Adding sugar increases microbial growth, creating population booms that will momentarily increase mineralization, but then immediately immobilize residual nitrogen.
Decent fall tillering is very important to wheat yield potential, and that tillering is supported by adequate nitrogen (N). But soil has N, regardless of whether you put any there, says the University of Missouri. Is it enough, or not enough, to maximize wheat yield potential?
In part 2 of this two-article series from Kansas State University Extension on wheat fertility, experts discuss the correlation between the amount of nitrate in the soil profile and wheat yield.
Soil sampling in fall is strongly recommended to improve winter wheat management, says Kansas State University Extension, because nitrate-N levels can have a significant impact on N recommendations for winter wheat.
Montana State University researchers working with no-tillers raising wheat found some fairly simple changes in fertilizer application methods can significantly reduce nitrogen volatilization and minimize economic loss and air pollution.
The nitrogen rate within a particular field for corn, wheat or sunflower is important, but nitrogen rate isn't related to yield over different sites, according to a soil specialist at North Dakota State University Extension.
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