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1997

Location

Manitoba and Saskatchewan

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A field experiment was carried out at the EEA Balcarce, INTA, Argentina (37° 45’LS, 58° 18’LW) to determine whether Leaf Appearance Rate (LAR) was affected by N fertilization in Italian ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum Lam.) and forage oats (Avena sativa). N treatments (0, 50, 100, 150, 200 and 250 kg N ha-1) were applied in winter 1995, after a defoliation. Subsequently, number of leaves per tiller was determined on 45 labelled tillers in each treatment twice a week. LAR was calculated as the slope of the linear regression of number of leaves on thermal time (air temperature, base 0 °C). Leaf appearance was more rapid with N fertilization in ryegrass, but was not in oats. In situations in which N applied did not affect LAR similar phyllochrons of 112 (± 4,6) and 113 (± 3,6) GDD leaf1 were found for Italian ryegrass and oats, respectively.

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Fertilizer Nitrogen and Morphogenetic Response in Avena Sativa and Lolium Multiflorum

Manitoba and Saskatchewan

A field experiment was carried out at the EEA Balcarce, INTA, Argentina (37° 45’LS, 58° 18’LW) to determine whether Leaf Appearance Rate (LAR) was affected by N fertilization in Italian ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum Lam.) and forage oats (Avena sativa). N treatments (0, 50, 100, 150, 200 and 250 kg N ha-1) were applied in winter 1995, after a defoliation. Subsequently, number of leaves per tiller was determined on 45 labelled tillers in each treatment twice a week. LAR was calculated as the slope of the linear regression of number of leaves on thermal time (air temperature, base 0 °C). Leaf appearance was more rapid with N fertilization in ryegrass, but was not in oats. In situations in which N applied did not affect LAR similar phyllochrons of 112 (± 4,6) and 113 (± 3,6) GDD leaf1 were found for Italian ryegrass and oats, respectively.