| 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: | Blaine.Schatz@ndsu.edu | ||||||||||||||||
| Leonard.Besemann@ndsu.edu | |||||||||||||||||
| Fortix Corn Study | |||||||||||||||||
| W. Albus, R. Dodds, L. Besemann and H. Eslinger | |||||||||||||||||
| MATERIALS AND METHODS | |||||||||||||||||
| Soil: | Embden loam and Maddock sandy loam; soil N 52 lbs N/acre. | ||||||||||||||||
| Previous crops: | 2012 – onion and sugar beet. | ||||||||||||||||
| Seedbed preparation: | Spring conventional tillage. | ||||||||||||||||
| Planting: | May 25, Wensman W7268VT3PRIB in 30-inch rows. | ||||||||||||||||
| Plots: | Plots were 40 ft long by 15 ft (6 rows) wide. The study had four replications. | ||||||||||||||||
| Fertilizer: | Broadcast 34 lbs N/acre, 81 lbs P2O5/acre, 103 lbs K2O/acre, 19 lbs S/acre May 1, stream bar 60 lbs N/acre May 31 and sidedress 180 lbs N/acre as 28-0-0 June 24. | ||||||||||||||||
| Irrigation: | Overhead sprinkler irrigation as needed. | ||||||||||||||||
| Pest control: | Harness (2 pt/acre) May 26, Laudis (3 oz/acre) + Roundup Power Max (40 oz/acre) + AAtrex 9-0 (0.5 lb ai/acre) + Destiny (0.05 %v/v) + AMS (1½ lb/acre) June 13. Fortix treatments (5 oz/acre) applied on June 26 and July 3. | ||||||||||||||||
| Harvest: | November 5 with a plot combine. Harvest area was the center two rows, 37 feet long. | ||||||||||||||||
| Table 1. Agronomic data for the Fortix corn study at the Oakes Irrigation Research Site in 2013. | |||||||||||||||||
| Chorophyll | |||||||||||||||||
| Fortix | Harvest | Test | Meter | Silk | Grain | ||||||||||||
| Treatment | Yield1 | Moisture | Weight | Reading | Date | Oil | Protein | Starch | |||||||||
| oz/ac | bu/ac | % | lb/bu | 16-Sep | % | % | % | ||||||||||
| check | 248.7 | a2 | 22.9 | a | 51.2 | a | 47.5 | a | 7/30 | a | 4.0 | a | 9.4 | a | 71.9 | a | |
| 5 oz | 251.5 | a | 22.5 | a | 52.0 | a | 50.5 | a | 7/30 | a | 3.8 | a | 8.8 | b | 72.1 | a | |
| LSD (P = 0.05) | 9.9 | 0.7 | 1.7 | 4.6 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.8 | ||||||||||
| C.V. (%) | 3.1 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 7.2 | 14.3 | 4.0 | 0.9 | ||||||||||
| Grand Mean | 250.1 | 22.7 | 51.6 | 49.0 | 7/30 | 3.9 | 9.1 | 72.0 | |||||||||
| Planting Date = May 25; Harvest Date = November 5; Previous Crop = Onion/sugar beet | |||||||||||||||||
| 1Yield adjusted to 15.5% Moisture. | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 Means followed by same letter are not significantly different (P = 0.05). | |||||||||||||||||
| Oakes Irrigation Research Site | |||||||||||||||||
| Variety trials | Crop index | Home page | Report 2013 | ||||||||||||||
| Other corn Studies 2013 | |||||||||||||||||
| Corn hybrid performance trial irrigated | |||||||||||||||||
| Corn hybrid performance trial dryland | |||||||||||||||||
| KTS fertilizer-field corn | |||||||||||||||||
| Mosaic fertilizer-field corn | |||||||||||||||||
| Stoller corn | |||||||||||||||||
| Strip-tilled corn N rate corn corn rotation | |||||||||||||||||
| Strip-tilled corn N rate corn soybean rotation | |||||||||||||||||
| Stover removal corn/corn and corn/soybean rotation | |||||||||||||||||