Fertilizer Application with Small Grain Seed at Planting
Fertilizer Application with Small Grain Seed at Planting
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播种时小粒种子的施肥
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1994
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E. Deibert
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E. Deibert
Applying fertilizer with the seed at planting is one successful soil management practice that has long been recognized as a means to improve crop yields. Grain drills with fertilizer attachments eventually enabled the farmer to apply a small amount of fertilizer with the seed and plant in one operation. A common practice in the Northern Great Plains dryland small grain production area is to apply 50 pounds per acre of 18-46-0 (N+P 2 0 5 +K 2 0) fertilizer with the seed at planting. This practice provides 9 pounds per acre nitrogen (N) and 23 pounds per acre of P 2 O 5 as phosphorus (10 pounds P per acre) as a starter fertilizer which improves early root and plant growth on low to medium testing soils. The starter fertilizer also has the potential to enhance plant development early in the spring, when soil temperatures are normally low and soil nutrient availability to a young root system is lower. Higher yields with advances in soil management, improved varieties, a decline in soil organic matter, and a reduction in the use of summerfallow have increased the need for fertilizer, particularly N. Many, if not most, fields require more fertilizer than can be applied with the seed. Application of higher rates of fertilizer with the seed at planting often causes severe germination damage, low seedling emergence and poor stands with subsequent yield loss. The general recommendation for small grains, to limit seedling damage, was not to apply more than 20 to 30 pounds per acre of N plus K 2 O with the seed at planting. Additional fertilizer (NPK) required for maximum yields was then applied in another operation, either broadcast or banded. Although the broadcast and band application of fertilizers have been successful soil fertilizer management practices, there has been a resurgence of interest in applying higher rates of fertilizer with the seed, especially N. This interest has been driven by a desire to [1] reduce the number of field operations, [2] emphasize conservation tillage to improve soil water management, [3] reduce erosion by maintaining adequate residue on the soil surface, and [4] use high residue seeding equipment, like hoe drills and especially airseeders, that utilize a higher portion of the seedbed than the traditional double disk drill.