Evaluation of Two Irrigation Scheduling Methods and Nitrogen Rates on Corn Production in Alabama

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dc.contributor.authorDa Cunha Leme Filho, Jose Francoen
dc.contributor.authorOrtiz, Brenda V.en
dc.contributor.authorBalkcom, Kipling S.en
dc.contributor.authorDamianidis, Damianosen
dc.contributor.authorKnappenberger, Thorsten J.en
dc.contributor.authorDougherty, Marken
dc.contributor.departmentSchool of Plant and Environmental Sciencesen
dc.date.accessioned2020-09-21T12:49:04Zen
dc.date.available2020-09-21T12:49:04Zen
dc.date.issued2020-09-15en
dc.date.updated2020-09-20T08:00:43Zen
dc.description.abstractRegulations on nutrient application amounts and environmental impacts of fertilizers are promoting advances in agricultural management strategies to optimize irrigation application and N fertilization in corn. Previous studies have found a relationship between irrigation application, available water in the soil, and N fertilizer uptake. The objective of this study was to evaluate interactions between two irrigation scheduling methods and four N rate applications (0-control, 202, 269, and 336 kg ha−1) on grain yield, aboveground biomass, plant N concentration, N uptake, and nitrogen use efficiency in corn. The study was conducted at the Tennessee Valley Research and Extension Center (TVREC) during two growing seasons (2014 and 2015). The irrigation scheduling methods consisted of (i) the pan evaporation method, which is based on managing the crop’s estimated evapotranspiration (ET) using pan evaporation values and the crop’s consumptive water use and (ii) the sensor-based irrigation scheduling method based on soil matric potential values recorded by soil moisture tension sensors installed in the field. Irrigation amounts from both irrigation scheduling methods indicated that less water was applied with the sensor-based method. The different amounts of irrigation applied associated with the two irrigation scheduling methods did not impact grain yield, aboveground biomass, and NUE. In general, NUEs values decreased with increased N rates, which means that additional N fertilizer added to the soil was not converted into grain yield or/and adsorbed by plants; therefore, more N remained in the soil, increasing the risk for environmental problems.en
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dc.identifier.citationJose Franco Da Cunha Leme Filho, Brenda V. Ortiz, Kipling S. Balkcom, Damianos Damianidis, Thorsten J. Knappenberger, and Mark Dougherty, “Evaluation of Two Irrigation Scheduling Methods and Nitrogen Rates on Corn Production in Alabama,” International Journal of Agronomy, vol. 2020, Article ID 8869383, 13 pages, 2020. doi:10.1155/2020/8869383en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1155/2020/8869383en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/100013en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherHindawien
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 Internationalen
dc.rights.holderCopyright © 2020 Jose Franco Da Cunha Leme Filho et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.en
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en
dc.titleEvaluation of Two Irrigation Scheduling Methods and Nitrogen Rates on Corn Production in Alabamaen
dc.title.serialInternational Journal of Agronomyen
dc.typeArticle - Refereeden
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