Use of Tissue Testing to Prevent Low Grain Protein Content in Durum, 2004
| dc.contributor.author | Ottman, Michael J. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Husman, Stephen H. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Clay, Pat A. | |
| dc.contributor.editor | Ottman, Michael J. | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2012-01-18T18:52:19Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2012-01-18T18:52:19Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2007-10 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10150/203661 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Low grain protein content in durum can be prevented by applying nitrogen fertilizer after heading. Tentative guidelines were established from previous research for nitrogen fertilizer applications after heading based on the lower stem nitrate content near heading. Ten commercial durum fields were selected for testing the use of these guidelines to ensure grain protein contents greater than 13%. The average protein content was 14.00%, the amount of nitrogen fertilizer actually applied by the growers after heading averaged 44.5 lbs N/acre, whereas the amount recommended by the tentative guidelines averaged 41.5 lbs N/acre. If the tentative guidelines had been followed, we estimate that the average grain protein content would have been about 13.92%, and two fields would have been slightly below 13% protein (about 12.8% protein). Our tentative nitrogen fertilizer recommendations based on stem samples near heading appear accurate. | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | College of Agriculture, University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ) | en_US |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | AZ1442 | en_US |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | Series P-154 | en_US |
| dc.subject | Agriculture -- Arizona | en_US |
| dc.subject | Grain -- Arizona | en_US |
| dc.subject | Forage plants -- Arizona | en_US |
| dc.subject | Barley -- Arizona | en_US |
| dc.subject | Wheat -- Arizona | en_US |
| dc.subject | Barley -- Tissue testing to prevent low grain protein | en_US |
| dc.subject | Wheat -- Tissue testing to prevent low grain protein | en_US |
| dc.title | Use of Tissue Testing to Prevent Low Grain Protein Content in Durum, 2004 | en_US |
| dc.type | text | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |
| dc.identifier.journal | Forage and Grain: A College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Report | en_US |
| refterms.dateFOA | 2018-08-25T22:15:43Z | |
| html.description.abstract | Low grain protein content in durum can be prevented by applying nitrogen fertilizer after heading. Tentative guidelines were established from previous research for nitrogen fertilizer applications after heading based on the lower stem nitrate content near heading. Ten commercial durum fields were selected for testing the use of these guidelines to ensure grain protein contents greater than 13%. The average protein content was 14.00%, the amount of nitrogen fertilizer actually applied by the growers after heading averaged 44.5 lbs N/acre, whereas the amount recommended by the tentative guidelines averaged 41.5 lbs N/acre. If the tentative guidelines had been followed, we estimate that the average grain protein content would have been about 13.92%, and two fields would have been slightly below 13% protein (about 12.8% protein). Our tentative nitrogen fertilizer recommendations based on stem samples near heading appear accurate. |
