Influence of previous crop type on yield of spring wheat: Analysis of commercial field data

1996 ◽  
Vol 76 (3) ◽  
pp. 457-459 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luc Bourgeois ◽  
Martin H. Entz
Keyword(s):  
Field Data ◽  
Triticum Aestivum L ◽  
Field Pea ◽  
Brassica Napus L ◽  
Yield Data ◽  
Linum Usitatissimum L ◽  
Previous Crop ◽  
Crop Type ◽  
Small Plot ◽  
One Year

Although rotational benefits of non-cereal crops have been observed in small plot research trials few quantitative data are available on a field scale. In this study, field data of farmers from the Manitoba Crop Insurance Corporation were analysed to compare yield of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) following different crops. The yield of wheat following wheat was used as a basis of comparison among crop sequences. The yield data were collected between 1982 and 1993 from fields 64 ha in size, located throughout the province of Manitoba. During this period, the yield of wheat following flax (Linum usitatissimum L.), peas (Pisum sativum L.), and canola (Brassica napus L.), on average was 16%, 11%, and 8% higher, respectively, than wheat following wheat. In one year, the yield of wheat was increased by as much as 41% following a field pea crop. Key words: Crop rotation, barley, canola, flax, field pea, wheat

Comparing responses to phosphorus of field pea (Pisum sativum), canola (rape, Brassica napus) and spring wheat (Triticum aestivum)

2006 ◽  
Vol 46 (5) ◽  
pp. 645 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. D. A. Bolland ◽  
R. F. Brennan ◽  
P. F White
Keyword(s):  
Triticum Aestivum ◽  
Brassica Napus ◽  
Pisum Sativum ◽  
Spring Wheat ◽  
Maximum Yield ◽  
Triticum Aestivum L ◽  
Field Pea ◽  
Alkaline Soils ◽  
Brassica Napus L ◽  
Single Superphosphate

The phosphorus (P) requirements of spring wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) are well known for all soils in south-western Australia; but the P requirements of field pea (Pisum sativum L.) and canola (Brassica napus L.), which are grown in rotation with wheat on marginally acidic to alkaline soils in the region, are not known. In a glasshouse study, the P requirements of field pea and wheat were compared for 16 soils collected throughout the agricultural region. Ten of the 16 soils were also used to compare the P requirements of canola and wheat. The P was applied as powdered single superphosphate, and yield of dried shoots of 42-day-old plants was measured. The amount of P required to produce 90% of the maximum yield of dried shoots (PR90 values) was used to compare the P requirements of the species. To produce 90% of the maximum yield, field pea required less P than wheat in 5 soils, similar P in 2 soils, and more P in 9 soils. Canola required less P than wheat in all 10 soils. We conclude the P requirements of field pea or canola relative to wheat depend on a complex interaction between plant and soil, particularly for field pea relative to wheat. Per unit of applied P, the P concentration in dried shoots decreased in the order canola > wheat > field pea, indicating the order in which plant roots of the 3 species were able to access P from soil.

scholarly journals Canola cultivar mixtures and rotations do not mitigate the negative impacts of continuous canola

2015 ◽  
Vol 95 (6) ◽  
pp. 1085-1099 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. N. Harker ◽  
J. T. O'Donovan ◽  
T. K. Turkington ◽  
R. E. Blackshaw ◽  
N. Z. Lupwayi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Seed Quality ◽  
Leptosphaeria Maculans ◽  
Triticum Aestivum L ◽  
Field Pea ◽  
Brassica Napus L ◽  
Herbicide Resistant ◽  
Direct Seeded ◽  
Negative Impacts ◽  
Root Maggot ◽  
Cultivar Mixtures

Harker, K. N., O'Donovan, J. T., Turkington, T. K., Blackshaw, R. E., Lupwayi, N. Z., Smith, E. G., Dosdall, L. M., Hall, L. M., Kutcher, H. R., Willenborg, C. J., Peng, G., Irvine, R. B. and Mohr, R. 2015. Canola cultivar mixtures and rotations do not mitigate the negative impacts of continuous canola. Can. J. Plant Sci. 95: 1085–1099. High-frequency canola (Brassica napus L.) rotations increase canola production risks. From 2008 to 2013, direct-seeded experiments involving several variations of continuous canola were compared with wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) and field pea (Pisum sativum L.) rotated with canola at five western Canada locations. Continuous canola rotations involved sequences of different herbicide-resistant canola and two-cultivar mixtures of herbicide-resistant canola from different sources in the same year. Fertilizers, herbicides, and insecticides were applied as required for optimal production of all crops. Rotating herbicide-resistant canola types over years or mixing two cultivars of the same herbicide-resistant type provided no pest management, yield or seed quality advantages compared with planting the same herbicide-resistant cultivar type each year. In 2013, weed biomass was lower in canola preceded by other crops than most continuous canola treatments. Compared with continuous canola, when 1 or 2 yr of wheat or field pea and wheat were inserted into 3-yr rotation cycles, 2010 root maggot damage was reduced 6% and 2013 blackleg [Leptosphaeria maculans (Desmaz.) Ces. & De Not.] incidence and severity were reduced 53 and 54%, respectively. Furthermore, yields were 22% higher when canola was grown only once in 3 yr compared with continuous canola and the wheat–canola–canola rotation. The most important mitigation strategy to ensure long-term sustainable canola production is to rotate canola with other crops.

Short Communication: Comparative effect of lodging on seed yield of flax and wheat

2012 ◽  
Vol 92 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. L. Vera ◽  
S. D. Duguid ◽  
S. L. Fox ◽  
K. Y. Rashid ◽  
J. C. P. Dribnenki ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Seed Yield ◽  
Short Communication ◽  
Severe Disease ◽  
Triticum Aestivum L ◽  
Crop Productivity ◽  
Comparative Effect ◽  
Yield Data ◽  
Crop Species ◽  
Breeding Lines ◽  
Linum Usitatissimum L

Vera, C. L., Duguid, S. D., Fox, S. L., Rashid, K. Y., Dribnenki, J. C. P. and Clarke, F. R. 2012. Short Communication: Comparative effect of lodging on seed yield of flax and wheat. Can. J. Plant Sci. 92: 39–43. Lodging may limit crop productivity and hinder the normal process of harvesting crops. Results from 16 yr (1994–2009) of the Flax Co-operative test and from 29 yr (1981–2009) of the Central Bread Wheat Co-operative test, conducted annually for the evaluation of advanced breeding lines at various locations in the provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta, Canada, were used to determine the effect of lodging on the seed yield of these two crop species. Seed yield data were regressed on corresponding lodging scores (1–9 scale) collected from field evaluations. Lodging was more frequently a problem in flax (Linum usitatissimum L.) than in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.), with average seed yield reductions of 32% and 16%, respectively, when lodging was most severe. Disease has been observed in association with the occurrence of lodging in flax. Further research is necessary to elucidate the participation of airborne and soil microorganisms, particularly pasmo, caused by Septoria linicola (Speg.) Garassini, in the mode and degree to which flax is subjected to, and affected by, lodging.

Influence of production systems on return and risk from malting barley production in western Canada

2016 ◽  
Vol 96 (3) ◽  
pp. 339-346 ◽  
Author(s):  
E.G. Smith ◽  
T.K. Turkington ◽  
J.T. O’Donovan ◽  
M.J. Edney ◽  
P.E. Juskiw ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Field Data ◽  
Production Systems ◽  
Flag Leaf ◽  
Field Pea ◽  
Western Canada ◽  
Malting Barley ◽  
Hordeum Vulgare L ◽  
Previous Crop ◽  
Field Data Analysis ◽  
The Impact

Profitable malting barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) production systems are required to reverse the decline in area seeded to malting barley in western Canada. Systems that could increase the profitability of growing malting barley considered the previous crop, nitrogen (N) rate, and fungicide application. The net return (NR) and risk for these systems were computed from western Canada field data. Analysis of variance was used to evaluate the impact of systems on NR over 21 site-years of field data. Risk was evaluated with a stochastic simulation model. NR was higher and risk lower for malting barley when the preceding crop was field pea (Pisum sativum L.), when fungicide was applied at the flag leaf stage for leaf disease control, and when N was 50% of the recommended N rate. Therefore, malting barley should be grown on field pea stubble at a lower N rate, with fungicide applied when there are leaf diseases.

The effect of time and rate of N application on the yield and N uptake of wheat, barley, flax and four cultivars of rapeseed

1991 ◽  
Vol 71 (2) ◽  
pp. 227-238 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. F. Nuttall ◽  
S. S. Malhi
Keyword(s):  
Field Experiments ◽  
Brassica Campestris ◽  
N Uptake ◽  
Triticum Aestivum L ◽  
Yield Response ◽  
Hordeum Vulgare L ◽  
Brassica Napus L ◽  
N Application ◽  
Linum Usitatissimum L ◽  
Nitrate Fertilizer

Field experiments were conducted for 3 yr on a Black Chernozemic soil at Melfort in northeastern Saskatchewan to determine the yield response and N uptake of seven crop/cultivars to autumn and spring applied N. The crop/cultivars were, rapeseed (Brassica napus L. 'Midas' and 'Target'; Brassica campestris L. 'Torch' and 'Echo'); wheat (Triticum aestivum L. 'Manitou'); barley (Hordeum vulgare L. 'Conquest') and flax (Linum usitatissimum L. 'Noralta') (main plots). Ammonium nitrate fertilizer treatments consisted of three rates of autumn broadcast N, 0, 34 and 67 kg N ha−1 (subplots), combined with N at 0, 11, 22, 45, 67 and 134 kg N ha−1 side-banded with seed in the spring (subsubplots). At the 67 kg N ha−1 rate, autumn application was inferior to spring application in increasing grain yield and N uptake for three of the seven crops (Torch and Echo rapeseed and Manitou wheat). Nitrogen fertilizer applied at 134 kg N ha−1 in spring produced grain yields that were not significantly higher than the split application of 67 kg N ha−1 applied in autumn and 67 kg N ha−1 applied in spring. All crops responded to spring applied N and continued to increase in yield up to the high rates of 67 or 134 kg N ha−1. Key words: Time of N application, N, crops, cultivars

Upscaling chamber-based measurements of N2O emissions at snowmelt

2005 ◽  
Vol 85 (1) ◽  
pp. 113-125 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Pennock ◽  
R. Farrell ◽  
R. Desjardins ◽  
E. Pattey ◽  
J. I. MacPherson
Keyword(s):  
Pore Space ◽  
Triticum Aestivum L ◽  
N2o Emissions ◽  
Brassica Napus L ◽  
Antecedent Moisture ◽  
Snowmelt Period ◽  
Crop Type ◽  
Central Canada ◽  
Specific Emissions ◽  
Moisture Conditions

One impediment to accurate national estimation of N2O is the difficulty in upscaling N2O measurements made at discrete points to larger field and regional scales. Our objective was to estimate N2O emissions during snowmelt in 2002 for a township (approximately 92 km2) near Laird, Saskatchewan. Chamber measurements were made at 12 sites in the township: four fields with canola (Brassica napus L.) residues, four with pea (Pisum sativum L.) residues, three with wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) residues, and one field that received cattle manure. Ten sampling chambers were used at each site, and N2O samples were made on 7 d during the snowmelt period (from 2002 Apr. 03 to Apr. 17). Cumulative N2O emissions during the 14 days of the snowmelt period differed between crop residue types: cumulative emissions from sites with wheat residues were 105.6 g N2O-N ha-1 and were significantly higher (P < 0.1) than those from fields with pea and canola residues (79.6 and 75.2 g N2O-N ha-1 respectively). The single manured site assessed had the highest cumulative emissions of 330.7 g N2O-N ha-1. The crop-specific emissions from the chamber-based measurements were multiplied by the area of each crop type in the township to calculate an area-weighted value for emissions. Cumulative emissions were 93.4 g N2O-N ha-1 for the chamber-based measurements. Water-filled pore space and soil temperature were not significantly correlated with cumulative emissions. Cumulative emissions from sites with fall nitrate levels below 8.0 kg ha-1 were consistently lower than those above this threshold. The emissions for the Laird township were well below the emissions calculated for most other studies in the Prairies and in central Canada. The lower emissions were probably due to low soil water contents and soil nitrate levels in the fall of 2001 and below normal snowfall in the winter of 2001-2002. This reinforces the importance in antecedent moisture conditions and soil N levels for modeling of emissions at snowmelt. Key words: Greenhouse gas, landscape-scale

SEEDLING GROWTH AND YIELD RESPONSE OF FLAX, BUCKWHEAT, SUNFLOWER AND FIELD PEA AFTER PRESEEDING MAGNETIC TREATMENT

1982 ◽  
Vol 62 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-64 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. H. GUBBELS
Keyword(s):  
Seedling Growth ◽  
Seed Treatment ◽  
Magnetic Treatment ◽  
Field Pea ◽  
Growth And Yield ◽  
Yield Response ◽  
Linum Usitatissimum L ◽  
Magnetic Exposure ◽  
One Year ◽  
Fagopyrum Esculentum Moench

Dry seeds of flax (Linum usitatissimum L.), buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum Moench.), sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) and field pea (Pisum sativum L.) were given brief magnetic exposure prior to germination. Seed of high and low germination potential were grown in petri dishes at 10 and 20 °C. A small number of seed lots produced earlier and more vigorous seedling growth as a result of magnetic treatment, but the differences were small and inconsistent. In the field, there were no improvements in yield from magnetic seed treatment in three out of four years. In one year there was a significant increase in yield for sunflower.

Crop rotations compared with continuous canola and wheat for crop production and fertilizer use over 6 yr

2018 ◽  
Vol 98 (5) ◽  
pp. 1139-1149 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kabal S. Gill
Keyword(s):  
Crop Production ◽  
Wheat Yield ◽  
Weather Conditions ◽  
Triticum Aestivum L ◽  
Continuous Cropping ◽  
Hordeum Vulgare L ◽  
Brassica Napus L ◽  
Fertilizer Use ◽  
Linum Usitatissimum L ◽  
Pisum Sativum L

Local economic, logistic, soil, and weather conditions have made appropriate rotations vary from one area to another. Seed yield and fertilizer use in rotations were compared with continuous cropping for 6 yr in the southeast Peace region of Alberta, Canada. Canola (C) (Brassica napus L.), wheat (W) (Triticum aestivum L.), pea (P) (Pisum sativum L.), barley (B) (Hordeum vulgare L.), and flax (F) (Linum usitatissimum L.) were grown in 12 treatments [i.e., continuous canola (CC) and wheat (WW) and rotations of W–C, P–W–W, C–W–W, C–C–W, P–C–W, C–P–W, W–B–C, B–W–C, F–W–C, and F–C–W]. Canola yield increased with 1 or 2 yr breaks from canola. Within rotations, there was a trend to lower canola yield on canola stubble compared with other crop stubbles. Wheat yield was generally lower in WW than in rotations. Among rotations, wheat yield tended to be greater on pea stubble compared with canola, wheat, barley, and flax stubbles. Averaged over 2010–2015, the canola yield benefit from rotations was 0.632 Mg ha−1 (19.4%) over CC and the wheat yield benefit from rotations was 0.313 Mg ha−1 (7.2%) over WW. Nitrogen saving was observed when pea was included in rotation.

Wheat response to alternative crops on a duplex soil

1998 ◽  
Vol 38 (5) ◽  
pp. 481 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Asseng ◽  
I. R. P. Fillery ◽  
P. J. Gregory
Keyword(s):  
Faba Bean ◽  
Root Length Density ◽  
Indian Mustard ◽  
Triticum Aestivum L ◽  
Wheat Root ◽  
Brassica Napus L ◽  
Previous Crop ◽  
Alternative Crops ◽  
Crop Root ◽  
System Water

Summary. Rates of crop growth (including the root system), water extraction from specific soil layers, leaf water potential and crop nitrogen content were measured in a field experiment of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) grown after alternative crops. The previous crops of lupin (Lupinus angustifolius L.), faba bean (Vicia faba L.), chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.), vetch (Vicia sativa L.), canola (Brassica napus L.), and Indian mustard (Brassica juncea L.) all showed a ‘break crop’ effect compared with wheat after wheat. In addition, the legumes lupin, faba bean, chickpea and vetch stimulated biomass production of successive wheat crops via increased nitrogen supply. When the previous crop was lupin, wheat root length density at depth in a duplex soil tended to be increased and post-anthesis water uptake by wheat was enhanced. Wheat after lupin resulted in a 42–76% higher yield than wheat after the other legumes, a 37–68% higher yield than wheat after the non-legumes and a 131% higher yield than wheat after wheat. Wheat yields did not relate to previous crop root depth, but correlated well with residue nitrogen from the various alternative crops.

Effect of sublethal dosages of 2,4-D on annual broadleaf crops

1996 ◽  
Vol 76 (1) ◽  
pp. 179-185 ◽  
Author(s):  
David A. Wall
Keyword(s):  
Lens Culinaris ◽  
Field Experiments ◽  
Field Pea ◽  
Brassica Napus L ◽  
Leaf Stage ◽  
Pisum Sativum L ◽  
Application Rates ◽  
Sunflower Crop ◽  
One Year ◽  
Fagopyrum Esculentum Moench

Field experiments were conducted from 1992 to 1994 in southern Manitoba to investigate the tolerance of buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum Moench.), canola (Brassica napus L.), field pea (Pisum sativum L.), lentil (Lens culinaris Medik.) and sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) to sublethal dosages of 2,4-D; 2,4-D amine was applied at 0,9.5, 18.9, 37.8, 75.2 and 151.2 g a.i. ha−1 2 wk after crop emergence when buckwheat and canola were in the two- to three-leaf stage, lentil and field pea had a vine length of 10 cm, and sunflower was in the four- to six-leaf stage. Application rates corresponded to 0, 1.5, 3, 6, 12 and 24% of the low recommended field rate of 2 4-D (630 g a.i. ha−1). Field pea yields were unaffected by 2,4-D dosages tested in any year. Increasing dosage of 2,4-D reduced lentil and canola yields in two of three years, while buckwheat yields were reduced in one year only. Sunflower yields were severely reduced in all three years by 2,4-D. At 151.2 g a.i. ha−1, predicted yield losses were 43% for buckwheat, 16–52% for canola, 20–57% for lentil, and 93–100% for sunflower. Key words: Buckwheat, canola, field pea, lentil, sunflower, crop injury, yield

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