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1. The Soil Doctor- A Field TrialThe growing environmental concerns of the nation are causing some changes in production agriculture. One of the environmental areas receiving attention is NO,-N in the ground water. A number of universities and private companies have directed attention to this problem. The pre-sidedress nitrate test is the most common approach to reducing excess nitrogen application on corn in the humid eastern U.S. Several researchers have developed systems to use this test. Fields are sampled to a foot depth when... |
2. Influence of Biological Seed Treatment on Soybean Grain Yield in the U.S.Biological seed treatment in soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr.) is a growing market in the U.S., with multiple microbially active ingredients and several proposed benefits. Some of the claimed benefits include improving nitrogen fixation, stimulation of root growth, increasing phosphorus, sulfur, and other nutrient absorption, and control of diseases, with the aim to increase soybean grain yield. Farmers are often bombarded with marketing claims about biological seed treatments. In many... F. Colet, R.A. Vann, S.P. Conley, S.L. Naeve, E.G. Matcham, S. Mourtzinis, L.E. Lindsey |