256-11 Effect of Seed-Placed Sulfate and Phosphate On the Emergence of Brassicae Crops.



Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Henry Gonzalez Convention Center, Hall C, Street Level

Cory Fatteicher1, Ron Urton1, Peiyuan Qian1, Thomas King1, Jeffrey Schoenau1 and Cynthia Grant2, (1)University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, CANADA
(2)Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Brandon, MB, CANADA

Excess application of fertilizer in the seed-row can lead to seedling damage depending on the fertilizer source and type. Tolerance of Brassicae oilseed crops like canola to seed-row application of nutrients is generally low when compared to many other crops. However, there is little information on their relative tolerance to combinations of seed-row placed sulfur and phosphorus fertilizer. The objectives of this research were to determine the effects of seed-placed ammonium sulfate (AS) and monoammonium phosphate (MAP) fertilizer applied at different rates on seedling emergence of different Brassicae oilseed crops/cultivars under controlled-environmental conditions. Tray experiments were conducted using six treatments consisting of an unfertilized control and five rates of seed-placed S applied as AS in combination with three rates of seed-placed P205 applied as MAP. Seeds were sown into plastic trays at a depth of 1.25cm with 6 rows per tray, creating a seed bed utilization of approximately 15 %. Emergence counts were taken over a two week period. Rates of seed-row placed AS above 20–30 kg S haˉ¹ were associated with significant reductions in emergence of most Brassica species/cultivars. Addition of 15 to 30 kg haˉ¹ of seed-placed P205 along with the AS further reduced emergence by about 10 to 15%.  Brassica rapa and Brassica juncea were generally more sensitive to injury from seed-row placed S and P than B. napus cultivars. Differences in sensitivity were also observed among cultivars of a species.     

 

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