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Some effects of growing winter wheat continuously

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

F. Hanley  and
W. J. Ridgman
F. Hanley
Affiliation:
Department of Applied Biology, Pembroke Street, Cambridge CB2 3DX
W. J. Ridgman
Affiliation:
Department of Applied Biology, Pembroke Street, Cambridge CB2 3DX
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Summary

An experiment comparing the yield at various stages of continuous wheat growing on heavy land, using two varieties and two rates of application of nitrogenous fertilizer, is described and the results from 1963 to 1974 discussed.

The yield of the second wheat crop was substantially less than that of the first following oats which followed beans, but there were no consistent yield differences between the second and later crops.

The major disease present was eyespot, but the differences in yield between Cappelle-Desprez and Hybrid 46 were little affected as wheat growing continued.

Increasing nitrogen application from 63 to 126 kg N/ha did not reduce the differences between first and later wheat crops.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 90 , Issue 3 , June 1978 , pp. 517 - 521
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1978

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