High Rates of Nitrogen Fertilization Influence Coastal Prairie Range
Issue Date
1969-01-01Keywords
Welder Wildlife Refugeiron
Coastal Prairie Range
manganese
Brachiaria ciliatissima
Cenchrus incertus
Elyonurus tripsacoides
Setaria firmula
Croton capitatus
Croton texensis
Heterotheca latifolia
Ximenesia enceloides
influence
protein content
calcium
Percent Utilization
Andropogon scoparius
botanical composition
chemical composition
phosphorus
potassium
nitrogen fertilization
herbage production
utilization
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Drawe, D. L., & Box, T. W. (1969). High rates of nitrogen fertilization influence Coastal Prairie range. Journal of Range Management, 22(1), 32-36.Publisher
Society for Range ManagementJournal
Journal of Range ManagementDOI
10.2307/3896029Additional Links
https://rangelands.org/Abstract
Nitrogen at four rates, 100, 300, 600, and 900 lb/acre, and a combination of 900 lb N, 100 lb P2O5/acre were applied to a bunchgrass-annual forb community in a randomized complete block design in 1965. Fertilization with nitrogen and nitrogen with phosphorous increased the total production in all cases, although grass production decreased in 1967. Nitrogen content and protein content of forage increased with all rates of fertilization. Phosphorous content increased only when phosphorous was added to the nitrogen fertilizer. There was no change in potassium content with any treatment. Residual amounts of phosphorous occurred in the soil one year after fertilization. Cattle grazed fertilized strips more heavily than the control plots. Both the percent utilization and pounds of herbage increased with fertilization rate. There was no difference in the amount of residual material left after grazing.Type
textArticle
Language
enISSN
0022-409Xae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.2307/3896029