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| Ippolito, J.A.; Barbarick, K.A.; McDaniel, J.P.; Hansen., N.C.; Peterson, G.A.. |
| Dryland agroecosystems are generally ideal environments for recycling biosolids. However, what is the efficacy of biosolids addition to a no-till dryland management agroecosystem? From 2000 to 2010, we studied application of biosolids from the Littleton/Englewood, CO Wastewater Treatment Plant versus commercial nitrogen fertilizer in dryland no-till wheat (Triticum aestivum, L.)-fallow (WF) and wheat-corn (Zea mays, L.)-fallow (WCF) rotations at a site approximately 50 miles east of Denver, CO. We tested if biosolids would produce the same yields and grain phosphorus, zinc, and barium concentrations as an equivalent rate of nitrogen fertilizer, that biosolids-borne phosphorus, zinc, and barium would not migrate below the 4 inch soil depth, and that... |
| Tipo: Article |
Palavras-chave: Small grain; Dryland crops; Nitrogen; Phosphorous. |
| Ano: 2012 |
URL: http://eprints.nwisrl.ars.usda.gov/1446/1/1411.pdf |
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| Barbarack, K.A.; Ippolito, J.A.; McDaniel, J.P.; Hansen., N.C.; Peterson, G.A.. |
| In the western Great Plains, climate dictates dryland wheat (Triticum aestivum, L) productivity. Producers use inorganic N fertilizers to improve crop yields in this region, while municipalities recycle sewage biosolids in the area. Will biosolids (from the Littleton/Englewood, CO Wastewater Treatment Plant) applications to western Great Plains dryland agroecosystems interact with weather to affect wheat production? To this end, we regressed crop yields on weather variables from 2000 through 2011 at a site about 40 km (approximately 25 miles) east of Byers, CO (Byers). We used SAS (Proc Reg) to develop several multiple regression models to predict crop yields. Our model of choice included four weather parameters for Byers wheat production. Regression... |
| Tipo: Technical Bulletin |
Palavras-chave: Dryland crops; Fertilizer; Nitrogen. |
| Ano: 2013 |
URL: http://eprints.nwisrl.ars.usda.gov/1515/1/1479.pdf |
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| Barbarick, K.A.; Ippolito, J.A.; McDaniel, J.P.. |
| Understanding N dynamics in biosolids-amended agroecosystems can help avoid over-application and the potential for environmental degradation. We investigated 15-years of biosolids application to dryland-wheat, questioning what is the relationship between cumulative grain yield and N uptake (N removal) and biosolids or N fertilizer rates and how many times biosolids or N fertilizer are applied? How are wheat-grain production and N uptake intertwined with residual soil nitrate-N? We found that biosolids or N fertilizer rates plus the number of applications of each material produced planar-regression (3-dimensional) models with 15-years of grain yield and N uptake data (all R2 > 0.93). To evaluate how yield or N uptake impacted residual soil nitrate-N, we... |
| Tipo: Article |
Palavras-chave: Dryland crops; Small grain; Nitrogen; Soil quality. |
| Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://eprints.nwisrl.ars.usda.gov/1404/1/1374.pdf |
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