Author: Mansoor Tasdighi
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Category : Crop yields
Languages : en
Pages : 158

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Author: Gary Hamilton
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Languages : en
Pages : 100

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Author: Peter Jonathan Regitnig
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Languages : en
Pages : 290

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Author: Kacey A. Cannon
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Category : Corn
Languages : en
Pages : 113

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Although soybean (Glycine max L.) yields have increased over the past decade, even greater improvement is in demand. Nontraditional practices such as applying nitrogen (N) to soybean for yield optimization, might be one way to meet this demand. Also, sulfur (S) is becoming a more important limiting nutrient in production due to higher yielding crops, lower S containing production inputs, and reduced supply from the environment. The N study involved two environments, irrigated and dryland, in Milan (35.9198° N, 88.7589° W) and Jackson (35.6145° N, 88.8139° W), TN in 2015 and 2016. Urea fertilizer treatments were 34, 67, and 101 kg N ha−1 (per hectare). Soybean height, nodes per plant, total biomass weight, biomass N concentration, total nodules per plant, total active nodules per plant, total adolescent nodules per plant, total nodule weight per plant, 100 seed weight, and yield were collected to evaluate treatment effects. Data analysis concluded that N applications significantly increased plant height, plant nodes, and plant biomass of soybean. However, N treatments significantly reduced active and adolescent nodule production. Soybean yield was not significantly increased by the N applications. The irrigated sites yielded at or below the dryland comparison, probably due to lodging, which may have compromised yield potential. The S study included soybean and corn (Zea mays L.) experiments, which were conducted in an S deficient soil in Milan, TN in 2015 and 2016. Ammonium sulfate treatments were 11, 23, and 34 kg S ha−1 (per hectare). Plant height, leaf S concentrations, seed S and N concentrations, 100 seed weight, and yield were collected to evaluate treatment effects. Data analysis concluded that S application significantly increased leaf S concentrations in corn but not soybean. Soybean and corn seed S was significantly increased but not seed N. Soybean yield was not increased, but corn yield was significantly increased 16% across all S rates, with no significant differences detected among S rates. Overall, results indicate N affected soybean growth and nodule development while the impact on yield was not demonstrated. In deficient soils, S fertilizer may improve corn yields, but may not be economical for soybean.

Author: R.F. Follett
Publisher: Gulf Professional Publishing
ISBN: 0080537561
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 539

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Nitrogen in the Environment: Sources, Problems, and Management is the first volume to provide a holistic perspective and comprehensive treatment of nitrogen from field, to ecosystem, to treatment of urban and rural drinking water supplies, while also including a historical overview, human health impacts and policy considerations. It provides a worldwide perspective on nitrogen and agriculture. Nitrogen is one of the most critical elements required in agricultural systems for the production of crops for feed, food and fiber. The ever-increasing world population requires increasing use of nitrogen in agriculture to supply human needs for dietary protein. Worldwide demand for nitrogen will increase as a direct response to increasing population. Strategies and perspectives are considered to improve nitrogen-use efficiency. Issues of nitrogen in crop and human nutrition, and transport and transformations along the continuum from farm field to ground water, watersheds, streams, rivers, and coastal marine environments are discussed. Described are aerial transport of nitrogen from livestock and agricultural systems and the potential for deposition and impacts. The current status of nitrogen in the environment in selected terrestrial and coastal environments and crop and forest ecosystems and development of emerging technologies to minimize nitrogen impacts on the environment are addressed. The nitrogen cycle provides a framework for assessing broad scale or even global strategies to improve nitrogen use efficiency. Growing human populations are the driving force that requires increased nitrogen inputs. These increasing inputs into the food-production system directly result in increased livestock and human-excretory nitrogen contribution into the environment. The scope of this book is diverse, covering a range of topics and issues from furthering our understanding of nitrogen in the environment to policy considerations at both farm and national scales.

Author: Vernon Rodd
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Languages : en
Pages : 346

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Author: Peter Jonathan Regitnig
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Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Author: Luiz Moro Rosso
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Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] production currently faces several challenges linked to global food security (both quantity and quality) raised by an overgrowing human population, limited cropland, and diversified dietary in developed regions. To sustain seed yield and high protein levels, soybeans depend on large nitrogen (N) uptake, which is mostly attained by the symbiotic N fixation (SNF) process. Although SNF has been extensively investigated with single assessments during the season, just a few recent reports looked at the temporality of N sources (soil and SNF) while taking into consideration seasonal dry matter accumulation and soil nitrate (NO3) and ammonium (NH4) availability. Furthermore, it is still unclear how the overall changes in N uptake dynamics supports yield formation and seed components among canopy portions, especially considering the branches as potential contributors for high yield in modern genotypes. Following this rationale, this project presents two overall objectives: 1) to identify the impact of soil NO3 and NH4 temporal availability on seasonal SNF [N derived from the atmosphere (Ndfa)], N uptake, and dry matter accumulation (herein called study 1); and 2) to characterize seed yield, protein, oil, amino acids (AA), and fatty acids (FA) from the main stem and branches (herein called study 2) for different commercial soybean varieties. To address the first objective, four genotypes were field grown at Manhattan (Kansas, US) during 2019 and 2020 growing seasons. Dry matter, N concentration, N uptake, Ndfa, fixed N, soil NO3, and NH4 (60-cm depth) were measured at six phenological stages, along with seed yield, protein, and oil concentration at harvest time. Seasonal exposure to NH4 (area under the curve) showed a stronger suppression of Ndfa at the end of the season than NO3. However, a mid-season NO3 peak delayed uptake from soil and SNF, but only decreased maximum uptake rates from SNF. Additionally, dry matter was used as a seasonal linear predictor of fixed N to simplify the process model. However, this relationship was deeply affected by soil N availability across environments (boundary functions) and also by a potential dry matter threshold around 5 Mg ha−1 across genotypes and site-years. For the second objective, another four genotypes were field-grown during the 2018 and 2019 growing seasons at Ashland Bottoms and Rossville (Kansas, US), respectively. At harvest time, seeds from the upper, middle, lower main stem, and branch nodes were manually separated and assessed for yield, seed size, protein, and oil (seed content and concentration), abundance of limiting AA within protein, and FA ratio (oleic / linoleic + linolenic). The accumulation of protein was more responsive to node position than oil, determining high protein concentration in the upper main stem and high oil concentration in the lower main stem nodes. However, the protein quality (limiting AA) was higher in the lower main stem, while the FA ratio (oil quality) was greater in the upper section of the plant. Branches presented the less-rich seed composition relative to the main stem, but their contribution to yield was positively associated with oil and limiting AA abundance across genotypes. In summary, the main outcomes of the present thesis are related to 1) the importance of soil NO3 and NH4 to regulate Ndfa during the season, 2) the timing of Ndfa assessment or prediction for an accurate fixed N calculation throughout the season, and 3) the underlaying effect of branch yield allocation on the seed composition of the whole soybean plant, plausibly moderating changes across genotypes, environments, and management practices. A better understanding of soybean N acquisition and allocation for yield and quality formation within the plant is important to sustain the yield increase, offset protein decay, and assure cropping systems sustainability and food security in a long-term standpoint.

Author: M. V. S. Naidu
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 155

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Author: James E. Board
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ISBN: 9789535142591
Category : Chemistry, Technical
Languages : en
Pages : 626

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Soybean is the most important oilseed and livestock feed crop in the world. These dual uses are attributed to the crop's high protein content (nearly 40% of seed weight) and oil content (approximately 20%); characteristics that are not rivaled by any other agronomic crop. Across the 10-year period from 2001 to 2010, world soybean production increased from 168 to 258 million metric tons (54% increase). Against the backdrop of soybean's striking ascendancy is increased research interest in the crop throughout the world. Information in this book presents a comprehensive view of research efforts in genetics, plant physiology, agronomy, agricultural economics, and nitrogen relationships that will benefit soybean stakeholders and scientists throughout the world. We hope you enjoy the book.