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Addressing Soil Chloride Variability and Its Management

Addressing Soil Chloride Variability and Its Management, 1998 In the northern Great Plains, grid sampling is not used by many wheat producers because of its expense. To be profitable, responsive areas within fields (less than 30 lb Cl/A 2 ft) need to be characterized by a minimum number of soil samples. Five sites (Mandan, Valley City, Colfax, Gardner, and Hunter) in North Dakota were selected in order to study Cl variability. Each of these sites was sampled at small grid spacings.

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21 Jun 2001

Objectives

      1. To understand the interactions of major wheat varieties and promising releases with chloride fertilization.
      2. To evaluate effects of chloride fertilization on wheat plant pathology.
      3. To document effects of chloride on plant maturity and thousand kernel weight.
      4. To increase awareness of dealers and growers of the benefits of appropriate chloride fertilization to wheat yield and profitability.