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Table 2. The affect of corn stover removal from 0 to 100% on grain yield and other agronomic parameters for corn on soybean plots (Block III) in 2010.
				Stalk DM	Chloropyll													2010
Stover	Grain	Harvest	Test	Removal	Meter Reading			Grain			Silk	Mature	Ear	Ear/	Nutrients in Stover - 2010			Nutrient
Removal	Yield¹	Moisture	Wt.	2010	21-Jul	4-Aug		Oil	Protein	Starch	Date	Date	Height	Plant	N	P	K	Value
%	bu/ac	%	lb/bu	ton/ac				---------------%--------------							lb/ac	lb/ac	lb/ac	$/ac

0	219.4	21.6	56.7	0.0	59.4	60.4		2.2	7.6	75.1	7/16	7/15	34.7	1.01	0	0	0	0
33	214.7	21.3	56.5	1.9	58.5	59.7		2.4	7.7	74.9	7/15	7/15	33.1	1.02	26	2	39	36
67	213.1	20.1	57.3	3.2	57.5	58.4		2.2	7.5	75.2	7/14	7/15	33.7	1.01	42	3	75	65
100	213.0	20.3	57.5	4.8	58.7	59.9		2.4	8.0	74.6	7/14	7/14	33.4	1.03	67	4	93	88

Mean	215.0	20.8	57.0		58.5	59.6		2.3	7.7	74.9	7/15	7/14	33.7	1.02	34	2	51	47
CV%	2.6	4.1	0.7		2.2	2.0		9.7	2.6	0.6			3.4	2.31	10.9	27.1	29.1	19.1
LSD.05	8.8	1.4	0.7		2.1	1.9		0.4	0.2	0.7			NS	0.04	6	1	24	14

¹Yield adjusted to 15.5% moisture.
Planting Date = April 27; Harvest Date = October 15 ; Previous Crop = Soybean.
Fertilizer Rate lbs/acre = 180 N, 40 P₂O₅, 17 S; Irrigation = 9.8 inches

Carbon I corn on corn stover removal 2010				Table		Figures 1-6
Detailed material and methods

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