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Strip-Till, Corn on Corn, Nitrogen Rate Study 2008
Fertilizer Grain Harvest Test Soil Nitrate-N Chlorophyll  Meter Reading
N Rate Yield Moisture Weight 2007 2008 6-Aug 15-Aug 5-Sep
lb/ac bu/ac % lb/bu 0-24" 0-24"
12 75.9 26.98 51.55 13 9 34.4 33.9 25.9
50 96.0 28.45 50.43 11 8 41.7 40.6 31.7
100 140.8 28.83 51.8 16 8 51.6 51.5 47.3
150 171.1 29.18 51.55 18 9 54.7 56.9 55.5
200 184.1 29.45 52.18 20 11 54.5 58.6 58.5
MEAN 133.6 28.6 51.5 15 9 47.4 48.3 43.8
LSD.05 5.8 1.4 NS 5 NS 2.2 2.5 2.1
C.V.% 2.8 3.2 1.8 20 19 3.0 3.4 3.1
Fertilizer stalk grain grain grain silk mature
N Rate nitrate-N oil protein starch date date
ppm % % %
12 218 3.4 6.8 71.5 8/3 10/15
50 182 3.5 6.7 71.4 8/3 10/15
100 134 3.3 7.3 70.9 8/2 10/13
150 969 3.3 8.2 70.6 8/2 10/16
200 488 3.2 8.7 70.4 8/1 10/16
MEAN 398 3.3 7.5 71.0    
LSD.05 NS NS 0.4 0.5
C.V.% 185.36 5.16 3.02 0.44    
Planting Date = May 1; Harvest Date =  November 3; Previous Crop = Corn
Fertilizer Rate lb/ac: P2O5 = 42; Irrigation = 10"
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