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Provedor de dados:  AgEcon
País:  United States
Título:  VARIABLE RATE NITROGEN APPLICATION ON CORN FIELDS: THE ROLE OF SPATIAL VARIABILITY AND WEATHER
Autores:  Roberts, Roland K.
Mahajanashetti, S.B.
English, Burton C.
Larson, James A.
Tyler, Donald D.
Data:  2005-06-27
Ano:  2002
Palavras-chave:  Corn
Environment
Meta-response functions
Nitrogen restriction
Precision farming
Site-specific management
Spatial variability
Weather variability
Crop Production/Industries
Resumo:  Meta-response functions for corn yields and nitrogen losses were estimated from EPIC-generated data for three soil types and three weather scenarios. These metamodels were used to evaluate variable rate (VRT) versus uniform rate (URT) nitrogen application technologies for alternative weather scenarios and policy option. Except under very dry conditions, returns per acre for VRT were higher than for URT and the economic advantage of VRT increased as realized rainfall decreased from expected average rainfall. Nitrogen losses to the environment from VRT were lower for all situation examined, except on fields with little spatial variability.
Tipo:  Journal Article
Idioma:  Inglês
Identificador:  16766

http://purl.umn.edu/15512
Editor:  AgEcon Search
Relação:  Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics>Volume 34, Number 01, April 2002
Formato:  19

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