.34 per cent respectively), and at the pollen-shedding stage the levels were only slightly different than at tassel-emergence.

1962 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
pp. 219-228 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. C. MacKay ◽  
C. A. Eaves

A range in each of the nutrients – nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium – was applied to an infertile Podzol soil in a split-plot experiment receiving the following sprinkler irrigation treatments: 1) "none", natural rainfall; 2) "minimum", 1 inch per irrigation during the critical stage of flowering to harvest; 3) "optimum", 1 inch per irrigation throughout the crop season; and 4) "excess", 2 inches per irrigation whenever 3) was applied.Both crops responded to irrigation during the flower to harvest stage but snap beans were more sensitive than sweet corn to moisture stress during the pre-flower stage. With both crops, yields from "excess" water were not significantly different from those of the "optimum" treatment.Greater yield responses were obtained from heavy rates of fertilizers with irrigation than without, and as a result the interaction of fertilizer × irrigation was significant in 3 of the 4 years. These effects appeared to be due mostly to the increased nutrient requirements of the larger crops, which resulted when moisture stress was removed, rather than to increased availability of native or applied nutrients. Phosphorus was the only nutrient whose concentration was consistently increased by irrigation, and this was slight.


2006 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 204-214 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Edward Peachey ◽  
Ray D. William ◽  
Carol Mallory-Smith

The effects of spring tillage sequence on summer annual weed populations were evaluated over two cycles of a 3-yr crop rotation of snap beans, sweet corn, and winter wheat. Continuous no-till (N) planting of vegetable crops each spring (NNNN) reduced summer annual weed density 63 to 86% compared to that of continuous conventional tillage (CCCC), depending upon site and herbicide level. Hairy nightshade populations were reduced by 88 to 96% when spring tillage was eliminated from the crop rotation. The effects of the NNNN spring tillage sequence on weed density were similar at two sites even though the crop rotations at the two sites began with different crops. The rotational tillage sequence of NCNC at the East site, in a crop rotation that began with corn, reduced summer annual weed density by 46 to 51% compared to that of continuous conventional tillage and planting (CCCC) at low and medium herbicide rates, respectively. In contrast, the tillage sequence of CNCN in the same crop rotation and at the same site increased weed density by 80% compared to that of CCCC at a low herbicide rate. The effects of the NCNC and CNCN rotational tillage sequences on weed density were reversed at the West site, and was probably caused by pairing sweet corn with conventional tillage rather than no tillage. The reduction in summer annual weed density caused by reduced spring tillage frequency did not significantly increase crop yields.


Author(s):  
P.Yu. Latartsev ◽  
◽  
O.I. Antonova ◽  

The study of the content and removal of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium by linseed flax plants of the oilseed variety Severniy showed that more nitrogen and phosphorus accumulated in seeds, and potassium -in straw. The average content levels in seeds were as follow-ing: N -4.79%, P2O5 -0.79%, K2O -1.05% as compared to respective levels in straw: 0.64%, 0.1% and 1.73%. When applying fertilizers, the content of all nutrients in the straw decreases, and in the seeds it mainly remains at the con-trol level. Due to the higher crop yields in all fertilized vari-ants, the removal of phosphorus and potassium exceeds the control; and nitrogen removal –in the variants with a higher rate of nitrogen application. With seeds, an average of 87-87.8% of nitrogen and phosphorus and 37.3% of potassium from the total removal is removed from the field. Increased rate of nitrogen application contributes to greater consumption of not only nitrogen but also phosphorus and potassium. The rates of nitrogen application in the experi-ments do not compensate for its yield removal with seeds; that requires increased nitrogen application against the background of phosphorus-containing fertilizers.


1968 ◽  
Vol 48 (3) ◽  
pp. 225-233 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. F. Bishop ◽  
C. R. MacEachern ◽  
J. S. Leefe ◽  
H. B. Cannon

Fertilizer trials with processing peas were conducted at 15 locations during a 4-year period. Although the soils varied in their chemical properties, there was no general or consistent yield response with increasing rates of N, P or K. There was, however, a consistent increase in leaf N with the higher rates of N and in leaf K with all rates of K. Increasing rates of K were accompanied by decreasing leaf levels of Ca and Mg. The results indicate that N, P and K applied at approximately 25, 50 and 25 kg/ha respectively should be generally adequate.


2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zainal Muktamar ◽  
Fahrurrozi Fahrurrozi ◽  
Dwatmadji Dwatmadji ◽  
Nanik Setyowati ◽  
Sigit Sudjatmiko ◽  
...  

In the last few years, soil deterioration due to excessive application of synthetic agrochemical has become growing concern. Use of organic fertilizer is believed to be able to enhance soil quality. The objective of this experiment was to determine nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium uptakes by sweet corn as affected by local based liquid organic fertilizer (LOF) under closed agriculture system. The experiment was conducted in Closed Agriculture Production System (CAPS) Research Station in Air Duku Village, Bengkulu, Indonesia from March to June 2015, employing Randomized Completely Block Design with 2 factors. The first factor was 3 sweet corn genotypes, i.e. Talenta, Jambore, and Asian Honey and the second factor was 5 rates of LOF, i.e. 0, 25, 50, 75, and 100 mg l-1, respectively. Each treatment combination was replicated 3 times. Foliar application of LOF was carried out every week at 2-8 weeks after planting (WAP) with total volume of 600 ml per plant. Sweet corn leaves were sampled at the beginning of tassel emergence. The experiment revealed that sweet corn genotype significantly influenced the uptake of nitrogen, but not phosphorus and potassium. It was observed that Asian Honey genotype absorbed highest nitrogen as compared to other genotypes. In addition, increase in rates of LOF significantly raised nitrogen uptake by sweet corn, but not phosphorus and potassium.


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