Oakes Irrigation Research Site
Carrington Research Extension Center * North Dakota State University
P.O. Box 531, Oakes, ND 58474-0531, Phone: (701) 742-2744, FAX: (701) 742-2700, E-mail:								Walter.Albus@ndsu.edu
Optimal Corn stalk Removal for Biofuel and the Environment
						Soil	Chloropyll
Stalk	Grain1	Harvest	Test	Stalk	Stalk2	Nitrate-N	Meter Reading			Stalk		Silk	Mature
Removal	Yield	Moisture	Weight	Removal	Addition	Fall 2009	8/3	8/20	Population	Nitrate-N	Ear/Plant	Date	Date
%	bu/ac	%	lb/bu	ton/ac	ton/ac	lb/ac			plant/ac	ppm
0	199.5	33.5	50.8	0.0	8.0	17	52.7	53.5	38986	424	0.99	7/29	10/19
33	205.8	31.9	52.0	2.8	5.0	17	53.0	55.0	39966	331	1.00	7/29	10/18
67	206.2	32.1	51.3	4.0	3.0	14	53.8	55.2	39313	353	1.00	7/27	10/16
100	209.4	29.2	53.3	6.3	0.0	16	53.3	55.0	40075	477	0.98	7/26	10/17
Mean	205.2	31.7	51.8	3.3	4.0	16	53.2	54.7	39585	396	0.99	7/28	10/17
CV%	3.7	3.2	0.9	10.3	0.0	18	2.9	1.2	4	68	2.67
LSD.05	NS	1.6	0.7	0.5	NS	NS	NS	1.018	NS	NS	NS
1Yield adjusted to 15.5% moisture.
2Amount of corn stover added in spring 2008 as all stover was removed in fall of 2008.
Plots were strip-tilled using an Orthman 1tRIPrAR strip-till machine.
Planting Date = May 12; Harvest Date = October 19; Previous Crop = Corn.
Fertilizer Rate lb/acre = 200 N, 40 P2O5, 17 S; Irrigation = 9.5"
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