37.5% reduction in N application resulted in a slight and insignificant reduction in total yield, protein content and net income
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Crop/cultivar |
Wheat / Galil |
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| Country / location / date | Israel (southern part)/ Sdot-Hemed 11-‘03 – 2004 | ||||||||||||||||
| Objectives |
Maintain total yield with reduced N rate and less applications |
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| Haifa product tested | Multicote agri (43-0-0 2M ; 70% or 30% coated) | ||||||||||||||||
| Application method | Banding at 10 cm under and 20 cm to the side of the future line of plants | ||||||||||||||||
| Tested treatments | Control: 80 kg/ha of soluble N, 50 as BD + 30 as top dressing Multicote Agri I Multicote Agri (43-0-0 2M ; 70% coated), 50 kg/ha of N (62.5% of commercial N application) Multicote Agri II Multicote Agri (43-0-0 2M ; 30% coated), 50 kg/ha of N (62.5% of commercial N application) |
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Treatment results |
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| Conclusions | 30% coating was superior to 70% coating, implying that the higher the avaliblitiy of N, the higher the productivity of the plants. 37.5% reduction in N application by applying Multicote Agri resulted in a slight and insignificant reduction in total yield, protein content and net income |
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| Reference | Kitain, Zohar, Soffer, Avnon |
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