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The interaction of drainage and the response of winter wheat to nitrogen fertilizers: some preliminary results

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

A. C. Armstrong
A. C. Armstrong
Affiliation:
Field Drainage Experimental Unit, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Anstey Hall, Maris Lane, Trumpington, Cambridge CB2 2LF
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Previous studies have indicated that improved artificial drainage increases yields of winter wheat by as much as 1 t/ha (Armstrong 1978), and suggested that an important component of this improved yield was the more effective utilization of nitrogenous fertilizer. Further data to support this hypothesis are here presented from the longterm drainage economics experiment at the Drayton Experimental Husbandry Farm, Warwickshire, England (Trafford & Oliphant, 1977; Bee, Dennis & Marks, 1978; Armstrong, 1978). The soil of this site is a non-calcareous pelo-stagnogley of the Denchworth series, and the mean annual rainfall is 617 mm. Both the soil and the climate are typical of much of the English midlands. The results presented here are, however, restricted to a single site, and are consequently tentative.

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The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 95 , Issue 1 , August 1980 , pp. 229 - 231
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1980

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