ISSN:
1435-0661
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Geosciences
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Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Fishery, Domestic Science, Nutrition
Notes:
2 ). A 2.13 by 21.33 m area was selected for intensive forage and soil sampling from two bermudagrass [Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers.] pasture sites (Burneyville and Efaw, OK). Each 2.13 by 21.33 m area was partitioned into 490, 0.30 by 0.30 m (1 by 1 ft) subplots. Bermudagrass forage was hand harvested at ground level from each 0.30 by 0.30 m subplot. Prior to forage harvest, spectral radiance readings (red, 671±6 nm; green, 550 ±6 nm; and near infrared, 780±6 nm) were recorded from each subplot. Composite samples composed of eight soil cores, 0 to 15 cm deep and 1.9 cm in diameter, were collected from each subplot. At both locations, bermudagrass forage yield harvested from 0.30 by 0.30 m subplots ranged from ,1300 to .10 000 kg ha-1. Soil pH ranged from 4.37 to 6.29 within the 2.12 by 21.33 m area at Burneyville and 5.37 to 6.34 at Efaw. No P or K fertilizer would have been recommended at Efaw using mean soil test P and K. The range in recommended fertilizer rates would have been 0 to 31 and 0 to 17 kg P ha-1 and 0 to 107 and 0 to 108 kg K ha-1 at Burneyville and Efaw, respectively, if recommendations were based on individual 0.30 by 0.30 m grid data. Significant differences in surface soil test analyses were found when samples were 〈1 m apart for both mobile and immobile nutrients.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
